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Non-Gaussianity as a Probe of the Physics of the Primordial Universe and the Astrophysics of the Low Redshift Universe
E. Komatsu, N. Afshordi, N. Bartolo +58
A new and powerful probe of the origin and evolution of structures in the Universe has emerged and been actively developed over the last decade. In the coming decade, non-Gaussiani…
B-mode CMB Polarization from Patchy Screening during Reionization
Cora Dvorkin, Wayne Hu, Kendrick M. Smith
B-modes in CMB polarization from patchy reionization arise from two effects: generation of polarization from scattering of quadrupole moments by reionization bubbles, and fluctuati…
Optimal limits on f_{NL}^{local} from WMAP 5-year data
Kendrick M. Smith, Leonardo Senatore, Matias Zaldarriaga
We have applied the optimal estimator for f_{NL}^{local} to the 5 year WMAP data. Marginalizing over the amplitude of foreground templates we get -4 < f_{NL}^{local} < 80 at 95% CL…
Reconstructing Patchy Reionization from the Cosmic Microwave Background
Cora Dvorkin, Kendrick M. Smith
We introduce a new statistical technique for extracting the inhomogeneous reionization signal from future high-sensitivity measurements of the cosmic microwave background temperatu…
CMBPol Mission Concept Study: A Mission to Map our Origins
Daniel Baumann, Asantha Cooray, Scott Dodelson +7
Quantum mechanical metric fluctuations during an early inflationary phase of the universe leave a characteristic imprint in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB…
Detection of Gravitational Lensing in the Cosmic Microwave Background
Kendrick M. Smith, Oliver Zahn, Olivier Dore
Gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), a long-standing prediction of the standard cosmolgical model, is ultimately expected to be an important source of co…