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Pure pseudo-C_l estimators for CMB B-modes
Fast heuristically weighted, or pseudo-C_l, estimators are a frequently used
method for estimating power spectra in CMB surveys with large numbers of
pixels. Recently, Challinor & Chon showed that the E-B mixing in these
estimators can become a dominant contaminant at low noise levels, ultimately
limiting the gravity wave signal which can be detected on a finite patch of
sky. We define a modified version of the estimators which eliminates E-B mixing
and is near-optimal at all noise levels.Comment: 9 pages and 3 figures; Proceedings of the Fundamental Physics With
CMB workshop, UC Irvine, March 23-25, 2006, to be published in New Astronomy
Review