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Commercialization of micro-fabrication of antenna-coupled Transition Edge Sensor bolometer detectors for studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We report on the development of commercially fabricated multi-chroic antenna coupled Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometer arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimetry experiments. CMB polarimetry experiments have deployed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Aritoki Suzuki , Chris Bebek , Maurice Garcia-Sciveres , Stephen Holland , Akito Kusaka , Adrian T. Lee , Nicholas Palaio , Natalie Roe , Leo Steinmetz

Requirements for future CMB satellite missions: photometric and band-pass response calibration

Current and future Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation experiments are targeting the polarized $B$-mode signal. The small amplitude of this signal makes a successful measurement challenging for current technologies. Therefore, very…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-18 Tommaso Ghigna , Tomotake Matsumura , Guillaume Patanchon , Hirokazu Ishino , Masashi Hazumi

Measuring the CMB spectral distortions with COSMO: the multi-mode antenna system

In this work, we present the design and manufacturing of the two multi-mode antenna arrays of the COSMO experiment and the preliminary beam pattern measurements of their fundamental mode compared with simulations. COSMO is a cryogenic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-14 E. Manzan , L. Albano , C. Franceschet , E. S. Battistelli , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , F. Cacciotti , A. Capponi , F. Columbro , G. Conenna , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , G. De Gasperis , M. De Petris , M. Gervasi , G. Isopi , L. Lamagna , A. Limonta , E. Marchitelli , S. Masi , A. Mennella , F. Montonati , F. Nati , A. Occhiuzzi , A. Paiella , G. Pettinari , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , C. Tucker , M. Zannoni

Development and science perspectives of the POLAR-2 instrument: a large scale GRB polarimeter

Despite several decades of multi-wavelength and multi-messenger spectral observations, Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) remain one of the big mysteries of modern astrophysics. Polarization measurements are essential to gain a more clear and complete…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 N. De Angelis , J. M. Burgess , F. Cadoux , J. Greiner , J. Hulsman , M. Kole , H. C. Li , S. Mianowski , A. Pollo , N. Produit , D. Rybka , J. Stauffer , J. C. Sun , B. B. Wu , X. Wu , A. Zadrozny , S. N. Zhang

Phase Shift Sequences for an Adding Interferometer

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimetry has the potential to provide revolutionary advances in cosmology. Future experiments to detect the very weak B mode signal in CMB polarization maps will require unprecedented sensitivity and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Hyland , Brent Follin , Emory F. Bunn

Feedhorn-coupled TES polarimeter camera modules at 150 GHz for CMB polarization measurements with SPTpol

The SPTpol camera is a dichroic polarimetric receiver at 90 and 150 GHz. Deployed in January 2012 on the South Pole Telescope (SPT), SPTpol is looking for faint polarization signals in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The camera…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 J. W. Henning , P. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. Britton , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , A. Datesman , T. de Haan , M A. Dobbs , W. Everett , A. Ewall-Wice , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , G. C. Hilton , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , M. Karfunkle , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. Montgomery , T. E. Montroy , J. Nagy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , K. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , R. Williamson , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , E. Young

A New 100-GHz Band Front-End System with a Waveguide-Type Dual-Polarization Sideband-Separating SIS Receiver for the NRO 45-m Radio Telescope

We developed a waveguide-type dual-polarization sideband-separating SIS receiver system of the 100-GHz band for the 45-m radio telescope at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Japan. This receiver is composed of an ortho-mode transducer and two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Taku Nakajima , Masayuki Kawamura , Kimihiro Kimura , Yoshinori Yonekura , Hideo Ogawa , Takeshi Sakai , Nario Kuno , Masato Tsuboi , Shin'ichiro Asayama , Takashi Noguchi , Ryohei Kawabe

QUBIC: the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, QUBIC, is an innovative experiment designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and in particular the signature left therein by the inflationary expansion of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 E. S. Battistelli , P. Ade , J. G. Alberro , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Azzoni , S. Banfi , P. Battaglia , A. Baù , B. Bèlier , D. Bennett , L. Bergè , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , N. Bleurvacq , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , A. Bottani , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , A. Buzzelli , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , R. Charlassier , F. Columbro , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , S. Dheilly , A. Di Donato , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , L. P. Ferreyro , D. Fracchia , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. Ganga , B. Garcìa , M. E. Garcìa Redondo , M. Gaspard , A. Gault , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gòmez Berisso , M. Gonzàlez , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , D. Harari , V. Haynes , S. Henrot-Versillè , D. T. Hoang , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , A. Korotkov , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , R. Luterstein , B. Maffei , S. Marnieros , W. Marty , S. Masi , A. Mattei , A. May , M. McCulloch , M. C. Medina , L. Mele , S. Melhuish , A. Mennella , L. Montier , L. Mousset , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , C. O'Sullivan , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prèle , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , M. Salatino , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , C. Scòccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , G. Stankowiak , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Suarez , A. Tartari , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , S. Torchinsky , M. Tristram , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , S. Vanneste , D. Viganò , N. Vittorio , F. Voisin , B. Watson , F. Wicek , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

Polarization measurements of the Crab Pulsar with POLAR

POLAR is a dedicated Gamma-Ray Burst polarimeter making use of Compton-scattering which took data from the second Chinese spacelab, the Tiangong-2 from September 2016 to April 2017. It has a wide Field of View of $\sim6$ steradians and an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-21 Hancheng Li , POLAR Collaboration

Performance and on-sky optical characterization of the SPTpol instrument

In January 2012, the 10m South Pole Telescope (SPT) was equipped with a polarization-sensitive camera, SPTpol, in order to measure the polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Measurements of the polarization of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 E. M. George , P. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , A. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. Britton , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , A. Datesman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , A. Ewall-Wice , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , M. Karfunkle , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. Montgomery , T. E. Montroy , J. Nagy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , K. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , R. Williamson , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , E. Young

Characterization and performance of the second-year SPT-3G focal plane

The third-generation instrument for the 10-meter South Pole Telescope, SPT-3G, was first installed in January 2017. In addition to completely new cryostats, secondary telescope optics, and readout electronics, the number of detectors in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 D. Dutcher , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , A. J. Anderson , J. S. Avva , R. Basu Thakur , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , J. E. Carlstrom , F. W. Carter , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , J. F. Cliche , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , J. Ding , M. A. Dobbs , 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 , W. L. Holzapfel , N. Huang , K. D. Irwin , O. B. Jeong , M. Jonas , T. S. Khaire , A. M. Kofman , M. Korman , D. L. Kubik , S. Kuhlmann , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , 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 , A. Rahlin , 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 , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , M. R. Young

Microwave multiplexing on the Keck Array

We describe an on-sky demonstration of a microwave-multiplexing readout system in one of the receivers of the Keck Array, a polarimetry experiment observing the cosmic microwave background at the South Pole. During the austral summer of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-22 Ari Cukierman , Zeeshan Ahmed , Shawn Henderson , Edward Young , Cyndia Yu , Denis Barkats , David Brown , Saptarshi Chaudhuri , James Cornelison , John M. D'Ewart , Marion Dierickx , Bradley J. Dober , John Dusatko , Sofia Fatigoni , Jeff P. Filippini , Josef C. Frisch , Gunther Haller , Mark Halpern , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Kirit S. Karkare , Ethan Karpel , Sarah A. Kernasovskiy , John M. Kovac , Attila Kovacs , Stephen E. Kuenstner , Chao-Lin Kuo , Dale Li , John A. B. Mates , Stephen Smith , Tyler St. Germaine , Joel N. Ullom , Leila R. Vale , Daniel D. Van Winkle , Jesus Vasquez , Justin Willmert , Lingzhen Zeng , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , M. Crumrine , L. Duband , G. Hall , S. Harrison , S. R. Hildebrandt , H. Hui , J. Kang , S. Kefeli , K. Lau , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , C. Zhang

Thermal architecture for the QUBIC cryogenic receiver

QUBIC, the QU Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, is a novel forthcoming instrument to measure the B-mode polarization anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The detection of the B-mode signal will be extremely challenging;…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 A. J. May , C. Chapron , G. Coppi , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , S. Masi , S. Melhuish , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , A. Schillaci , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Ade , G. Amico , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Banfi , G. Barbara , P. Battaglia , E. Battistelli , A. Bau , B. Belier , D. Bennett , L. Berge , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , N. Bleurvacq , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , G. Bordier , E. Breelle , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , A. Buzzelli , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , R. Charlassier , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , F. Couchot , R. D'Agostino , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , A. Di Donato , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , B. Garcia , X. Garrido , M. Gaspard , A. Gault , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gomez Berisso , M. Gonzalez , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , E. Guerrard , J. -Ch. Hamilton , D. Harari , V. Haynes , S. Henrot-Versille , D. T. Hoang , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , A. Korotkov , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , A. Lowitz , V. Lukovic , R. Luterstein , B. Maffei , S. Marnieros , A. Mattei , M. A. McCulloch , M. C. Medina , L. Mele , A. Mennella , L. Montier , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , C. O'Sullivan , E. Olivieri , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , O. Perdereau , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , G. Pisano , G. Polenta , D. Prele , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , M. Salatino , C. G. Scoccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Suarez , A. Tartari , P. Timbie , S. A. Torchinsky , M. Tristram , V. Truongcanh , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , S. Vanneste , D. Vigano , N. Vittorio , F. Voisin , B. Watson , F. Wicek , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

Designs for a large-aperture telescope to map the CMB 10X faster

Current large-aperture cosmic microwave background (CMB) telescopes have nearly maximized the number of detectors that can be illuminated while maintaining diffraction-limited image quality. The polarization-sensitive detector arrays being…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-20 Michael D. Niemack

Simons Observatory Focal-Plane Module: In-lab Testing and Characterization Program

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background instrument to be sited in the Atacama Desert in Chile. SO will deploy 60,000 transition-edge sensor bolometers in 49 separate focal-plane modules across a suite of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-08 Yuhan Wang , Kaiwen Zheng , Zachary Atkins , Jason Austermann , Tanay Bhandarkar , Steve K. Choi , Shannon M. Duff , Daniel Dutcher , Nicholas Galitzki , Erin Healy , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Bradley R. Johnson , Jack Lashner , Yaqiong Li , Heather McCarrick , Michael D. Niemack , Joseph Seibert , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Rita Sonka , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eve Vavagiakis , Zhilei Xu

Optical Design and Characterization of 40-GHz Detector and Module for the BICEP Array

Families of cosmic inflation models predict a primordial gravitational-wave background that imprints B-mode polarization pattern in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). High sensitivity instruments with wide frequency coverage and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-14 A. Soliman , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. OBrient , S. Palladino , T. Prouve , N. Precup , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , B. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Schillaci , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , C. Zhang

The Simons Observatory: Studies of Phase Drift in RF Transmission Lines from the First Large-Scale Deployment of Microwave Frequency Multiplexing for Cosmology

Fulfilling the science goals of the Simons Observatory, a state-of-the-art cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment, has required deploying tens of thousands of superconducting bolometers. Reading out data from the observatory's more…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-12 Thomas P. Satterthwaite , Zeeshan Ahmed , Cody J. Duell , Shawn W. Henderson , Tristan Pinsonneault-Marotte , Max Silva-Feaver , Yuhan Wang

Instrument Overview of Taurus: A Balloon-borne CMB and Dust Polarization Experiment

Taurus is a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment optimized to map the E-mode polarization and Galactic foregrounds at the largest angular scales ($\ell$ $\lt$ 30) and improve measurements of the optical depth to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-16 Jared L. May , Alexandre E. Adler , Jason E. Austermann , Steven J. Benton , Rick Bihary , Malcolm Durkin , Shannon M. Duff , Jeffrey P. Filippini , Aurelien A. Fraisse , Thomas J. L. J. Gascard , Sho M. Gibbs , Suren Gourapura , Jon E. Gudmundsson , John W. Hartley , Johannes Hubmayr , William C. Jones , Steven Li , Johanna M. Nagy , Kate Okun , Ivan L. Padilla , L. Javier Romualdez , Simon Tartakovsky , Michael R. Vissers

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

Advanced ACTPol Low Frequency Array: Readout and Characterization of Prototype 27 and 39 GHz Transition Edge Sensors

Advanced ACTPol (AdvACT) is a third generation polarization upgrade to the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, designed to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB). AdvACT expands on the 90 and 150 GHz transition edge sensor (TES) bolometer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-04 Brian J. Koopman , Nicholas F. Cothard , Steve K. Choi , Kevin T. Crowley , Shannon M. Duff , Shawn W. Henderson , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Patricio A. Gallardo , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason R. Stevens , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack