Polarization of the Cosmic Infrared Background Fluctuations
  The cosmic infrared background (CIB) is slightly polarized. Polarization
directions of individual galaxies could be aligned with tidal fields around
galaxies, resulting in nonzero CIB polarization. We use a linear intrinsic
alignment model to theoretically predict angular correlations of the CIB
polarization fluctuations and find that electriclike and curl-like ($B$-mode)
polarization modes are equally generated with power four orders of magnitude
less than its intensity. The CIB $B$-mode signal is negligible and not a
concerning foreground for the inflationary $B$-mode searches at nominal
frequencies for cosmic microwave background measurements, but could be detected
at submillimetre wavelengths by future space missions.
