J. Guzik et al., Lensing effect on polarization in the microwave background: Extracting theconvergence power spectrum - art. no. 043517, PHYS REV D, 6204(4), 2000, pp. 3517
Matter inhomogeneities along the line of sight deflect the cosmic microwave
background (CMB) photons originating at the last scattering surface at a r
edshift z similar to 1100. These distortions modify the pattern of CMB pola
rization. We identify specific combinations of Stokes Q and U parameters th
at correspond to spin 0, +/-2 variables and can be used to reconstruct the
projected matter density. We compute the expected signal-to-noise ratio as
a function of detector sensitivity and angular resolution. With the Planck
satellite the detection would be at a few sigma level. Several times better
detector sensitivity would be needed to measure the projected dark matter
power spectrum over a wider range of scales, which could provide an indepen
dent confirmation of the projected matter power spectrum as measured from o
ther methods.