Abstract
Abstract
In this work, we point out that the Q/U Stokes parameters and E/B mode
polarizations are the four components of a unique quaternion, which describes at
the same time the directions and the parity states of spherical linear
polarizations. We then point out that, with this polarization quaternion, the
mathematical form of all Q/U and E/B transforms are greatly simplified, to an
extent that requires only one quaternion multiplication for each transform. A
preliminary application of the polarization quaternion is shown as an example to
detect peculiar pixel domain patterns within the E- and B-families, which are
the former and latter halves of the polarization quaternion.
Subject
Astronomy and Astrophysics
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