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Multi-Chroic Feed-Horn Coupled TES Polarimeters

Multi-chroic polarization sensitive detectors offer an avenue to increase both the spectral coverage and sensitivity of instruments optimized for observations of the cosmic-microwave background (CMB) or sub-mm sky. We report on an effort to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. McMahon , J. Beall , D. Becker , H. M. Cho , R. Datta. A. Fox , N. Halverson , J. Hubmayr , K. Irwin , J. Nibarger , M. Niemack , H. Smith

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

Characterization of the Mid-Frequency Arrays for Advanced ACTPol

The Advanced ACTPol upgrade on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope aims to improve the measurement of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies and polarization, using four new dichroic detector arrays fabricated on 150-mm silicon wafers.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-26 Steve K. Choi , Jason Austermann , James A. Beall , Kevin T. Crowley , Rahul Datta , Shannon M. Duff , Patricio A. Gallardo , Shuay-Pwu P. Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Brian J. Koopman , Yaqiong Li , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Maria Salatino , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason Stevens , Joel Ullom , Edward J. Wollack

Multi-chroic dual-polarization bolometric detectors for studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We are developing multi-chroic antenna-coupled TES detectors for CMB polarimetry. Multi-chroic detectors increase the mapping speed per focal plane area and provide greater discrimination of polarized galactic foregrounds with no increase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-01 Aritoki Suzuki , Kam Arnold , Jennifer Edwards , Greg Engargiola , Adnan Ghribi , William Holzapfel , Adrian T. Lee , Xiao Fan Meng , Michael J. Myers , Roger O'Brient , Erin Quealy , Gabriel Rebeiz , Paul Richards , Darin Rosen , Praween Siritanasak

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The polarization-sensitive ACTPol instrument

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is designed to make high angular resolution measurements of anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at millimeter wavelengths. We describe ACTPol, an upgraded receiver for ACT, which uses…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 R. J. Thornton , P. A. R. Ade , S. Aiola , F. E. Angile , M. Amiri , J. A. Beall , D. T. Becker , H-M. Cho , S. K. Choi , P. Corlies , K. P. Coughlin , R. Datta , M. J. Devlin , S. R. Dicker , R. Dunner , J. W. Fowler , A. E. Fox , P. A. Gallardo , J. Gao , E. Grace , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. W. Henderson , G. C. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , S. P. Ho , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , J. Klein , B. Koopman , Dale Li , T. Louis , M. Lungu , L. Maurin , J. McMahon , C. D. Munson , S. Naess , F. Nati , L. Newburgh , J. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , P. Niraula , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , C. G. Pappas , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , N. Sehgal , J. L. Sievers , S. M. Simon , S. T. Staggs , C. Tucker , M. Uehara , J. van Lanen , J. T. Ward , E. J. Wollack

Optical modeling and polarization calibration for CMB measurements with ACTPol and Advanced ACTPol

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) is a polarization sensitive upgrade to the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. Located at an elevation of 5190 m, ACTPol measures the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Brian Koopman , Jason Austermann , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Kevin P. Coughlin , Shannon M. Duff , Patricio A. Gallardo , Matthew Hasselfield , Shawn W. Henderson , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Dale Li , Jeff McMahon , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Laura Newburgh , Lyman A. Page , Maria Salatino , Alessandro Schillaci , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Sara M. Simon , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack

Development of Multi-Chroic MKIDs for Next-Generation CMB Polarization Studies

We report on the status of an ongoing effort to develop arrays of horn-coupled, polarization-sensitive microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) that are each sensitive to two spectral bands between 125 and 280 GHz. These multi-chroic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-31 B. R. Johnson , D. Flanigan , M. H. Abitbol , P. A. R. Ade , S. Bryan , H. -M. Cho , R. Datta , P. Day , S. Doyle , K. Irwin , G. Jones , D. Li , P. Mauskopf , H. McCarrick , J. McMahon , A. Miller , G. Pisano , Y. Song , H. Surdi , C. Tucker

CMB Observations: improvements of the performance of correlation radiometers by signal modulation and synchronous detection

Observation of the fine structures (anisotropies, polarization, spectral distortions) of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is hampered by instabilities, 1/f noise and asymmetries of the radiometers used to carry on the measurements.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Daniele Spiga , Elia Battistelli , Giuliano Boella , Massimo Gervasi , Mario Zannoni , Giorgio Sironi

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Two-Season ACTPol Spectra and Parameters

We present the temperature and polarization angular power spectra measured by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol). We analyze night-time data collected during 2013-14 using two detector arrays at 149 GHz, from 548 deg$^2$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Thibaut Louis , Emily Grace , Matthew Hasselfield , Marius Lungu , Loïc Maurin , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , Simone Aiola , Rupert Allison , Mandana Amiri , Elio Angile , Nicholas Battaglia , James A. Beall , Francesco de Bernardis , J. Richard Bond , Joe Britton , Erminia Calabrese , Hsiao-mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Kevin Coughlin , Devin Crichton , Kevin Crowley , Rahul Datta , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Simone Ferraro , Anna E. Fox , Patricio Gallardo , Megan Gralla , Mark Halpern , Shawn Henderson , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , S. P. Patty Ho , Zhiqi Huang , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent Irwin , Simon Muya Kasanda , Jeff Klein , Brian Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Dale Li , Mathew Madhavacheril , Tobias A. Marriage , Jeff McMahon , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Charles Munson , Sigurd Naess , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , John Nibarger , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Carolina Nuñez , Lyman A. Page , Christine Pappas , Bruce Partridge , Felipe Rojas , Emmanuel Schaan , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Jon Sievers , Sara Simon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Jesse Treu , Carole Tucker , Alexander Van Engelen , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack

ACTPol: A polarization-sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

The six-meter Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile was built to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at arcminute angular scales. We are building a new polarization sensitive receiver for ACT (ACTPol). ACTPol will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 M. D. Niemack , P. A. R. Ade , J. Aguirre , F. Barrientos , J. A. Beall , J. R. Bond , J. Britton , H. M. Cho , S. Das , M. J. Devlin , S. Dicker , J. Dunkley , R. Dunner , J. W. Fowler , A. Hajian , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. C. Hilton , M. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , J. P. Hughes , L. Infante , K. D. Irwin , N. Jarosik , J. Klein , A. Kosowsky , T. A. Marriage , J. McMahon , F. Menanteau , K. Moodley , J. P. Nibarger , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , B. Partridge , E. D. Reese , J. Sievers , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , R. Thornton , C. Tucker , E. Wollack , K. W. Yoon

Advanced ACTPol Cryogenic Detector Arrays and Readout

Advanced ACTPol is a polarization-sensitive upgrade for the 6 m aperture Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), adding new frequencies and increasing sensitivity over the previous ACTPol receiver. In 2016, Advanced ACTPol will begin to map…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 S. W. Henderson , R. Allison , J. Austermann , T. Baildon , N. Battaglia , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , F. De Bernardis , J. R. Bond , E. Calabrese , S. K. Choi , K. P. Coughlin , K. T. Crowley , R. Datta , M. J. Devlin , S. M. Duff , R. Dunner , J. Dunkley , A. van Engelen , P. A. Gallardo , E. Grace , M. Hasselfield , F. Hills , G. C. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , R. Hlozek , S. P. Ho , J. Hubmayr , K. Huffenberger , J. P. Hughes , K. D. Irwin , B. J. Koopman , A. B. Kosowsky , D. Li , J. McMahon , C. Munson , F. Nati , L. Newburgh , M. D. Niemack , P. Niraula , L. A. Page , C. G. Pappas , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , N. Sehgal , B. D. Sherwin , J. L. Sievers , S. M. Simon , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , J. R. Stevens , R. Thornton , J. Van Lanen , E. M. Vavagiakis , J. T. Ward , E. J. Wollack

Antenna-coupled TES bolometer arrays for CMB polarimetry

We describe the design and performance of polarization selective antenna-coupled TES arrays that will be used in several upcoming Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments: SPIDER, BICEP-2/SPUD. The fully lithographic polarimeter arrays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-12 C. L. Kuo , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. Brevik , G. Chattopadhyay , P. K. Day , S. Golwala , M. Kenyon , A. E. Lange , H. G. LeDuc , H. Nguyen , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , A. Trangsrud , A. Turner , G. Wang , J. Zmuidzinas

A dual output polarimeter devoted to the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We have developed a correlation radiometer at 33 GHz devoted to the search for residual polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The two instruments`s outputs are linear combination of two Stokes Parameters (Q and U or U and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Gervasi , G. Boella , F. Cavaliere , G. Grossetti , A. Passerini , G. Sironi , A. Tartari , M. Zannoni

Survey strategy optimization for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

In recent years there have been significant improvements in the sensitivity and the angular resolution of the instruments dedicated to the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). ACTPol is the first polarization receiver for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-22 F. De Bernardis , J. R. Stevens , M. Hasselfield , D. Alonso , J. R. Bond , E. Calabrese , S. K. Choi , K. T. Crowley , M. Devlin , J. Dunkley , P. A. Gallardo , S. W. Henderson , M. Hilton , R. Hlozek , S. P. Ho , K. Huffenberger , B. J. Koopman , A. Kosowsky , T. Louis , M. S. Madhavacheril , J. McMahon , S. Naess , F. Nati , L. Newburgh , M. D. Niemack , L. A. Page , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , N. Sehgal , J. L. Sievers , S. M. Simon , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , A. van Engelen , E. M. Vavagiakis , E. J. Wollack

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

A Millimeter-wave Technique for correlation and beam combination for cosmology

We discuss new techniques and ideas in mm-wave instrumentation that can be used in CMB (Cosmic Microwave background) polarization experiments. Novel techniques in antenna receiver, beam combining and detector systems have resulted in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-07 Siddharth Savyasachi Malu

Polarization Sensitive Multi-Chroic MKIDs

We report on the development of scalable prototype microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) arrays tailored for future multi-kilo-pixel experiments that are designed to simultaneously characterize the polarization properties of both the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-22 Bradley R. Johnson , Daniel Flanigan , Maximilian H. Abitbol , Peter A. R. Ade , Sean Bryan , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Rahul Datta , Peter Day , Simon Doyle , Kent Irwin , Glenn Jones , Sarah Kernasovskiy , Dale Li , Phil Mauskopf , Heather McCarrick , Jeff McMahon , Amber Miller , Giampaolo Pisano , Yanru Song , Harshad Surdi , Carole Tucker

Optical modeling of systematic uncertainties in detector polarization angles for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

We present an estimate of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) detector polarization angle systematic uncertainty from optics perturbation analysis using polarization-sensitive ray tracing in CODE V optical design software. Uncertainties…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-02 Colin C. Murphy , Steve K. Choi , Rahul Datta , Mark J. Devlin , Matthew Hasselfield , Brian J. Koopman , Jeff McMahon , Sigurd Naess , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Suzanne T. Staggs , Robert Thornton , Edward J. Wollack

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Lensing of CMB Temperature and Polarization Derived from Cosmic Infrared Background Cross-Correlation

We present a measurement of the gravitational lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and polarization fields obtained by cross-correlating the reconstructed convergence signal from the first season of ACTPol data at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Alexander van Engelen , Blake D. Sherwin , Neelima Sehgal , Graeme E. Addison , Rupert Allison , Nick Battaglia , Francesco de Bernardis , Erminia Calabrese , Kevin Coughlin , Devin Crichton , J. Richard Bond , Rahul Datta , Rolando Dunner , Joanna Dunkley , Emily Grace , Megan Gralla , Amir Hajian , Matthew Hasselfield , Shawn Henderson , J. Colin Hill , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Brian Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Mathew Madhavacheril , Loic Maurin , Jeff McMahon , Kavilan Moodley , Charles Munson , Sigurd Naess , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , Michael D. Niemack , Mike Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Christine Pappas , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Jonathan L. Sievers , Sara Simon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eric R. Switzer , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack

The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode polarization due to gravitational lensing of the CMB, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. Arnold , P. A. R. Ade , A. E. Anthony , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. A. Dobbs , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , D. Flanigan , G. Fuller , A. Ghribi , W. Grainger , N. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. J. Miller , X. Meng , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn