The Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Details The Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background The Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background

2003-05-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0305272v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Review written for the Carnegie Observatories Centenial Symposium II

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We summarize the physical mechanism by which the Cosmic Microwave Background acquires a small degree of polarization. We discuss the imprint left by gravitational waves and the use of polarization as a test of the inflationary paradigm. We discuss some physical processes that affect the CMB polarization after recombination such as gravitational lensing and the reionization of the universe.

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