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We test the statistical isotropy (SI) of the $E$-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation observed by the Planck satellite using two statistics, namely, the $alpha$ estimator that is derived from the contour Minkowski Tensor (CMT), and the Directional statistic ($mathcal{D}$ statistic). The $alpha$ estimator obtained from the CMT provides information about the alignment of structures and can be used to infer statistical properties such as Gaussianity and SI of random fields. The $mathcal{D}$ statistic is based on detecting preferred directionality shown by vectors defined by the field. We compute $alpha$ and $mathcal{D}$ statistic for the low resolution component separated SMICA $E$-mode map of CMB polarization, and compare with the values calculated using FFP10 SMICA simulations. We find good agreement between the Planck data and SMICA simulations for both $alpha$ estimator and $mathcal{D}$ statistic.
We use morphological descriptors, Betti numbers and Contour Minkowski Tensor (CMT) on 21cm brightness temperature excursion sets, to study the ionization and heating history of the intergalactic medium (IGM) during and before the Epoch of Reionizatio
Testing deviations from the $Lambda$CDM model using the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) power spectra requires a pristine understanding of instrumental systematics. In this work we discuss the properties of a new observable ${cal R}^{TE}_{ell}$, th
We present measurements of the $E$-mode ($EE$) polarization power spectrum and temperature-$E$-mode ($TE$) cross-power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background using data collected by SPT-3G, the latest instrument installed on the South Pole Teles
We present constraints on the tensor-to-scalar ratio r using Planck data. We use the latest release of Planck maps (PR4), processed with the NPIPE code, which produces calibrated frequency maps in temperature and polarization for all Planck channels
We present measurements of $E$-mode polarization and temperature-$E$-mode correlation in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using data from the first season of observations with SPTpol, the polarization-sensitive receiver currently installed on th