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GEOMETRY AND STATISTICS OF COSMIC MICROWAVE POLARIZATION

Published:1999-04 Issue:02 Volume:08 Page:189-212
ISSN:0218-2718
Container-title:International Journal of Modern Physics D
language:en
Short-container-title:Int. J. Mod. Phys. D

Author:

DOLGOV A. D.¹,DOROSHKEVICH A. G.¹,NOVIKOV D. I.²,NOVIKOV I. D.³

Affiliation:

1. Theoretical Astrophysics Center, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA

3. University Observatory, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract

Geometrical and statistical properties of polarization of CMB are analyzed. Singular points of the vector field which describes CMB polarization are found and classified. Statistical distribution of the singularities is studied. A possible signature of tensor perturbations in CMB polarization is discussed. For a further analysis of CMB statistics, Minkowski functionals are used, which present a technically simple method to search for deviations from a Gaussian distribution.

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics,Mathematical Physics

Link

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S0218271899000171

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