Published July 1985 | Version v1
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Polarization of the unresolved-source microwave background

Creators

  • 1. Shternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow

Description

The Stokes parameters Q, U for the background radiation of unresolved microwave sources can be represented by generalized spherical harmonics. Analysis of sample sources indicates that in observations at 8-mm wavelength with a 60 antenna beam the corresponding Stokes-parameter fluctuations should amount to roughly-equal0.3 μK. Polarimetry of this kind would have significant implications for cosmology

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
11
Journal Issue
4
Series
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
204-206
ISSN
0360-0327
CODEN
SALED

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17048932
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMOLOGY; POLARIZATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; STOKES PARAMETERS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; RADIATIONS

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Pis'ma v Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).