Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-09-17
Astrophys.SpaceSci.318:195-206,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in Astrophysics and Space Science
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10509-008-9912-6
One of the main obstacles in extracting the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) signal from observations in the mm-submm range is the foreground contamination by emission from galactic components: mainly synchrotron, free-free and thermal dust emission. Due to the statistical nature of the intrinsic CMB signal it is essential to minimize the systematic errors in the CMB temperature determinations. Following the available knowledge of the spectral behavior of the galactic foregrounds simple, power law-like spectra have been assumed. The feasibility of using a simple neural network for extracting the CMB temperature signal from the combined CMB and foreground signals has been investigated. As a specific example, we have analysed simulated data, like that expected from the ESA Planck Surveyor mission. A simple multilayer perceptron neural network with 2 hidden layers can provide temperature estimates, over more than 80 percent of the sky, that are to a high degree uncorrelated with the foreground signals. A single network will be able to cover the dynamic range of the Planck noise level over the entire sky.
Jorgensen Henning E.
Norgaard-Nielsen Hans Ulrik
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