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晶粒取向和CMB极化研究

Grain Alignment and CMB Polarization Studies

A. Lazarian

摘要:

尘埃的偏振微波辐射是一个重要的前景,除非仔细考虑,否则可能会污染偏振CMB研究。从尘埃的偏振建模需要一个定量的了解晶粒排列。我回顾了晶粒排列理论的现状,概述了排列定量描述的最新进展。特别是,我表明,晶粒对齐理论是一个预测,其结果很好地匹配观测。这些结果表明,最重要的排列过程与作用在不规则晶粒上的辐射力矩有关。最近发展的分析模型的辐射扭矩对齐已被证明是一个非常有效的工具,用于预测晶粒对齐的程度。我们希望在CMBPol飞行之前,对准理论能够进一步成熟,这将确保更好地解释与灰尘相关的偏振。同时,CMBPol应提供晶粒取向的附加测试,阐明极化法用于追踪磁场的可靠性。

英文摘要:

Polarized microwave emission from dust is an important foreground that may contaminate polarized CMB studies unless carefully accounted for. Modeling of polarization from dust requires a quantitative understanding of grain alignment. I review the current status of grain alignment theory outlining recent advances in quantitative description of the alignment. In particular, I show that the grain-alignment theory is a predictive one, and its results nicely match observations. Those indicate that the most important process of alignment is related to radiative torques acting on irregular grains. The recently developed analytical model of radiative torque alignment has proven to be a very efficient tool for predicting the degree of grain alignment. We expect the alignment theory to further mature before CMBPol flight, which would ensure a better accounting for the dust-related polarization. At the same time, CMBPol should provide the additional testing of grain alignment, clarifying the reliability of polarimetry for tracing of magnetic field.

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