1993/10/26 by R. A. Frewin, A. G. Polnarev, Peter Coles +1 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Anisotropy #Astrophysics #Computational physics #Cosmic background radiation #Cosmic microwave background #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Gravitational wave #Microwave #Optics #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Quantum mechanics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Wavelength #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mnras/266.1.l21
published as Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 266 (1994) L21 · 5 pages, LaTex, QMW-astro-ph/yymmnnn
arxiv created 1993/10/26 · openalex publication_date 1994/01/01 · arxiv updated 2016/06/08 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We discuss the influence of gravitational waves (Gws) upon the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. We show how to compute the rms temperature anisotropy and polarization of the CMB radiation induced by GWs of arbitrary wavelength. We find that the ratio of polarization, |Π|, to anisotropy, A, can be as large as |∼ 40| per cent, but is sensitively dependent upon the GW spectrum and the cosmological ionization history. We argue that CMB radiation polarization measurements can provide useful constraints on cosmological models.