B-mode in CMB polarization. What's that and why it is interesting

DOI10.1142/9789814689304_0053MaRDI QIDQ3178432zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. D. Dolgov

Publication date 13 July 2016

Published in Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology: Predictions, Observations and New Projects (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.6280

zbMATH Keywords

B-modeCMB polarizationprimordial gravitational waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: Generation of the B-mode of CMB polarization by background of relic gravitational wave is discussed in connection with the BICEP2 measurements. Description of the polarization maps in terms of the eigenvectors of the polarization matrix is considered.

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