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五年WMAP数据中半球屈光度不对称的证据增加

Increasing evidence for hemispherical power asymmetry in the five-year WMAP data

J. Hoftuft, H. K. Eriksen, A. J. Banday, K. M. Gorski, F. K. Hansen, P. B. Lilje

摘要:

受Hansen等人(2008)关于小角度尺度上WMAP数据中明显的半球功率不对称性的最新结果的启发,我们重新审视了Gordon等人(2005)引入的偶极子调制信号模型。该模型假设真正的CMB信号包括由偶极子调制的高斯各向同性随机场,并且其特征在于由整体调制幅度A和优选方向p。由于计算成本,该模型的先前分析被限制为非常低的分辨率。在本文中,我们加倍的角分辨率,并计算全相应的后验分布的5年的WMAP数据。我们的分析结果如下:对于l <= 64和具有WMAP KQ 85天空切割的ILC数据的最佳拟合调制幅度为A=0.072 +/- 0.022,在3.3 sigma处非零,并且优选方向指向银河系坐标(l,b)=(224度,-22度)+/- 24度。对于l <~ 40,来自早期分析的相应结果是A = 0.11 +/- 0.04和(l,b)=(225度,-27度)。因此,当l_max从40增加到64时,非零振幅的统计显著性从2.8 sigma增加到3.3 sigma,并且所有结果在1 sigma内一致。类似地,关于各向同性模型的贝叶斯对数证据差异从Δ ln E = 1.8增加到Δ ln E = 2.6,在Jeffreys量表上被列为“强有力的证据”。原始最佳拟合对数似然差异从Delta ln L = 6.1增加到Delta ln L = 7.3。对于其他数据组合,也发现了类似的结果,而且往往略强。因此,我们发现WMAP数据中偶极子功率分布的证据在5年的WMAP数据集中随着l的增加而增加,与Hansen等人的报告一致。

英文摘要:

(Abridged)Motivated by the recent results of Hansen et al. (2008) concerning a noticeable hemispherical power asymmetry in the WMAP data on small angular scales, we revisit the dipole modulated signal model introduced by Gordon et al. (2005). This model assumes that the true CMB signal consists of a Gaussian isotropic random field modulated by a dipole, and is characterized by an overall modulation amplitude, A, and a preferred direction, p. Previous analyses of this model has been restricted to very low resolution due to computational cost. In this paper, we double the angular resolution, and compute the full corresponding posterior distribution for the 5-year WMAP data. The results from our analysis are the following: The best-fit modulation amplitude for l <= 64 and the ILC data with the WMAP KQ85 sky cut is A=0.072 +/- 0.022, non-zero at 3.3sigma, and the preferred direction points toward Galactic coordinates (l,b) = (224 degree, -22 degree) +/- 24 degree. The corresponding results for l <~ 40 from earlier analyses was A = 0.11 +/- 0.04 and (l,b) = (225 degree,-27 degree). The statistical significance of a non-zero amplitude thus increases from 2.8sigma to 3.3sigma when increasing l_max from 40 to 64, and all results are consistent to within 1sigma. Similarly, the Bayesian log-evidence difference with respect to the isotropic model increases from Delta ln E = 1.8 to Delta ln E = 2.6, ranking as "strong evidence" on the Jeffreys' scale. The raw best-fit log-likelihood difference increases from Delta ln L = 6.1 to Delta ln L = 7.3. Similar, and often slightly stronger, results are found for other data combinations. Thus, we find that the evidence for a dipole power distribution in the WMAP data increases with l in the 5-year WMAP data set, in agreement with the reports of Hansen et al. (2008).

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