An introduction to compact source detection in cosmic microwave background images

Abstract

We aim to present a tutorial on the detection, parameter estimation and statistical analysis of compact sources (far galaxies, galaxy clusters and Galactic dense emission regions) in cosmic microwave background observations. The topic is of great relevance for current and future cosmic microwave background missions because the presence of compact sources in the data introduces very significant biases in the determination of the cosmological parameters that determine the energy contain, origin and evolution of the universe and because compact sources themselves provide us with important information about the large scale structure of the universe.

Paper withdrawn due to a change of its title decided by the Journal. A new version, identical to this one but for the title, will be placed in arXiv shortly