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Robust forecasts on fundamental physics from the foreground-obscured, gravitationally-lensed CMB polarization

[Abridged] Recent results from the BICEP, Keck Array and Planck Collaborations demonstrate that Galactic foregrounds are an unavoidable obstacle in the search for evidence of inflationary gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-07 Josquin Errard , Stephen M. Feeney , Hiranya V. Peiris , Andrew H. Jaffe

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

Design and Deployment of a Multichroic Polarimeter Array on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

We present the design and the preliminary on sky performance with respect to beams and pass-bands of a multichroic polarimeter array covering the 90 and 146 GHz Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) bands and its enabling broadband optical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 R. Datta , J. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , K. P. Coughlin , S. M. Duff , P. A. Gallardo , E. Grace , M. Hasselfield , S. W. Henderson , G. C. Hilton , S. P. Ho , J. Hubmayr , B. J. Koopman , J. V. Lanen , D. Li , J. McMahon , C. D. Munson , F. Nati , M. D. Niemack , L. Page , C. G. Pappas , M. Salatino , B. L. Schmitt , A. Schillaci , S. M. Simon , S. T. Staggs , J. R. Stevens , E. M. Vavagiakis , J. T. Ward , E. J. Wollack

Design and performance of wide-band corrugated walls for the BICEP Array detector modules at 30/40 GHz

BICEP Array is a degree-scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment that will search for primordial B-mode polarization while constraining Galactic foregrounds. BICEP Array will be comprised of four receivers to cover a broad…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-03 A. Soliman , 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 , J. Cornelison , B. P. Crill , M. Crumrine , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , C. Dvorkin , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , J. Grayson , G. Hall , M. Halpern , 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 , K. Lau , N. A. Larsen , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. OBrient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , C. Pryke , B. Racine , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , A. Schillaci , C. D. Sheehy , T. St. Germaine , Z. K. Staniszewski , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , 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 , C. Zhang

Thermal Testing for Cryogenic CMB Instrument Optical Design

Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background rely on cryogenic instrumentation with cold detectors, readout, and optics providing the low noise performance and instrumental stability required to make more sensitive measurements. It is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-05 D. C. Goldfinger , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , D. Beck , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. I. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Grayson , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayk , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , M. A. Petroff , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , A. Soliman , A. G. Smith , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , C. Vergès , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

The Low Frequency Instrument in the ESA Planck mission

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allow high precision observation of the cosmic plasma at redshift z~1100. After the success of the NASA satellite COBE, that in 1992 provided the first detection of the CMB anisotropy,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli , B. Cappellini , D. Maino , P. Platania , S. Garavaglia , R. C. Butler , N. Mandolesi F. Pasian , O. D'arcangelo , A. Simonetto , C. Sozzi

Performance of a 4 Kelvin pulse-tube cooled cryostat with dc SQUID amplifiers for bolometric detector testing

The latest generation of cosmic microwave background (CMB) telescopes is searching for the undetected faint signature of gravitational waves from inflation in the polarized signal of the CMB. To achieve the unprecedented levels of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-08 Darcy Barron , Matt Atlas , Brian Keating , Ron Quillin , Nathan Stebor , Brandon Wilson

Low Temperature Detectors for CMB Imaging Arrays

We review advances in low temperature detector (LTD) arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiments, with a particular emphasis on imaging arrays. We briefly motivate the science case, which has spurred a large number…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 Johannes Hubmayr , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Daniel T. Becker , Bradley Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Jiansong Gao , Gene C. Hilton , Christopher M. McKenney , Joel N. Ullom , Jeff Van Lanen , Michael R. Vissers

BICEP2 II: Experiment and Three-Year Data Set

We report on the design and performance of the BICEP2 instrument and on its three-year data set. BICEP2 was designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 1 to 5 degrees ($\ell$=40-200),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-18 BICEP2 Collaboration , P. A. R Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , G. Davis , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , K. S. Karkare , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , N. Llombart , M. Lueker , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , K. T. Story , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: The Instrument

We describe a space-borne, multi-band, multi-beam polarimeter aiming at a precise and accurate measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The instrument is optimized to be compatible with the strict budget…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 P. de Bernardis , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. A. Baselmans , E. S. Battistelli , A. Benoit , M. Bersanelli , A. Bideaud , M. Calvo , F. J. Casas , G. Castellano , A. Catalano , I. Charles , I. Colantoni , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , M. Crook , G. D'Alessandro , M. De Petris , J. Delabrouille , S. Doyle , C. Franceschet , A. Gomez , J. Goupy , S. Hanany , M. Hills , L. Lamagna , J. Macias-Perez , B. Maffei , S. Martin , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , D. McCarthy , A. Mennella , A. Monfardini , F. Noviello , A. Paiella , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , G. Pisano , G. Signorelli , C. Y. Tan , A. Tartari , N. Trappe , S. Triqueneaux , C. Tucker , G. Vermeulen , K. Young , M. Zannoni , A. Achúcarro , R. Allison , M. Ashdown , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. Banerji , J. Bartlett , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , A. Bonaldi , M. Bonato , J. Borrill , F. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , T. Brinckmann , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , A. Buzzelli , Z. Y. Cai , C. S. Carvalho , A. Challinor , J. Chluba , S. Clesse , G. De Gasperis , G. De Zotti , E. Di Valentino , J. M. Diego , J. Errard , S. Feeney , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , F. Forastieri , S. Galli , R. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , J. González-Nuevo , S. Hagstotz , J. Greenslade , W. Handley , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , C. Hervias-Caimapo , E. Hivon , K. Kiiveri , T. Kisner , T. Kitching , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , J. Lesgourgues , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , V. Lindholm , G. Luzzi , C. J. A. P. Martins , A. Melchiorri , J. B. Melin , D. Molinari , P. Natoli , M. Negrello , A. Notari , D. Paoletti , G. Patanchon , L. Polastri , G. Polenta , A. Pollo , V. Poulin , M. Quartin , M. Remazeilles , M. Roman , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , L. Salvati , M. Tomasi , D. Tramonte , T. Trombetti , J. Väliviita , R. Van de Weijgaert , B. van Tent , V. Vennin , P. Vielva , N. Vittorio

Preparation to the CMB PLANCK data analysis, estimation of the contamination due to the galactic polarized emissions

This work is point of the preparation to the analysis of the PLANCK satellite data. The PLANCK satellite is an ESA mission which has been launched the 14th of may 2009 and is dedicaced to the measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-03 L. Fauvet , J. F. Macias-Perez

Sub-Kelvin Cooling for the BICEP Array Project

In the field of astrophysics, the faint signal from distant galaxies and other dim cosmological sources at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths require the use of high-sensitivity experiments. Cryogenics and the use of low-temperature…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-22 Lionel Duband , Thomas Prouve , James Bock , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Alessandro Schillaci

The EBEX Cryostat and Supporting Electronics

We describe the cryostat and supporting electronics for the EBEX experiment. EBEX is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The instrument includes a 1.5 meter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-20 Ilan Sagiv , Asad M. Aboobaker , Chaoyun Bao , Shaul Hanany , Terry Jones , Jeffrey Klein , Michael Milligan , Daniel E. Polsgrove , Kate Raach , Kyle Zilic , Andrei Korotkov , Gregory S. Tucker , Yuri Vinukurov , Tomotake Matsumura , Peter Ade , Will Grainger , Enzo Pascale , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Seth Hillbrand , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Michele Limon , Amber Miller , Andrew Jaffe , Amit Yadav , Matias Zaldarriaga , Nicolas Ponthieu , Matthieu Tristram , Julian Borrill , Christopher Cantalupo , Ted Kisner , Francois Aubin , Matt Dobbs , Kevin MacDermid , Gene Hilton , Johhannes Hubmayr , Kent Irwin , Carl Reintsema , Carlo Baccigalupi , Sam Leach , Bradley Johnson , Adrian Lee , Huan Tran , Lorne Levinson

BICEP / Keck XIII: Improved Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves using Planck, WMAP, and BICEP/Keck Observations through the 2018 Observing Season

We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2, Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2018 observing season. We add additional Keck Array observations at 220 GHz and BICEP3…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 Keck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , D. Beck , C. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Halal , G. Hall , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. 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 , A. Lennox , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , 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. Turner , C. Umilta , C. Verges , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

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

BICEP / Keck XII: Constraints on axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background

We present a search for axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with observations from the Keck Array. A local axion field induces an all-sky, temporally sinusoidal rotation of CMB polarization. A CMB…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 Keck Collaboration , 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 , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Grayson , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , 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. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang

Preparation to the CMB Planck analysis : contamination due to the polarized galactic emission

The Planck satellite experiment, which was launched the 14th of may 2009, will give an accurate measurement of the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in temperature and polarization. This measurement is polluted by the…

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

CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance

BICEP is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Currently in its third year of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yuki D. Takahashi , Denis Barkats , John O. Battle , Evan M. Bierman , James J. Bock , H. Cynthia Chiang , C. Darren Dowell , Eric F. Hivon , William L. Holzapfel , Viktor V. Hristov , William C. Jones , J. P. Kaufman , Brian G. Keating , John M. Kovac , Chao-Lin Kuo , Andrew E. Lange , Erik M. Leitch , Peter V. Mason , Tomotake Matsumura , Hien T. Nguyen , Nicolas Ponthieu , Graca M. Rocha , Ki Won Yoon , P. Ade , L. Duband

The Quijote CMB Experiment

We present the current status of the QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) CMB Experiment, a new instrument which will start operations early 2009 at Teide Observatory, with the aim of characterizing the polarization of the CMB and other processes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. A. Rubino-Martin , R. Rebolo , M. Tucci , R. Genova-Santos , S. R. Hildebrandt , R. Hoyland , J. M. Herreros , F. Gomez-Renasco , C. Lopez Caraballo , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , P. Vielva , D. Herranz , F. J. Casas , E. Artal , B. Aja , L. de la Fuente , J. L. Cano , E. Villa , A. Mediavilla , J. P. Pascual , L. Piccirillo , B. Maffei , G. Pisano , R. A. Watson , R. Davis , R. Davies , R. Battye , R. Saunders , K. Grainge , P. Scott , M. Hobson , A. Lasenby , G. Murga , C. Gomez , A. Gomez , J. Arino , R. Sanquirce , J. Pan , A. Vizcarguenaga , B. Etxeita

The PolarKID project: polarization measurements with KIDs for the next generation of CMB telescopes

The goal of the PolarKID project is testing a new method for the measurement of polarized sources, in order to identify all the possible instrumental systematic effects that could impact the detection of CMB B-modes of polarization. It…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-16 Sofia Savorgnano , Julien Bounmy , Olivier Bourrion , Martino Calvo , Andrea Catalano , Olivier Choulet , Gregory Garde , Anne Gerardin , Mile Kusulja , Juan Francisco Macias Perez , Alessandro Monfardini , Damien Tourres , Francis Vezzu