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Internal Linear Combination method for the separation of CMB from Galactic foregrounds in the harmonic domain

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 نشر من قبل Paola Andreani
 تاريخ النشر 2008
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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Foreground contamination is the fundamental hindrance to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) signals and its separation from it represents a fundamental question in Cosmology. One of the most popular algorithm used to disentangle foregrounds from the CMB signals is the internal linear combination method (ILC). In its original version, this technique is applied directly to the observed maps. In recent literature, however, it is suggested that in the harmonic (Fourier) domain it is possible to obtain better results since a separation can be attempted where the various Fourier frequencies are given different weights. This is seen as a useful characteristic in the case of noisy data. Here, we argue that the benefits of using such an approach are overestimated. Better results can be obtained if a classic procedure is adopted where data are filtered before the separation is carried out.



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