On the Large Scale CMB Polarization

Paolo Cea

On the Large Scale CMB Polarization

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2010-03-18 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Authors: Paolo Cea

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Abstract

We discuss the large scale polarization of the cosmic microwave background induced by the anisotropy of the spatial geometry of our universe. Assuming an eccentricity at decoupling of about $0.64 10^{-2}$ , we find an average large scale polarization $\Delta T_{pol}/ T_0 = (0.5 - 1.0) 10^{-6}$ . We suggest that the fortcoming polarization data at large scales from Planck will be able to discriminate between our proposal and the generally accepted reionization scenario.

Keywords

cosmic microwave background polarization cosmic microwave background solar polarization

Cite

@article{arxiv.1001.2650,
  title  = {On the Large Scale CMB Polarization},
  author = {Paolo Cea},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.2650},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

9 pages, revised version accepted for publication on Mont. Not. Roy. Astr. Soc.

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