Small Angular Scale Simulations of the Microwave Sky
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We describe and compare two types of microwave sky simulations which are good for small angular scales. The first type uses expansions in spherical harmonics, and the second one is based on plane waves and the Fast Fourier Transform. The angular power spectrum is extracted from maps corresponding to both types of simulations, and the resulting spectra are appropriately compared. In this way, the features and usefulness of Fourier simulations are pointed out. For ` ≥ 100, all the simulations lead to similar accuracies; however, the CPU cost of Fourier simulations is ∼ 10 times smaller than that for spherical harmonic simulations. For ` ≤ 100, the simulations based on spherical harmonics seem to be preferable. Subject headings: cosmic microwave background—cosmology: theory—large-scale structure of the universe
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