Recovering hidden signals of statistical anisotropy from a masked or
  partial CMB sky
  Any isotropy violating phenomena on cosmic microwave background (CMB) induces
off-diagonal correlations in the two-point function. These correlations
themselves can be used to estimate the underlying anisotropic signals. Masking
due to residual foregrounds, or availability of partial sky due to survey
limitation, are unavoidable circumstances in CMB studies. But, masking induces
additional correlations, and thus complicates the recovery of such signals. In
this work, we discuss a procedure based on bipolar spherical harmonic (BipoSH)
formalism to comprehensively addresses any spurious correlations induced by
masking and successfully recover hidden signals of anisotropy in observed CMB
maps. This method is generic, and can be applied to recover a variety of
isotropy violating phenomena. Here, we illustrate the procedure by recovering
the subtle Doppler boost signal from simulated boosted CMB skies, which has
become possible with the unprecedented full-sky sensitivity of PLANCK probe.
