First CMB constraints on direction-dependent cosmological birefringence from WMAP-7

Gluscevic, Vera; Hanson, Duncan; Kamionkowski, Marc; Hirata, Christopher M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.103529

Title: First CMB constraints on direction-dependent cosmological birefringence from WMAP-7

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Authors:: Gluscevic, Vera; Hanson, Duncan; Kamionkowski, Marc; Hirata, Christopher M.

Publication Date:: Mon Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2012

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1101833

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review D

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 86; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Gluscevic, Vera, Hanson, Duncan, Kamionkowski, Marc, and Hirata, Christopher M. First CMB constraints on direction-dependent cosmological birefringence from WMAP-7.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.86.103529.

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                    Gluscevic, Vera, Hanson, Duncan, Kamionkowski, Marc, & Hirata, Christopher M. First CMB constraints on direction-dependent cosmological birefringence from WMAP-7.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.103529

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                    Gluscevic, Vera, Hanson, Duncan, Kamionkowski, Marc, and Hirata, Christopher M. Mon .  
"First CMB constraints on direction-dependent cosmological birefringence from WMAP-7".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.103529.

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  title        = {First CMB constraints on direction-dependent cosmological birefringence from WMAP-7},

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