Course
Chapters
- CMB polarization -- physics and observational
status
- Introduction to CMB lensing
- Lensing reconstruction and non-Gaussian aspects
Abstract
I
will
cover
the physics of CMB polarization,
the latest observational results and future prospects. I will then
discuss weak gravitational lensing of the CMB including the motivation
for its study, effects on the power spectra, lensing reconstruction and
non-Gaussian aspects. I will also discuss the current observational
status of CMB lensing and future prospects.
Bibliography
CMB
Polarization
For an excellent, tutorial introduction
- A CMB
Polarization Primer
Wayne Hu, Martin White, arXiv:astro-ph/9706147v1
- Wayne Hu's webpages.
For a review of the physics of CMB polariation
- Lecture notes
on the physics of cosmic microwave background anisotropies
Anthony Challinor, Hiranya Peiris in Proc. XIII Brazilian School of
Cosmology and Gravitation, arXiv:0903.5158v1
and for some analysis issues
- Cosmic
microwave background polarization analysis
Anthony Challinor, Summer school lecture notes. To appear in `Data
analysis in cosmology' (Springer LNP), Valencia, 6-10 September 2004.
arXiv:astro-ph/0502093v1
For pioneering work on the implications for
gravity-wave searches
- A Probe of
Primordial Gravity Waves and Vorticity
Marc Kamionkowski, Arthur Kosowsky, Albert Stebbins, Phys.Rev.Lett. 78
(1997) 2058-206. arXiv:astro-ph/9609132v1
- Signature of
Gravity Waves in Polarization of the Microwave Background
Uros Seljak, Matias Zaldarriaga, Phys.Rev.Lett. 78 (1997) 2054-2057.
arXiv:astro-ph/9609169v2
For a nice, an earlier review
- Introduction
to Microwave Background Polarization
Arthur Kosowsky, New Astron.Rev. 43 (1999) 157. arXiv:astro-ph/9904102v1
Weak
gravitational lensing of the CMB
For a comprehensive review
- Weak
Gravitational Lensing of the CMB
Antony Lewis, Anthony Challinor arXiv:astro-ph/0601594v4
For a more recent, shorter review
- Weak lensing
of the CMB
Duncan Hanson, Anthony Challinor, Antony Lewis, arXiv:0911.0612v1
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