2 papers
astro-ph1998
Approximating the Likelihood Function of CMB Experiments
J. G. Bartlett, A. Blanchard, M. Douspis +1
We discuss the problem of constraining cosmological parameters with cosmic microwave background band--power estimates. Because these latter are variances, they do not have gaussian…
astro-ph1998
New Territory: SZ Cluster Surveys
J. G. Bartlett, A. Blanchard, D. Barbosa
The potential of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect for cluster studies has long been appreciated, although not yet fully exploited. Recent technological advances and improvements…