http://arxiv.org/abs/1807.11457
Gradient- and curl-type or E- and B-type polarizations have been routinely analyzed to study the physics contributing to the cosmic microwave background polarization and galactic foregrounds. They characterize the parity-even and parity-odd properties of the underlying physical mechanisms, for example helical hydromagnetic turbulence in the case of dust polarization. Here we study spectral correlation functions characterizing the party-even and parity-odd parts of linear polarization for homogeneous and inhomogeneous helical turbulence to show that only the latter can give rise to a parity-odd polarization signal. We identify a strong negative skewness of the E polarization as the prime cause for producing the observed enhanced EE/BB correlation ratio. We close with a preliminary assessment of using linear polarization of the Sun to characterize its helical turbulence without being subjected to the pi ambiguity that magnetic inversion techniques have to address.
A. Brandenburg, A. Bracco, T. Kahniashvili, et. al.
Tue, 31 Jul 18
47/69
Comments: 10 pages, 12 figures, 4 tables, submitted to ApJ, comments welcome
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