CMB power spectrum estimation using noncircular beams

Details CMB power spectrum estimation using noncircular beams CMB power spectrum estimation using noncircular beams

2004-05-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0405406v3

Phys. Rev. D70 (2004) 103002

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

23 pages, 12 eps figures, uses RevTeX 4. Matches version accepted to Phys. Rev. D. Corrected minor typographical error in the

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.70.103002

The measurements of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy has proved crucial to the emergence of cosmology as a precision science in recent years. In this remarkable data rich period, the limitations to precision now arise from the the inability to account for finer systematic effects in data analysis. The non-circularity of the experimental beam has become progressively important as CMB experiments strive to attain higher angular resolution and sensitivity. We present an analytic framework for studying the leading order effects of a non-circular beam on the CMB power spectrum estimation. We consider a non-circular beam of fixed shape but variable orientation. We compute the bias in the pseudo-$C_l$ power spectrum estimator and then construct an unbiased estimator using the bias matrix. The covariance matrix of the unbiased estimator is computed for smooth, non-circular beams. Quantitative results are shown for CMB maps made by a \emph{hypothetical} experiment with a non-circular beam comparable to our fits to the WMAP beam maps described in the appendix and uses a \emph{toy} scan strategy. We find that significant effects on CMB power spectrum can arise due to non-circular beam on multipoles comparable to, and beyond, the inverse average beam-width where the pseudo-$C_l$ approach may be the method of choice due to computational limitations of analyzing the large datasets from current and near future CMB experiments.

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