Multiple methods for estimating the bispectrum of the cosmic microwave background with application to the MAXIMA data

We describe different methods for estimating the bispectrum of cosmic microwave background data. In particular, we construct a minimum-variance estimator for the flat-sky limit and compare results with previously studied frequentist methods. Application to the MAXIMA data set shows consistency with...

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Main Authors: Santos, MG, Heavens, A, Balbi, A, Borrill, J, Ferreira, P, Hanany, S, Jaffe, A, Lee, A, Rabii, B, Richards, P, Smoot, G, Stompor, R, Winant, C, Wu, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003