Exploring circular polarization in the CMB due to conventional sources of cosmic birefringence

Published in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2018

We investigated different propagation effects capable of generating circular polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). No physics outside of the Standard Model of Cosmology was used. We found no significant source of circular polarization in the CMB due to propagation effects.

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