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The new generation CMB B-mode polarization experiment: POLARBEAR

We describe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment called Polarbear. This experiment will use the dedicated Huan Tran Telescope equipped with a powerful 1,200-bolometer array receiver to map the CMB polarization with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-25 The Polarbear Collaboration , J. Errard , P. A. R. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , F. Aubin , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , C. Cantalupo , M. A. Dobbs , D. Flanigan , A. Ghribi , N. Halverson , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , Z. Kermish , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , X. Meng , M. Myers , H. Nishino , R. O'Brient , D. O'Dea , C. Reichardt , I. Schanning , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , H. Spieler , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , H. T. Tran , C. Tucker , E. Quealy , P. L. Richards , O. Zahn

Planck 2018 results. V. CMB power spectra and likelihoods

This paper describes the 2018 Planck CMB likelihoods, following a hybrid approach similar to the 2015 one, with different approximations at low and high multipoles, and implementing several methodological and analysis refinements. With more…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-16 Planck Collaboration , N. Aghanim , Y. Akrami , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , J. Carron , B. Casaponsa , A. Challinor , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , E. Di Valentino , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , Y. Fantaye , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Hamann , W. Handley , F. K. Hansen , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , F. Levrier , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Lilley , V. Lindholm , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. Millea , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , G. Patanchon , H. V. Peiris , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Sandri , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , E. P. S. Shellard , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. D. Spencer , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Forecasting Polarized Radio Sources for CMB observations

We combine the latest datasets obtained with different surveys to study the frequency dependence of polarized emission coming from Extragalactic Radio Sources (ERS). We consider data over a very wide frequency range starting from $1.4$ GHz…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 G. Puglisi , V. Galluzzi , L. Bonavera , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , A. Lapi , M. Massardi , F. Perrotta , C. Baccigalupi , A. Celotti , L. Danese

Measurement of the Crab nebula polarization at 90 GHz as a calibrator for CMB experiments

CMB experiments aiming at a precise measurement of the CMB polarization, such as the Planck satellite, need a strong polarized absolute calibrator on the sky to accurately set the detectors polarization angle and the cross-polarization…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 J. Aumont , L. Conversi , C. Thum , H. Wiesemeyer , E. Falgarone , J. F. Macias-Perez , F. Piacentini , E. Pointecouteau , N. Ponthieu , J. L. Puget , C. Rosset , J. A. Tauber , M. Tristram

Galactic dust polarized emission at high latitudes and CMB polarization

We estimate the dust polarized emission in our galaxy at high galactic latitudes, which is the dominant foreground for measuring CMB polarization using the high frequency instrument (HFI) aboard Planck surveyor. We compare it with the level…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shiv K. Sethi , Simon Prunet , F. R. Bouchet

The CLASS 150/220 GHz Polarimeter Array: Design, Assembly, and Characterization

We report on the development of a polarization-sensitive dichroic (150/220 GHz) detector array for the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) delivered to the telescope site in June 2019. In concert with existing 40 and 90 GHz…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-20 Sumit Dahal , Mandana Amiri , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Lance Corbett , Rahul Datta , Kevin Denis , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Mark Halpern , Kyle Helson , Gene Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Benjamin Keller , Tobias Marriage , Carolina Nunez , Matthew Petroff , Carl Reintsema , Karwan Rostem , Kongpop U-Yen , Edward Wollack

Advances in the Fabrication of On-chip Superconducting Integral Field Units for CMB and Line-Intensity Astronomy

Studying the polarization and spectral distortion of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in tandem with intensity fluctuations of the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) allows us to verify our assumptions on cosmic inflation and investigate…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-18 L. G. G. Olde Scholtenhuis , D. Perez Capelo , K. Karatsu , D. J. Thoen , A. J. van der Linden , S. O. Dabironezare , L. H. Marting , J. J. A. Baselmans , S. Vollebregt , A. Endo

CMB from the South Pole: Past, Present, and Future

South Pole Station offers a unique combination of high, dry, stable conditions and well-developed support facilities. Over the past 20 years, a sequence of increasingly sophisticated CMB experiments at Pole have built on the experience of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-10 J. M. Kovac , D. Barkats

Development and characterization of the readout system for POLARBEAR-2

POLARBEAR-2 is a next-generation receiver for precision measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)). Scheduled to deploy in early 2015, it will observe alongside the existing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-10 D. Barron , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , C. Aleman , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , A. Bender , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , N. Katayama , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , H. Morii , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , T. Okamura , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , C. Raum , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , K. Rotermund , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , I. Shirley , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , S. Takada , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , H. Yamaguchi , O. Zahn

Requirements for future CMB satellite missions: photometric and band-pass response calibration

Current and future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation experiments are targeting the polarized $B$-mode signal. The small amplitude of this signal makes a successful measurement challenging for current technologies. Therefore, very…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 Tommaso Ghigna , Tomotake Matsumura , Guillaume Patanchon , Hirokazu Ishino , Masashi Hazumi

Development of the 220/270 GHz Receiver of BICEP Array

Measurements of B-mode polarization in the CMB sourced from primordial gravitational waves would provide information on the energy scale of inflation and its potential form. To achieve these goals, one must carefully characterize the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-05 Keck Collaboration , Y. Nakato , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , B. Cantrall , J. R. Cheshire , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , B. D. Elwood , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , A. Fortes , M. Gao , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , M. Lautzenhiser , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , M. Miller , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , A. Patel , M. Petroff , A. R. Polish , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , T. Romand , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , A. Steiger , B. Steinbach , R. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Vergès , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

2022 Upgrade and Improved Low Frequency Camera Sensitivity for CMB Observation at the South Pole

Constraining the Galactic foregrounds with multi-frequency Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations is an essential step towards ultimately reaching the sensitivity to measure primordial gravitational waves (PGWs), the sign of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 A. Soliman , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , 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 , D. C. Goldfinger , 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. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kangh , 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 , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , 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

Optimization of the Coupling of High-Frequency Horn Antenna Array to the ESA PLANCK Submillimeter-Wave Telescope

We study the electromagnetic coupling of the array of Gaussian and multi-moded horn antennas to the dual-reflector submillimeter-wave telescope on the ESA PLANCK Surveyor designed for measuring the temperature anisotropies and polarization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladimir Yurchenko , John Anthony Murphy , Jean-Michel Lamarre

Commissioning the CMB polarization telescope GroundBIRD with the full set of detectors

GroundBIRD is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment for observing the polarization pattern imprinted on large angular scales ($\ell > 6$ ) from the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain. Our primary scientific objective…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-25 Miku Tsujii , Jochem J. A. Baselmans , Jihoon Choi , Antonio H. M. Coppens , Alessandro Fasano , Ricardo Tanausú Génova-Santos , Makoto Hattori , Masashi Hazumi , Shunsuke Honda , Takuji Ikemitsu , Hidesato Ishida , Hikaru Ishitsuka , Hoyong Jeong , Yonggil Jo , Kenichi Karatsu , Keisuke Kataoka , Kenji Kiuchi , Junta Komine , Ryo Koyano , Hiroki Kutsuma , Kyungmin Lee , Satoru Mima , Makoto Nagai , Taketo Nagasaki , Masato Naruse , Shugo Oguri , Chiko Otani , Michael W. Peel , Rafael Rebolo , José Alberto Rubiño-Martín , Yutaro Sekimoto , Yoshinori Sueno , Junya Suzuki , Tohru Taino , Osamu Tajima , Tomonaga Tanaka , David J. Thoen , Nozomu Tomita , Yuta Tsuji , Tomohisa Uchida , Eunil Won , Mitsuhiro Yoshida

Measuring CMB Polarization with BOOMERANG

BOOMERANG is a balloon-borne telescope designed for long duration (LDB) flights around Antarctica. The second LDB Flight of BOOMERANG took place in January 2003. The primary goal of this flight was to measure the polarization of the CMB.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Montroy , P. A. R. Ade , A. Balbi , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , P. Cabella , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , A. de Oliveira-Costa , G. De Troia , G. di Stefano , K. Ganga , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , T. S. Kisner , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , S. Masi , P. D. Mauskopf , C. MacTavish , A. Melchiorri , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , S. Prunet , S. Ricciardi , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , E. Torbet , M. Tegmark , N. Vittorio

A Measurement of the Largest-Scale CMB E-mode Polarization with CLASS

We present measurements of large-scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) E-mode polarization from the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) 90 GHz data. Using 115 det-yr of observations collected through 2024 with a variable-delay…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-09 Yunyang Li , Joseph Eimer , John Appel , Charles Bennett , Michael Brewer , Sarah Marie Bruno , Ricardo Bustos , Carol Chan , David Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Sumit Dahal , Rahul Datta , Jullianna Denes Couto , Kevin Denis , Rolando Dunner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Kathleen Harrington , Kyle Helson , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Iuliano , John Karakla , Tobias Marriage , Nathan Miller , Carolina Morales Perez , Lucas Parker , Matthew Petroff , Rodrigo Reeves , Karwan Rostem , Caleigh Ryan , Rui Shi , Koji Shukawa , Deniz Valle , Duncan Watts , J. Weiland , Edward Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Lingzhen Zeng

Cosmic Microwave Background Science at Commercial Airline Altitudes

Obtaining high-sensitivity measurements of degree-scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization is the most direct path to detecting primordial gravitational waves. Robustly recovering any primordial signal from the dominant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-20 Stephen M. Feeney , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Hiranya V. Peiris , Licia Verde , Josquin Errard

Optical Characterization of the SPT-3G Focal Plane

The third-generation South Pole Telescope camera is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background across three frequency bands (95, 150 and 220 GHz) with ~16,000 transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. Each multichroic pixel on a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-10 Zhaodi Pan , Peter Ade , Zeeshan Ahmed , Anderson Adam , Jason Austermann , Jessica Avva , Ritoban Basu Thakur , Bender Amy , Bradford Benson , John Carlstrom , Faustin Carter , Thomas Cecil , Clarence Chang , Jean-Francois Cliche , Ariel Cukierman , Edward Denison , Tijmen de Haan , Junjia Ding , Matt Dobbs , Daniel Dutcher , Wendeline Everett , Allen Foster , Renae Gannon , Adam Gilbert , John Groh , Nils Halverson , Angelina Harke-Horsemann , Nicholas Harrington , Jaosn Henning , Gene Hilton , William Holzapfel , Nicholas Huang , Kent Irwin , Oliver Jeong , Michalle Jonas , Trupti Khaire , Anna Kofman , Milo Korman , Donna Kubik , Steve Kuhlmann , Chaolin Kuo , Adrian Lee , Amy Lowitz , Stephan Meyer , Daniel Michalik , Joshua Montgomery , Andrew Nadolski , Tyler Natoli , Hogan Nguyen , Gavin Noble , Valentyn Novosad , Stephan Padin , John Pearson , Chrystian Posada , Alexandra Rahlin , John Ruhl , Lauren Saunders , James Sayre , Ian Shirley , Erik Shirokoff , Graeme Smecher , Joshua Sobrin , Antony Stark , Kyle Story , Aritoki Suzuki , Qingyang Tang , Keith Thompson , Carole Tucker , Leila Vale , Keith Vanderlinde , Joaquin Vieira , Gensheng Wang , Nathan Whitehorn , Volodymyr Yefremenko , Ki Won Yoon , Matt Young

Performance of Al-Mn Transition-Edge Sensor Bolometers in SPT-3G

SPT-3G is a polarization-sensitive receiver, installed on the South Pole Telescope, that measures the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from degree to arcminute scales. The receiver consists of ten 150~mm-diameter detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 A. J. Anderson , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , J. S. Avva , P. S. Barry , R. Basu Thakur , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. Bryant , K. Byrum , J. E. Carlstrom , F. W. Carter , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , J. F. Cliche , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , E. V. Denison , J. Ding , M. A. Dobbs , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , K. R. Ferguson , A. Foster , J. Fu , J. Gallicchio , A. E. Gambrel , R. W. Gardner , A. Gilbert , J. C. Groh , S. Guns , R. Guyser , N. W. Halverson , A. H. Harke-Hosemann , N. L. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , W. L. Holzapfel , D. Howe , N. Huang , K. D. Irwin , O. B. Jeong , M. Jonas , A. Jones , T. S. Khaire , A. M. Kofman , M. Korman , D. L. Kubik , S. Kuhlmann , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , A. E. Lowitz , S. S. Meyer , D. Michalik , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , H. Nguyen , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , Z. Pan , P. Paschos , J. Pearson , C. M. Posada , W. Quan , A. Rahlin , D. Riebel , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , E. Shirokoff , G. Smecher , J. A. Sobrin , A. A. Stark , J. Stephen , K. T. Story , A. Suzuki , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , L. R. Vale , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , M. R. Young

High-precision polarization measurements with Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors

This work aims to demonstrate that two arrays of Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKIDs), when employed in filled array configuration and separated by an external linear polarizer oriented at 45 degrees, can achieve the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-13 Sofia Savorgnano , Andrea Catalano , Juan-Francisco Macías Perez , Julien Bounmy , Olivier Bourrion , Martino Calvo , Olivier Choulet , Gregory Garde , Anne Gerardin , Mile Kusulja , Alessandro Monfardini , Nicolas Ponthieu , Damien Tourres , Francis Vezzu