Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-02-01
Astropart.Phys. 3 (1995) 283-294
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, LaTeX Version 2.09 (24 May 1989). Postscript figure files may be requested from agilbert@cfa.harvard.edu if they hav
Scientific paper
10.1016/0927-6505(95)00003-Y
Using Monte Carlo simulations of perturbations induced by cosmic strings on the microwave background, we demonstrate the scale invariance of string fluctuation patterns. By comparing string-induced fluctuation patterns with gaussian random phase ones, we show that the non-gaussian signatures of the string patterns are detectable by tests based on the moments of the distributions only for angular scales smaller than a few arcminutes and for maps based on the gradient of temperature fluctuations. However, we find that tests of the gaussianity of the moments fail when we include a reasonable amount of instrumental noise in a pattern. Signal to noise ratios of $3.3$ or greater completely suppress a string pattern's non-gaussian features even at the highest resolutions.
Gilbert Andrea M.
Perivolaropoulos Leandros
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