Peculiar features in the cosmic microwave background radiation

In this thesis, I develop statistics capable of detecting peculiar features in current observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. Such tools scrutinise the very foundations of standard cosmological models. Evidence of peculiar features in the CMB may require a reassessment of t...

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Main Author: Dineen, Patrick
Published: University of Nottingham 2005
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.416298