4 papers
Simulation-based tension quantification of the cosmic dipole
Mali Land-Strykowski, Harry T. J. Bevins, Oliver T. Oayda +1
The cosmic dipole measured in surveys of cosmologically distant sources consistently exceeds the expectation derived from the cosmic microwave background, posing a significant chal…
Wising up to CatWISE: using simulation-based inference to interpret the ecliptic bias and confirm the cosmic dipole excess
Oliver T. Oayda, Geraint F. Lewis
We apply Simulation-Based Inference ('SBI') to the cosmic dipole problem for the first time, measuring the distribution of quasar counts over the sky in the CatWISE2020 ('CatWISE')…
Cosmic Multipoles in Galaxy Surveys II: Comparing Different Methods in Assessing the Cosmic Dipole
Vasudev Mittal, Oliver T. Oayda, Geraint F. Lewis
We present a comparative analysis of estimators and Bayesian methods for determining the number count dipole from cosmological surveys. The increase in discordance between the numb…
Cosmic Multipoles in Galaxy Surveys Part I: How Inferences Depend on Source Counts and Masks
Oliver T. Oayda, Vasudev Mittal, Geraint F. Lewis
We present a new approach to constructing and fitting dipoles and higher-order multipoles in synthetic galaxy samples over the sky. Within our Bayesian paradigm, we illustrate that…