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Spider Optimization: Probing the Systematics of a Large Scale B-Mode Experiment

Spider is a long-duration, balloon-borne polarimeter designed to measure large scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization with very high sensitivity and control of systematics. The instrument will map over half the sky with degree…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. J. MacTavish , P. A. R. Ade , E. S. Battistelli , S. Benton , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Brevik , S. Bryan , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , O. Doré , L. Fissel , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , C. Lawrie , T. G. Martin , P. Mason , T. E. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , D. Riley , J. E. Ruhl , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , A. Turner , M. Viero , D. Wiebe

SPIDER: A Balloon-borne Large-scale CMB Polarimeter

Spider is a balloon-borne experiment that will measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background over a large fraction of a sky at 1 degree resolution. Six monochromatic refracting millimeter-wave telescopes with large arrays of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. P. Crill , P. A. R. Ade , E. S. Battistelli , S. Benton , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Brevik , S. Bryan , C. R. Contaldi , O. Dore , M. Farhang , L. Fissel , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , C. Lawrie , C. J. MacTavish , T. G. Martin , P. Mason , T. E. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , D. Riley , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , A. Turner , M. Viero , D. Wiebe

Design and performance of the Spider instrument

Here we describe the design and performance of the Spider instrument. Spider is a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background polarization imager that will map part of the sky at 90, 145, and 280 GHz with sub-degree resolution and high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-14 M. C. Runyan , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. Benton , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , O. Dore , D. O'Dea , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. Fissel , N. Gandilo , S. R. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Hasselfield , M. Halpern , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. A. Morford , T. E. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. A. Schenker , J. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , R. S. Tucker , C. Tucker , A. Turner

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

Modeling and characterization of the SPIDER half-wave plate

Spider is a balloon-borne array of six telescopes that will observe the Cosmic Microwave Background. The 2624 antenna-coupled bolometers in the instrument will make a polarization map of the CMB with approximately one-half degree resolution…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-12 Sean A. Bryan , Peter A. R. Ade , Mandana Amiri , Steve Benton , Richard Bihary , James J. Bock , J. Richard Bond , Joseph A. Bonetti , H. Cynthia Chiang , Carlo R. Contaldi , Brendan P. Crill , Daniel O'Dea , Olivier Dore , Marzieh Farhang , Jeffrey P. Filippini , Laura Fissel , Natalie Gandilo , Sunil Golwala , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Matthew Hasselfield , Mark Halpern , Kyle R. Helson , Gene Hilton , Warren Holmes , Viktor V. Hristov , Kent D. Irwin , William C. Jones , Chao Lin Kuo , Carrie J. MacTavish , Peter Mason , Tracy Morford , Thomas E. Montroy , C. Barth Netterfield , Alexandra S. Rahlin , Carl D. Reintsema , Daniel Riley , John E. Ruhl , Marcus C. Runyan , Matthew A. Schenker , Jamil Shariff , Juan Diego Soler , Amy Trangsrud , Rebecca Tucker , Carole Tucker , Anthony Turner

SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales

We describe SPIDER, a balloon-borne instrument to map the polarization of the millimeter-wave sky with degree angular resolution. Spider consists of six monochromatic refracting telescopes, each illuminating a focal plane of large-format…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-13 J. P. Filippini , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , B. Burger , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , O. Doré , M. Farhang , L. M. Fissel , N. N. Gandilo , S. R. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. E. Montroy , T. A. Morford , C. B. Netterfield , D. T. O'Dea , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , M. A. Schenker , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner

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

Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

We present the results of integration and characterization of the SPIDER instrument after the 2013 pre-flight campaign. SPIDER is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to probe the primordial gravitational wave signal in the degree-scale…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. S. Rahlin , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , O. Doré , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , S. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , M. F. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. A. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. D. Kermish , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , R. O'Brient , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers

In this work we describe upgrades to the Spider balloon-borne telescope in preparation for its second flight, currently planned for December 2021. The Spider instrument is optimized to search for a primordial B-mode polarization signature…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 E. C. Shaw , P. A. R. Ade , S. Akers , M. Amiri , J. Austermann , J. Beall , D. T. Becker , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , 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. Kahn , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , A. Lennox , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. M. Mocanu , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , R. Nie , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , A. S. Rahlin , S. Redmond , C. Reintsema , L. J. Romualdez , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , J. A. Shariff , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , H. Thommesen , 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 , S. Wen , I. K. Wehus , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

SPIDER: Probing the Early Universe with a Suborbital Polarimeter

We evaluate the ability of SPIDER, a balloon-borne polarimeter, to detect a divergence-free polarization pattern ("B-modes") in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). In the inflationary scenario, the amplitude of this signal is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-06 A. A. Fraisse , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. Bryan , B. Burger , H. C. Chiang , C. N. Clark , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , G. Davis , O. Doré , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , N. N. Gandilo , S. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. E. Montroy , T. A. Morford , C. B. Netterfield , D. T. O'Dea , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , M. A. Schenker , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. Wiebe

A Constraint on Primordial $B$-Modes from the First Flight of the SPIDER Balloon-Borne Telescope

We present the first linear polarization measurements from the 2015 long-duration balloon flight of SPIDER, an experiment designed to map the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on degree angular scales. Results from these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-25 SPIDER Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Doré , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , D. S. Y. Mak , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , R. O'Brient , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , 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. F. van der List , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

In-Flight Performance of Spider's 280 GHz Receivers

SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the cosmic microwave background at degree-angular scales in the presence of Galactic foregrounds. SPIDER has mapped a large sky area in the Southern Hemisphere using more than 2000…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-19 Elle C. Shaw , P. A. R. Ade , S. Akers , M. Amiri , J. Austermann , J. Beall , D. T. Becker , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , 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 , S. M. Gibbs , S. Gourapura , 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. Kahn , Z. D. Kermish , C. King , C. L. Kuo , A. R. Lennox , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , T. V. Luu , P. V. Mason , J. May , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , R. Nie , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , A. S. Rahlin , S. Redmond , C. Reintsema , L. J. Romualdez , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , J. A. Shariff , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , S. Tartakovsky , H. Thommesen , 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

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

We present the technology and control methods developed for the pointing system of the SPIDER experiment. SPIDER is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to detect the imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the polarization of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Jamil A. Shariff , Peter A. R. Ade , Mandana Amiri , Steven J. Benton , Jamie J. Bock , J. Richard Bond , Sean A. Bryan , H. Cynthia Chiang , Carlo R. Contaldi , Brendan P. Crill , Olivier P. Doré , Marzieh Farhang , Jeffrey P. Filippini , Laura M. Fissel , Aurelien A. Fraisse , Anne E. Gambrel , Natalie N. Gandilo , Sunil R. Golwala , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Gene C. Hilton , Warren A. Holmes , Viktor V. Hristov , Kent D. Irwin , William C. Jones , Zigmund D. Kermish , Chao-Lin Kuo , Carolyn J. MacTavish , Peter V. Mason , Krikor G. Megerian , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Tracy A. Morford , Johanna M. Nagy , C. Barth Netterfield , Roger O'Brient , Alexandra S. Rahlin , Carl D. Reintsema , John E. Ruhl , Marcus C. Runyan , Juan D. Soler , Amy Trangsrud , Carole E. Tucker , Rebecca S. Tucker , Anthony D. Turner , Alexis C. Weber , Donald V. Wiebe , Edward Y. Young

Measuring the tensor to scalar ratio from CMB B-modes in presence of foregrounds

Abreg: We investigate the impact of polarized foreground emission on the performances of future CMB experiments in measuring the tensor-to-scalar ratio r. We design a component separation pipeline, based on the Smica method, aimed at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Marc Betoule , E. Pierpaoli , J. Delabrouille , M. Le Jeune , Jean-François Cardoso

CMB Polarization Measurements

The polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation carries essential information on early stages of the Universe such as the cosmic inflation, forming cosmological structures through gravitational lensing, and the epoch of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-22 E. Carretti , C. Baccigalupi

A cryogenic rotation stage with a large clear aperture for the half-wave plates in the Spider instrument

We describe the cryogenic half-wave plate rotation mechanisms built for and used in Spider, a polarization-sensitive balloon-borne telescope array that observed the Cosmic Microwave Background at 95 GHz and 150 GHz during a stratospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-11 Sean Bryan , Peter Ade , Mandana Amiri , Steven Benton , Richard Bihary , James Bock , J. Richard Bond , H. Cynthia Chiang , Carlo Contaldi , Brendan Crill , Olivier Dore , Benjamin Elder , Jeffrey Filippini , Aurelien Fraisse , Anne Gambrel , Natalie Gandilo , Jon Gudmundsson , Matthew Hasselfield , Mark Halpern , Gene Hilton , Warren Holmes , Viktor Hristov , Kent Irwin , William Jones , Zigmund Kermish , Craig Lawrie , Carrie MacTavish , Peter Mason , Krikor Megerian , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Thomas Montroy , Tracy Morford , Johanna Nagy , C. Barth Netterfield , Ivan Padilla , Alexandra S. Rahlin , Carl Reintsema , Daniel C. Riley , John Ruhl , Marcus Runyan , Benjamin Saliwanchik , Jamil Shariff , Juan Soler , Amy Trangsrud , Carole Tucker , Rebecca Tucker , Anthony Turner , Shyang Wen , Donald Wiebe , Edward Young

The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER)

The Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background on large angular scales. PIPER will map 85% of the sky at 200, 270, 350, and 600 GHz…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Natalie N. Gandilo , 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 , Gary F. Hinshaw , Kent Irwin , Christine Jhabvala , Mark Kimball , Alan Kogut , Luke Lowe , Jeff J. McMahon , Timothy M. Miller , Paul Mirel , S. Harvey Moseley , Samuel Pawlyk , Samelys Rodriguez , Elmer Sharp , Peter Shirron , Johannes G. Staguhn , Dan F. Sullivan , Eric R. Switzer , Peter Taraschi , Carole E. Tucker , Edward J. Wollack

Primordial Gravitational Wave Detectability with Deep Small-Sky CMB Experiments

We use Bayesian estimation on direct T-Q-U CMB polarization maps to forecast errors on the tensor-to- scalar power ratio r, and hence on primordial gravitational waves, as a function of sky coverage fsky. This method filters the quadratic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-11 Marzieh Farhang , J. Richard Bond , Olivier Doré , C. Barth Netterfield

Robustness of cosmic birefringence measurement against Galactic foreground emission and instrumental systematics

The polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) can be used to search for parity-violating processes like that predicted by a Chern-Simons coupling to a light pseudoscalar field. Such an interaction rotates $E$ modes into $B$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 P. Diego-Palazuelos , E. Martínez-González , P. Vielva , R. B. Barreiro , M. Tristram , E. de la Hoz , J. R. Eskilt , Y. Minami , R. M. Sullivan , A. J. Banday , K. M. Górski , R. Keskitalo , E. Komatsu , D. Scott

Multi-dimensional optimisation of the scanning strategy for the LiteBIRD space mission

Large angular scale surveys in the absence of atmosphere are essential for measuring the primordial $B$-mode power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Since this proposed measurement is about three to four orders of magnitude…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-05 Y. Takase , L. Vacher , H. Ishino , G. Patanchon , L. Montier , S. L. Stever , K. Ishizaka , Y. Nagano , W. Wang , J. Aumont , K. Aizawa , A. Anand , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , M. Bersanelli , M. Bortolami , T. Brinckmann , E. Calabrese , P. Campeti , E. Carinos , A. Carones , F. J. Casas , K. Cheung , L. Clermont , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , T. de Haan , E. de la Hoz , S. Della Torre , P. Diego-Palazuelos , G. D'Alessandro , H. K. Eriksen , J. Errard , F. Finelli , U. Fuskeland , G. Galloni , M. Galloway , M. Gervasi , T. Ghigna , S. Giardiello , C. Gimeno-Amo , E. Gjerløw , R. González González , A. Gruppuso , M. Hazumi , S. Henrot-Versillé , L. T. Hergt , K. Ikuma , K. Kohri , L. Lamagna , M. Lattanzi , C. Leloup , M. Lembo , F. Levrier , A. I. Lonappan , M. López-Caniego , G. Luzzi , B. Maffei , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. T. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , S. Micheli , M. Migliaccio , M. Monelli , G. Morgante , B. Mot , R. Nagata , T. Namikawa , A. Novelli , K. Odagiri , S. Oguri , R. Omae , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , F. Piacentini , M. Pinchera , G. Polenta , L. Porcelli , N. Raffuzzi , M. Remazeilles , A. Ritacco , M. Ruiz-Granda , Y. Sakurai , D. Scott , Y. Sekimoto , M. Shiraishi , G. Signorelli , R. M. Sullivan , H. Takakura , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , B. van Tent , P. Vielva , I. K. Wehus , B. Westbrook , G. Weymann-Despres , E. J. Wollack , M. Zannoni , Y. Zhou