B-Pol: Detecting primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-16

  De Bernardis, Paolo ^a   Bucher, Martin ^b   Burigana, Carlo ^c   Piccirillo, Lucio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Cosmology; Satellite

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650932096     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9120-y     Document Type: Article

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