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Detection of non-Gaussianity in the WMAP 1-year data using spherical wavelets | | P. Vielva
; E. Martinez-Gonzalez
; R. B. Barreiro
; J. L. Sanz
; L. Cayon
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9 Oct 2003 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) 22-34 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Abstract: | A non-Gaussian detection in the WMAP 1-year data is reported. The detection has been found in the combined Q-V-W map proposed by the WMAP team (Komatsu et al. 2003) after applying a wavelet technique based on the Spherical Mexican Hat Wavelet (SMHW). The skewness and the kurtosis of the SMHW coefficients are calculated at different scales. A non-Gaussian signal is detected at scales of the SMHW around 4 deg (size in the sky of around 10 deg). The right tail probability of the detection is approx. 0.4%. In addition, a study of Gaussianity is performed in each hemisphere. The northern hemisphere is compatible with Gaussianity, whereas the southern one deviates from Gaussianity with a right tail probability of approx. 0.1%. Systematics, foregrounds and uncertainties in the estimation of the cosmological parameters are carefully studied in order to identify the possible source of non-Gaussianity. The detected deviation from Gaussianity is not found to be caused by systematic effects: 1) each one of the Q, V and W receivers shows the same non-Gaussianity pattern, and 2) several combinations of the different receivers at each frequency band do not show this non-Gaussian pattern. Similarly, galactic foregrounds show a negligible contribution to the non-Gaussian detection: non-Gaussianity is detected in all the WMAP maps and no frequency dependence is observed. Moreover, the expected foreground contribution to the combined WMAP map was added to CMB Gaussian simulations showing a behaviour compatible with the Gaussian model. Influence of uncertainties in the CMB power spectrum estimation are also quantified. Hence, possible intrinsic temperature fluctuations (like secondary anisotropies and primordial features) can not be rejected as the source of this non-Gaussian detection. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0310273 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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