CMB Polarization as complementary information to anisotropies
arXiv:astro-ph/0310650 · doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2003.10.006
Abstract
The origin of CMB polarization is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on the cosmological information encoded in it: the nature of primordial fluctuations, the connection with the inflation paradigm. Insights into more recent epochs are also discussed: early reionization and high redshift matter distribution from CMB lensing.
9 pages, 6 figures, One reference added in section 6.2
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