CMBPol Mission Concept Study: Reionization Science with the Cosmic Microwave Background

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dc.creatorZaldarriaga, Matias
dc.creatorColombo, Loris
dc.creatorKomatsu, Eiichiro
dc.creatorLidz, Adam
dc.creatorMortonson, Michael
dc.creatorOh, S. Peng
dc.creatorPierpaoli, Elena
dc.creatorVerde, Licia
dc.creatorZahn, Oliver
dc.date2008-11-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:20:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:20:43Z
dc.descriptionWe summarize existing constraints on the epoch of reionization and discuss the observational probes that are sensitive to the process. We focus on the role large scale polarization can play. Polarization probes the integrated optical depth across the entire epoch of reionization. Future missions such as Planck and CMBPol will greatly enhance our knowledge of the reionization history, allowing us to measure the time evolution of the ionization fraction. As large scale polarization probes high redshift activity, it can best constrain models where the Universe was fully or partially ionized at early times. In fact, large scale polarization could be our only probe of the highest redshifts.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3918
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0811.3918
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/174939
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleCMBPol Mission Concept Study: Reionization Science with the Cosmic Microwave Background
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