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A Constraint on Primordial $B$-Modes from the First Flight of the SPIDER Balloon-Borne Telescope

We present the first linear polarization measurements from the 2015 long-duration balloon flight of SPIDER, an experiment designed to map the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on degree angular scales. Results from these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-25 SPIDER Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Doré , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , D. S. Y. Mak , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , R. O'Brient , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , 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. F. van der List , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

The JCMT BISTRO Survey: Multi-wavelength polarimetry of bright regions in NGC 2071 in the far-infrared/submillimetre range, with POL-2 and HAWC+

Polarized dust emission is a key tracer in the study of interstellar medium and of star formation. The observed polarization, however, is a product of magnetic field structure, dust grain properties and grain alignment efficiency, as well…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-21 L. Fanciullo , F. Kemper , K. Pattle , P. M. Koch , S. Sadavoy , S. Coudé , A. Soam , T. Hoang , T. Onaka , V. J. M. Le Gouellec , D. Arzoumanian , D. Berry , C. Eswaraiah , E. J. Chung , R. Furuya , C. L. H. Hull , J. Hwang , D. Johnstone , J. -h. Kang , K. H. Kim , F. Kirchschlager , V. Könyves , J. Kwon , W. Kwon , S. -P. Lai , C. W. Lee , T. Liu , A. -R. Lyo , I. Stephens , M. Tamura , X. Tang , D. Ward-Thompson , A. Whitworth , H. Shinnaga

Cosmoglobe DR1 results. II. Constraints on isotropic cosmic birefringence from reprocessed WMAP and Planck LFI data

Cosmic birefringence is a parity-violating effect that might have rotated the plane of linearly polarized light of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) by an angle $\beta$ since its emission. This has recently been measured to be non-zero…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-29 J. R. Eskilt , D. J. Watts , R. Aurlien , A. Basyrov , M. Bersanelli , M. Brilenkov , L. P. L. Colombo , H. K. Eriksen , K. S. F. Fornazier , C. Franceschet , U. Fuskeland , M. Galloway , E. Gjerløw , B. Hensley , L. T. Hergt , D. Herman , H. T. Ihle , K. Lee , J. G. S. Lunde , S. K. Nerval , S. Paradiso , S. K. Patel , F. Rahman , M. Regnier , M. San , S. Sanyal , N. -O. Stutzer , H. Thommesen , A. Verma , I. K. Wehus , Y. Zhou

Detecting Primordial Gravitational Waves Signal from BICEP2 and {\it Planck} HFI $353$GHz Dust Polarization

The dust polarization is parameterized as a power law form of the multipole $l$: $D^{XX}_{l}=A^{XX}l(l+1)l^{\alpha_{XX}}/(2\pi)$ ($XX$ denotes $BB$ or $EE$), where $A^{XX}$ is its amplitude with the ratio $A^{BB}/A^{EE}=0.52\pm 0.02$ and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-28 Lixin Xu

Antenna-coupled TES bolometers used in BICEP2, Keck array, and SPIDER

We have developed antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers for a wide range of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimetry experiments, including BICEP2, Keck Array, and the balloon borne SPIDER. These detectors have…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 P. A. R. Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , G. Chattopadhyay , G. Davis , P. K. Day , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , K. S. Karkare , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , H. G. Leduc , E. M. Leitch , N. Llombart , M. Lueker , P. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , C. Pryke , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , M. C. Runyan , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. Trangsrud , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon , J. Zmuidzinas

Planck intermediate results. XX. Comparison of polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust with simulations of MHD turbulence

Polarized emission observed by Planck HFI at 353 GHz towards a sample of nearby fields is presented, focusing on the statistics of polarization fractions $p$ and angles $\psi$. The polarization fractions and column densities in these nearby…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-15 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , D. Alina , M. I. R. Alves , G. Aniano , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , D. Arzoumanian , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , C. Burigana , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , L. Fanciullo , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , V. -M. Pelkonen , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Scott , J. D. Soler , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , A. Zonca

Design and performance of wide-band corrugated walls for the BICEP Array detector modules at 30/40 GHz

BICEP Array is a degree-scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment that will search for primordial B-mode polarization while constraining Galactic foregrounds. BICEP Array will be comprised of four receivers to cover a broad…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-03 A. Soliman , 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 , H. Hui , 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 , 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

Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP

We present a method of cross-calibrating the polarization angle of a polarimeter using BICEP Galactic observations. \bicep\ was a ground based experiment using an array of 49 pairs of polarization sensitive bolometers observing from the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Tomotake Matsumura , Peter Ade , Denis Barkats , Darcy Barron , John O. Battle , Evan M. Bierman , James J. Bock , H. Cynthia Chiang , Brendan P. Crill , C. Darren Dowell , Lionel Duband , Eric F. Hivon , William L. Holzapfel , Viktor V. Hristov , William C. Jones , Brian G. Keating , John M. Kovac , Chao-Lin Kuo , Andrew E. Lange , Erik M. Leitch , Peter V. Mason , Hien T. Nguyen , Nicolas Ponthieu , Clem Pryke , Steffen Richter , Graca M. Rocha , Yuki D. Takahashi , Ki Won Yoon

BICEP / Keck XIV: Improved constraints on axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background

We present an improved search for axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with observations from the Keck Array. An all-sky, temporally sinusoidal rotation of CMB polarization, equivalent to a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-17 Keck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , A. Lennox , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , R. Schwarz , B. L. Schmitt , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , C. Verges , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

Fitting BICEP2 with defects, primordial gravitational waves and dust

In this work we discuss the possibility of cosmic defects being responsible for the B-mode signal measured by the BICEP2 collaboration. We also allow for the presence of other cosmological sources of B-modes such as inflationary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Joanes Lizarraga , Jon Urrestilla , David Daverio , Mark Hindmarsh , Martin Kunz , Andrew R. Liddle

Galactic cold cores VI. Dust opacity spectral index

The Galactic Cold Cores project has made Herschel observations of 116 fields where the Planck survey has found signs of cold dust emission. The fields contain sources in different environments and different phases of star formation. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-02 M. Juvela , K. Demyk , Y. Doi , A. Hughes , C. Lefevre , D. J. Marshall , C. Meny , J. Montillaud , L. Pagani , D. Paradis , I. Ristorcelli , J. Malinen , L. A. Montier , R. Paladini , V. -M. Pelkonen , A. Rivera-Ingraham

Measurement of CIB power spectra over large sky areas from Planck HFI maps

We present new measurements of the power spectra of the cosmic infrared background (CIB) anisotropies using the Planck 2015 full-mission HFI data at 353, 545, and 857 GHz over 20000 square degrees. We use techniques similar to those applied…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Daisy S. Y. Mak , Anthony Challinor , George Efstathiou , Guilaine Lagache

Maps of the number of HI clouds along the line of sight at high galactic latitude

Characterizing the structure of the Galactic interstellar medium (ISM) in three dimensions is of high importance for accurate modeling of dust emission as a foreground to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). At high Galactic latitude,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-22 G. V. Panopoulou , D. Lenz

Observing low elevation sky and the CMB Cold Spot with BICEP3 at the South Pole

BICEP3 is a 520 mm aperture on-axis refracting telescope at the South Pole, which observes the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95 GHz to search for the B-mode signal from inflationary gravitational waves. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-21 J. Kang , 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. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , 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 , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

New constraints on cosmic polarization rotation from the ACTPol cosmic microwave background B-Mode polarization observation and the BICEP2 constraint update

Recently ACTPol has measured the cosmic microwave background (CMB) B-mode and E-mode polarizations and obtained TE, EE, BB, TB and EB power spectra in the multipole range 225-8725. In our previous paper (Ap. J. 792 (2014) 35 [Paper I]), we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-09 Hsien-Hao Mei , Wei-Tou Ni , Wei-Ping Pan , Lixin Xu , Sperello di Serego Alighieri

Line-of-Sight Extrapolation Noise in Dust Polarization

The B-modes of polarization at frequencies ranging from 50-1000 GHz are produced by Galactic dust, lensing of primordial E-modes in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) by intervening large scale structure, and possibly by primordial…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-31 Jason Poh , Scott Dodelson

On the impact of large angle CMB polarization data on cosmological parameters

(abridged) We study the impact of the large-angle CMB polarization datasets publicly released by the WMAP and Planck satellites on the estimation of cosmological parameters of the $\Lambda$CDM model. To complement large-angle polarization,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 Massimiliano Lattanzi , Carlo Burigana , Martina Gerbino , Alessandro Gruppuso , Nazzareno Mandolesi , Paolo Natoli , Gianluca Polenta , Laura Salvati , Tiziana Trombetti

ARCADE 2 Observations of Galactic Radio Emission

We use absolutely calibrated data from the ARCADE 2 flight in July 2006 to model Galactic emission at frequencies 3, 8, and 10 GHz. The spatial structure in the data is consistent with a superposition of free-free and synchrotron emission.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-05-23 A. Kogut , D. J. Fixsen , S. M. Levin , M. Limon , P. M. Lubin , P. Mirel , M. Seiffert , J. Singal , T. Villela , E. Wollack , C. A. Wuensche

Planck's Dusty GEMS: Gravitationally lensed high-redshift galaxies discovered with the Planck survey

We present an analysis of 11 bright far-IR/submm sources discovered through a combination of the Planck survey and follow-up Herschel-SPIRE imaging. Each source has a redshift z=2.2-3.6 obtained through a blind redshift search with EMIR at…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-16 R. Canameras , N. P. H. Nesvadba , D. Guery , T. McKenzie , S. Koenig , G. Petitpas , H. Dole , B. Frye , I. Flores-Cacho , L. Montier , M. Negrello , A. Beelen , F. Boone , D. Dicken , G. Lagache , E. Le Floch , B. Altieri , M. Bethermin , R. Chary , G. De Zotti , M. Giard , R. Kneissl , M. Krips , S. Malhotra , C. Martinache , A. Omont , E. Pointecouteau , J. -L. Puget , D. Scott , G. Soucail , I. Valtchanov , N. Welikala , L. Yan

Characterization of dense Planck clumps observed with Herschel and SCUBA-2

We aim to characterize a diverse selection of dense, potentially star-forming cores, clumps, and clouds within the Milky Way in terms of their dust emission and SF activity. We studied 53 fields that have been observed in the JCMT SCUBA-2…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-27 E. Mannfors , M. Juvela , L. Bronfman , D. J. Eden , Jinhua He , Gwanjeon Kim , Kee-Tae Kim , H. Kirppu , T. Liu , J. Montillaud , H. Parsons , Patricio Sanhueza , Hsien Shang , A. Soam , K. Tatematsu , A. Traficante , M. S. Väisälä , Chang Won Lee