A Limit on the Large Angular Scale Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background
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- 10 October 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 560 (1) , L1-L4
- https://doi.org/10.1086/324222
Abstract
We present an upper limit on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 7° angular scales in the frequency band between 26 and 36 GHz, produced by the Polarization Observations of Large Angular Regions experiment. The campaign produced a map of linear polarization over the right ascension range 112°-275° at declination 43°. The model-independent upper limit on the E-mode polarization component of the CMB at angular scales l = 2-20 is 10 μK (95% confidence). The corresponding limit for the B-mode is also 10 μK. Constraining the B-mode power to be zero, the 95% confidence limit on E-mode power alone is 8 μK.Keywords
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