We consider the detection possibilities of isocurvature fluctuations in the
future CMB satellite experiments MAP and Planck for different cosmological
reference models. We present a simultaneous 10 parameter fit (8 for the case of
open model) to determine the correlations between the cosmological parameters,
including isocurvature cold dark matter contribution to the anisotropy.
Assuming that polarization information can be fully exploited, we find that an
isocurvature perturbation can be detected by the Planck Surveyor if the ratio
of the initial isocurvature and adiabatic perturbation amplitude is larger than
0.07. In the absence of polarization data, the signal from isocurvature
perturbations can be confused with tensor perturbations or early reionization
effects, and the limit is larger by almost an order of magnitude.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, revte
