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In this chapter we describe the processing of the WMAP data and other full sky maps for the polarisation analysis.
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Note that \(\sigma \) relates with the FWHM by the relation \(\sigma =\mathrm {FWHM}/\sqrt{8\ln 2}\).
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The eccentricity, e, is defined as \(e=\sqrt{1- \left( \frac{\sigma _{\mathrm {min}}}{\sigma _{\mathrm {maj}}}\right) ^2}\), where \(\sigma _{\mathrm {min}}/\sigma _{\mathrm {maj}}\) correspond to the minor/major axial ratio of the ellipse.
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\(1^{\circ }\!\!.9\) corresponds to a SNR of 15 in the polarisation amplitude in the case where the uncertainties are symmetric (Naghizadeh-Khouei and Clarke 1993).
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Vidal Navarro, M. (2016). Analysis Techniques for WMAP Polarisation Data. In: Diffuse Radio Foregrounds. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26263-5_2
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