Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-05-26
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.357:994-1002,2005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 9 figures. Minor edits to match MNRAS version
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08707.x
We perform a frequentist analysis of the bispectrum of WMAP first year data. We find clear signal domination up to l=200, with overall consistency with Gaussianity except for the following features. There is a flat patch (i.e. a low chi-squared region) in the same-l components of the bispectrum spanning the range l=32-62; this may be interpreted as ruling out Gaussianity at the 99.6% confidence level. There is also an asymmetry between the North and South inter-l bispectrum components at the 99% confidence level. The preferred asymmetry axis correlates well with the (l,b)=(57,10) direction quoted in the literature for asymmetries in the power spectrum and three-point correlation function. However our analysis of the quadrupole (its bispectrum and principal axes) fail to make contact with previously claimed anomalies.
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Magueijo Joao
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