Genus statistics on CMB polarization maps and cosmological parameters degeneracy
arXiv:astro-ph/9812462 · doi:10.1016/S1384-1076(99)00002-0
Abstract
We applay the genus statistics to simulated CMB polarization maps, constructed from the secondary-ionization cosmological models in experimental situations comparable to those of forthcoming space experiments. We find that both the cosmic baryon density and the spectral index of density perturbations are strongly anicorrelated to the reionization redshift. Using the Fisher matrix approach we show that the accuracy on the spectral index and optical depth to the last scattering are improved in the case of genus statistics when comparing with the accuracy obtained from the standard power spectrum statistics.
22 pages in LaTex format, 4 figures in a single ps file Accepted at New Astronomy
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