Detection of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization gives a confirmation of the mechanisms undergoing the matter condensation at the epoch of decoupling. Furthermore CMB polarization at large angular scales is a direct probe of a possible reionization occurred after the recombination. Expected degree of polarization is a small part (less than 10%) of the anisotropy at a fixed angular scale. This extremely faint signal requires dedicated experiments in order to be detected. In this contribution we describe our experimental approach and the solution we adopted and discuss the ultimate sensitivity reachable with our instrument.

Gervasi, M., Boella, G., Cavaliere, F., Passerini, A., Saglimbeni, M., Sgrò, R., et al. (1999). Search for Cosmic Microwave Background polarization. In 3 K COSMOLOGY: EC-TMR Conference (pp.154-164). America Institue of Physics.

Search for Cosmic Microwave Background polarization

GERVASI, MASSIMO;BOELLA, GIULIANO FILIPPO;PASSERINI, ANDREA;SIRONI, GIORGIO;ZANNONI, MARIO
1999

Abstract

Detection of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization gives a confirmation of the mechanisms undergoing the matter condensation at the epoch of decoupling. Furthermore CMB polarization at large angular scales is a direct probe of a possible reionization occurred after the recombination. Expected degree of polarization is a small part (less than 10%) of the anisotropy at a fixed angular scale. This extremely faint signal requires dedicated experiments in order to be detected. In this contribution we describe our experimental approach and the solution we adopted and discuss the ultimate sensitivity reachable with our instrument.
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Cosmology; Astrophysics; Cosmic Microwave Background; Polarization; Instrumentation
English
3K cosmology
1998
3 K COSMOLOGY: EC-TMR Conference
1563968479
1999
476
154
164
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Gervasi, M., Boella, G., Cavaliere, F., Passerini, A., Saglimbeni, M., Sgrò, R., et al. (1999). Search for Cosmic Microwave Background polarization. In 3 K COSMOLOGY: EC-TMR Conference (pp.154-164). America Institue of Physics.
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