A joint analysis of Planck and BICEP2 B modes including dust polarization uncertainty

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Mortonson, Michael J ^a   Seljak, Uroš ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; cosmological parameters from CMBR; gravitational waves and CMBR polarization; ination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908540241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/10/035     Document Type: Article

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