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Detection of B-Mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background with Data from the South Pole Telescope

Ade, P. A. R.; Bock, J. J.; Chiang, H. C. +65 more

Gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background generates a curl pattern in the observed polarization. This “B-mode” signal provides a measure of the projected mass distribution over the entire observable Universe and also acts as a contaminant for the measurement of primordial gravity-wave signals. In this Letter we present the first det…