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Search for Linear Polarization of the Cosmic Background Radiation

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 08 Jan 1979 China (People's Republic of), China (People's Republic of), United States Publisher:American Physical Society (APS)Journal:Physical Review Letters, volume 42, pages 129-132 (issn: 0031-9007,

Authors: Lubin, P M; Smoot, G F;

doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.42.129

Search for Linear Polarization of the Cosmic Background Radiation

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We present preliminary measurements of the linear polarization of the cosmic microwave background (3 K blackbody) radiation. These ground-based measurements are made at 9-mm wavelength. We find no evidence for linear polarization, and set an upper limit for a polarized component of 0.8 mK with 95% confidence level. This implies that the present rate of expansion of the Universe is isotropic to 1 part in ${10}^{6}$, assuming no reionization of the primordial plasma after recombination.

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China (People's Republic of), China (People's Republic of), United States

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