Monday, July 16, 2012

1207.3235 (G. Rossmanith et al.)

Probing non-Gaussianities in the CMB on an incomplete sky using surrogates    [PDF]

G. Rossmanith, H. Modest, C. Räth, A. J. Banday, K. M. Gorski, G. Morfill
We demonstrate the feasibility to generate surrogates by Fourier-based methods for an incomplete data set. This is performed for the case of a CMB analysis, where astrophysical foreground emission, mainly present in the Galactic plane, is a major challenge. The shuffling of the Fourier phases for generating surrogates is now enabled by transforming the spherical harmonics into a new set of basis functions that are orthonormal on the cut sky. The results show that non-Gaussianities and hemispherical asymmetries in the CMB as identified in several former investigations, can still be detected even when the complete Galactic plane (|b| < 30{\deg}) is removed. We conclude that the Galactic plane cannot be the dominant source for these anomalies. The results point towards a violation of statistical isotropy.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.3235

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