Polarization of the Microwave Background: theoretical framework
Astrophysics
2016-08-30 v1
Abstract
We present a brief review of the polarization properties of the cosmic microwave background in dark matter models for structure formation. Quite independently of the model parameters, the polarization level is expected to be of the anisotropy signal at angular scales . Detections of polarization at larger angular scales would provide a strong evidence in favour of an early reionization of the intergalactic medium.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9610029,
title = {Polarization of the Microwave Background: theoretical framework},
author = {Alessandro Melchiorri and Nicola Vittorio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9610029},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
22 Pages, 7 Figures. To appear in the proceedings of NATO Advanced Study Institute 1996 on the "Cosmic Background Radiation"