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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2021

Science from the large scale cosmic microwave background polarization structure

Observational cosmology is moving towards its next major milestone: high-precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background polarization with the goal of detecting and characterizing the primordial B-modes. These polarization patterns would provide a unique picture of the early Universe, shedding the light on the conditions at that time, be it cosmic inflation, gauge fields, or more exotic possibilities. In a regime of energy where standard models are expected to break, such observations could revolutionize our current picture of cosmology and high energy physics. Characterizing such signal requires (1) reaching extremely low instrumental sensitivity levels and (2) controlling…

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