Predicting the polarization of the microwave background from the WMAP temperature maps

2003/07/07 by A. H. Jaffe, Andrew H. Jaffe · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Anisotropy #Astronomy #Astrophysics #CMB cold spot #Computational physics #Cosmic background radiation #Cosmic microwave background #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Microwave #Optics #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Sky #Superconducting and THz Device Technology #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.newar.2003.09.030

published in New Astronomy Reviews 47(11-12), 1001-1007 (Elsevier BV) · To be published in the proceedings of "The Cosmic Microwave Background and its Polarization", New Astronomy Reviews, (eds. S. Hanany and K.A. Olive)

arxiv created 2003/07/07 · openalex publication_date 2003/11/07 · arxiv updated 2015/06/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

In this paper, we study how to predict the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background using knowledge of only the temperature (intensity) and the cross-correlation between temperature and polarization. We derive a ``Wiener prediction'' method and apply it to the WMAP all-sky CMB temperature maps and to the MAXIMA field.

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