| Constraints on mode couplings and modulation of the CMB with WMAP data (2004) | |||||||||
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| We investigate a possible asymmetry in the statistical properties of the cosmic microwave background temperature field and to do so we construct an estimator aiming at detecting a dipolar modulation. Such a modulation is found to induce correlations between multipoles with $\Delta\ell=1$. Applying this estimator, to the V and W bands of the WMAP data, we found a significant detection in the V band. We argue however that foregrounds and in particular point sources are the origin of this signal.. Comment: 14 pages, 14 figures | |||||||||
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