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The Thermal Design, Characterization, and Performance of the SPIDER Long-Duration Balloon Cryostat

We describe the SPIDER flight cryostat, which is designed to cool six millimeter-wavelength telescopes during an Antarctic long-duration balloon flight. The cryostat, one of the largest to have flown on a stratospheric payload, uses liquid…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-14 J. E. Gudmundsson , 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 , J. P. Filippini , A. A. Fraisse , A. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , M. Hasselfield , M. Halpern , G. C. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. Kermish , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. E. Montroy , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. V. Wiebe , E. Young

Thermal architecture for a cryogenic super-pressure balloon payload: design and development of the Taurus flight cryostat

We describe the cryogenic system being developed for Taurus: a super-pressure balloon-borne microwave polarimeter scheduled to fly in 2027. The Taurus cryogenic system consists of a 660L liquid helium cryostat which achieves a base…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-25 Simon Tartakovsky , Alexandre E. Adler , Jason E. Austermann , Steven J. Benton , Rick Bihary , Malcolm Durking , Shannon M. Duff , Jeffrey P. Filippini , Aurelien A. Fraisse , Thomas J. L. J. Gascard , Sho M. Gibbs , Suren Gourapura , Jon E. Gudmundsson , John W. Hartley , Johannes Hubmayr , William C. Jones , Steven Li , Jared L. May , Johanna M. Nagy , Kate Okun , Ivan L. Padilla , L. Javier Romualdez , Michael R. Vissers

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

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

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

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 long duration cryogenic system of the OLIMPO balloon--borne experiment: design and in--flight performance

We describe the design and in--flight performance of the cryostat and the self-contained $^{3}$He refrigerator for the OLIMPO balloon--borne experiment, a spectrophotometer to measure the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-27 A. Coppolecchia , L. Lamagna , S. Masi , P. A. R. Ade , G. Amico , E. S. Battistelli , P. de Bernardis , F. Columbro , L. Conversi , G. D'Alessandro , M. De Petris , M. Gervasi , F. Nati , L. Nati , A. Paiella , F. Piacentini , G. Pisano , G. Presta , A. Schillaci , C. Tucker , M. Zannoni

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

Flight Performance of the AKARI Cryogenic System

We describe the flight performance of the cryogenic system of the infrared astronomical satellite AKARI, which was successfully launched on 2006 February 21 (UT). AKARI carries a 68.5 cm telescope together with two focal plane instruments,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Takao Nakagawa , Keigo Enya , Masayuki Hirabayashi , Hidehiro Kaneda , Tsuneo Kii , Yoshiyuki Kimura , Toshio Matsumoto , Hiroshi Murakami , Masahide Murakami , Katsuhiro Narasaki , Masanao Narita , Akira Ohnishi , Shoji Tsunematsu , Seiji Yoshida

Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER

We describe 280 GHz bolometric detector arrays that instrument the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER. A primary science goal of SPIDER is to measure the large-scale B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background in search of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Johannes Hubmayr , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Daniel T. Becker , Steven J. Benton , A. Stevie Bergman , J. Richard Bond , Sean Bryan , Shannon M. Duff , Adri J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , Jeffrey P. Filippini , Aurelien A. Fraisse , Mathew Galloway , Anne E. Gambrel , K. Ganga , Arpi L. Grigorian , Riccardo Gualtieri , Jon E. Gudmundsson , John W. Hartley , M. Halpern , Gene C. Hilton , William C. Jones , Jeffrey J. McMahon , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Johanna M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , Benjamin Osherson , Ivan Padilla , Alexandra S. Rahlin , B. Racine , John Ruhl , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , Xue Song , Joel N. Ullom , Jeff Van Lanen , Michael R. Vissers , I. K. Wehus , Shyang Wen , D. V. Wiebe , Edward Young

A cryostat to hold frozen-spin polarized HD targets in CLAS: HDice-II

The design, fabrication, operation, and performance of a helium-3/4 dilution refrigerator and superconducting magnet system for holding a frozen-spin polarized hydrogen deuteride target in the Jefferson Laboratory CLAS detector during…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-16 M. M. Lowry , C. D. Bass , A. D'Angelo , A. Deur , G. Dezern , C. Hanretty , D. Ho , T. Kageya , D. Kashy , M. Khandaker , V. Laine , T. O'Connell , O. Pastor , P. Peng , A. M. Sandorfi , D. Sokhan , X. Wei , M. Zarecky

QUBIC V: Cryogenic system design and performance

Current experiments aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) use cryogenic detector arrays and cold optical systems to boost the mapping speed of the sky survey. For these reasons, large volume cryogenic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-27 S. Masi , E. S. Battistelli , P. de Bernardis , C. Chapron , F. Columbro , G. D'Alessandro , M. De Petris , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , S. Marnieros , L. Mele , A. May , A. Mennella , C. O'Sullivan , A. Paiella , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , G. Presta , A. Schillaci , A. Tartari , J. -P. Thermeau , S. A. Torchinsky , F. Voisin , M. Zannoni , P. Ade , J. G. Alberro , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Azzoni , S. Banfi , B. Bélier , A. Baù , D. Bennett , L. Bergé , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , R. Charlassier , A. C. Cobos Cerutti , A. Coppolecchia , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , S. Dheilly , C. Duca , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , L. P. Ferreyro , D. Fracchia , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. M. Ganga , B. García , M. E. García Redondo , M. Gaspard , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gómez Berisso , M. González , M. Gradziel , M. R. Hampel , D. Harari , S. Henrot-Versillé , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , B. Maffei , W. Marty , A. Mattei , M. McCulloch , D. Melo , L. Montier , L. Mousset , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prêle , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , E. Rasztocky , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , J. M. Salum , C. G. Scóccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , G. Stankowiak , M. Stolpovskiy , A. D. Supanitsky , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , G. Tucker , C. Tucker , D. Viganò , N. Vittorio , F. Wicek , M. Wright , A. Zullo

Design and testing of low temperature part of an UHV SPM microscope

We have developed low temperature part of an ultra high vacuum scanning probe microscope (UHV-SPM) working at variable temperature within the range from 20 K to 700 K. To achieve the required temperature range, a flow cooling system using…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-04 Jiri Frolec , Jakub Vonka , Pavel Hanzelka , Tomas Kralik , Vera Musilova , Pavel Urban

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

Sub-Kelvin cooling for two kilopixel bolometer arrays in the PIPER receiver

The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER) is a balloon-borne telescope mission to search for inflationary gravitational waves from the early universe. PIPER employs two 32x40 arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensors,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-17 E. R. Switzer , P. A. R. Ade , T. Baildon , D. Benford , C. L. Bennett , D. T. Chuss , R. Datta , J. R. Eimer , D. J. Fixsen , N. N. Gandilo , T. M. Essinger-Hileman , M. Halpern , G. Hilton , K. Irwin , C. Jhabvala , M. Kimball , A. Kogut , J. Lazear , L. N. Lowe , J. J. McMahon , T. M. Miller , P. Mirel , S. H. Moseley , S. Pawlyk , S. Rodriguez , E. Sharp , P. Shirron , J. G. Staguhn , D. F. Sullivan , P. Taraschi , C. E. Tucker , A. Walts , E. J. Wollack

Design and Calibration of a Cryogenic Blackbody Calibrator at Centimeter Wavelengths

We describe the design and calibration of an external cryogenic blackbody calibrator used for the first two flights of the Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission (ARCADE) instrument. The calibrator consists of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kogut , E. Wollack , D. J. Fixsen , M. Limon , P. Mirel , S. Levin , M. Seiffert , P. M. Lubin

Superfluid Liquid Helium Control for the Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer Balloon Payload

The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER) is a stratospheric balloon payload to measure polarization of the cosmic microwave background. Twin telescopes mounted within an open-aperture bucket dewar couple the sky to bolometric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-19 A. Kogut , T. Essinger-Hileman , D. Fixsen , L. Lowe , P. Mirel , E. Switzer , E. Wollack

The Detector System for the Stratospheric Kinetic Inductance Polarimeter (SKIP)

The Stratospheric Kinetic Inductance Polarimeter (SKIP) is a proposed balloon-borne experiment designed to study the cosmic microwave background, the cosmic infrared background and Galactic dust emission by observing 1133 square degrees of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-29 B. R. Johnson , P. A. R. Ade , D. Araujo , K. J. Bradford , D. Chapman , P. K. Day , J. Didier , S. Doyle , H. K. Eriksen , D. Flanigan , C. Groppi , S. Hillbrand , G. Jones , M. Limon , P. Mauskopf , H. McCarrick , A. Miller , T. Mroczkowski , B. Reichborn-Kjennerud , B. Smiley , J. Sobrin , I. K. Wehus , J. Zmuidzinas

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

Development of a near-5-Kelvin, cryogen-free, pulse-tube refrigerator-based scanning probe microscope

We report the design and performance of a cryogen-free, pulse-tube refrigerator (PTR)-based scanning probe microscopy (SPM) system capable of operating at the base temperature of near 5K. We achieve this by combining a home-made interface…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-29 Jun Kasai , Tomoki Koyama , Munenori Yokota , Katsuya Iwaya