Is there a polarisation of the microwave background

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The discussion centers on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and its orientation. Participants reference numerous academic papers available online, specifically highlighting a paper from arXiv titled "astro-ph/0209591v1" that addresses this topic. The conversation encourages personal research to explore additional resources and insights on CMB polarization.

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and if so what is it's orientation
 
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trevor white said:
and if so what is it's orientation
there's dozens of papers on the www answering that Q

here is just one ...

http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0209591v1.pdf

you can do some personal research and find others
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will do some research as you suggest, then ask the next follow up question. Sorry is a reason we will see ta
 
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