English

Generation of CMB B-mode Polarization from Circular Polarization

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-03-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In this work we consider non-zero circular polarization for the CMB radiation as a result of new interactions. We then rewrite the Boltzmann equations for the Stokes parameters QQ, UU and VV and show that the circular polarization can generate the B-mode polarization even if no tensor perturbations are present.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1503.05356,
  title  = {Generation of CMB B-mode Polarization from Circular Polarization},
  author = {Rohoollah Mohammadi and Moslem Zarei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.05356},
  year   = {2015}
}
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