Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

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The five year TT power spectrum is produced by combining the Maximum Likelihood estimated spectrum from l = 2-32 with the pseudo-C_l based cross-power spectra for l > 32. The pseudo-C_l estimate uses only V- and W-band data, with a uniform pixel weight applied for l ≤ 500 and "Nobs' weights for l > 500. A total of 435 individual cross-power spectra are formed from the three individual years of data and six V- and W-band differencing assemblies.

The complete (unbinned) TT power spectrum data are provided as an ASCII table containing the following columns:

1. the multipole moment l
2. the power spectrum in units of μK²
3. the corresponding diagonal elements of the covariance matrix
4. the portion of the diagonal element of the covariance matrix attributed to measurement errors
5. the portion of the diagonal element of the covariance matrix attributed to cosmic variance, assuming the best-fit LCDM model described in Dunkley et al. (2008).

The diagonal elements provide an estimate of the error, but should not be used as exact error bars. The complete Fisher matrix should be used for that purpose.

A binned version of the power spectrum is also available in a separate ASCII file with the following columns:

1. the mean multipole moment l
2. the smallest l contributing to the bin
3. the largest l contributing to the bin
4. the power spectrum in units of μK²
5. the corresponding diagonal elements of the covariance matrix
6. the portion of the diagonal element of the covariance matrix attributed to measurement errors
7. the portion of the diagonal element of the covariance matrix attributed to cosmic variance, assuming the best-fit LCDM model described in Dunkley et al. (2008).

Change Notes

Version 3.0 (5 March 2008) - WMAP five year data release.

Version 3.1 (8 July 2008) - Corrected the data in column 4 to give the portion of the error attributable to measurement error. v3.0 was giving "SN+NN" while the corrected v3.1 gives "2SN+NN".

Additional Information

• Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Data Processing, Sky Maps, and Basic Results, G. Hinshaw, et.al. (2008)
• Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Likelihoods and Parameters from WMAP Data, J. Dunkley, et.al (2008).
• Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Angular Power Spectra, M. Nolta, et.al (2008).
• WMAP Five Year Explanatory Supplement

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