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Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing Power Spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment

Gravitational lensing due to the large-scale distribution of matter in the cosmos distorts the primordial Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and thereby induces new, small-scale $B$-mode polarization. This signal carries detailed information…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-16 POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , A. E. Anthony , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , D. Flanigan , A. Gilbert , W. Grainger , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , J. Howard , P. Hyland , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , E. M. Leitch , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , E. Quealy , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , I. Schanning , D. E. Schenck , B. Sherwin , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , O. Zahn

Establishing the origin of CMB B-mode polarization

Primordial gravitational waves leave a characteristic imprint on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in the form of $B$-mode polarization. Photons are also deflected by large scale gravitational waves which intervene between the source…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Connor Sheere , Alexander van Engelen , P. Daniel Meerburg , Joel Meyers

Measurements of Sub-degree B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

We present a measurement of the $B$-mode polarization power spectrum (the $BB$ spectrum) from 100 $\mathrm{deg}^2$ of sky observed with SPTpol, a polarization-sensitive receiver currently installed on the South Pole Telescope. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 R. Keisler , S. Hoover , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , R. Citron , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , J. Gao , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. W. Halverson , D. Hanson , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Li , D. Luong-Van , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , L. Mocanu , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , O. Zahn

Evidence for Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization from Cross-correlation with the Cosmic Infrared Background

We reconstruct the gravitational lensing convergence signal from Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization data taken by the POLARBEAR experiment and cross-correlate it with Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) maps from the Herschel…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-23 POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , A. E. Anthony , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , C. Borys , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , D. Flanigan , A. Gilbert , W. Grainger , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , J. Howard , P. Hyland , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , E. Quealy , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , K. Rotermund , I. Schanning , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , S. Takakura , A. Tikhomirov , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , O. Zahn

CMBPol Mission Concept Study: Gravitational Lensing

Gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background by large-scale structure in the late universe is both a source of cosmological information and a potential contaminant of primordial gravity waves. Because lensing imprints growth of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Kendrick M. Smith , Asantha Cooray , Sudeep Das , Olivier Doré , Duncan Hanson , Chris Hirata , Manoj Kaplinghat , Brian Keating , Marilena LoVerde , Nathan Miller , Graça Rocha , Meir Shimon , Oliver Zahn

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Gravitational Lensing Potential from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

We present a measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) gravitational lensing potential using data from the first two seasons of observations with SPTpol, the polarization-sensitive receiver currently installed on the South Pole…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 K. T. Story , D. Hanson , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , R. Citron , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , J. Gao , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Li , C. Liang , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , L. Mocanu , T. E. Montroy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , O. Zahn

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales with POLARBEAR

We report a measurement of the B-mode polarization power spectrum in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using the POLARBEAR experiment in Chile. The faint B-mode polarization signature carries information about the Universe's entire…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , A. E. Anthony , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , D. Flanigan , A. Gilbert , W. Grainger , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , J. Howard , P. Hyland , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , E. Quealy , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , I. Schanning , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , O. Zahn

Can weak lensing surveys confirm BICEP2 ?

The detection of B-modes in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization by the BICEP2 experiment, if interpreted as evidence for a primordial gravitational wave background, has enormous ramifications for cosmology and physics. It is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-29 Nora Elisa Chisari , Cora Dvorkin , Fabian Schmidt

Cross-Correlating Probes of Primordial Gravitational Waves

One of the most promising ways of detecting primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation is to observe B-modes of polarization, generated by Thomson scattering after reionization, in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Large…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Scott Dodelson

CMB Polarization B-mode Delensing with SPTpol and Herschel

We present a demonstration of delensing the observed cosmic microwave background (CMB) B-mode polarization anisotropy. This process of reducing the gravitational-lensing generated B-mode component will become increasingly important for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-07 A. Manzotti , K. T. Story , W. L. K. Wu , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. J. Bock , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , R. Citron , A. Conley , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , S. Dodelson , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Li , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , L. M. Mocanu , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , M. P. Viero , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , M. Zemcov

Inference of $B$-mode polarization in the presence of non-Gaussian foregrounds

The inflationary $B$-mode signals encode invaluable information about the origin of our Universe and searching for potential signatures of primordial gravitational waves (PGWs) is one of the major science goals for future precision…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-09 Sen Li , Chang Feng , Filipe B. Abdalla

B-Pol: Detecting Primordial Gravitational Waves Generated During Inflation

B-Pol is a medium-class space mission aimed at detecting the primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation through high accuracy measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. We discuss the scientific…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Paolo de Bernardis , Martin Bucher , Carlo Burigana , Lucio Piccirillo

Unbiased Primordial Gravitational Wave Inference from the CMB with SMICA

The detection of primordial gravitational waves in Cosmic Microwave Background B-mode polarization observations requires accurate and robust subtraction of astrophysical contamination. We show, using a blind Spectral Matching Independent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-26 Alexander Steier , Shamik Ghosh , Jacques Delabrouille

A Detection of CMB-Cluster Lensing using Polarization Data from SPTpol

We report the first detection of gravitational lensing due to galaxy clusters using only the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The lensing signal is obtained using a new estimator that extracts the lensing dipole…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 S. Raghunathan , S. Patil , E. Baxter , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , T. M. Crawford , G. P. Holder , T. McClintock , C. L. Reichardt , T. N. Varga , N. Whitehorn , P. A. R. Ade , S. Allam , A. J. Anderson , J. E. Austermann , S. Avila , J. S. Avva , D. Bacon , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , F. Bianchini , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , D. L. Burke , J. E. Carlstrom , J. Carretero , F. J. Castander , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , R. Citron , M. Costanzi , A. T. Crites , L. N. da Costa , S. Desai , H. T. Diehl , J. P. Dietrich , M. A. Dobbs , P. Doel , S. Everett , A. E. Evrard , C. Feng , B. Flaugher , P. Fosalba , J. Frieman , J. Gallicchio , J. García-Bellido , E. Gaztanaga , E. M. George , T. Giannantonio , A. Gilbert , R. A. Gruendl , J. Gschwend , N. Gupta , G. Gutierrez , T. de Haan , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , D. L. Hollowood , W. L. Holzapfel , K. Honscheid , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , T. Jeltema , M. Carrasco Kind , L. Knox , N. Kuropatkin , O. Lahav , A. T. Lee , D. Li , M. Lima , A. Lowitz , M. A. G. Maia , J. L. Marshall , J. J. McMahon , P. Melchior , F. Menanteau , S. S. Meyer , R. Miquel , L. M. Mocanu , J. J. Mohr , J. Montgomery , C. Corbett Moran , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. Noble , V. Novosad , R. L. C. Ogando , S. Padin , A. A. Plazas , C. Pryke , D. Rapetti , A. K. Romer , A. Roodman , A. Carnero Rosell , E. Rozo , J. E. Ruhl , E. S. Rykoff , B. R. Saliwanchik , E. Sanchez , J. T. Sayre , V. Scarpine , K. K. Schaffer , M. Schubnell , S. Serrano , I. Sevilla-Noarbe , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , M. Smith , M. Soares-Santos , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , G. Tarle , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , T. Veach , J. De Vicente , J. D. Vieira , V. Vikram , G. Wang , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , Y. Zhang

Future detectability of gravitational-wave induced lensing from high-sensitivity CMB experiments

We discuss the future detectability of gravitational-wave induced lensing from high-sensitivity cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. Gravitational waves can induce a rotational component of the weak-lensing deflection angle,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-11 Toshiya Namikawa , Daisuke Yamauchi , Atsushi Taruya

Measurements of B-mode Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from 500 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

We report a B-mode power spectrum measurement from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization anisotropy observations made using the SPTpol instrument on the South Pole Telescope. This work uses 500 deg$^2$ of SPTpol data, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 J. T. Sayre , C. L. Reichardt , J. W. Henning , P. A. R. Ade , A. J. Anderson , J. E. Austermann , J. S. Avva , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. Gupta , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , D. Li , A. Lowitz , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , L. M. Mocanu , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , S. Patil , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , K. K. Schaffer , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko

The intrinsic B-mode polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We estimate the B-polarisation induced in the Cosmic Microwave Background by the non-linear evolution of density perturbations. Using the second-order Boltzmann code SONG, our analysis incorporates, for the first time, all physical effects…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-08 Christian Fidler , Guido W. Pettinari , Martin Beneke , Robert Crittenden , Kazuya Koyama , David Wands

Systematic Effects in CMB Polarization Measurements

The cosmic microwave background polarization is rich of cosmological information complementary to those from temperature anisotropies. Linear polarization can be decomposed uniquely in two components of opposite parities, called E and B.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Rosset , the PLANCK-HFI Collaboration

The Quest for B Modes from Inflationary Gravitational Waves

The search for the curl component (B mode) in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization induced by inflationary gravitational waves is described. The canonical single-field slow-roll model of inflation is presented, and we explain…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Marc Kamionkowski , Ely D. Kovetz

Limits on the detectability of the CMB B-mode polarization imposed by foregrounds

We investigate which practical constraints are imposed by foregrounds to the detection of the B-mode polarization generated by gravitational waves in the case of experiments of the type currently being planned. Because the B-mode signal is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Tucci , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , P. Vielva , J. Delabrouille