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Development of the 220/270 GHz Receiver of BICEP Array

Measurements of B-mode polarization in the CMB sourced from primordial gravitational waves would provide information on the energy scale of inflation and its potential form. To achieve these goals, one must carefully characterize the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-05 Keck Collaboration , Y. Nakato , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , B. Cantrall , J. R. Cheshire , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , B. D. Elwood , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , A. Fortes , M. Gao , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , M. Lautzenhiser , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , M. Miller , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , A. Patel , M. Petroff , A. R. Polish , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , T. Romand , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , A. Steiger , B. Steinbach , R. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Vergès , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

Galactic foreground constraints on primordial $B$-mode detection for ground-based experiments

Contamination by polarized foregrounds is one of the biggest challenges for future polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB) surveys and the potential detection of primordial $B$-modes. Future experiments, such as Simons Observatory (SO)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-12 Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , Anna Bonaldi , Michael L. Brown , Kevin M. Huffenberger

Super-Sample CMB Lensing

Lensing of the CMB by modes that are larger than the size of the survey dilates intrinsic scales in the temperature and polarization fields and coherently shifts their observed power spectra with respect to the ensemble or all-sky mean. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-09 Alessandro Manzotti , Wayne Hu , Aurélien Benoit-Lévy

Design and characterization of the POLARBEAR-2b and POLARBEAR-2c cosmic microwave background cryogenic receivers

The POLARBEAR-2/Simons Array Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is an upgrade and expansion of the existing POLARBEAR-1 (PB-1) experiment, located in the Atacama desert in Chile. Along with the CMB temperature and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-15 Logan Howe , Calvin Tsai , Lindsay Lowry , Kam Arnold , Gabriele Coppi , John Groh , Xiaoyu Guo , Brian Keating , Adrian Lee , Andrew J. May , Lucio Piccirillo , Nathan Stebor , Grant Teply

Primordial Gravitational Waves and Inflation: CMB and Direct Detection With Space-Based Laser Interferometers

The curl-modes of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization probe horizon-scale primordial gravitational waves related to inflation. A significant source of confusion is expected from a lensing conversion of polarization related to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Asantha Cooray

Power spectrum of the polarized diffuse Galactic radio emission

We have analyzed the available polarization surveys of the Galactic emission to estimate to what extent it may be a serious hindrance to forthcoming experiments aimed at detecting the polarized component of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Baccigalupi , C. Burigana , F. Perrotta , G. De Zotti , L. La Porta , D. Maino , M. Maris , R. Paladini

Polarized Beam Patterns from a Multi-Moded Feed For Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We measure linearly polarized beam patterns for a multi-moded concentrator and compare the results to a simple model based on geometric optics. We convolve the measured co-polar and cross-polar beams with simulated maps of CMB polarization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-30 A. Kogut , D. J. Fixsen

Separating E and B types of polarization on an incomplete sky

Detection of magnetic-type ($B$-type) polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation plays a crucial role in probing the relic gravitational wave (RGW) background. In this paper, we propose a new method to deconstruct a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Wen Zhao , Deepak Baskaran

Adaptation of frequency-domain readout for Transition Edge Sensor bolometers for the POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background experiment

The POLARBEAR-2 CosmicMicrowave Background (CMB) experiment aims to observe B-mode polarization with high sensitivity to explore gravitational lensing of CMB and inflationary gravitational waves. POLARBEAR-2 is an upgraded experiment based…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kaori Hattori , Kam Arnold , Darcy Barron , Matt Dobbs , Tijmen de Haan , Nicholas Harrington , Masaya Hasegawa , Masashi Hazumi , William L. Holzapfel , Brian Keating , Adrian T. Lee , Hideki Morii , Michael J. Myers , Graeme Smecher , Aritoki Suzuki , Takayuki Tomaru

Foreground model recognition through Neural Networks for CMB B-mode observations

In this work we present a Neural Network (NN) algorithm for the identification of the appropriate parametrization of diffuse polarized Galactic emissions in the context of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) $B$-mode multi-frequency…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 Farida Farsian , Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff , Carlo Baccigalupi

Concept Design of Low Frequency Telescope for CMB B-mode Polarization satellite LiteBIRD

LiteBIRD has been selected as JAXA's strategic large mission in the 2020s, to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) $B$-mode polarization over the full sky at large angular scales. The challenges of LiteBIRD are the wide…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-19 Y. Sekimoto , P. A. R. Ade , A. Adler , E. Allys , K. Arnold , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , R. Aurlien , J. Austermann , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. Banerji , R. B. Barreiro , S. Basak , J. Beall , D. Beck , S. Beckman , J. Bermejo , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , J. Bonis , J. Borrill , F. Boulanger , S. Bounissou , M. Brilenkov , M. Brown , M. Bucher , E. Calabrese , P. Campeti , A. Carones , F. J. Casas , A. Challinor , V. Chan , K. Cheung , Y. Chinone , J. F. Cliche , L. Colombo , F. Columbro , J. Cubas , A. Cukierman , D. Curtis , G. D'Alessandro , N. Dachlythra , M. De Petris , C. Dickinson , P. Diego-Palazuelos , M. Dobbs , T. Dotani , L. Duband , S. Duff , J. M. Duval , K. Ebisawa , T. Elleflot , H. K. Eriksen , J. Errard , T. Essinger-Hileman , F. Finelli , R. Flauger , C. Franceschet , U. Fuskeland , M. Galloway , K. Ganga , J. R. Gao , R. Genova-Santos , M. Gerbino , M. Gervasi , T. Ghigna , E. Gjerløw , M. L. Gradziel , J. Grain , F. Grupp , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , T. de Haan , N. W. Halverson , P. Hargrave , T. Hasebe , M. Hasegawa , M. Hattori , M. Hazumi , S. Henrot-Versillé , D. Herman , D. Herranz , C. A. Hill , G. Hilton , Y. Hirota , E. Hivon , R. A. Hlozek , Y. Hoshino , E. de la Hoz , J. Hubmayr , K. Ichiki , T. iida , H. Imada , K. Ishimura , H. Ishino , G. Jaehnig , T. Kaga , S. Kashima , N. Katayama , A. Kato , T. Kawasaki , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , Y. Kobayashi , N. Kogiso , A. Kogut , K. Kohri , E. Komatsu , K. Komatsu , K. Konishi , N. Krachmalnicoff , I. Kreykenbohm , C. L. Kuo , A. Kushino , L. Lamagna , J. V. Lanen , M. Lattanzi , A. T. Lee , C. Leloup , F. Levrier , E. Linder , T. Louis , G. Luzzi , T. Maciaszek , B. Maffei , D. Maino , M. Maki , S. Mandelli , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , T. Matsumura , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , Y. Minanmi , K. Mitsuda , J. Montgomery , L. Montier , G. Morgante , B. Mot , Y. Murata , J. A. Murphy , M. Nagai , Y. Nagano , T. Nagasaki , R. Nagata , S. Nakamura , T. Namikawa , P. Natoli , S. Nerval , T. Nishibori , H. Nishino , C. O'Sullivan , H. Ogawa , H. Ogawa , S. Oguri , H. Ohsaki , I. S. Ohta , N. Okada , N. Okada , L. Pagano , A. Paiella , D. Paoletti , G. Patanchon , J. Peloton , F. Piacentini , G. Pisano , G. Polenta , D. Poletti , T. Prouvé , G. Puglisi , D. Rambaud , C. Raum , S. Realini , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Ritacco , G. Roudil , J. A. Rubino-Martin , M. Russell , H. Sakurai , Y. Sakurai , M. Sandri , M. Sasaki , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. Seibert , B. Sherwin , K. Shinozaki , M. Shiraishi , P. Shirron , G. Signorelli , G. Smecher , S. Stever , R. Stompor , H. Sugai , S. Sugiyama , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , T. L. Svalheim , E. Switzer , R. Takaku , H. Takakura , S. Takakura , Y. Takase , Y. Takeda , A. Tartari , E. Taylor , Y. Terao , H. Thommesen , K. L. Thompson , B. Thorne , T. Toda , M. Tomasi , M. Tominaga , N. Trappe , M. Tristram , M. Tsuji , M. Tsujimoto , C. Tucker , J. Ullom , G. Vermeulen , P. Vielva , F. Villa , M. Vissers , N. Vittorio , I. Wehus , J. Weller , B. Westbrook , J. Wilms , B. Winter , E. J. Wollack , N. Y. Yamasaki , T. Yoshida , J. Yumoto , M. Zannoni , A. Zonca

New Constraints on Cosmic Polarization Rotation from B-Mode Polarization in Cosmic Microwave Background

STPpol, POLARBEAR and BICEP2 have recently measured the cosmic microwave background (CMB) B-mode polarization in various sky regions of several tens of square degrees and obtained BB power spectra in the multipole range 20-3000, detecting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-14 Sperello di Serego Alighieri , Wei-Tou Ni , Wei-Ping Pan

Preparation to the CMB PLANCK data analysis, bias due to the galactic polarized emissions

The PLANCK satellite mission has been launched the 14th of May 2009 and is dedicated to the measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in temperature and polarization. The presence of diffuse galactic polarized emission…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-20 L. Fauvet , J. F. Macias-Perez , F. X. Desert

Second Season QUIET Observations: Measurements of the CMB Polarization Power Spectrum at 95 GHz

The Q/U Imaging ExperimenT (QUIET) has observed the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 43 and 95GHz. The 43-GHz results have been published in QUIET Collaboration et al. (2011), and here we report the measurement of CMB polarization power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-01 QUIET Collaboration , D. Araujo , C. Bischoff , A. Brizius , I. Buder , Y. Chinone , K. Cleary , R. N. Dumoulin , A. Kusaka , R. Monsalve , S. K. Næss , L. B. Newburgh , R. Reeves , I. K. Wehus , J. T. L. Zwart , L. Bronfman , R. Bustos , S. E. Church , C. Dickinson , H. K. Eriksen , T. Gaier , J. O. Gundersen , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , K. M. Huffenberger , K. Ishidoshiro , M. E. Jones , P. Kangaslahti , D. J. Kapner , D. Kubik , C. R. Lawrence , M. Limon , J. J. McMahon , A. D. Miller , M. Nagai , H. Nguyen , G. Nixon , T. J. Pearson , L. Piccirillo , S. J. E. Radford , A. C. S. Readhead , J. L. Richards , D. Samtleben , M. Seiffert , M. C. Shepherd , K. M. Smith , S. T. Staggs , O. Tajima , K. L. Thompson , K. Vanderlinde , R. Williamson

Modulation of CMB polarization with a warm rapidly-rotating half-wave plate on the Atacama B-Mode Search (ABS) instrument

We evaluate the modulation of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization using a rapidly-rotating, half-wave plate (HWP) on the Atacama B-Mode Search (ABS). After demodulating the time-ordered-data (TOD), we find a significant reduction…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-18 A. Kusaka , T. Essinger-Hileman , J. W. Appel , P. Gallardo , K. D. Irwin , N. Jarosik , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , L. P. Parker , S. Raghunathan , J. L. Sievers , S. M. Simon , S. T. Staggs , K. Visnjic

A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the CMB Temperature Anisotropy from the 2003 Flight of Boomerang

We report on observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) obtained during the January 2003 flight of Boomerang . These results are derived from 195 hours of observation with four 145 GHz Polarization Sensitive Bolometer (PSB)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 W. C. Jones , 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 , A Lange , C MacTavish , S Masi , P Mauskopf , A Melchiorri , T Montroy , P Natoli , B Netterfield , E Pascale , F Piacentini , D Pogosyan , G Polenta , S Prunet , S Ricciardi , G Romeo , J Ruhl , P Santini , M Tegmark , M Veneziani , N Vittorio

Lensing effect on polarization in microwave background: extracting convergence power spectrum

Matter inhomogeneities along the line of sight deflect the cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons originating at the last scattering surface at redshift $z \sim 1100$. These distortions modify the pattern of CMB polarization. We identify…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jacek Guzik , Uros Seljak , Matias Zaldarriaga

Design of the on-board data compression for the bolometer data of LiteBIRD

LiteBIRD is a space-borne experiment dedicated to detecting large-scale $B$-mode anisotropies in the linear polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) predicted by the theory of inflation. It is planned to be launched in the late…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-27 Mayu Tominaga , Masahiro Tsujimoto , Graeme Smecher , Hirokazu Ishino

Design and characterization of a ground-based absolute polarization calibrator for use with polarization sensitive CMB experiments

We present the design and characterization of a ground-based absolute polarization angle calibrator accurate to better than 0.1 degrees for use with polarization sensitive cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. The calibrator's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-07 M. F. Navaroli , G. P. Teply , K. D. Crowley , J. P. Kaufman , N. B. Galitzki , K. S. Arnold , B. G. Keating

Characterization of foreground emission at degree angular scale for CMB B-modes observations. Thermal Dust and Synchrotron signal from Planck and WMAP data

We quantify the contamination from polarized diffuse Galactic synchrotron and thermal dust emissions to the B-modes of the CMB anisotropies on the degree angular scale, using data from the Planck and WMAP satellites. We compute power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 N. Krachmalnicoff , C. Baccigalupi , J. Aumont , M. Bersanelli , A. Mennella