Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-09-08
Astrophys.J.660:976-987,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 9 figures, submitted to ApJ -- Accepted version. The fine-bin spectrum, covariance matrix, and window functions are
Scientific paper
10.1086/510504
We present new measurements of the power spectra of the E-mode of CMB polarization, the temperature T, the cross-correlation of E and T, and upper limits on the B-mode from 2.5 years of dedicated Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) observations. Both raw maps and optimal signal images in the uv-plane and real space show strong detections of the E-mode (11.7 sigma for the EE power spectrum overall) and no detection of the B-mode. The power spectra are used to constrain parameters of the flat tilted adiabatic Lambda-CDM models: those determined from EE and TE bandpowers agree with those from TT, a powerful consistency check. There is little tolerance for shifting polarization peaks from the TT-forecast locations, as measured by the angular sound crossing scale theta = 100 ell_s = 1.03 +/- 0.02 from EE and TE cf. 1.044 +/- 0.005 with the TT data included. The scope for extra out-of-phase peaks from subdominant isocurvature modes is also curtailed. The EE and TE measurements of CBI, DASI and BOOMERANG are mutually consistent, and, taken together rather than singly, give enhanced leverage for these tests.
Achermann C.
Bond Richard J.
Bronfman Leonard
Bustos Ricardo
Contaldi Carlo R.
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