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CLOVER - A new instrument for measuring the B-mode polarization of the CMB

We describe the design and expected performance of Clover, a new instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background. The proposed instrument will comprise three independent telescopes operating at 90,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. C. Taylor , A. Challinor , D. Goldie , K. Grainge , M. E. Jones , A. N. Lasenby , S. Withington , G. Yassin , W. K. Gear , L. Piccirillo , P. Ade , P. D. Mauskopf , B. Maffei , G. Pisano

Clover - A B-mode polarization experiment

Clover is a new instrument being built to detect the B-mode polarization of the CMB. It consists of three telescopes operating at 97, 150, and 220 GHz and will be sited in Chile at the Llano de Chajnantor. Each telescope assembly is scaled…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Angela C. Taylor

A Measurement of the Degree Scale CMB B-mode Angular Power Spectrum with POLARBEAR

We present a measurement of the $B$-mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBEAR experiment. The CMB power spectra are measured using observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 S. Adachi , M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Beck , S. Beckman , F. Bianchini , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , J. Carron , S. Chapman , K. Cheung , Y. Chinone , K. Crowley , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , H. El Bouhargani , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , G. Hall , N. Halverson , T. Hamada , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , C. A. Hill , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , G. Jaehnig , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , R. Keskitalo , S. Kikuchi , T. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , A. Kusaka , A. T. Lee , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. N. Lowry , A. Mangu , F. Matsuda , Y. Minami , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , A. T. P. Pham , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. L. Reichardt , Y. Segawa , M. Silva-Feaver , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. P. Teply , C. Tsai , C. Verges , B. Westbrook , Y. Zhou

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales with POLARBEAR

We report a measurement of the B-mode polarization power spectrum in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using the POLARBEAR experiment in Chile. The faint B-mode polarization signature carries information about the Universe's entire…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , A. E. Anthony , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , D. Flanigan , A. Gilbert , W. Grainger , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , J. Howard , P. Hyland , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , E. Quealy , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , I. Schanning , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , O. Zahn

The POLARBEAR Experiment

We present the design and characterization of the POLARBEAR experiment. POLARBEAR will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales ranging from the experiment's 3.5 arcminute beam size to several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Z. Kermish , P. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , K. Arnold , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. A. Dobbs , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , D. Flanigan , G. Fuller , A. Ghribi , W. Grainger , N. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , A. T. Lee , M. Le Jeune , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , M. Shimon , C. Shimmin , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background $B$-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales from 2 years of POLARBEAR Data

We report an improved measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) $B$-mode polarization power spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment at 150 GHz. By adding new data collected during the second season of observations (2013-2014) to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-31 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguilar , Y. Akiba , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Beck , F. Bianchini , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , K. Crowley , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dünner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. M. Feeney , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , T. Hamada , G. Hall , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , Y. Minami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , A. T. P. Pham , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , Y. Segawa , B. D. Sherwin , M. Silva-Feaver , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. P. Teply , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , N. Whitehorn , A. Zahn

The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode polarization due to gravitational lensing of the CMB, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. Arnold , P. A. R. Ade , A. E. Anthony , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. A. Dobbs , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , D. Flanigan , G. Fuller , A. Ghribi , W. Grainger , N. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. J. Miller , X. Meng , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn

Impact of modulation on CMB B-mode polarization experiments

We investigate the impact of both slow and fast polarization modulation strategies on the science return of upcoming ground-based experiments aimed at measuring the B-mode polarization of the CMB. Using simulations of the Clover experiment,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Michael L. Brown , Anthony Challinor , Chris E. North , Bradley R. Johnson , Daniel O'Dea , David Sutton

Observing CMB polarisation through ice

Ice crystal clouds in the upper troposphere can generate polarisation signals at the uK level. This signal can seriously affect very sensitive ground based searches for E- and B-mode of Cosmic Microwave Background polarisation. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Luca Pietranera , Stefan Buhler , Paolo G. Calisse , Claudia Emde , Darren Hayton , Viju Oommen John , Bruno Maffei , Lucio Piccirillo , Giampaolo Pisano , Giorgio Savini , T. R. Sreerekha

POLARBEAR-2: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements

POLARBEAR-2 (PB-2) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment that will be located in the Atacama highland in Chile at an altitude of 5200 m. Its science goals are to measure the CMB polarization signals originating from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Y. Inoue , P. Ade , Y. Akiba , C. Aleman , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , B. Barch , D. Barron , A. Bender , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dunner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. Feeney , C. Feng , G. Fuller , A. J. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , G. Hall , N. Halverson , T. Hamada , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , L. Howe , F. Irie , G. Jaehnig , A. Jaffe , O. Jeongh , N. Katayama , J. P. Kaufman , K. Kazemzadeh , B. G. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskital , T. Kisner , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , D. Leon , E. V. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , K. Mizukami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. R. Raum , G. M. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , K. M. Rotermund , Y. Segaw , B. D. Sherwin , I. Shirley , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takada , S. Takatori , G. P. Teply , A. Tikhomirol , T. Tomaru , N. Whitehorn , A. Zahn , O. Zahn

Measurements of tropospheric ice clouds with a ground-based CMB polarization experiment, POLARBEAR

The polarization of the atmosphere has been a long-standing concern for ground-based experiments targeting cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. Ice crystals in upper tropospheric clouds scatter thermal radiation from the ground…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Satoru Takakura , Mario A. O. Aguilar-Faúndez , Yoshiki Akiba , Kam Arnold , Carlo Baccigalupi , Darcy Barron , Dominic Beck , Federico Bianchini , David Boettger , Julian Borrill , Kolen Cheung , Yuji Chinone , Tucker Elleflot , Josquin Errard , Giulio Fabbian , Chang Feng , Neil Goeckner-Wald , Takaho Hamada , Masaya Hasegawa , Masashi Hazumi , Logan Howe , Daisuke Kaneko , Nobuhiko Katayama , Brian Keating , Reijo Keskitalo , Theodore Kisner , Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff , Akito Kusaka , Adrian T. Lee , Lindsay N. Lowry , Frederick T. Matsuda , Andrew J. May , Yuto Minami , Martin Navaroli , Haruki Nishino , Lucio Piccirillo , Davide Poletti , Giuseppe Puglisi , Christian L. Reichardt , Yuuko Segawa , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Praween Siritanasak , Aritoki Suzuki , Osamu Tajima , Sayuri Takatori , Daiki Tanabe , Grant P. Teply , Calvin Tsai

Improved upper limit on degree-scale CMB B-mode polarization power from the 670 square-degree POLARBEAR survey

We report an improved measurement of the degree-scale cosmic microwave background $B$-mode angular-power spectrum over 670 square-degree sky area at 150 GHz with POLARBEAR. In the original analysis of the data, errors in the angle…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-17 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , S. Adachi , T. Adkins , M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez , K. S. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , S. Chapman , K. Cheung , Y. Chinone , K. T. Crowley , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , H. Hirose , L. Howe , J. Ito , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , T. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , A. Kusaka , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , A. I. Lonappan , L. N. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , Y. Minami , M. Murata , H. Nishino , Y. Nishinomiya , D. Poletti , C. L. Reichardt , C. Ross , Y. Segawa , P. Siritanasak , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. Teply , K. Yamada , Y. Zhou

Measurement of the CMB Polarization at 95 GHz from QUIET

(Abridged) Despite the great success of precision cosmology, cosmologists cannot fully explain the initial conditions of the Universe. Inflation, an exponential expansion in the first 10^-36s, is a promising potential explanation. A generic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-07 Immanuel Buder

Requirements for future CMB satellite missions: photometric and band-pass response calibration

Current and future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation experiments are targeting the polarized $B$-mode signal. The small amplitude of this signal makes a successful measurement challenging for current technologies. Therefore, very…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 Tommaso Ghigna , Tomotake Matsumura , Guillaume Patanchon , Hirokazu Ishino , Masashi Hazumi

B-Machine Polarimeter: A Telescope to Measure the Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background

The B-Machine Telescope is the culmination of several years of development, construction, characterization and observation. The telescope is a departure from standard polarization chopping of correlation receivers to a half wave plate…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-11 Brian D. Williams

Measurements of B-mode Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from 500 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

We report a B-mode power spectrum measurement from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization anisotropy observations made using the SPTpol instrument on the South Pole Telescope. This work uses 500 deg$^2$ of SPTpol data, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 J. T. Sayre , C. L. Reichardt , J. W. Henning , P. A. R. Ade , A. J. Anderson , J. E. Austermann , J. S. Avva , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. Gupta , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , D. Li , A. Lowitz , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , L. M. Mocanu , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , S. Patil , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , K. K. Schaffer , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko

The new generation CMB B-mode polarization experiment: POLARBEAR

We describe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment called Polarbear. This experiment will use the dedicated Huan Tran Telescope equipped with a powerful 1,200-bolometer array receiver to map the CMB polarization with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-25 The Polarbear Collaboration , J. Errard , P. A. R. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , F. Aubin , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , C. Cantalupo , M. A. Dobbs , D. Flanigan , A. Ghribi , N. Halverson , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , Z. Kermish , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , X. Meng , M. Myers , H. Nishino , R. O'Brient , D. O'Dea , C. Reichardt , I. Schanning , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , H. Spieler , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , H. T. Tran , C. Tucker , E. Quealy , P. L. Richards , O. Zahn

Ultra High Energy Cosmology with POLARBEAR

Observations of the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) lend support to an inflationary origin of the universe, yet no direct evidence verifying inflation exists. Many current experiments are focussing on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-11 B. Keating , S. Moyerman , D. Boettger , J. Edwards , G. Fuller , F. Matsuda , N. Miller , H. Paar , G. Rebeiz , I. Schanning , M. Shimon , N. Stebor , K. Arnold , D. Flanigan , W. Holzapfel , J. Howard , Z. Kermish , A. Lee , M. Lungu , M. Myers , H. Nishino , R. O'Brient , E. Quealy , C. Reichardt , P. Richards , C. Shimmin , B. Steinbach , A. Suzuki , O. Zahn , J. Borrill , C. Cantalupo , E. Kisner , E. Linder , M. Sholl , H. Spieler , A. Anthony , N. Halverson , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , M. Le Jeune , R. Stompor , A. Jaffe , D. O'Dea , Y. Chinone , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , T. Matsumura , H. Morii , A. Shimizu , T. Tomaru , P. Hyland , M. Dobbs , P. Ade , W. Grainger , C. Tucker

Large Angular Scale Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and the Feasibility of its Detection

In addition to its spectrum and temperature anisotropy, the 2.7K Cosmic Microwave Background is also expected to exhibit a low level of polarization. The spatial power spectrum of the polarization can provide details about the formation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Brian Keating , Peter Timbie , Alexander Polnarev , Julia Steinberger

A Polarization Pursuers' Guide

We calculate the detectability of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as a function of the sky coverage, angular resolution, and instrumental sensitivity for a hypothetical experiment. We consider the gradient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Andrew H. Jaffe , Marc Kamionkowski , Limin Wang