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Cosmic string detection in radio surveys

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We consider the detection of cosmic strings using observations of the anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Several methods for detecting cosmic strings are analyzed, using a threshold filter and expansion in orthogonal Haar functions. Computer simulation provides estimates of the noise present in experiments aimed at detection of cosmic strings. Attempts to detect cosmic strings were carried out using the full-sky ILC map obtained as a result of the WMAP space mission. A list of cosmic string candidates has been compiled using the Haar function method.

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  1. Sternberg Astronomical Institute, LomonosovMoscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    O. S. Sazhina, V. N. Sementsov & N. T. Ashimbaeva

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Original Russian Text © O.S. Sazhina, V.N. Sementsov, N.T. Ashimbaeva, 2014, published in Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2014, Vol. 91, No. 1, pp. 20–35.

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Sazhina, O.S., Sementsov, V.N. & Ashimbaeva, N.T. Cosmic string detection in radio surveys. Astron. Rep. 58, 16–29 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063772913120068

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