The polarization of the cosmic microwave background due to primordial gravitational waves

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2459-2479

  Keating, Brian G ^a   Polnarev, Alexander G ^b   Miller, Nathan J ^a   Baskaran, Deepak ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Measurements; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744465254     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X06033076     Document Type: Review

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