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New CMB Power Spectrum Constraints from MSAMI

We present new cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy results from the combined analysis of the three flights of the first Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement (MSAM1). This balloon-borne bolometric instrument measured about 10 square…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. W. Wilson , L. Knox , S. Dodelson , K. Coble , E. S. Cheng , D. A. Cottingham , D. J. Fixsen , A. B. Goldin , C. A. Inman , M. S. Kowitt , S. S. Meyer , L. A. Page , J. L. Puchalla , J. E. Ruhl , R. F. Silverberg

Calibration System with Cryogenically-Cooled Loads for CMB Polarization Detectors

We present a novel system to calibrate millimeter-wave polarimeters for CMB polarization measurements. This technique is an extension of the conventional metal mirror rotation approach, however it employs cryogenically-cooled blackbody…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-01 M. Hasegawa , O. Tajima , Y. Chinone , M. Hazumi , K. Ishidoshiro , M. Nagai

QUBIC: the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, QUBIC, is an innovative experiment designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and in particular the signature left therein by the inflationary expansion of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 E. S. Battistelli , P. Ade , J. G. Alberro , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Azzoni , S. Banfi , P. Battaglia , A. Baù , B. Bèlier , D. Bennett , L. Bergè , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , N. Bleurvacq , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , A. Bottani , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , A. Buzzelli , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , R. Charlassier , F. Columbro , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , S. Dheilly , A. Di Donato , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , L. P. Ferreyro , D. Fracchia , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. Ganga , B. Garcìa , M. E. Garcìa Redondo , M. Gaspard , A. Gault , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gòmez Berisso , M. Gonzàlez , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , D. Harari , V. Haynes , S. Henrot-Versillè , D. T. Hoang , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , A. Korotkov , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , R. Luterstein , B. Maffei , S. Marnieros , W. Marty , S. Masi , A. Mattei , A. May , M. McCulloch , M. C. Medina , L. Mele , S. Melhuish , A. Mennella , L. Montier , L. Mousset , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , C. O'Sullivan , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prèle , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , M. Salatino , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , C. Scòccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , G. Stankowiak , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Suarez , A. Tartari , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , S. Torchinsky , M. Tristram , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , S. Vanneste , D. Viganò , N. Vittorio , F. Voisin , B. Watson , F. Wicek , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

On-sky performance of the CLASS Q-band telescope

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is mapping the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at large angular scales ($2<\ell\lesssim200$) in search of a primordial gravitational wave B-mode signal down to a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-13 John W. Appel , Zhilei Xu , Ivan L. Padilla , Kathleen Harrington , Bastián Pradenas Marquez , Aamir Ali , Charles L. Bennett , Michael K. Brewer , Ricardo Bustos , Manwei Chan , David T. Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Jullianna Couto , Sumit Dahal , Kevin Denis , Rolando Dünner , Joseph R. Eimer , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Pedro Fluxa , Dominik Gothe , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Iuliano , John Karakla , Tobias A. Marriage , Nathan J. Miller , Carolina Núñez , Lucas Parker , Matthew Petroff , Carl D. Reintsema , Karwan Rostem , Robert W. Stevens , Deniz Augusto Nunes Valle , Bingjie Wang , Duncan J. Watts , Edward J. Wollack , Lingzhen Zeng

Degree-Scale CMB Polarization Measurements from Three Years of BICEP1 Data

BICEP1 is a millimeter-wavelength telescope designed specifically to measure the inflationary B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at degree angular scales. We present results from an analysis of the data acquired…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-24 BICEP1 Collaboration , D. Barkats , R. Aikin , C. Bischoff , I. Buder , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , J. M. Kovac , M. Su , P. A. R. Ade , J. O. Battle , E. M. Bierman , J. J. Bock , H. C. Chiang , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. Filippini , E. F. Hivon , W. L. Holzapfel , V. V. Hristov , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , P. V. Mason , T. Matsumura , H. T. Nguyen , N. Ponthieu , C. Pryke , S. Richter , G. Rocha , C. Sheehy , S. S. Kernasovskiy , Y. D. Takahashi , J. E. Tolan , K. W. Yoon

Fabrication of Feedhorn-Coupled Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

Characterization of the minute cosmic microwave background polarization signature requires multi-frequency, high-throughput precision instrument systems. We have previously described the detector fabrication of a 40 GHz focal plane and now…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Kevin L. Denis , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Meng-Ping Chang , David T. Chuss , Felipe Colazo , Nicholas Costen , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Ron Hu , Tobias Marriage , Karwan Rostem , Kongpop U-Yen , Edward J. Wollack

An improved upper limit to the CMB circular polarization at large angular scales

Circular polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) offers the possibility of detecting rotations of the universe and magnetic fields in the primeval universe or in distant clusters of galaxies. We used the Milano Polarimeter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-05 R. Mainini , D. Minelli , M. Gervasi , G. Boella , G. Sironi , A. Bau' , S. Banfi , A. Passerini , A. De Lucia , F. Cavaliere

Long-Timescale Stability in CMB Observations at Multiple Frequencies using Front-End Polarization Modulation

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a telescope array observing the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at frequency bands centered near 40, 90, 150, and 220 GHz. CLASS measures the CMB polarization on the largest angular…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-11 Joseph Cleary , Rahul Datta , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , David T. Chuss , Jullianna Denes Couto , Sumit Dahal , Francisco Espinoza , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Kathleen Harrington , Jeffrey Iuliano , Yunyang Li , Tobias A. Marriage , Carolina Nunez , Matthew A. Petroff , Rodrigo A. Reeves , Rui Shi , Duncan J. Watts , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

A measurement of the polarization-temperature angular cross power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the 2003 flight of BOOMERANG

We present a measurement of the temperature-polarization angular cross power spectrum, <TE>, of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The result is based on $\sim 200$ hours of data from 8 polarization sensitive bolometers operating at 145 GHz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 F Piacentini , P Ade , J Bock , J Bond , J Borrill , A Boscaleri , P Cabella , C Contaldi , B Crill , P de Bernardis , G De Gasperis , A de Oliveira-Costa , G De Troia , G Di Stefano , E Hivon , A Jaffe , T Kisner , W Jones , A Lange , S Masi , P Mauskopf , C MacTavish , A Melchiorri , T Montroy , P Natoli , C Netterfield , E Pascale , D Pogosyan , G Polenta , S Prunet , S Ricciardi , G Romeo , J Ruhl , P Santini , M Tegmark , M Veneziani , N Vittorio

Optical modeling and polarization calibration for CMB measurements with ACTPol and Advanced ACTPol

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) is a polarization sensitive upgrade to the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. Located at an elevation of 5190 m, ACTPol measures the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Brian Koopman , Jason Austermann , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Kevin P. Coughlin , Shannon M. Duff , Patricio A. Gallardo , Matthew Hasselfield , Shawn W. Henderson , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Dale Li , Jeff McMahon , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Laura Newburgh , Lyman A. Page , Maria Salatino , Alessandro Schillaci , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Sara M. Simon , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack

A chemically etched corrugated feedhorn array for D-band CMB observations

We present the design, manufacturing, and testing of a 37-element array of corrugated feedhorns for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) measurements between $140$ and $170$ GHz. The array was designed to be coupled to Kinetic Inductance…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-02 Stefano Mandelli , Elenia Manzan , Aniello Mennella , Francesco Cavaliere , Daniele Viganò , Cristian Franceschet , Paolo de Bernardis , Marco Bersanelli , Maria Gabriella Castellano , Alessandro Coppolecchia , Angelo Cruciani , Massimo Gervasi , Luca Lamagna , Andrea Limonta , Silvia Masi , Alessandro Paiella , Andrea Passerini , Giorgio Pettinari , Francesco Piacentini , Elisabetta Tommasi , Angela Volpe , Mario Zannoni

2022 Upgrade and Improved Low Frequency Camera Sensitivity for CMB Observation at the South Pole

Constraining the Galactic foregrounds with multi-frequency Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations is an essential step towards ultimately reaching the sensitivity to measure primordial gravitational waves (PGWs), the sign of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 A. Soliman , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. I. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kangh , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , M. A. Petroff , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , C. Vergès , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

SPIDER: CMB polarimetry from the edge of space

SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the polarization of the millimeter-wave sky at large angular scales. SPIDER targets the B-mode signature of primordial gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), with a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 R. Gualtieri , J. P. Filippini , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Doré , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , R. V. Gramillano , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , S. Li , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. F. van der List , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

BICEP2 II: Experiment and Three-Year Data Set

We report on the design and performance of the BICEP2 instrument and on its three-year data set. BICEP2 was designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 1 to 5 degrees ($\ell$=40-200),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-18 BICEP2 Collaboration , P. A. R Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , G. Davis , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , K. S. Karkare , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , N. Llombart , M. Lueker , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , K. T. Story , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

CMB lensing reconstruction in the presence of diffuse polarized foregrounds

The measurement and characterization of the lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is key goal of the current and next generation of CMB experiments. We perform a case study of a three-channel balloon-borne CMB experiment…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-18 Yabebal Fantaye , Carlo Baccigalupi , Samuel Leach , Amit P. S. Yadav

Low Temperature Detectors for CMB Imaging Arrays

We review advances in low temperature detector (LTD) arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiments, with a particular emphasis on imaging arrays. We briefly motivate the science case, which has spurred a large number…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Johannes Hubmayr , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Daniel T. Becker , Bradley Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Jiansong Gao , Gene C. Hilton , Christopher M. McKenney , Joel N. Ullom , Jeff Van Lanen , Michael R. Vissers

CLASS Angular Power Spectra and Map-Component Analysis for 40 GHz Observations through 2022

Measurement of the largest angular scale ($\ell < 30$) features of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization is a powerful way to constrain the optical depth to reionization and search for the signature of inflation through the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-15 Joseph R. Eimer , Yunyang Li , Michael K. Brewer , Rui Shi , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Sarah Marie Bruno , Ricardo Bustos , David T. Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Sumit Dahal , Rahul Datta , Jullianna Denes Couto , Kevin L. Denis , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Pedro Fluxá , Johannes Hubmayer , Kathleen Harrington , Jeffrey Iuliano , John Karakla , Tobias A. Marriage , Carolina Núñez , Lucas Parker , Matthew A. Petroff , Rodrigo A. Reeves , Karwan Rostem , Deniz A. N. Valle , Duncan J. Watts , Janet L. Weiland , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Lingzhen Zeng

Advances in the Fabrication of On-chip Superconducting Integral Field Units for CMB and Line-Intensity Astronomy

Studying the polarization and spectral distortion of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in tandem with intensity fluctuations of the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) allows us to verify our assumptions on cosmic inflation and investigate…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-18 L. G. G. Olde Scholtenhuis , D. Perez Capelo , K. Karatsu , D. J. Thoen , A. J. van der Linden , S. O. Dabironezare , L. H. Marting , J. J. A. Baselmans , S. Vollebregt , A. Endo

QUBIC Technical Design Report

QUBIC is an instrument aiming at measuring the B mode polarisation anisotropies at medium scales angular scales (30-200 multipoles). The search for the primordial CMB B-mode polarization signal is challenging, because of many difficulties:…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-12 J. Aumont , S. Banfi , P. Battaglia , E. S. Battistelli , A. Baù , B. Bélier , D. Bennett , L. Bergé , J. Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. A. Bigot-Sazy , N. Bleurvacq , G. Bordier , J. Brossard , E. F. Bunn , D. Buzi , A. Buzzelli , D. Cammilleri , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , F. Couchot , R. D'Agostino , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , M. De Petris , T. Decourcelle , F. Del Torto , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , C. Franceschet , B. Garcia , A. Gault , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , A. Ghribi , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , J. Ch. Hamilton , D. Harari , V. Haynes , S. Henrot-Versillé , N. Holtzer , J. Kaplan , A. Korotkov , L. Lamagna , J. Lande , S. Loucatos , A. Lowitz , V. Lukovic , B. Maffei , S. Marnieros , J. Martino , S. Masi , A. May , M. McCulloch , M. C. Medina , S. Melhuish , A. Mennella , L. Montier , A. Murphy , D. Néel , M. W. Ng , C. O'Sullivan , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , O. Perdereau , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , D. Prêle , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , O. Rigaut , G. E. Romero , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , S. Scully , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Suarez , A. Tartari , P. Timbie , M. Tristram , G. Tucker , D. Viganò , N. Vittori , F. Voisin , B. Watson , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

A Pixel Space Method for Testing Dipole Modulation in the CMB Polarization

We introduce a pixel space method to detect dipole modulation or hemispherical power asymmetry in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. The method relies on the use of squared total polarized flux whose ensemble average picks…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-15 Shamik Ghosh , Pankaj Jain