Wavelet analysis and the detection of non-Gaussianity in the CMB

Details Wavelet analysis and the detection of non-Gaussianity in the CMB Wavelet analysis and the detection of non-Gaussianity in the CMB

1998-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810200v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 12 figures, submitted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02824.x

We investigate the use of wavelet transforms in detecting and characterising non-Gaussian structure in maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We apply the method to simulated maps of the Kaiser-Stebbins effect due to cosmic strings onto which Gaussian signals of varying amplitudes are superposed. We find the method significantly outperforms standard techniques based on measuring the moments of the pixel temperature distribution. We also compare the results with those obtained using techniques based on Minkowski functionals, and we again find the wavelet method to be superior. In particular, using the wavelet technique, we find that it is possible to detect non-Gaussianity even in the presence of a superposed Gaussian signal with five times the rms amplitude of the original cosmic string map. We also find that the wavelet technique is useful in characterising the angular scales at which the non-Gaussian signal occurs.

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