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POLAR-2 -- Latest Developments of the Next Generation GRB Polarimeter

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic events in the Universe. Despite over 50 years of research and measurements their prompt emission remains poorly understood, with key questions surrounding the structure of relativistic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Johannes Hulsman , Philipp Azzarello , Joerg Bayer , Franck Cadoux , Mariachiara Celato , Nicolas De Angelis , Yannick Favre , Aaron Feder , Jochen Greiner , Alejandro Guzman , Coralie Husi , Vishal Kumar , Hancheng Li , Mobin Mobaseri , Gabriel Pelleriti , Agnieszka Pollo , Nicolas Produit , Dominik Rybka , Andrea Santangelo , Jianchao Sun , Chris Tenzer , Xin Wu , Shuang-Nan 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

SWIPE: a bolometric polarimeter for the Large-Scale Polarization Explorer

The balloon-borne LSPE mission is optimized to measure the linear polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background at large angular scales. The Short Wavelength Instrument for the Polarization Explorer (SWIPE) is composed of 3 arrays of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 P. de Bernardis , S. Aiola , G. Amico , E. Battistelli , A. Coppolecchia , A. Cruciani , A. D' Addabbo , G. D' Alessandro , S. De Gregori , M. De Petris , D. Goldie , R. Gualtieri , V. Haynes , L. Lamagna , B. Maffei , S. Masi , F. Nati , M. Wah Ng , L. Pagano , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , G. Romeo , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , E. Tommasi , S. Withington

Angular and Polarization Response of Multimode Sensors with Resistive-Grid Absorbers

High sensitivity receiver systems with near ideal polarization sensitivity are highly desirable for development of millimeter and sub-millimeter radio astronomy. Multimoded bolometers provide a unique solution to achieve such sensitivity,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-10 Akito Kusaka , Edward J. Wollack , Thomas R. Stevenson

BOOMERANG: A Balloon-borne Millimeter Wave Telescope and Total Power Receiver for Mapping Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background

We describe BOOMERANG; a balloon-borne microwave telescope designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at a resolution of 10' from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The millimeter-wave receiver employs new technology in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. P. Crill , P. A. R. Ade , D. R. Artusa , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , P. Cardoni , S. E. Church , K. Coble , P. deBernardis , G. deTroia , P. Farese , K. M. Ganga , M. Giacometti , C. V. Haynes , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , S. Masi , P. V. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , C. G. Paine , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , F. Pongetti , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi , D. Sforna , A. D. Turner

Millimeter-wave bolometer array receiver for the Atacama pathfinder experiment Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (APEX-SZ) instrument

The Atacama pathfinder experiment Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (APEX-SZ) instrument is a millimeter-wave cryogenic receiver designed to observe galaxy clusters via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect from the 12 m APEX telescope on the Atacama plateau in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-18 Daniel Schwan , Peter A. R. Ade , Kaustuv Basu , Amy N. Bender , Frank Bertoldi , Hsaio-Mei Cho , Guyong. Chon , John Clarke , Matt Dobbs , Daniel Ferrusca , Rolfe Gusten , Nils W. Halverson , William L. Holzapfel , Cathy Horellou , Daniel Johansson , Bradley R. Johnson , James Kennedy , Zigmund Kermish , Ruediger Kneissl , Trevor Lanting , Adrian T. Lee , Martin Lueker , Jared Mehl , Karl M. Menten , Dirk Muders , Florian Pacaud , Thomas Plagge , Christian L. Reichardt , Paul L. Richards , Rienhold Schaaf , Peter Schilke , Martin W. Sommer , Helmuth Spieler , Carole Tucker , Axel Weiss , Benjamin Westbrook , Oliver Zahn

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 CLASS 150/220 GHz Polarimeter Array: Design, Assembly, and Characterization

We report on the development of a polarization-sensitive dichroic (150/220 GHz) detector array for the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) delivered to the telescope site in June 2019. In concert with existing 40 and 90 GHz…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-20 Sumit Dahal , Mandana Amiri , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Lance Corbett , Rahul Datta , Kevin Denis , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Mark Halpern , Kyle Helson , Gene Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Benjamin Keller , Tobias Marriage , Carolina Nunez , Matthew Petroff , Carl Reintsema , Karwan Rostem , Kongpop U-Yen , Edward Wollack

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

Year two instrument status of the SPT-3G cosmic microwave background receiver

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a millimeter-wavelength telescope designed for high-precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The SPT measures both the temperature and polarization of the CMB with a large aperture,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 A. N. Bender , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , A. J. Anderson , J. S. Avva , K. Aylor , P. S. Barry , R. Basu Thakur , B. A. Benson , L. S. Bleem , S. Bocquet , K. Byrum , J. E. Carlstrom , F. W. Carter , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , J. F. Cliche , T. M. Crawford , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , E. V. Denison , J. Ding , M. A. Dobbs , S. Dodelson , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , A. Foster , J. Gallicchio , A. Gilbert , J. C. Groh , S. T. Guns , N. W. Halverson , A. H. Harke-Hosemann , N. L. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , N. Huang , K. D. Irwin , O. B. Jeong , M. Jonas , A. Jones , T. S. Khaire , L. Knox , A. M. Kofman , M. Korman , D. L. Kubik , S. Kuhlmann , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , A. E. Lowitz , S. S. Meyer , D. Michalik , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , H. Nguyen , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , Z. Pan , J. Pearson , C. M. Posada , W. Quan , S. Raghunathan , A. Rahlin , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , E. Shirokoff , G. Smecher , J. A. Sobrin , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , A. Suzuki , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , L. R. Vale , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , M. R. Young

Fabrication of Feedhorn-Coupled Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

Characterization of the minute cosmic microwave background polarization signature requires multi-frequency, high-throughput precision instrument systems. We have previously described the detector fabrication of a 40 GHz focal plane and now…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Kevin L. Denis , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Meng-Ping Chang , David T. Chuss , Felipe Colazo , Nicholas Costen , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Ron Hu , Tobias Marriage , Karwan Rostem , Kongpop U-Yen , Edward J. Wollack

QUaD: A High-Resolution Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter

We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain telescope equipped with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 QUaD collaboration , J. R. Hinderks , P. Ade , J. Bock , M. Bowden , M. L. Brown , G. Cahill , J. E. Carlstrom , P. G. Castro , S. Church , T. Culverhouse , R. Friedman , K. Ganga , W. K. Gear , S. Gupta , J. Harris , V. Haynes , B. G. Keating , J. Kovac , E. Kirby , A. E. Lange , E. Leitch , O. E. Mallie , S. Melhuish , Y. Memari , J. A. Murphy , A. Orlando , R. Schwarz , C. O'Sullivan , L. Piccirillo , C. Pryke , N. Rajguru , B. Rusholme , A. N. Taylor , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. H. Turner , E. Y. S. Wu , M. Zemcov

Design and characterization of a ground-based absolute polarization calibrator for use with polarization sensitive CMB experiments

We present the design and characterization of a ground-based absolute polarization angle calibrator accurate to better than 0.1 degrees for use with polarization sensitive cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. The calibrator's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-07 M. F. Navaroli , G. P. Teply , K. D. Crowley , J. P. Kaufman , N. B. Galitzki , K. S. Arnold , B. G. Keating

Response of the first POLAR-2 Prototype to Polarized Beams

POLAR-2 is a dedicated gamma-ray polarimeter currently foreseen to be launched towards the China Space Station around 2027. The design of the detector is based on the legacy of its predecessor mission POLAR which was launched in 2016.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-14 Merlin Kole , Nicolas de Angelis , Ana Bacelj , Franck Cadoux , Agnieszka Elwertowska , Johannes Hulsman , Hancheng Li , Grzegorz Łubian , Tomasz Kowalski , Gilles Koziol , Agnieszka Pollo , Nicolas Produit , Dominik Rybka , Adrien Stil , Jianchao Sun , Xin Wu , Kacper Zezuliński , Shuang-Nan Zhang

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter

The Robinson Telescope (BICEP) is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) and galactic foreground emission. Such measurements probe the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. W. Yoon , P. A. R. Ade , D. Barkats , J. O. Battle , E. M. Bierman , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , H. C. Chiang , A. Crites , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , G. S. Griffin , E. F. Hivon , W. L. Holzapfel , V. V. Hristov , B. G. Keating , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , E. M. Leitch , P. V. Mason , H. T. Nguyen , N. Ponthieu , Y. D. Takahashi , T. Renbarger , L. C. Weintraub , D. Woolsey

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

SPT-3G: A Next-Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Experiment on the South Pole Telescope

We describe the design of a new polarization sensitive receiver, SPT-3G, for the 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT). The SPT-3G receiver will deliver a factor of ~20 improvement in mapping speed over the current receiver, SPTpol. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 B. A. Benson , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , S. W. Allen , K. Arnold , J. E. Austermann , A. N. Bender , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , S. T. Ciocys , J. F. Cliche , T. M. Crawford , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , A. Gilbert , N. W. Halverson , D. Hanson , N. L. Harrington , K. Hattori , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , K. D. Irwin , R. Keisler , L. Knox , D. Kubik , C. L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Li , M. McDonald , S. S. Meyer , J. Montgomery , M. Myers , T. Natoli , H. Nguyen , V. Novosad , S. Padin , Z. Pan , J. Pearson , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , G. Simard , G. Smecher , J. T. Sayre , E. Shirokoff , A. A. Stark , K. Story , A. Suzuki , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , G. Wang , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon

The Simons Observatory: Production-level Fabrication of the Mid- and Ultra-High-Frequency Wafers

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background instrumentation suite in the Atacama Desert of Chile. More than 65,000 polarization-sensitive transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers will be fielded in the frequency range…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-28 Shannon M. Duff , Jason Austermann , James A. Beall , David P. Daniel , Johannes Hubmayr , Greg C. Jaehnig , Bradley R. Johnson , Dante Jones , Michael J. Link , Tammy J. Lucas , Rita F. Sonka , Suzanne T. Staggs , Joel Ullom , Yuhan Wang

A Dual-polarized Broadband Planar Antenna and Channelizing Filter Bank for Millimeter Wavelengths

We describe the design, fabrication, and testing of a broadband log-periodic antenna coupled to multiple cryogenic bolometers. This detector architecture, optimized here for astrophysical observations, simultaneously receives two linear…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Roger OBrient , Peter Ade , Kam Arnold , Jennifer Edwards , Greg Engargiola , William L Holzapfel , Adrian T Lee , Michael J Myers , Erin Quealy , Gabriel Rebeiz , Paul Richards , Aritoki Suzuki

Clover - A B-mode polarization experiment

Clover is a new instrument being built to detect the B-mode polarization of the CMB. It consists of three telescopes operating at 97, 150, and 220 GHz and will be sited in Chile at the Llano de Chajnantor. Each telescope assembly is scaled…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Angela C. Taylor