Cosmic 21-cm Delensing of Microwave Background Polarization and the Minimum Detectable Energy Scale of Inflation

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dc.creatorSigurdson, Kris
dc.creatorCooray, Asantha
dc.date2005-02-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:22:47Z
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dc.descriptionThe curl (B) modes of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization anisotropies are a unique probe of the primordial background of inflationary gravitational waves (IGWs). Unfortunately, the B-mode polarization anisotropies generated by gravitational waves at recombination are confused with those generated by the mixing of gradient-mode (E-mode) and B-mode polarization anisotropies as CMB photons propagate through the Universe and are gravitationally lensed. We describe here a method for delensing CMB polarization anisotropies using observations of anisotropies in the cosmic 21-cm radiation emitted or absorbed by neutral hydrogen atoms at redshifts 10 to 200. While the detection of cosmic 21-cm anisotropies at high resolution is challenging, a combined study with a relatively low-resolution (but high-sensitivity) CMB polarization experiment could probe inflationary energy scales well below the Grand Unified Theory (GUT) scale of 10^{16} GeV -- constraining models with energy scales below 10^{15} GeV (the detectable limit derived from CMB observations alone). The ultimate theoretical limit to the detectable inflationary energy scale via this method may be as low as 3 \times 10^{14} GeV.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0502549
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0502549
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett. 95 (2005) 211303
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.211303
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96015
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleCosmic 21-cm Delensing of Microwave Background Polarization and the Minimum Detectable Energy Scale of Inflation
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