Cosmic
Microwave Background Polarization| Cosmic
Microwave Background Polarization |
In General > s.a. observational
cosmology [parameters]; dark
matter; massive gravitons.
* Values: Linear polarization
10–6 (DASI
2002); Characterized by Stokes parameters S0 or
I = (Tx + Ty)/2,
S1 or Q = (Tx – Ty)/2,
S2 or U,
and S2 or S3 or U.
* Significance: Related to anisotropy, but it is a signature of the
motion of the primordial seeds that led to the large-scale structure observed
today,
and gives a different combination of information on physical parameters,
including
the presence of gravitational waves.
@ Reviews: Challinor ap/05-ln;
Hedman AS(05)may;
Bartlett JPCS(06)ap-in;
news pw(06)may;
Balbi et al ap/06-in;
Dodelson et al a0902-rp.
@ General references: Kamionkowski et al PRD(97)
[stats];
Guzik et al PRD(00)ap/99;
Bunn PRD(02)ap/01 [detectability];
Balbi et
al ap/01-in;
Cooray PRD(02)ap [lensing],
et al PLB(03)ap/02 [circular?];
Gangui ap/03-in
[and topological defects]; Cabella & Kamionkowski ap/04-in
[theory]; Abramo & Xavier PRD(07)ap/06 [and
primordial matter distribution]; Rocher et al JCAP(07)
[and inflation].
Detection
@ References: Zaldarriaga & Seljak PRD(97)
[analysis]; Kovac et al Nat(02)ap;
Gangui Sci(03)ap;
Page et al ap/06/ApJ
[WMAP 3-year data]; Ralston & Jain ap/06 [classification
of observables]; Samtleben et QUIET a0802-in;
Inflation Working Group a0811-rp
[CBMPol mission study].
Related Topics
@ And gravitational waves: Kesden
et al PRL(02)ap;
Zhang
et al PRD(06)ap/05;
Keating et al IJMPA(06)ap;
Baskaran et al PRD(06)gq;
Grishchuk a0707-in.
@ Faraday rotation: Scóccola et al PRD(04)ap;
Kosowsky et al PRD(05)
[stochastic B]; Ni a0712-in.
@ Other topics: Frommert & Ensslin a0908/MNRAS [search for "axis of evil"].
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