Detecting relic gravitational waves in the CMB: The contamination caused by the cosmological birefringence

The B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation is an excellent information channel for the detection of relic gravitational waves. However, the detection is contaminated by the B-mode polarization generated by some other effects. In this paper, we discuss the contaminations caused by the cosmological birefringence, which converts the CMB E-mode to the B-mode, and forms the effective noise for the detection of gravitational waves. We find that this contamination is significant, if the rotation angle is large. However, this kind of B-mode can be properly de-rotated, and the effective noises can be greatly reduced. We find that, comparing with the contaminations caused by cosmic weak lensing, the residual polarization generated by the cosmological birefringence is negligible for the detection of relic gravitational waves in the CMB.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, references added, PLB accepte

Drinfeld twists and algebraic Bethe ansatz of the supersymmetric model associated with Uq(gl(m∣n))U_q(gl(m|n))

We construct the Drinfeld twists (or factorizing $F$-matrices) of the supersymmetric model associated with quantum superalgebra $U_q(gl(m|n))$, and obtain the completely symmetric representations of the creation operators of the model in the $F$-basis provided by the $F$-matrix. As an application of our general results, we present the explicit expressions of the Bethe vectors in the $F$-basis for the $U_q(gl(2|1))$-model (the quantum t-J model).Comment: Latex file, 33 pages; V2: minor typos corrected;V3: Reference update, the new version will appear in Commun. Maths. Phys;V4: misprints correcte

Determinant Representation of Correlation Functions for the Uq(gl(1∣1))U_q(gl(1|1)) Free Fermion Model

With the help of the factorizing $F$-matrix, the scalar products of the $U_q(gl(1|1))$ free fermion model are represented by determinants. By means of these results, we obtain the determinant representations of correlation functions of the model.Comment: Latex File, 20 pages, V.3: some discussions are added, V.4 Reference update, this version will appear in J. Math. Phy