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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

Polarimetry in the hard X-ray domain with INTEGRAL SPI

We present recent improvements in polarization analysis with the INTEGRAL SPI data. The SPI detector plane consists of 19 independent Ge crystals and can operate as a polarimeter. The anisotropy characteristics of Compton diffusions can…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 M. Chauvin , J. P. Roques , D. J. Clark , E. Jourdain

Optical Design and Characterization of 40-GHz Detector and Module for the BICEP Array

Families of cosmic inflation models predict a primordial gravitational-wave background that imprints B-mode polarization pattern in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). High sensitivity instruments with wide frequency coverage and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-14 A. Soliman , 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. OBrient , S. Palladino , T. Prouve , N. Precup , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , B. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Schillaci , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , 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 , C. Zhang

The QUIET Instrument

The Q/U Imaging ExperimenT (QUIET) is designed to measure polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background, targeting the imprint of inflationary gravitational waves at large angular scales (~ 1 degree). Between 2008 October and 2010…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-20 QUIET Collaboration , C. Bischoff , A. Brizius , I. Buder , Y. Chinone , K. Cleary , R. N. Dumoulin , A. Kusaka , R. Monsalve , S. K. Naess , L. B. Newburgh , G. Nixon , R. Reeves , K. M. Smith , K. Vanderlinde , I. K. Wehus , M. Bogdan , R. Bustos , S. E. Church , R. Davis , C. Dickinson , H. K. Eriksen , T. Gaier , J. O. Gundersen , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , C. Holler , K. M. Huffenberger , W. A. Imbriale , K. Ishidoshiro , M. E. Jones , P. Kangaslahti , D. J. Kapner , C. R. Lawrence , E. M. Leitch , M. Limon , J. J. McMahon , A. D. Miller , M. Nagai , H. Nguyen , T. J. Pearson , L. Piccirillo , S. J. E. Radford , A. C. S. Readhead , J. L. Richards , D. Samtleben , M. Seiffert , M. C. Shepherd , S. T. Staggs , O. Tajima , K. L. Thompson , R. Williamson , B. Winstein , E. J. Wollack , J. T. L. Zwart

GRAPE - A Balloon-Borne Gamma-Ray Polarimeter Experiment

This paper reviews the development status of GRAPE (the Gamma-Ray Polarimeter Experiment), a hard X-ray Compton Polarimeter. The purpose of GRAPE is to measure the polarization of hard X-rays in the 50-300 keV energy range. We are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. F. Bloser , J. S. Legere , J. R. Macri , M. L. McConnell , T. Narita , J. M. Ryan

BICEP Array: a multi-frequency degree-scale CMB polarimeter

BICEP Array is the newest multi-frequency instrument in the BICEP/Keck Array program. It is comprised of four 550 mm aperture refractive telescopes observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 30/40, 95, 150 and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-03 Howard Hui , 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 , 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 , A. Soliman , 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

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

Developing a Compton Polarimeter to Measure Polarization of Hard X-Rays in the 50-300 keV Energy Range

This paper discusses the latest progress in the development of GRAPE (Gamma-Ray Polarimeter Experiment), a hard X-ray Compton Polarimeter. The purpose of GRAPE is to measure the polarization of hard X-rays in the 50-300 keV energy range. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 J. S. Legere , P. Bloser , J. R. Macri , M. L. McConnell , T. Narita , J. M. Ryan

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

Optimal cosmic microwave background map-making in the presence of cross-correlated noise

We present an extension of the ROMA map-making algorithm for the generation of optimal cosmic microwave background polarization maps. The new code allows for a possible cross-correlated noise component among the detectors of a CMB…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Giancarlo de Gasperis , Alessandro Buzzelli , Paolo Cabella , Paolo de Bernardis , Nicola Vittorio

WALOP-South: A Four-Camera One-Shot Imaging Polarimeter for PASIPHAE Survey. Paper II -- Polarimetric Modelling and Calibration

The Wide-Area Linear Optical Polarimeter (WALOP)-South instrument is an upcoming wide-field and high-accuracy optical polarimeter to be used as a survey instrument for carrying out the Polar-Areas Stellar Imaging in Polarization High…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Siddharth Maharana , Ramya M. Anche , A. N. Ramaprakash , Bhushan Joshi , Artem Basyrov , Dmitry Blinov , Carolina Casadio , Kishan Deka , Hans Kristian Eriksen , Tuhin Ghosh , Eirik Gjerløw , John A. Kypriotakis , Sebastian Kiehlmann , Nikolaos Mandarakas , Georgia V. Panopoulou , Katerina Papadaki , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Timothy J. Pearson , Vincent Pelgrims , Stephen B. Potter , Anthony C. S. Readhead , Raphael Skalidis , Trygve Leithe Svalheim , Konstantinos Tassis , Ingunn K. Wehus

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

The next-generation BLASTPol experiment

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role magnetic fields play in star formation. BLASTPol has had two science flights from McMurdo…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Bradley Dober , Peter A. R. Ade , Peter Ashton , Francesco E. Angilè , James A. Beall , Dan Becker , Kristi J. Bradford , George Che , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Mark J. Devlin , Laura M. Fissel , Yasuo Fukui , Nicholas Galitzki , Jiansong Gao , Christopher E. Groppi , Seth Hillbrand , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Jeffrey Klein , Jeff Van Lanen , Dale Li , Zhi-Yun Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Hamdi Mani , Peter G. Martin , Philip Mauskopf , Fumitaka Nakamura , Giles Novak , David P. Pappas , Enzo Pascale , Fabio P. Santos , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Sara Stanchfield , Joel N. Ullom , Matthew Underhill , Michael R. Vissers , Derek Ward-Thompson

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

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

The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry: BLAST-Pol

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLAST-Pol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the star formation process. BLAST-Pol is the reconstructed BLAST…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Laura M. Fissel , Peter A. R. Ade , Francesco E. Angile , Steven J. Benton , Edward L. Chapin , Mark J. Devlin , Natalie N. Gandilo , Joshua O. Gundersen , Peter C. Hargrave , David H. Hughes , Jeffrey Klein , Andrei L. Korotkov , Galen Marsden , Tristan G. Matthews , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Tony K. Mroczkowski , C. Barth Netterfield , Giles Novak , Luca Olmi , Enzo Pascale , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Jamil A. Shariff , Juan Diego Soler , Nicholas E. Thomas , Matthew D. P. Truch , Carole E. Tucker , Gregory S. Tucker , Derek Ward-Thompson , Donald V. Wiebe

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

The EBEX Balloon Borne Experiment - Optics, Receiver, and Polarimetry

The E and B Experiment (EBEX) was a long-duration balloon-borne cosmic microwave background polarimeter that flew over Antarctica in 2013. We describe the experiment's optical system, receiver, and polarimetric approach, and report on their…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 The EBEX Collaboration , Asad M. Aboobaker , Peter Ade , Derek Araujo , François Aubin , Carlo Baccigalupi , Chaoyun Bao , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Matt Dobbs , Christopher Geach , Will Grainger , Shaul Hanany , Kyle Helson , Seth Hillbrand , Johannes Hubmayr , Andrew Jaffe , Bradley Johnson , Terry Jones , Jeff Klein , Andrei Korotkov , Adrian Lee , Lorne Levinson , Michele Limon , Kevin MacDermid , Tomotake Matsumura , Amber D. Miller , Michael Milligan , Kate Raach , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Ilan Sagiv , Giorgio Savini , Locke Spencer , Carole Tucker , Gregory S. Tucker , Ben Westbrook , Karl Young , Kyle Zilic

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

A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER

We present a new upper limit on CMB circular polarization from the 2015 flight of SPIDER, a balloon-borne telescope designed to search for $B$-mode linear polarization from cosmic inflation. Although the level of circular polarization in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-14 J. M. Nagy , 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. Dore , 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 , 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 , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , 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