Testing Gaussianity, Homogeneity, and Isotropy with the Cosmic Microwave Background

We review the basic hypotheses which motivate the statistical framework used to analyze the cosmic microwave background, and how that framework can be enlarged as we relax those hypotheses. In particular, we try to separate as much as possible the questions of gaussianity, homogeneity, and isotropy...

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Main Authors: L. Raul Abramo, Thiago S. Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/378203
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