A new analysis of quasar polarisation alignments [CEA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.4313


We propose a new method to analyse the alignment of optical polarisation vectors from quasars. This method allows a precise determination of the deviation from a random distribution, and defines intrinsic preferred axes. The global significance of the effect is found to be as low as 0.003%.

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V. Pelgrims and J. Cudell
Wed, 19 Feb 14
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