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COMPASS: An Instrument for Measuring the Polarization of the CMB on Intermediate Angular Scales

COMPASS is an on-axis 2.6 meter telescope coupled to a correlation polarimeter. The entire instrument was built specifically for CMB polarization studies. Careful attention was given to receiver and optics design, stability of the pointing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Philip C. Farese , Giorgio Dall'Oglio , Josh Gundersen , Brian Keating , Slade Klawikowski , Lloyd Knox , Alan Levy , Chris O'Dell , Alan Peel , Lucio Piccirillo , John Ruhl , Peter Timbie

Constraints on cosmological birefringence from Planck and Bicep2/Keck data

The polarization of cosmic microwave background (CMB) can be used to constrain cosmological birefringence, the rotation of the linear polarization of CMB photons potentially induced by parity violating physics beyond the standard model.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 A. Gruppuso , M. Gerbino , P. Natoli , L. Pagano , N. Mandolesi , D. Molinari

BICEP3 focal plane design and detector performance

BICEP3, the latest telescope in the BICEP/Keck program, started science observations in March 2016. It is a 550mm aperture refractive telescope observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. We show the focal plane…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 H. Hui , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , K. D. Alexander , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , R. Bowens-Rubin , I. Buder , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Connors , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , J. A. Grayson , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , G. C. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. G. Megerian , V. Monticue , T. Namikawa , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , C. Sorensen , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , B. Steinbach , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , K. W. Yoon

Antenna-coupled TES bolometer arrays for CMB polarimetry

We describe the design and performance of polarization selective antenna-coupled TES arrays that will be used in several upcoming Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments: SPIDER, BICEP-2/SPUD. The fully lithographic polarimeter arrays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-12 C. L. Kuo , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. Brevik , G. Chattopadhyay , P. K. Day , S. Golwala , M. Kenyon , A. E. Lange , H. G. LeDuc , H. Nguyen , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , A. Trangsrud , A. Turner , G. Wang , J. Zmuidzinas

Characterizing the Sensitivity of 40 GHz TES Bolometers for BICEP Array

The BICEP/Keck (BK) experiment aims to detect the imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization, which would be direct evidence of the inflation theory. While the tensor-to-scalar ratio has been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 C. Zhang , 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. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouvé , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , B. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu

Measuring Statistical Isotropy of CMB Anisotropy

The statistical expectation values of the temperature fluctuations and polarization of cosmic microwave background (CMB) are assumed to be preserved under rotations of the sky. We investigate the statistical isotropy (SI) of the CMB maps…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Tarun Souradeep , Amir Hajian , Soumen Basak

BICEP2 / Keck Array IX: New Bounds on Anisotropies of CMB Polarization Rotation and Implications for Axion-Like Particles and Primordial Magnetic Fields

We present the strongest constraints to date on anisotropies of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization rotation derived from 150 GHz data taken by the BICEP2/Keck Array CMB experiments up to and including the 2014 observing season…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-21 Keck Array , BICEP2 Collaborations , : , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , R. W. Aikin , K. D. Alexander , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , R. Bowens-Rubin , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Connors , B. P. Crill , L. Duband , C. Dvorkin , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , T. St. Germaine , T. Ghosh , J. Grayson , S. Harrison , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , N. A. Larsen , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , C. Pryke , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , K. W. Yoon

QUaD: A High-Resolution Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter

We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain telescope equipped with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 QUaD collaboration , J. R. Hinderks , P. Ade , J. Bock , M. Bowden , M. L. Brown , G. Cahill , J. E. Carlstrom , P. G. Castro , S. Church , T. Culverhouse , R. Friedman , K. Ganga , W. K. Gear , S. Gupta , J. Harris , V. Haynes , B. G. Keating , J. Kovac , E. Kirby , A. E. Lange , E. Leitch , O. E. Mallie , S. Melhuish , Y. Memari , J. A. Murphy , A. Orlando , R. Schwarz , C. O'Sullivan , L. Piccirillo , C. Pryke , N. Rajguru , B. Rusholme , A. N. Taylor , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. H. Turner , E. Y. S. Wu , M. Zemcov

Measuring the CMB primordial B-modes with Bolometric Interferometry

The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is the first bolometric interferometer designed to measure the primordial B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-07 A. Mennella , P. Ade , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , J. Aumont , S. Banfi , E. S. Battistelli , B. Bélier , L. Bergé , J. -Ph. Bernard , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , J. Bonaparte , J. D. Bonilla , E. Bunn , D. Buzi , F. Cacciotti , D. Camilieri , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , L. Colombo , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , M. B. Costanza , G. D'Alessandro , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , N. Del Castillo , S. Dheilly , A. Etchegoyen , S. Ferazzoli , L. P. Ferreyro , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. Ganga , B. García , M. E. García Redondo , D. Gayer , J. M. Geria , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , M. Gómez Berisso , M. Gonzalez , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , M. R. Hampel , G. Isopi , J. Kaplan , L. Lamagna , F. Lazarte , S. Loucatos , B. Maffei , A. Mancilla , S. Mandelli , E. Manzan , E. Marchitelli , S. Marnieros , W. Marty , S. Masi , A. May , J. Maya , M. McCulloch , L. Mele , D. Melo , N. Mirón-Granese , L. Montier , L. Mousset , N. Müller , F. Nati , C. O'Sullivan , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , S. Paradiso , E. Pascale , A. Passerini , A. Pelosi , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prêle , D. Rambaud , G. Ramos , E. Rasztocky , M. Régnier , C. Reyes , F. Rodríguez , C. A. Rodríguez , G. E. Romero , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , C. Scóccola , G. Stankowiak , A. Tartari , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , S. Torchinsky , G. Tucker , C. Tucker , L. Vacher , F. Voisin , M. Wright , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

Instrumental and Analytic Methods for Bolometric Polarimetry

We discuss instrumental and analytic methods that have been developed for the first generation of bolometric cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters. The design, characterization, and analysis of data obtained using Polarization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 W. C. Jones , T. E. Montroy , B. P. Crill , C. R. Contaldi , T. S. Kisner , A. E. Lange , C. J. MacTavish , C. B. Netterfield , J. E. Ruhl

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

Can weak lensing surveys confirm BICEP2 ?

The detection of B-modes in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization by the BICEP2 experiment, if interpreted as evidence for a primordial gravitational wave background, has enormous ramifications for cosmology and physics. It is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-29 Nora Elisa Chisari , Cora Dvorkin , Fabian Schmidt

Half-wave Plates for the Spider Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter

Spider is a balloon-borne array of six telescopes that will observe the Cosmic Microwave Background. The 2400 antenna-coupled bolometers in the instrument will make a polarization map of the CMB with ~degree resolution at 150 GHz and 95…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-12 Sean Bryan

The Cosmic Microwave Background and Its Polarization

The DASI discovery of CMB polarization, confirmed by WMAP, has opened a new chapter in cosmology. Most of the useful information about inflationary gravitational waves and reionization is on large angular scales where Galactic foreground…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Angelica de Oliveira-Costa

Isotropy-Violation Diagnostics for $B$-mode Polarization Foregrounds to the Cosmic Microwave Background

Isotropy-violation statistics can highlight polarized galactic foregrounds that contaminate primordial $B$-modes in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). We propose a particular isotropy-violation test and apply it to polarized Planck 353…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-23 Aditya Rotti , Kevin Huffenberger

Cosmic Background dipole measurements with Planck-High Frequency Instrument

This paper discusses the Cosmic Background (CB) dipoles observations in the framework of the Planck mission. Dipoles observations can be used in three ways: (i) It gives a measurement of the peculiar velocity of our Galaxy which is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Piat , G. Lagache , J. P. Bernard , M. Giard , J. L. Puget

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

Probing polarization states of primordial gravitational waves with CMB anisotropies

We discuss the polarization signature of primordial gravitational waves imprinted in cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies. The high-energy physics motivated by superstring theory or M-theory generically yield parity violating…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Shun Saito , Kiyotomo Ichiki , Atsushi Taruya

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

Status of QUBIC, the Q&U Bolometer for Cosmology

The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Back-ground (CMB), which is one of the major challenges of observational…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-10 L. Mousset , P. Ade , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , J. Aumont , S. Banfi , E. S. Battistelli , B. Bélier , L. Bergé , J. -Ph. Bernard , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , J. Bonaparte , J. D. Bonilla , E. Bunn , D. Buzi , D. Camilieri , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , S. Colombo , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , B. Costanza , G. DÁlessandro , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , N. Del Castillo , S. Dheilly , A. Etchegoyen , M. Famá , L. P. Ferreyro , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. M. Ganga , B. García , M. E. García Redondo , D. Gayer , J. M. Geria , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , M. Gómez Berisso , M. González , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , M. R. Hampel , G. Isopi , J. Kaplan , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , F. Lazarte , S. Loucatos , A. Mancilla , D. Mandelli , E. Manzan , S. Marnieros , W. Marty , S. Masi , A. May , J. Maya , M. McCulloch , L. Mele , D. Melo , A. Mennella , N. Mirón-Granese , L. Montier , N. Müller , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , C. OŚullivan , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , S. Paradiso , A. Passerini , A. Pelosi , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prêle , D. Rambaud , E. Rasztocky , M. Régnier , C. Reyes , F. Rodríguez , C. A. Rodríguez , G. E. Romero , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , C. G. Scóccola , G. Stankowiak , A. D. Supanitsky , A. Tartari , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Timbie , S. A. Torchinsky , G. Tucker , C. Tucker , L. Vacher , F. Voisin , M. Wright , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo