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astro-ph2008★ 15 cited
Hemispherical power asymmetry: parameter estimation from CMB WMAP5 data
Bartosz Lew
We reexamine the evidence of the hemispherical power asymmetry, detected in the CMB WMAP data using a new method. At first, we analyze the hemispherical variance ratios and compare…
astro-ph2008★ 14 cited
Real space tests of the statistical isotropy and Gaussianity of the WMAP CMB data
Bartosz Lew
ABRIDGED: We introduce and analyze a method for testing statistical isotropy and Gaussianity and apply it to the WMAP CMB foreground reduced, temperature maps, and cross-channel di…
astro-ph2008★ 33 cited
A test of the Poincare dodecahedral space topology hypothesis with the WMAP CMB data
B. S. Lew, B. F. Roukema
It has been suggested by Roukema and coworkers (hereafter R04) that the topology of the Universe as probed by the ``matched circles'' method using the first year release of the WMA…