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The CMB cold spot: texture, cluster or void?
M. Cruz, E. Martinez-Gonzalez, P. Vielva +3
The non-Gaussian cold spot found in the WMAP data has created controversy about its origin. Here we calculate the Bayesian posterior probability ratios for three different models t…
Bianchi VII_h models and the cold spot texture
M. Bridges, J. D. McEwen, M. Cruz +4
We have returned to our previous Bianchi VII_h analysis in light of the Cruz et al. 2007 suggestion that the cold spot observed near the southern Galactic pole may be a remnant tem…
A Cosmic Microwave Background feature consistent with a cosmic texture
M. Cruz, N. Turok, P. Vielva +2
The Cosmic Microwave Background provides our most ancient image of the Universe and our best tool for studying its early evolution. Theories of high energy physics predict the form…
The non-Gaussian Cold Spot in the 3-year WMAP data
M. Cruz, L. Cayon, E. Martinez-Gonzalez +2
The non-Gaussian cold spot detected in wavelet space in the WMAP 1-year data, is detected again in the coadded WMAP 3-year data at the same position (b = -57, l = 209) and size in…
The non-Gaussian Cold Spot in WMAP: significance, morphology and foreground contribution
M. Cruz, M. Tucci, E. Martinez-Gonzalez +1
The non--Gaussian cold spot in the 1-year WMAP data, described in Vielva et al. and Cruz et al., is analysed in detail in the present paper. First of all, we perform a more rigorou…