Classification of singular points in the polarization field of the cosmic microwave background and eigenvectors of the Stokes matrix

JETP Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 427-433

  Dolgov, A D ^a,b   Doroshkevich, A G ^a   Novikov, D I ^c,d   Novikov, I D ^a,d,e  

^a THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS CENTER   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e NORDITA ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 0038957582     PISSN: 00213640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/1.568046     Document Type: Article

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