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Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background: an introductoryreview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2007

M.-A. Miville-Deschênes ,
F. Boulanger  and
S. Prunet
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In this short review, I try to give a flavor of what are the motivations and difficulties of observing the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. After describing briefly the physics of CMB polarization, I give a snapshot of the observational status, as well as the data processing techniques developed so far. I end up describing how polarization information should constrain some key aspects of the early universe physics.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 23: Sky Polarisation at Far-Infrared to Radio Wavelengths: The Galactic Screen before the Cosmic Microwave Background , 2007 , pp. 207 - 234
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2007

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