On the Large Scale CMB Polarization

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We discuss the large scale polarization of the cosmic microwave background induced by the anisotropy of the spatial geometry of our universe.

• Assuming an eccentricity at decoupling of about $0.64 10^{-2}$, we find an average large scale polarization $\Delta T_{pol}/ T_0 = (0.5 - 1.0) 10^{-6}$.
• We suggest that the fortcoming polarization data at large scales from Planck will be able to discriminate between our proposal and the generally accepted reionization scenario.