Multiple methods for estimating the bispectrum of the cosmic microwave background with application to the MAXIMA data

M. G. Santos; A. Heavens; A. Balbi; J. Borrill; P. G. Ferreira; S. Hanany; A. H. Jaffe; A. T. Lee; B. Rabii; P. L. Richards; G. F. Smoot; R. Stompor; C. D. Winant; J. H.P. Wu

doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06438.x

Multiple methods for estimating the bispectrum of the cosmic microwave background with application to the MAXIMA data

M. G. Santos^*
, A. Heavens
, A. Balbi
, J. Borrill
, P. G. Ferreira
, S. Hanany
, A. H. Jaffe
, A. T. Lee
, B. Rabii
, P. L. Richards
, G. F. Smoot
, R. Stompor
, C. D. Winant
, J. H.P. Wu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We describe different methods for estimating the bispectrum of cosmic microwave background data. In particular, we construct a minimum-variance estimator for the flat-sky limit and compare results with previously studied frequentist methods. Application to the MAXIMA data set shows consistency with primordial Gaussianity. Weak quadratic non-Gaussianity is characterized by a tunable parameter f_NL, corresponding to non-Gaussianity at a level of ∼10^-5 f_NL (the ratio of non-Gaussian to Gaussian terms), and we find limits of f_NL = 1500 ± 950 for the minimum-variance estimator and f_NL = 2700 ± 1650 for the usual frequentist estimator. These are the tightest limits on primordial non-Gaussianity, which include the full effects of the radiation transfer function.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	623-643
Number of pages	21
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	341
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06438.x
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cosmic microwave background
Early universe
Methods: Data analysis
Methods: Statistical

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Santos, M. G., Heavens, A., Balbi, A., Borrill, J., Ferreira, P. G., Hanany, S., Jaffe, A. H., Lee, A. T., Rabii, B., Richards, P. L., Smoot, G. F., Stompor, R., Winant, C. D., & Wu, J. H. P. (2003). Multiple methods for estimating the bispectrum of the cosmic microwave background with application to the MAXIMA data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 341(2), 623-643. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06438.x

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