Astrophysical: Cosmology

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    Physical properties of simulated galaxy populations at z = 2 - II. Effects of cosmology, reionization and ISM physics
    We use hydrodynamical simulations from the OverWhelmingly Large Simulations project to investigate the dependence of the physical properties of galaxy...
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    Planck 2013 results. I. Overview of products and scientific results
    The European Space Agency’s Planck satellite, dedicated to studying the early Universe and its subsequent evolution, was launched 14 May 2009 and has been...
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    Planck 2013 results. II. Low Frequency Instrument data processing
    We describe the data processing pipeline of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) data processing centre (DPC) to create and characterize full-sky maps...
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    Planck 2013 results. III. LFI systematic uncertainties
    We present the current estimate of instrumental and systematic effect uncertainties for the Planck-Low Frequency Instrument relevant to the first release of the...
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    Planck 2013 results. VI. High Frequency Instrument data processing
    Wedescribe the processing of the 531 billion raw data samples from the High Frequency Instrument (HFI), which we performed to produce six temperature maps from...
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    Planck 2013 results. XV. CMB power spectra and likelihood
    This paper presents the Planck 2013 likelihood, a complete statistical description of the two-point correlation function of the CMB temperature fluctuations...
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    Planck 2013 results. XXIII. Isotropy and statistics of the CMB
    The two fundamental assumptions of the standard cosmological model – that the initial fluctuations are statistically isotropic and Gaussian – are rigorously...
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    Planck 2013 results. XXIV. Constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity
    The Planck nominal mission cosmic microwave background (CMB) maps yield unprecedented constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity (NG). Using three optimal...
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    Planck 2013 results. XXV. Searches for cosmic strings and other topological defects
    Planck data have been used to provide stringent new constraints on cosmic strings and other defects. We describe forecasts of the CMB power spectrum induced by...