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Introduction to Microwave Background Polarization

Astrophysics 2011-04-15 v1

Abstract

Microwave background polarization, though presently undetected, is a fundamental prediction of any viable cosmological model. These lectures review the theoretical description of polarization, its physical interpretation, and potentially interesting polarization signals.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9904102,
  title  = {Introduction to Microwave Background Polarization},
  author = {Arthur Kosowsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9904102},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

Lectures given at the International School of Space Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy, September 2-12, 1998. 18 pages with 2 figures; Elsevier tex macros