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Title: Pure pseudo-C_l estimators for CMB B-modes

Abstract: Fast heuristically weighted, or pseudo-C_l, estimators are a frequently used method for estimating power spectra in CMB surveys with large numbers of pixels. Recently, Challinor & Chon showed that the E-B mixing in these estimators can become a dominant contaminant at low noise levels, ultimately limiting the gravity wave signal which can be detected on a finite patch of sky. We define a modified version of the estimators which eliminates E-B mixing and is near-optimal at all noise levels.
Comments: 9 pages and 3 figures; Proceedings of the Fundamental Physics With CMB workshop, UC Irvine, March 23-25, 2006, to be published in New Astronomy Reviews
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
Journal reference: New Astron.Rev. 50 (2006) 1025-1029
Cite as: arXiv:astro-ph/0608662v1

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From: Kendrick Smith [view email]
[v1] Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:56:03 GMT (109kb)