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In our previous study, we introduced a machine-learning technique, namely CMBFSCNN, for the removal of foreground contamination in cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization data. This method was successfully employed on actual…

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This work is point of the preparation to the analysis of the PLANCK satellite data. The PLANCK satellite is an ESA mission which has been launched the 14th of may 2009 and is dedicaced to the measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-03 L. Fauvet , J. F. Macias-Perez

Primordial B-mode detection is one of the main goals of current and future cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. However, the weak B-mode signal is overshadowed by several Galactic polarized emissions, such as thermal dust emission…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-18 Ye-Peng Yan , Guo-Jian Wang , Si-Yu Li , Jun-Qing Xia

B-modes of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization can be created by a primordial gravitational wave background. If this background was created by Inflation, then the amplitude of the polarization signal is proportional the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexandre Amblard , Asantha Cooray , Manoj Kaplinghat

Polarized Galactic foregrounds are one of the primary sources of systematic error in measurements of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Experiments are becoming increasingly sensitive to complexities in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-13 Brandon S. Hensley , Philip Bull

We present a Gaussianity test of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization by analyzing the statistics of unpolarized points in the sky, classified into three distinct types: saddles, comets, and beaks. This classification of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-01 K. O. Parfenov , D. I. Novikov , A. O. Mihalchenko

We apply our symmetry based Power tensor technique to test conformity of PLANCK Polarization maps with statistical isotropy. On a wide range of angular scales (l=40-150), our preliminary analysis detects many statistically anisotropic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-27 Pranati K. Rath , Pramoda Kr. Samal , Srikanta Panda , Debesh D. Mishra , Pavan K. Aluri

We test the statistical isotropy (SI) of the $E$-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation observed by the Planck satellite using two statistics, namely, the $\alpha$ estimator that is derived from the contour…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-11 Joby P. Kochappan , Aparajita Sen , Tuhin Ghosh , Pravabati Chingangbam , Soumen Basak

We test for foreground residuals in the foreground cleaned Planck Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) maps outside and inside U73 mask commonly used for cosmological analysis. The aim of this paper is to introduce a new method to validate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. Axelsson , H. T. Ihle , S. Scodeller , F. K. Hansen

The polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust is the main foreground present in measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at frequencies above 100GHz. We exploit the Planck HFI polarization data from 100…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-10 Planck Collaboration , R. Adam , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , K. Dolag , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frejsel , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , J. Jewell , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , S. Ricciardi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , B. Rouillé d'Orfeuil , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. D. Soler , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , L. Vibert , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , R. Watson , I. K. Wehus , M. White , S. D. M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

The quest for a B-mode imprint from primordial gravity waves on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) requires the characterization of foreground polarization from Galactic dust. We present a statistical study of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-10 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gruppuso , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , Z. Huang , K. M. Huffenberger , G. Hurier , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. León-Tavares , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. McGehee , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , N. Oppermann , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , O. Perdereau , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , P. Serra , J. D. Soler , V. Stolyarov , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

We present a joint cosmological analysis combining data from the Planck satellite, the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, and the South Pole Telescope. We construct a unified likelihood that reproduces the measured temperature and polarisation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-24 M. Tristram , M. Douspis , A. Gorce , S. Henrot-Versillé , L. T. Hergt , S. Ilic , L. McBride , M. Muñoz-Echeverría , E. Pointecouteau , L. Salvati

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature bispectrum is currently the most precise tool for constraining primordial non-Gaussianity (NG). The Planck temperature data tightly constrain the amplitude of local-type NG: $f_{\rm NL}^{\rm…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-06 J. Colin Hill

Abreg: We investigate the impact of polarized foreground emission on the performances of future CMB experiments in measuring the tensor-to-scalar ratio r. We design a component separation pipeline, based on the Smica method, aimed at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Marc Betoule , E. Pierpaoli , J. Delabrouille , M. Le Jeune , Jean-François Cardoso

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies exhibit a large-scale dipolar power asymmetry. To determine whether this is due to a real, physical modulation or is simply a large statistical fluctuation requires the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 D. Contreras , J. P. Zibin , D. Scott , A. J. Banday , K. M. Górski

Current and future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments aim to achieve high-precision reconstruction of the CMB polarization signal, with the most ambitious objective being the detection of primordial $B$ modes sourced by cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-28 Alessandro Carones

The upcoming generation of cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments face a major challenge in detecting the weak cosmic B-mode signature predicted as a product of primordial gravitational waves. To achieve the required sensitivity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-22 D. T. O'Dea , C. N. Clark , C. R. Contaldi , C. J. MacTavish

We present a new approach to component separation in multifrequency CMB experiments by formulating the problem as that of partitioning the sky into pixel clusters such that within each pixel cluster the foregrounds have similar spectrum,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-18 Rishi Khatri

The Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Planck missions will provide low noise maps of the temperature of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). These maps will allow measurement of the power spectrum of the CMB with measurement noise below…

The primary source of systematic uncertainty in the quest for the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) introduced by primordial gravitational waves is polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust. Therefore,…