The quest for B modes from inflationary gravitational waves

M Kamionkowski, ED Kovetz - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The search for the curl component (B mode) in the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
polarization induced by inflationary gravitational waves is described. The canonical single …

Improved Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves using Planck, WMAP, and BICEP/Keck Observations through the 2018 Observing Season

PAR Ade, Z Ahmed, M Amiri, D Barkats, RB Thakur… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2, Keck Array, and
BICEP3 CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2018 observing season. We …

A critical review of classical bouncing cosmologies

D Battefeld, P Peter - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Given the proliferation of bouncing models in recent years, we gather and critically assess
these proposals in a comprehensive review. The PLANCK data shows an unmistakably red …

Planck 2015 results-XX. Constraints on inflation

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, F Arroja… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We present the implications for cosmic inflation of the Planck measurements of the cosmic
microwave background (CMB) anisotropies in both temperature and polarization based on …

Planck 2015 results-xiii. cosmological parameters

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, M Ashdown… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
This paper presents cosmological results based on full-mission Planck observations of
temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) …

New extraction of the cosmic birefringence from the Planck 2018 polarization data

Y Minami, E Komatsu - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We search for evidence of parity-violating physics in the Planck 2018 polarization data and
report on a new measurement of the cosmic birefringence angle β. The previous …

Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves Using , WMAP, and New BICEP2/ Observations through the 2015 Season

PAR Ade, Z Ahmed, RW Aikin, KD Alexander… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the bicep2/Keck CMB polarization
experiments up to and including the 2015 observing season. This includes the first Keck …

[BOOK][B] Inflation and string theory

D Baumann, L McAllister - 2015 - books.google.com
The past two decades have seen transformative advances in cosmology and string theory.
Observations of the cosmic microwave background have revealed strong evidence for …

Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, Z Ahmed, RW Aikin… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We report the results of a joint analysis of data from BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck. BICEP2
and Keck Array have observed the same approximately 400 deg 2 patch of sky centered on …

Planck 2015 results-III. LFI systematic uncertainties

PAR Ade, J Aumont, C Baccigalupi, AJ Banday… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We present the current accounting of systematic effect uncertainties for the Low Frequency
Instrument (LFI) that are relevant to the 2015 release of the Planck cosmological results …