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The Next Generation BLAST Experiment

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) was a suborbital experiment designed to map magnetic fields in order to study their role in star formation processes. BLASTPol made detailed polarization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-13 Nicholas Galitzki , Peter A. R. Ade , Francesco E. Angilè , Peter Ashton , James A. Beall , Dan Becker , Kristi J. Bradford , George Che , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Mark J. Devlin , Bradley J. Dober , Laura M. Fissel , Yasuo Fukui , 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 , Giampaolo Pisano , Fabio P. Santos , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Sara Stanchfield , Carole Tucker , Joel N. Ullom , Matthew Underhill , Michael R. Vissers , Derek Ward-Thompson

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry-BLASTPol: Performance and results from the 2012 Antarctic flight

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

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 N. Galitzki , P. A. R. Ade , F. E. Angilé , S. J. Benton , M. J. Devlin , B. Dober , L. M. Fissel , Y. Fukui , N. N. Gandilo , J. Klein , A. L. Korotkov , T. G. Matthews , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , D. Nutter , E. Pascale , F. Poidevin , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , C. E. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , D. Ward-Thompson

Instrumental performance and results from testing of the BLAST-TNG receiver, submillimeter optics, and MKID arrays

Polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust grains can be used to map magnetic fields in star forming molecular clouds and the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-22 Nicholas Galitzki , Peter Ade , Francesco E. Angile , Peter Ashton , Jason Austermann , Tashalee Billings , George Che , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Kristina Davis , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Bradley J. Dober , Laura M. Fissel , Yasuo Fukui , Jiansong Gao , Samuel Gordon , Christopher E. Groppi , Seth Hillbrand , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Jeffrey Klein , Dale Li , Zhi-Yun Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Ian Lowe , Hamdi Mani , Peter G. Martin , Philip Mauskopf , Christopher McKenney , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Enzo Pascale , Giampaolo Pisano , Fabio P. Santos , Douglas Scott , Adrian Sinclair , Juan D. Soler , Carole Tucker , Matthew Underhill , Michael Vissers , Paul Williams

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

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarization: BLAST-pol

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital experiment designed to study the process of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and in galaxies at cosmological distances. Using a 2-m…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Marsden , P. A. R. Ade , S. Benton , J. J. Bock , E. L. Chapin , J. Chung , M. J. Devlin , S. Dicker , L. Fissel , M. Griffin , J. O. Gundersen , M. Halpern , P. C. Hargrave , D. H. Hughes , J. Klein , A. Korotkov , C. J. MacTavish , P. G. Martin , T. G. Martin , T. G. Matthews , P. Mauskopf , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , E. Pascale , L. Olmi , G. Patanchon , M. Rex , G. Savini , D. Scott , C. Semisch , N. Thomas , M. D. P. Truch , C. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , M. P. Viero , D. Ward-Thompson , D. V. Wiebe

Design and Characterization of a Balloon-Borne Diffraction-Limited Submillimeter Telescope Platform for BLAST-TNG

The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter mapping experiment planned for a 28 day long-duration balloon (LDB) flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2018-2019 season.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-28 Nathan P. Lourie , Francisco E. Angile , Peter C. Ashton , Brian Catanzaro , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Joy Didier , Bradley Dober , Laura M. Fissel , Nicholas Galitzki , Samuel Gordon , Jeffrey Klein , Ian Lowe , Philip Mauskopf , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , L. Javier Romualdez , Juan D. Soler , Paul A. Williams

Preflight Characterization of the BLAST-TNG Receiver and Detector Arrays

The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter mapping experiment planned for a 28 day long-duration balloon (LDB) flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2018-2019 season.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-28 Nathan P. Lourie , Peter A. R. Ade , Francisco E. Angile , Peter C. Ashton , Jason E. Austermann , Mark J. Devlin , Bradley Dober , Nicholas Galitzki , Jiansong Gao , Sam Gordon , Christopher E. Groppi , Jeffrey Klein , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Dale Li , Ian Lowe , Hamdi Mani , Philip Mauskopf , Christopher M. McKenney , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Enzo Pascale , Giampaolo Pisano , Adrian Sinclair , Juan D. Soler , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Michael Vissers , Paul A. Williams

Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol

We present the thermal model of the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol). This instrument was successfully flown in two circumpolar flights from McMurdo, Antarctica in 2010 and 2012. During these…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 J. D. Soler , P. A. R. Ade , F. E. Angilè , S. J. Benton , M. J. Devlin , B. Dober , L. M. Fissel , Y. Fukui , N. Galitzki , N. N. Gandilo , J. Klein , A. L. Korotkov , T. G. Matthews , L. Moncelsi , A. Mroczkowski , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , D. Nutter , E. Pascale , F. Poidevin , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. A. Shariff , N. E. Thomas , M. D. Truch , C. E. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , D. Ward-Thompson

Characterization, deployment, and in-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG cryogenic receiver

The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter polarimeter designed to map interstellar dust and galactic foregrounds at 250, 350, and 500 microns during a 24-day Antarctic flight.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Ian Lowe , Peter A. R. Ade , Peter C. Ashton , Jason E. Austermann , Gabriele Coppi , Erin G. Cox , Mark J. Devlin , Bradley J. Dober , Valentina Fanfani , Laura M. Fissel , Nicholas Galitzki , Jiansong Gao , Samuel Gordon , Christopher E. Groppi , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Klein , Dale Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Hamdi Mani , Philip Mauskopf , Christopher McKenney , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Giampaolo Pisano , L. Javier Romualdez , Juan D. Soler , Adrian Sinclair , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Michael Vissers , Caleb Wheeler , Paul A. Williams

Lupus I Observations from the 2010 Flight of the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) was created by adding polarimetric capability to the BLAST experiment that was flown in 2003, 2005, and 2006. BLASTPol inherited BLAST's 1.8 m primary and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Tristan G. Matthews , Peter A. R. Ade , Francesco E. Angilè , Steven J. Benton , Edward L. Chapin , Nicholas L. Chapman , Mark J. Devlin , Laura M. Fissel , Yasuo Fukui , Natalie N. Gandilo , Joshua O. Gundersen , Peter C. Hargrave , Jeffrey Klein , Andrei L. Korotkov , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Tony K. Mroczkowski , Calvin B. Netterfield , Giles Novak , David Nutter , Luca Olmi , Enzo Pascale , Frédérick Poidevin , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Jamil A. Shariff , Juan Diego Soler , Kengo Tachihara , Nicholas E. Thomas , Matthew D. P. Truch , Carole E. Tucker , Gregory S. Tucker , Derek Ward-Thompson

In-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG telescope platform

The Next Generation Balloon-Borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) was a unique instrument for characterizing the polarized submillimeter sky at high-angular resolution. BLAST-TNG flew from the Long Duration Balloon…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-05 Gabriele Coppi , Peter A. R. Ade , Peter C. Ashton , Jason E. Austermann , Erin G. Cox , Mark J. Devlin , Bradley J. Dober , Valentina Fanfani , Laura M. Fissel , Nicholas Galitzki , Jiansong Gao , Samuel Gordon , Christopher E. Groppi , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Klein , Dale Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Ian Lowe , Hamdi Mani , Philip Mauskopf , Christopher McKenney , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Giampaolo Pisano , L. Javier Romualdez , Adrian Sinclair , Juan D. Soler , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Michael Vissers , Caleb Wheeler , Paul A. Williams

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

An attitude determination system for balloon-borne experiments is presented. The system provides pointing information in azimuth and elevation for instruments flying on stratospheric balloons over Antarctica. In-flight attitude is given by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 N. N. Gandilo , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , F. E. Angile , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , M. J. Devlin , B. Dober , O. P. Dore , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , Y. Fukui , N. Galitzki , A. E. Gambrel , S. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. C. Hilton , W. A. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. D. Kermish , J. Klein , A. L. Korotkov , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. G. Matthews , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , T. K. Mroczkowski , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , D. Nutter , R. O'Brient , E. Pascale , F. Poidevin , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , N. E. Thomas , A. Trangsrud , M. D. Truch , C. E. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. Ward-Thompson , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital surveying experiment designed to study the evolutionary history and processes of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and galaxies at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-03 E. Pascale , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , E. L. Chapin , J. Chung , M. J. Devlin , S Dicker , M. Griffin , J. O. Gundersen , M. Halpern , P. C. Hargrave , D. H. Hughes , J. Klein , C. J. MacTavish , G. Marsden , P. G. Martin , T. G. Martin , P. Mauskopf , C. B. Netterfield , L. Olmi , G. Patanchon , M. Rex , D. Scott , C. Semisch , N. Thomas , M. D. P. Truch , C. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , M. P. Viero , D. V. Wiebe

The BLAST Observatory: A Sensitivity Study for Far-IR Balloon-borne Polarimeters

Sensitive wide-field observations of polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust grains will allow astronomers to address key outstanding questions about the life cycle of matter and energy driving the formation of stars and the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-24 The BLAST Observatory Collaboration , Gabriele Coppi , Simon Dicker , James E. Aguirre , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Susan E. Clark , Erin G. Cox , Mark J. Devlin , Laura M. Fissel , Nicholas Galitzki , Brandon S. Hensley , Johannes Hubmayr , Sergio Molinari , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Eugenio Schisano , Juan D. Soler , Carole E. Tucker , Joel N. Ullom , Anna Vaskuri , Michael R. Vissers , Jordan D. Wheeler , Mario Zannoni

MAXIPOL: A Balloon-borne Experiment for Measuring the Polarization Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) on angular scales of 10 arcmin to 2 degrees. MAXIPOL is the first CMB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 B. R. Johnson , M. E. Abroe , P. Ade , J. Bock , J. Borrill , J. S. Collins , P. Ferreira , 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

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimetre Telescope

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimetre Telescope (BLAST) will operate on a Long Duration Balloon platform with large format bolometer arrays at 250, 350 and 500 microns, initially using a 2m mirror, with plans to increase to 2.5m.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Douglas Scott , the BLAST Team

The Balloon-Borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope Observatory

The BLAST Observatory is a proposed superpressure balloon-borne polarimeter designed for a future ultra-long duration balloon campaign from Wanaka, New Zealand. To maximize scientific output while staying within the stringent superpressure…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-03 Ian Lowe , Gabriele Coppi , Peter A. R. Ade , Peter C. Ashton , Jason E. Austermann , James Beall , Susan Clark , Erin G. Cox , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Bradley J. Dober , Valentina Fanfani , Laura M. Fissel , Nicholas Galitzki , Jiansong Gao , Brandon Hensley , Johannes Hubmayr , Steven Li , Zhi-Yun Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Peter G. Martin , Philip Mauskopf , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Giampaolo Pisano , L. Javier Romualdez , Adrian Sinclair , Juan D. Soler , Carole Tucker , Michael Vissers , Jordan Wheeler , Paul A. Williams , Mario Zannoni

An Open Source, FPGA-based LeKID readout for BLAST-TNG: Pre-flight Results

We present a highly frequency multiplexed readout for large-format superconducting detector arrays intended for use in the next generation of balloon-borne and space-based sub-millimeter and far-infrared missions. We will demonstrate this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-11 Samuel Gordon , Bradley Dober , Adrian Sinclair , Samuel Rowe , Sean Bryan , Philip Mauskopf , Jason Austermann , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Jiansong Gao , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Glenn Jones , Jeffrey Klein , Nathan P. Lourie , Christopher McKenney , Federico Nati , Juan D. Soler , Matthew Strader , Michael Vissers

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

Empirical modelling of the BLASTPol achromatic half-wave plate for precision submillimetre polarimetry

A cryogenic achromatic half-wave plate (HWP) for submillimetre astronomical polarimetry has been designed, manufactured, tested, and deployed in the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol). The design…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Lorenzo Moncelsi , Peter Ade , Francesco Elio Angile , Steven Benton , Mark Devlin , Laura Fissel , Natalie Gandilo , Joshua Gundersen , Tristan Matthews , C. Barth Netterfield , Giles Novak , David Nutter , Enzo Pascale , Frederick Poidevin , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Juan Soler , Locke Spencer , Matthew Truch , Gregory Tucker , Jin Zhang