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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

A new model of the microwave polarized sky for CMB experiments

We present a new model of the microwave sky in polarization that can be used to simulate data from CMB polarization experiments. We exploit the most recent results from the Planck satellite to provide an accurate description of the diffuse…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , Anna Bonaldi , Michael L. Brown

The White Mountain Polarimeter Telescope and an Upper Limit on CMB Polarization

The White Mountain Polarimeter (WMPol) is a dedicated ground-based microwave telescope and receiver system for observing polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. WMPol is located at an altitude of 3880 meters on a plateau in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alan R. Levy , Rodrigo Leonardi , Markus Ansmann , Marco Bersanelli , Jeffery Childers , Terrence D. Cole , Ocleto D'Arcangelo , G. Vietor Davis , Philip M. Lubin , Joshua Marvil , Peter R. Meinhold , Gerald Miller , Hugh O`Neill , Fabrizio Stavola , Nathan C. Stebor , Peter T. Timbie , Maarten van der Heide , Fabrizio Villa , Thyrso Villela , Brian D. Williams , Carlos A. Wuensche

Anti-reflection Coated Vacuum Window for the Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) balloon-borne instrument

Measuring the faint polarization signal of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) not only requires high optical throughput and instrument sensitivity but also control over systematic effects. Polarimetric cameras or receivers used in this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-16 Rahul Datta , David T. Chuss , Joseph Eimer , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Natalie N. Gandilo , Kyle Helson , Alan J. Kogut , Luke Lowe , Paul Mirel , Karwan Rostem , Marco Sagliocca , Danielle Sponseller , Eric R. Switzer , Peter A. Taraschi , Edward J. Wollack

Improved Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

The BICEP3 Polarimeter is a small aperture, refracting telescope, dedicated to the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at 95GHz. It is designed to target degree angular scale polarization patterns, in particular the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-26 J. Cornelison , C. Vergès , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , D. Beck , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , 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. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. Look , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , M. A. Petroff , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reinsema , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , 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

Planck early results: first assessment of the High Frequency Instrument in-flight performance

The Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) is designed to measure the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background and galactic foregrounds in six wide bands centered at 100, 143, 217, 353, 545 and 857 GHz at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Planck HFI Core Team , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , R. Ansari , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , A. J. Banday , M. Bartelmann , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benot , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , R. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , T. Bradshaw , E. Brelle , M. Bucher , P. Camus , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , J. Charra , M. Charra , R. -R. Chary , C. Chiang , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , C. Cressiot , B. P. Crill , M. Crook , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , K. Dolag , H. Dole , O. Doré , M. Douspis , G. Efstathiou , P. Eng , C. Filliard , O. Forni , P. Fosalba , J. -J. Fourmond , K. Ganga , M. Giard , D. Girard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , R. Gispert , K. M. Gorski , S. Gratton , M. Griffin , G. Guyot , J. Haissinski , D. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , S. R. Hildebrandt , R. Hills , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , K. M. Huenberger , A. H. Jae , W. C. Jones , J. Kaplan , R. Kneissl , L. Knox , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , P. Lami , A. E. Lange , A. Lasenby , A. Lavabre , C. R. Lawrence , B. Leriche , C. Leroy , Y. Longval , J. F. Macas-Perez , T. Maciaszek , C. J. MacTavish , B. Maei , N. Mandolesi , R. Mann , B. Mansoux , S. Masi , T. Matsumura , P. McGehee , J. -B. Melin , C. Mercier , M. -A. Miville-Deschnes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , D. Mortlock , A. Murphy , F. Nati , C. B. Nettereld , H. U. Norgaard-Nielsen , C. North , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. Paine , F. Pajot , G. Patanchon , T. Peacocke , T. J. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , R. Pons , N. Ponthieu , G. Prezeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , W. T. Reach , C. Renault , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rusholme , D. Santos , G. Savini , B. M. Schaefer , P. Shellard , L. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , P. Stassi , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , C. Thum , J. -P. Torre , F. Touze , M. Tristram , F. Van Leeuwen , L. Vibert , D. Vibert , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , S. D. M. White , H. Wiesemeyer , A. Woodcraft , V. Yurchenko , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei

Detecting magnetic CMB polarization on an incomplete sky

The full sky cosmic microwave background polarization field can be decomposed into `electric' and `magnetic' components. Working in harmonic space we construct magnetic variables that can be measured from observations over only a portion of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Antony Lewis , Anthony Challinor , Neil Turok

Cosmic Background dipole measurements with Planck-High Frequency Instrument

This paper discusses the Cosmic Background (CB) dipoles observations in the framework of the Planck mission. Dipoles observations can be used in three ways: (i) It gives a measurement of the peculiar velocity of our Galaxy which is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Piat , G. Lagache , J. P. Bernard , M. Giard , J. L. Puget

Search for Gravitational Waves in the CMB After WMAP3: Foreground Confusion and The Optimal Frequency Coverage for Foreground Minimization

B-modes of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization can be created by a primordial gravitational wave background. If this background was created by Inflation, then the amplitude of the polarization signal is proportional the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexandre Amblard , Asantha Cooray , Manoj Kaplinghat

The Large-Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE)

The LSPE is a balloon-borne mission aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at large angular scales, and in particular to constrain the curl component of CMB polarization (B-modes) produced by tensor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-02 The LSPE collaboration , S. Aiola , G. Amico , P. Battaglia , E. Battistelli , A. Baù , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , A. Boscaleri , F. Cavaliere , A. Coppolecchia , A. Cruciani , F. Cuttaia , A. D' Addabbo , G. D'Alessandro , S. De Gregori , F. Del Torto , M. De Petris , L. Fiorineschi , C. Franceschet , E. Franceschi , M. Gervasi , D. Goldie , A. Gregorio , V. Haynes , N. Krachmalnicoff , L. Lamagna , B. Maffei , D. Maino , S. Masi , A. Mennella , Ng Ming Wah , G. Morgante , F. Nati , L. Pagano , A. Passerini , O. Peverini , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , S. Ricciardi , P. Rissone , G. Romeo , M. Salatino , M. Sandri , A. Schillaci , L. Stringhetti , A. Tartari , R. Tascone , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , E. Tommasi , F. Villa , G. Virone , S. Withington , A. Zacchei , M. Zannoni

MAXIPOL: Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry Using a Rotating Half-Wave Plate

We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). MAXIPOL is the first bolometric CMB experiment to observe the sky using rapid…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 B. R. Johnson , J. Collins , M. E. Abroe , P. A. R. Ade , J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , P. de Bernardis , S. Hanany , A. H. Jaffe , T. Jones , A. T. Lee , L. Levinson , T. Matsumura , B. Rabii , T. Renbarger , P. L. Richards , G. F. Smoot , R. Stompor , H. T. Tran , C. D. Winant , J. H. P. Wu , J. Zuntz

Polarization of the Atmosphere as a Foreground for Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Experiments

We quantify the level of polarization of the atmosphere due to Zeeman splitting of oxygen in the Earth's magnetic field and compare it to the level of polarization expected from the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Shaul Hanany , Philip Rosenkranz

280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the SPIDER-2 Suborbital Polarimeter

We describe the construction and characterization of the 280 GHz bolometric focal plane units (FPUs) to be deployed on the second flight of the balloon-borne SPIDER instrument. These FPUs are vital to SPIDER's primary science goal of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 A. S. Bergman , P. A. R. Ade , S. Akers , M. Amiri , J. A. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. T. Becker , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , R. S Domagalski , O. Doré , S. M. Duff , 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 , A. Grigorian , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Khan , 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 , S. Redmond , C. Reintsema , L. J. Romualdez , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. Ullom , J. F. van der List , J. Van Lanen , M. R. Vissers , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

A Polarization Pursuers' Guide

We calculate the detectability of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as a function of the sky coverage, angular resolution, and instrumental sensitivity for a hypothetical experiment. We consider the gradient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Andrew H. Jaffe , Marc Kamionkowski , Limin Wang

Mitigating half-wave plate systematics at the map-making level: calibration requirements for LiteBIRD

Although half-wave plates (HWPs) are becoming a popular choice of polarization modulators for cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments, their non-idealities can introduce systematic effects that should be carefully characterized and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-03 N. Raffuzzi , A. Carones , M. Monelli , S. Giardiello , L. Pagano , Y. Sakurai , H. Ishino , E. Allys , A. Anand , J. Aumont , A. J. Banday , G. Barbieri Ripamonti , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , A. Basyrov , A. Besnard , M. Bortolami , T. Brinckmann , F. Cacciotti , E. Calabrese , P. Campeti , F. Carralot , F. J. Casas , J. Chandran , K. Cheung , M. Citran , L. Clermont , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , T. de Haan , M. De Lucia , P. Diego-Palazuelos , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , C. Franceschet , U. Fuskeland , G. Galloni , M. Galloway , M. Gerbino , M. Gervasi , T. Ghigna , C. Gimeno-Amo , A. Gruppuso , M. Hazumi , S. Henrot-Versillé , L. T. Hergt , E. Hivon , K. Kohri , L. Lamagna , M. Lattanzi , C. Leloup , F. Levrier , A. I. Lonappan , M. López-Caniego , G. Luzzi , J. Macias-Perez , V. Maranchery , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , T. Matsumura , S. Micheli , M. Migliaccio , G. Morgante , L. Mousset , R. Nagata , T. Namikawa , P. Natoli , A. Novelli , F. Noviello , A. Occhiuzzi , A. Paiella , D. Paoletti , G. Pascual-Cisneros , G. Patanchon , F. Piacentini , G. Piccirilli , M. Pinchera , G. Polenta , L. Porcelli , M. Remazeilles , A. Ritacco , M. Ruiz-Granda , L. Salvati , J. Sanghavi , V. Sauvage , D. Scott , M. Shiraishi , G. Signorelli , R. M. Sullivan , Y. Takase , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , L. Vacher , B. van Tent , P. Vielva , S. Vinzl , I. K. Wehus , G. Weymann-Despres , E. J. 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

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

Spectral distortion and polarization of the cosmic microwave background: Measurement, challenges and perspectives

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is a fundamental observational tool in modern cosmology. The linear polarization of the CMB provides a crucial observational tool for exploring new physics, including the inflationary paradigm and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Vyoma Muralidhara

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

Full-sky Cosmic Microwave Background Foreground Cleaning Using Machine Learning

In order to extract cosmological information from observations of the millimeter and submillimeter sky, foreground components must first be removed to produce an estimate of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We developed a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-10 Matthew A. Petroff , Graeme E. Addison , Charles L. Bennett , Janet L. Weiland