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The Microwave Background Bispectrum, Paper I: Basic Formalism
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The Microwave Background Bispectrum, Paper I: Basic Formalism

David N Spergel and David M Goldberg
Physical review D Particles and fields, v 59, 103001
23 Apr 1999
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http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9811252View

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Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Phys. Rev. D 59, 103001 (1999) In this paper, we discuss the potential importance of measuring the CMB anisotropy bispectrum. We develop a formalism for computing the bispectrum and for measuring it from microwave background maps. As an example, we compute the bispectrum resulting from the 2nd order Rees-Sciama effect, and find that is undetectable with current and upcoming missions.

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