B-mode discussion group @ APC: Meeting Log Spring '07

Meeting list:

1. February, 09, 2007
2. February, 28, 2007
3. April, 04, 2007
4. May, 21, 2007
5. July, 03, 2007
6. July, 16, 2007
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1. February, 09, 2007 (a kick-off meeting)

Discussion topic: Reconstruction of the lensing potential and cleaning the B-mode of the lensing contribution - an overview. presented by: Pawel Bielewicz (IAP) [pdf]

Papers:
i. Hu, W. & Okamoto, T., "Mass Reconstruction with CMB Polarization", Astrophys.J. 574, 566-574, (2002) [pdf].
ii. Hirata, C. & Seljak, U., "Analyzing weak lensing of the cosmic microwave background using the likelihood function", Phys.Rev. D67, 043001, (2003) [pdf]. > Top of the page > Back to Bmodes@APC Main Page

2. February, 28, 2007.

Discussion topic: E/B mixing due to a cut sky and how to mitigate it. presented by: Julien Grain (APC) [pdf]

Papers: i. Bunn, E. et al, Phys. Rev. D67, 023501 (2003) [pdf].
ii. Smith, K.M., Phys. Rev. D74, 083002 (2006) [pdf].
iii. Smith, K.M. and Zaldarriaga, M., astro-ph/0610059 [pdf].
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3. April, 4, 2007.

Discussion topic: Systematic effects in the total power B-mode experiments. presented by: Cyrille Rosset (LAL)

Papers: i. Hu, W., Hedman, M., &, Zaldarriaga, M., Benchmark parameters for CMB polarization experiments [ Phys. Rev. D 67, 043004 (2003)];
ii. O'Dea, D., Challinor, A., &, Johnson, B., Systematic errors in cosmic microwave background polarization measurements, [ astro-ph/0610361]. > Top of the page > Back to Bmodes@APC Main Page

4. May, 21, 2007.

Discussion topic: Polarized foregrounds presented by: Guillaume Patachon (APC)

Papers: i. Kogut, A. et al. 2007, astro-ph/0704.3991 [astro-ph].
ii. Bennett, C. et al., 2003, ApjSupp., 148, 97, [pdf].
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5. July, 3, 2007.

Discussion topic: B-modes and inflation presented by: Sam Leach (SISSA, Trieste). [pdf]

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6. July, 16, 2007.

Discussion topic: Detection of Gravitational Lensing in the Cosmic Microwave Background (by K. Smith, O. Zahn, & O. Dore ( astro-ph/0705.3980 )) presented by: Julien Grain (APC).

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Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie
Equipe de Traitement des Données et Simulations (ADAMIS)