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Parameter dependence of magnetized CMB observables

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2010-04-29 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Pre-decoupling magnetic fields affect the scalar modes of the geometry and produce observable effects which can be constrained also through the use of current (as opposed to forthcoming) data stemming from the Cosmic Microwave Background observations. The dependence of the temperature and polarization angular power spectra upon the parameters of an ambient magnetic field is encoded in the scaling properties of a set of basic integrals whose derivation is simplified in the limit of small angular scales. The magnetically-induced distortions patterns of the relevant observables can be computed analytically by employing scaling considerations which are corroborated by numerical results.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0903.5164,
  title  = {Parameter dependence of magnetized CMB observables},
  author = {Massimo Giovannini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.5164},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

48 pages, 11 figures; corrected minor typos; discussions added; to appear in Physical Review

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