Liddle, Andrew (2009) Probing inflation with CMB polarization. In: CMB Polarization Workshop: Theory And Foregrounds, 23–26 June 2008, Fermilab in Batavia (IL).

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Abstract

We summarize the utility of precise cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization measurements as probes of the physics of inflation. We focus on the prospects for using CMB measurements to differentiate various inflationary mechanisms. In particular, a detection of primordial B-mode polarization would demonstrate that inflation occurred at a very high energy scale, and that the inflaton traversed a super-Planckian distance in field space. We explain how such a detection or constraint would illuminate aspects of physics at the Planck scale. Moreover, CMB measurements can constrain the scale-dependence and non-Gaussianity of the primordial fluctuations and limit the possibility of a significant isocurvature contribution. Each such limit provides crucial information on the underlying inflationary dynamics. Finally, we quantify these considerations by presenting forecasts for the sensitivities of a future satellite experiment to the inflationary parameters.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Andrew Liddle
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 21:28
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2012 14:00
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/31340

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