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WMAP前景清洁映射中的统计各向异性信号

Signals of Statistical Anisotropy in WMAP Foreground-Cleaned Maps

Pramoda Kumar Samal, Rajib Saha, Pankaj Jain, John P. Ralston

摘要:

最近发展了一种基于量子力学的方法来检验宇宙微波背景的统计各向同性。我们将该方法应用于模板清洁的3年和5年WMAP-$DA$地图。我们研究了广泛的角度多极从$2 < l < 300$。该分析在一些前景清洁图中检测到与各向同性CMB不一致的各向异性的统计显著信号。我们无法确定这些异常是否有宇宙学的、局部的天体物理学的或仪器的起源。假设各向异性是由于残余前景污染而产生的,我们估计地图中的残余前景功率。对于W波段的地图,我们也发现了一个非常不可能的程度的各向同性,我们无法解释。我们推测,过量的各向同性可能是由错误的探测器噪声建模。

英文摘要:

Recently a symmetry-based method to test for statistical isotropy of the cosmic microwave background was developed. We apply the method to template-cleaned 3-year and 5-year WMAP-$DA$ maps. We examine a wide range of angular multipoles from $2 < l < 300$. The analysis detects statistically signicant signals of anisotropy inconsistent with an isotropic CMB in some of the foreground cleaned maps. We are unable to resolve whether the anomalies have a cosmological, local astrophysical or instrumental origin. Assuming the anisotropy arises due to residual foreground contamination, we estimate the residual foreground power in the maps. For the W band maps, we also find a highly improbable degree of isotropy we cannot explain. We speculate that excess isotropy may be caused by faulty modeling of detector noise.

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