Computing Microwave Background Polarization Power Spectra from Cosmic Birefringence
Abstract
We present a new publicly available code, \texttt{class_rot}, which modifies to enable fast non-perturbative calculation of cosmic microwave background polarization power spectra due to both isotropic and anisotropic polarization rotation from cosmic birefringence. Cosmic birefringence can arise from new parity-violating physics such as axion dark matter with a Chern-Simons coupling to photons or Faraday rotation due to a primordial magnetic field. Constraints on these effects can be obtained by comparing measurements to precise numerical calculations of the polarization power spectra. We describe the implementation of \texttt{class_rot} in terms of both mathematical formalism and coding architecture. We also provide usage examples and demonstrate the accuracy of the code by comparing with simulations.
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@article{arxiv.2111.14199,
title = {Computing Microwave Background Polarization Power Spectra from Cosmic Birefringence},
author = {Hongbo Cai and Yilun Guan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.14199},
year = {2022}
}
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6 pages, 2 figures, submitted to PRD