FIVE-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE OBSERVATIONS: ANGULAR POWER SPECTRA
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES 180:2 (2009) 296-305
FIVE-YEAR WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE OBSERVATIONS: DATA PROCESSING, SKY MAPS, AND BASIC RESULTS
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES 180:2 (2009) 225-245
Prospects for polarized foreground removal
CMB POLARIZATION WORKSHOP: THEORY AND FOREGROUNDS 1141 (2009) 222-+
CMBPol Mission Concept Study: A Mission to Map our Origins
ArXiv 0811.3911 (2008)
Abstract:
Quantum mechanical metric fluctuations during an early inflationary phase of the universe leave a characteristic imprint in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The amplitude of this signal depends on the energy scale at which inflation occurred. Detailed observations by a dedicated satellite mission (CMBPol) therefore provide information about energy scales as high as $10^{15}$ GeV, twelve orders of magnitude greater than the highest energies accessible to particle accelerators, and probe the earliest moments in the history of the universe. This summary provides an overview of a set of studies exploring the scientific payoff of CMBPol in diverse areas of modern cosmology, such as the physics of inflation, gravitational lensing and cosmic reionization, as well as foreground science and removal .CMBPol Mission Concept Study: Probing Inflation with CMB Polarization
ArXiv 0811.3919 (2008)