Low Variance at large scales of WMAP 9 year data

Abstract

We use an optimal estimator to study the variance of the WMAP 9 CMB field at low resolution, in both temperature and polarization. Employing realistic Monte Carlo simulation, we find statistically significant deviations from the $\Lambda$CDM model in several sky cuts for the temperature field. For the considered masks in this analysis, which cover at least the 54% of the sky, the WMAP 9 CMB sky and $\Lambda$CDM are incompatible at $\ge 99.94$ C.L. at large angles ($>5^{\circ }$). We find instead no anomaly in polarization. As a byproduct of our analysis, we present new, optimal estimates of the WMAP 9 CMB angular power spectra from the WMAP 9 year data at low resolution.

18 pages, 12 figures, 3 tables. Accepted for publication in JCAP

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