B-Pol: detecting primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation

被引:38
作者
de Bernardis, Paolo [1 ]
Bucher, Martin [2 ]
Burigana, Carlo [3 ]
Piccirillo, Lucio [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[2] Univ Paris 11, Theoret Phys Lab, F-91405 Orsay, France
[3] INAF, IASF Bologna, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
[4] Univ Manchester, Sch Phys & Astron, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
关键词
Cosmology; Cosmic microwave background; Satellite; MICROWAVE BACKGROUND ASTRONOMY; SUBMILLIMETER INSTRUMENTS; ORTHOMODE TRANSDUCER; FLUCTUATIONS; CREATION; UNIVERSE; PLATE;
D O I
10.1007/s10686-008-9120-y
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
B-Pol is a medium-class space mission aimed at detecting the primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation through high accuracy measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization. We discuss the scientific background, feasibility of the experiment, and implementation developed in response to the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals.
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