The local B-polarization of the CMB: A very sensitive probe of cosmic defects

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 695, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 26-29

  García Bellido, Juan ^a,b,c   Durrer, Ruth ^c   Fenu, Elisa ^c   Figueroa, Daniel G ^a,b,d   Kunz, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmic defects; Cosmic microwave background; Inflation; Polarization anisotropies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650311202     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.11.031     Document Type: Article

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