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Three‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Polarization Analysis

  • Authors: L. Page, G. Hinshaw, E. Komatsu, M. R. Nolta, D. N. Spergel, C. L. Bennett, C. Barnes, R. Bean, O. Doré, J. Dunkley, M. Halpern, R. S. Hill, N. Jarosik, A. Kogut, M. Limon, S. S. Meyer, N. Odegard, H. V. Peiris, G. S. Tucker, L. Verde, J. L. Weiland, E. Wollack, and E. L. Wright

Page et al. 2007 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 170 335.

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Caption: Fig. 13.

Temperature maps of the low‐polarization components for the K, Q, and W bands. The maps are computed using eq. (16). The color scale is in mK. Near the Galactic center, the low‐polarization component is approximately 6%, 3%, and 6% of the unpolarized emission in K, Q, and W bands, respectively.

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