New Limits on the Polarized Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background at Subdegree Angular Scales
Abstract
We update the limit from the 90 GHz Princeton IQU Experiment ground-based polarimeter on the magnitude of any polarized anisotropy of the cosmic microwave radiation. With a second year of data, we have now limited both Q and U on a ring of 1° radius. The window functions are broad: for E-mode polarization, the effective l is <lE>=191+143-132. We find that the E-mode signal can be no greater than 8.4 μK (95% CL), assuming no B-mode polarization. Limits on a possible B-mode signal are also presented.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- July 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1086/342020
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0204438
- Bibcode:
- 2002ApJ...573L..73H
- Keywords:
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- Cosmology: Cosmic Microwave Background;
- Cosmology: Observations;
- Cosmology: Early Universe;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters