AA/2004/0337 - referee report (fwd)
Witam :)) i think we should have no problem with these minor corrections. :)) The only question is whether or not to make changes based on the further tests made since we submitted the paper. Regarding the further tests which i started making, remember that in our paper we have:
However, the plots are striking and it seems prudent to release them to the scientific community while a companion paper is prepared with formal statistical analyses.
So IMHO it is clear that we intend to publish a companion paper which goes into more detail in statistical tests, and there's no need to make things difficult for ourselves (and slow down publication) by adding more significant material now. How about a cafeplus this Friday to talk more on this + also about Bartek's jet idea? (not electronically public ;) Plus also whatever else cosmo/extragalactic related. # 21.05.2004 09.00g # Place: Radio building http://adjani.astro.uni.torun.pl/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Cosmo/CafePlus pozdr boud
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 10:12:50 +0200 From: aanda.paris at obspm.fr To: boud at astro.uni.torun.pl Subject: AA/2004/0337 - referee report
17/05/2004
Dr Boudewijn Roukema Torun Centre for Astronomy, UMK ul. Gagarina, 11 PL-87-100 Torun POLAND
boud at astro.uni.torun.pl Our Ref. : AA/2004/0337
Dear Dr Roukema,
The manuscript entitled :
"A hint of Poincaré dodecahedral topology in the WMAP first year sky map"
was submitted to a competent referee who recommended publication following minor revision (see enclosed report).
Please make the requested improvements and send us the revised version (please set line spacing to double spacing referee's format for language editing) at your earliest convenience. Instructions for resubmitting can be found at address https://mms-aanda.obspm.fr/is/aa.
In your cover letter, please indicate precisely all the changes made in the revised version (p^df or ps.gz file), and mark them clearly (e.g., using boldface) in your manuscript.
Please make sure that your manuscript is prepared according to the rules given in the Instructions to Authors (see the first Main Journal issue of the year), otherwise the publication of your paper will be delayed.
Further instructions will be given to you once the paper is accepted.
With best regards,
Anthony Jones A&A Editor
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Referee report ---------------
This paper contains new and important results and should be published. There are however some minor points which should be clarified before the paper could be published. Second sentence of Section 3.2 "Errors would occur only if, for example, converting the angular radius of a circle, alpha into a comoving distance in megaparsecs, or using the inverse cosine of the ratio of the in-radius, r_, to the distance to the surface of last scattering, r_{SLS}, to infer the angular radius of a matched circle, i.e. alpha \\sim cos^{-1}(r_/r_{SLS}) ", this sentence seems to be missing something.
There is a full stop after eq.(6), while it should be a comma.
Second sentence after eq.(6) is "Moreover, the unknown physics of the cosmological constant (or quintessence) makes it hard to em a priori exclude any fluctuations in \\Omega_{\\Lambda}, especially with an amplitude so close to that of matter fluctuations. " - need to be corrected.
Full stop after eq.(10) should be replaced by a comma.
To make the list of References more balanced it should include at least reference to J. Weeks book The Shape of Space (where there is a nice discussion of the Poincare dodecahedral space).
revised version (with all the minor requests done) attached. i propose the Friday meeting as a decision deadline on the minor corrections. If noone objects by then, then this modified version will be submitted. b On Mon, 17 May 2004, Andrzej Marecki wrote:
How about a cafeplus this Friday to talk more on this + also about Bartek's jet idea? (not electronically public ;) Plus also whatever else cosmo/extragalactic related. # 21.05.2004 09.00g # Place: Radio building
Very good!
A.
A week ago, on May 17th, Boud wrote:
i propose the Friday meeting as a decision deadline on the minor corrections. If noone objects by then, then this modified version will be submitted.
OK, so I presume you _have_ submitted the corrected version to A&A. Now a question: and how about astro-ph? In particular, how about... changing the comment there to a neutral one like: "13 pages, 18 figures, A&A accepted"? Our apologies surely _have_ been read by the people interested in receiving them and - IMVHO - there is hardly any need to keep them posted any longer. What do you, gals and guys, think? a.
Witam, On Mon, 24 May 2004, Andrzej Marecki wrote:
A week ago, on May 17th, Boud wrote:
i propose the Friday meeting as a decision deadline on the minor corrections. If noone objects by then, then this modified version will be submitted.
OK, so I presume you _have_ submitted the corrected version to A&A.
Yep, done.
Now a question: and how about astro-ph? In particular, how about... changing the comment there to a neutral one like: "13 pages, 18 figures, A&A accepted"? Our apologies surely _have_ been read by the people interested in receiving them and - IMVHO - there is hardly any need to keep them posted any longer. What do you, gals and guys, think?
Hmmm. It's true that we didn't say for what period we would have the comment up there, and it has been there for two months, and even after modifying it (v3), it will remain available in the future. IMHO we should probably give this 7 days' time limit. ###################################################################### PROPOSAL: We will update the contents of the astro-ph version to be the exact version finally accepted (well, probably it will be formally accepted by Mon 31 May) and make the comment: "13 pages, 18 figures, matches A&A accepted version" DEADLINE for comments (or possibly veto): Mon 31 May 13.00g ###################################################################### pozdr boud
ok ! a bit early though :/ bartek On Mon, 17 May 2004, Andrzej Marecki wrote:
How about a cafeplus this Friday to talk more on this + also about Bartek's jet idea? (not electronically public ;) Plus also whatever else cosmo/extragalactic related. # 21.05.2004 09.00g # Place: Radio building
Very good!
A.
How about a cafeplus this Friday to talk more on this + also about Bartek's jet idea? (not electronically public ;) Plus also whatever else cosmo/extragalactic related. # 21.05.2004 09.00g # Place: Radio building
Very good!
Would you consider to start cafe+ a little bit later?? Let say 10:30?? It is very hard to wake up early and get here by bike at this time..:( mpg
Michał, Jarek - how is 10:30? Motyl: i think the reason for starting at 09.00g was so that after the discussion, there is still a lot of time left in the day to do work, otherwise for people from CAMK, it's like half the day has already finished. Personally, later is fine by me :), but it's more interesting if more people come along, so better earlier for them. Maybe 10:00g? On Mon, 17 May 2004, Marcin Gawronski wrote:
How about a cafeplus this Friday to talk more on this + also about Bartek's jet idea? (not electronically public ;) Plus also whatever else cosmo/extragalactic related. # 21.05.2004 09.00g # Place: Radio building
Very good!
Would you consider to start cafe+ a little bit later?? Let say 10:30?? It is very hard to wake up early and get here by bike at this time..:(
mpg
Hi! I think I will pass this one. Really a lot of things on my head. Jarek is "out" and I am not sure when he is coming back. all best! michal Boud Roukema wrote:
Michał, Jarek - how is 10:30?
Motyl: i think the reason for starting at 09.00g was so that after the discussion, there is still a lot of time left in the day to do work, otherwise for people from CAMK, it's like half the day has already finished.
Personally, later is fine by me :), but it's more interesting if more people come along, so better earlier for them.
Maybe 10:00g?
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Marcin Gawronski wrote:
How about a cafeplus this Friday to talk more on this + also about Bartek's jet idea? (not electronically public ;) Plus also whatever else cosmo/extragalactic related. # 21.05.2004 09.00g # Place: Radio building
Very good!
Would you consider to start cafe+ a little bit later?? Let say 10:30?? It is very hard to wake up early and get here by bike at this time..:(
mpg
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Witam, On Tue, 18 May 2004, Michal Frackowiak wrote:
Hi!
I think I will pass this one. Really a lot of things on my head. Jarek is "out" and I am not sure when he is coming back.
OK, in that case no need for a morning meeting :). How about a time which is also suitable for Magda C (Fri morning is not)? e.g. Friday 14:00? My guess is people most likely to attend are: bartek/andrzej/boud/motyl/ magda k/magda c ? magda: piątek 14g może być? pozdr boud
all best!
michal
Boud Roukema wrote:
Michał, Jarek - how is 10:30?
Motyl: i think the reason for starting at 09.00g was so that after the discussion, there is still a lot of time left in the day to do work, otherwise for people from CAMK, it's like half the day has already finished.
Personally, later is fine by me :), but it's more interesting if more people come along, so better earlier for them.
The referee wrote:
Second sentence after eq.(6) is "Moreover, the unknown physics of the cosmological constant (or quintessence) makes it hard to em a priori exclude any fluctuations in \\Omega_{\\Lambda}, especially with an amplitude so close to that of matter fluctuations. " - need to be corrected.
Well, I can't get what's wrong with it. BTW, you _haven't_ corrected it at all, Boud, have you. ;-) A.
participants (6)
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Andrzej Marecki -
Bartosz Lew -
Boud Roukema -
Magdalena Cechowska -
Marcin Gawronski -
Michal Frackowiak