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The large scale polarization explorer (LSPE) for CMB measurements: performance forecast

[Abridged] The measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is one of the current frontiers in cosmology. In particular, the detection of the primordial B-modes, could reveal the presence of gravitational…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-10 The LSPE collaboration , G. Addamo , P. A. R. Ade , C. Baccigalupi , A. M. Baldini , P. M. Battaglia , E. S. Battistelli , A. Baù , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , M. Biasotti , A. Boscaleri , B. Caccianiga , S. Caprioli , F. Cavaliere , F. Cei , K. A. Cleary , F. Columbro , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , F. Cuttaia , G. D'Alessandro , G. De Gasperis , M. De Petris , V. Fafone , F. Farsian , L. Ferrari Barusso , F. Fontanelli , C. Franceschet , T. C. Gaier , L. Galli , F. Gatti , R. Genova-Santos , M. Gerbino , M. Gervasi , T. Ghigna , D. Grosso , A. Gruppuso , R. Gualtieri , F. Incardona , M. E. Jones , P. Kangaslahti , N. Krachmalnicoff , L. Lamagna , M. Lattanzi , C. H. López-Caraballo , M. Lumia , R. Mainini , D. Maino , S. Mandelli , M. Maris , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , A. May , L. Mele , P. Mena , A. Mennella , R. Molina , D. Molinari , G. Morgante , U. Natale , F. Nati , P. Natoli , L. Pagano , A. Paiella , F. Panico , F. Paonessa , S. Paradiso , A. Passerini , M. Perez-de-Taoro , O. A. Peverini , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , D. Poletti , G. Presta , S. Realini , N. Reyes , J. A. Rubino-Martin , M. Sandri , S. Sartor , F. Pezzotta , G. Polenta , A. Rocchi , A. Schillaci , G. Signorelli , B. Siri , M. Soria , F. Spinella , V. Tapia , A. Tartari , A. C. Taylor , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , E. Tommasi , C. Tucker , D. Vaccaro , D. M. Vigano , F. Villa , G. Virone , N. Vittorio , A. Volpe , R. E. J. Watkins , A. Zacchei , M. Zannoni

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

The Cosmic Foreground Explorer (COFE): A balloon-borne microwave polarimeter to characterize polarized foregrounds

The COsmic Foreground Explorer (COFE) is a balloon-borne microwave polarime- ter designed to measure the low-frequency and low-l characteristics of dominant diffuse polarized foregrounds. Short duration balloon flights from the Northern and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Rodrigo Leonardi , Brian Williams , Marco Bersanelli , Ivan Ferreira , Philip M. Lubin , Peter R. Meinhold , Hugh O'Neill , Nathan C. Stebor , Fabrizio Villa , Thyrso Villela , Carlos A. Wuensche

The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry: BLAST-Pol

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLAST-Pol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the star formation process. BLAST-Pol is the reconstructed BLAST…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Laura M. Fissel , Peter A. R. Ade , Francesco E. Angile , Steven J. Benton , Edward L. Chapin , Mark J. Devlin , Natalie N. Gandilo , Joshua O. Gundersen , Peter C. Hargrave , David H. Hughes , Jeffrey Klein , Andrei L. Korotkov , Galen Marsden , Tristan G. Matthews , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Tony K. Mroczkowski , C. Barth Netterfield , Giles Novak , Luca Olmi , Enzo Pascale , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Jamil A. Shariff , Juan Diego Soler , Nicholas E. Thomas , Matthew D. P. Truch , Carole E. Tucker , Gregory S. Tucker , Derek Ward-Thompson , Donald V. Wiebe

BOOMERANG: A Balloon-borne Millimeter Wave Telescope and Total Power Receiver for Mapping Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background

We describe BOOMERANG; a balloon-borne microwave telescope designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at a resolution of 10' from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The millimeter-wave receiver employs new technology in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. P. Crill , P. A. R. Ade , D. R. Artusa , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , P. Cardoni , S. E. Church , K. Coble , P. deBernardis , G. deTroia , P. Farese , K. M. Ganga , M. Giacometti , C. V. Haynes , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , S. Masi , P. V. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , C. G. Paine , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , F. Pongetti , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi , D. Sforna , A. D. Turner

The short wavelength instrument for the polarization explorer balloon-borne experiment: Polarization modulation issues

In this paper we investigate the impact of using a polarization modulator in the Short Wavelenght Instrument for the Polarization Explorer (SWIPE) of the Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE). The experiment is optimized to measure the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-04 F. Columbro , E. S. Battistelli , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , L. Lamagna , S. Masi , L. Pagano , A. Paiella , F. Piacentini , G. Presta

MAXIPOL: A Balloon-borne Experiment for Measuring the Polarization Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) on angular scales of 10 arcmin to 2 degrees. MAXIPOL is the first CMB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 B. R. Johnson , M. E. Abroe , P. Ade , J. Bock , J. Borrill , J. S. Collins , P. Ferreira , S. Hanany , A. H. Jaffe , T. Jones , A. T. Lee , L. Levinson , T. Matsumura , B. Rabii , T. Renbarger , P. L. Richards , G. F. Smoot , R. Stompor , H. T. Tran , C. D. Winant

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

A dual output polarimeter devoted to the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We have developed a correlation radiometer at 33 GHz devoted to the search for residual polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The two instruments`s outputs are linear combination of two Stokes Parameters (Q and U or U and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Gervasi , G. Boella , F. Cavaliere , G. Grossetti , A. Passerini , G. Sironi , A. Tartari , M. Zannoni

The Polatron: A Millimeter-Wave Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter for the OVRO 5.5 m Telescope

We describe the development of a bolometric receiver designed to measure the arcminute-scale polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The Polatron will be mounted at the Cassegrain focus of the 5.5 m telescope at the Owens…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. J. Philhour , B. G. Keating , P. A. R. Ade , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , S. E. Church , J. Glenn , J. R. Hinderks , V. V. Hristov , W. C. Jones , M. Kamionkowski , D. E. Kumar , A. E. Lange , J. R. Leong , D. P. Marrone , B. S. Mason , P. V. Mason , M. M. Shuman , G. I. Sirbi

Progress report on the Large Scale Polarization Explorer

The Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) is a cosmology program for the measurement of large scale curl-like features (B-modes) in the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Its goal is to constrain the background of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 L. Lamagna , G. Addamo , P. A. R. Ade , C. Baccigalupi , A. M. Baldini , P. M. Battaglia , E. Battistelli , A. Baù , M. Bersanelli , M. Biasotti , C. Boragno , A. Boscaleri , B. Caccianiga , S. Caprioli , F. Cavaliere , F. Cei , K. A. Cleary , F. Columbro , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , D. Corsini , F. Cuttaia , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , M. De Petris , F. Del Torto , V. Fafone , Z. Farooqui , F. Farsian , F. Fontanelli , C. Franceschet , T. C. Gaier , F. Gatti , R. Genova-Santos , M. Gervasi , T. Ghigna , M. Grassi , D. Grosso , R. Gualtieri , F. Incardona , M. Jones , P. Kangaslahti , N. Krachmalnicoff , R. Mainini , D. Maino , S. Mandelli , M. Maris , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , A. May , P. Mena , A. Mennella , R. Molina , D. Molinari , G. Morgante , F. Nati , P. Natoli , L. Pagano , A. Paiella , F. Paonessa , A. Passerini , M. Perez-de-Taoro , O. A. Peverini , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , L. Polastri , G. Polenta , D. Poletti , G. Presta , S. Realini , N. Reyes , A. Rocchi , J. A. Rubiño-Martin , M. Sandri , S. Sartor , A. Schillaci , G. Signorelli , B. Siri , M. Soria , F. Spinella , V. Tapia , A. Tartari , A. Taylor , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , E. Tommasi , C. Tucker , D. Vaccaro , D. M. Vigano , F. Villa , G. Virone , N. Vittorio , A. Volpe , B. Watkins , A. Zacchei , M. Zannoni

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

Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

The BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter is a small-aperture refracting telescope located at the South Pole and is specifically designed to search for the possible signature of inflationary gravitational waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-14 J. Cornelison , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the SPIDER-2 Suborbital Polarimeter

We describe the construction and characterization of the 280 GHz bolometric focal plane units (FPUs) to be deployed on the second flight of the balloon-borne SPIDER instrument. These FPUs are vital to SPIDER's primary science goal of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 A. S. Bergman , P. A. R. Ade , S. Akers , M. Amiri , J. A. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. T. Becker , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , R. S Domagalski , O. Doré , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , A. Grigorian , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Khan , 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 , S. Redmond , C. Reintsema , L. J. Romualdez , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. Ullom , J. F. van der List , J. Van Lanen , M. R. Vissers , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

On spin scale-discretised wavelets on the sphere for the analysis of CMB polarisation

A new spin wavelet transform on the sphere is proposed to analyse the polarisation of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), a spin $\pm 2$ signal observed on the celestial sphere. The scalar directional scale-discretised wavelet transform…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-04 Jason D. McEwen , Martin Büttner , Boris Leistedt , Hiranya V. Peiris , Pierre Vandergheynst , Yves Wiaux

Antenna-coupled TES bolometers for the Keck Array, Spider, and Polar-1

Between the BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments, we have deployed over 1500 dual polarized antenna coupled bolometers to map the Cosmic Microwave Background's polarization. We have been able to rapidly deploy these detectors because they are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. O'Brient , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , S. Benton , C. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. A. Brevik , B. Burger , G. Davis , P. Day , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , J. Grayson , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. Irwin , S. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. W. Ogburn , C. L. Pryke , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. Staniszewski , R. Sudiwala , G. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , R. S. Tucker , A. Vieregg , D. V. Wiebe , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , K. W. Yoon

Anti-reflection Coated Vacuum Window for the Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) balloon-borne instrument

Measuring the faint polarization signal of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) not only requires high optical throughput and instrument sensitivity but also control over systematic effects. Polarimetric cameras or receivers used in this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-16 Rahul Datta , David T. Chuss , Joseph Eimer , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Natalie N. Gandilo , Kyle Helson , Alan J. Kogut , Luke Lowe , Paul Mirel , Karwan Rostem , Marco Sagliocca , Danielle Sponseller , Eric R. Switzer , Peter A. Taraschi , Edward J. Wollack

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter

The Robinson Telescope (BICEP) is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) and galactic foreground emission. Such measurements probe the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. W. Yoon , P. A. R. Ade , D. Barkats , J. O. Battle , E. M. Bierman , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , H. C. Chiang , A. Crites , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , G. S. Griffin , E. F. Hivon , W. L. Holzapfel , V. V. Hristov , B. G. Keating , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , E. M. Leitch , P. V. Mason , H. T. Nguyen , N. Ponthieu , Y. D. Takahashi , T. Renbarger , L. C. Weintraub , D. Woolsey

The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER)

The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER) is a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeter designed to search for evidence of inflation by measuring the large-angular scale CMB polarization signal. BICEP2…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Justin Lazear , Peter A. R. Ade , Dominic Benford , Charles L. Bennett , David T. Chuss , Jessie L. Dotson , Joseph R. Eimer , Dale J. Fixsen , Mark Halpern , Gene Hilton , James Hinderks , Gary F. Hinshaw , Kent Irwin , Christine Jhabvala , Bradley Johnson , Alan Kogut , Luke Lowe , Jeff J. McMahon , Timothy M. Miller , Paul Mirel , S. Harvey Moseley , Samelys Rodriguez , Elmer Sharp , Johannes G. Staguhn , Eric R. Switzer , Carole E. Tucker , Amy Weston , Edward J. Wollack

A coherent polarimeter array for the Large Scale Polarization Explorer balloon experiment

We discuss the design and expected performance of STRIP (STRatospheric Italian Polarimeter), an array of coherent receivers designed to fly on board the LSPE (Large Scale Polarization Explorer) balloon experiment. The STRIP focal plane…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Bersanelli , A. Mennella , G. Morgante , M. Zannoni , G. Addamo , A. Baschirotto , P. Battaglia , A. Baù , B. Cappellini , F. Cavaliere , F. Cuttaia , F. Del Torto , S. Donzelli , Z. Farooqui , M. Frailis , C. Franceschet , E. Franceschi , T. Gaier , S. Galeotta , M. Gervasi , A. Gregorio , P. Kangaslahti , N. Krachmalnicoff , C. Lawrence , G. Maggio , R. Mainini , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , B. Paroli , A. Passerini , O. A. Peverini , S. Poli , S. Ricciardi , M. Rossetti , M. Sandri , M. Seiffert , L. Stringhetti , A. Tartari , R. Tascone , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , E. Tommasi , F. Villa , G. Virone , A. Zacchei