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A Pixel Space Method for Testing Dipole Modulation in the CMB Polarization

We introduce a pixel space method to detect dipole modulation or hemispherical power asymmetry in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. The method relies on the use of squared total polarized flux whose ensemble average picks…

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Galactic foreground constraints on primordial $B$-mode detection for ground-based experiments

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Instrument, Method, Brightness and Polarization Maps from the 2003 flight of BOOMERanG

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Measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Power Spectra from Two Years of BICEP Data

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Constraints on $\gamma$-CDM interactions matching the Planck data precision

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Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Bayesian Estimation of CMB Polarization Maps

We describe a sampling method to estimate the polarized CMB signal from observed maps of the sky. We use a Metropolis-within-Gibbs algorithm to estimate the polarized CMB map, containing Q and U Stokes parameters at each pixel, and its…

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Planck Early Results XVIII: The power spectrum of cosmic infrared background anisotropies

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The Latest Constraints on Inflationary B-modes from the BICEP/Keck Telescopes

For the past decade, the BICEP/Keck collaboration has been operating a series of telescopes at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station measuring degree-scale $B$-mode polarization imprinted in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) by…

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