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An Overview of the SPOrt Experiment

The Sky Polarization Observatory is an experiment selected by ESA for the Early Opportunity Phase onboard the International Space Station. SPOrt is the first payload specifically designed for polarization measurements, it will provide near…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Michele Orsini , Ettore Carretti , Stefano Cortiglioni

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

Constraints on large-scale polarization in northern hemisphere

Present cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations have significantly advanced our understanding of the universe's origin, especially with primordial gravitational waves (PGWs). Currently, ground-based CMB telescopes are mainly located…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-02 Dongdong Zhang , Bo Wang , Jia-Rui Li , Yi-Fu Cai , Chang Feng

A Polarization Sensitive Bolometric Detector for Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We have developed a bolometric detector that is intrinsically sensitive to linear polarization which is optimized for making measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The receiver consists of a pair of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 W. C. Jones , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. E. Lange

Calibration of CMB Telescopes with PROTOCALC

Cosmic Microwave Background experiments need to measure polarization properties of the incoming radiation very accurately to achieve their scientific goals. As a result of that, it is necessary to properly characterize these instruments.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-22 Gabriele Coppi , Federico Astori , Giulia Rancati Cattaneo , Josquin Errand , Rolando Dunner-Planella , Federico Nati , Mario Zannoni

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

A measurement of the polarization-temperature angular cross power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the 2003 flight of BOOMERANG

We present a measurement of the temperature-polarization angular cross power spectrum, <TE>, of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The result is based on $\sim 200$ hours of data from 8 polarization sensitive bolometers operating at 145 GHz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 F Piacentini , P Ade , J Bock , J Bond , J Borrill , A Boscaleri , P Cabella , C Contaldi , B Crill , P de Bernardis , G De Gasperis , A de Oliveira-Costa , G De Troia , G Di Stefano , E Hivon , A Jaffe , T Kisner , W Jones , A Lange , S Masi , P Mauskopf , C MacTavish , A Melchiorri , T Montroy , P Natoli , C Netterfield , E Pascale , D Pogosyan , G Polenta , S Prunet , S Ricciardi , G Romeo , J Ruhl , P Santini , M Tegmark , M Veneziani , N Vittorio

The Ku-band Polarization Identifier

The Ku-band Polarization Identifier (KUPID) will integrate a very low noise 12-18 GHz, correlation polarimeter onto the Crawford Hill seven meter, millimeter-wave antenna. The primary components of the polarimeter will be built at the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. O. Gundersen

QUIJOTE scientific results -- XIII. Intensity and polarization study of supernova remnants in the QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey: CTB 80, Cygnus Loop, HB 21, CTA 1, Tycho and HB 9

We use the new QUIJOTE-MFI wide survey (11, 13, 17 and 19 GHz) to produce spectral energy distributions (SEDs), on an angular scale of 1 deg, of the supernova remnants (SNRs) CTB 80, Cygnus Loop, HB 21, CTA 1, Tycho and HB 9. We provide new…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-31 Carlos Hugo López-Caraballo , Beatriz Ruiz-Granados , Ricardo Genova Santos , Mateo Fernández-Torreiro , Jose Alberto Rubiño-Martin , Mike Peel , Frederick Poidevin , Eduardo Artal , Mark Ashdown , Rita Belen Barreiro , Francisco Javier Casas , Elena de la Hoz , Raul González-González , Federica Guidi , Diego Herranz , Roger Hoyland , Anthony N Lasenby , Enrique Martinez-Gonzalez , Lucio Piccirillo , Rafael Rebolo , Denis Tramonte , Flavien Vansyngel , Patricio Vielva , Robert Watson

Measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) polarization with QUIET

A major goal of upcoming experiments measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) is to reveal the subtle signature of inflation in the polarization pattern which requires unprecedented sensitivity and control of systematics.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Dorothea Samtleben

CMB Polarimetry using Correlation Receivers with the PIQUE and CAPMAP Experiments

The Princeton IQU Experiment (PIQUE) and the Cosmic Anisotropy Polarization MAPper (CAPMAP) are experiments designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) on sub-degree scales in an area within 1 degree of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Barkats , C. Bischoff , P. Farese , T. Gaier , J. O. Gundersen , M. M. Hedman , L. Hyatt , J. J. McMahon , D. Samtleben , S. T. Staggs , E. Stefanescu , K. Vanderlinde , B. Winstein

The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER)

The Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background on large angular scales. PIPER will map 85% of the sky at 200, 270, 350, and 600 GHz…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Natalie N. Gandilo , Peter A. R. Ade , Dominic Benford , Charles L. Bennett , David T. Chuss , Jessie L. Dotson , Joseph R. Eimer , Dale J. Fixsen , Mark Halpern , Gene Hilton , Gary F. Hinshaw , Kent Irwin , Christine Jhabvala , Mark Kimball , Alan Kogut , Luke Lowe , Jeff J. McMahon , Timothy M. Miller , Paul Mirel , S. Harvey Moseley , Samuel Pawlyk , Samelys Rodriguez , Elmer Sharp , Peter Shirron , Johannes G. Staguhn , Dan F. Sullivan , Eric R. Switzer , Peter Taraschi , Carole E. Tucker , Edward J. Wollack

The POLARBEAR Experiment

We present the design and characterization of the POLARBEAR experiment. POLARBEAR will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales ranging from the experiment's 3.5 arcminute beam size to several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Z. Kermish , P. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , K. Arnold , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. A. Dobbs , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , D. Flanigan , G. Fuller , A. Ghribi , W. Grainger , N. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , A. T. Lee , M. Le Jeune , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , M. Shimon , C. Shimmin , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn

PILOT: a balloon-borne experiment to measure the polarized FIR emission of dust grains in the interstellar medium

Future cosmology space missions will concentrate on measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, which potentially carries invaluable information about the earliest phases of the evolution of our universe. Such ambitious…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-22 R. Misawa , J-Ph. Bernard , P. Ade , Y. Andre , P. deBernardis , M. Bouzit , M. Charra , B. Crane , J. P. Dubois , C. Engel , M. Griffin , P. Hargrave , B. Leriche , Y. Longval , S. Maes , C. Marty , W. Marty , S. Masi , B. Mot , J. Narbonne , F. Pajot , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , I. Ristorcelli , L. Rodriguez , G. Roudil , M. Salatino , G. Savini , C. Tucker

Optimising a balloon-borne polarimeter in the hard X-ray domain: from the PoGOLite Pathfinder to PoGO+

PoGOLite is a balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimeter dedicated to the study of point sources. Compton scattered events are registered using an array of plastic scintillator units to determine the polarisation of incident X-rays in the energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-20 Maxime Chauvin , Miranda Jackson , Takafumi Kawano , Mózsi Kiss , Merlin Kole , Victor Mikhalev , Elena Moretti , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Mark Pearce

In-Orbit Instrument Performance Study and Calibration for POLAR Polarization Measurements

POLAR is a compact space-borne detector designed to perform reliable measurements of the polarization for transient sources like Gamma-Ray Bursts in the energy range 50-500keV. The instrument works based on the Compton Scattering principle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-30 Zhengheng Li , Merlin Kole , Jianchao Sun , Liming Song , Nicolas Produit , Bobing Wu , Tianwei Bao , Tancredi Bernasconi , Franck Cadoux , Yongwei Dong , Minzi Feng , Neal Gauvin , Wojtek Hajdas , Hancheng Li , Lu Li , Xin Liu , Radoslaw Marcinkowski , Martin Pohl , Dominik K. Rybka , Haoli Shi , Jacek Szabelski , Teresa Tymieniecka , Ruijie Wang , Yuanhao Wang , Xing Wen , Xin Wu , Shaolin Xiong , Anna Zwolinska , Li Zhang , Laiyu Zhang , Shuangnan Zhang , Yongjie Zhang , Yi Zhao

The short wavelength instrument for the polarization explorer balloon-borne experiment: Polarization modulation issues

In this paper we investigate the impact of using a polarization modulator in the Short Wavelenght Instrument for the Polarization Explorer (SWIPE) of the Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE). The experiment is optimized to measure the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-04 F. Columbro , E. S. Battistelli , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , L. Lamagna , S. Masi , L. Pagano , A. Paiella , F. Piacentini , G. Presta

POLARBEAR-2: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements

POLARBEAR-2 (PB-2) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment that will be located in the Atacama highland in Chile at an altitude of 5200 m. Its science goals are to measure the CMB polarization signals originating from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Y. Inoue , P. Ade , Y. Akiba , C. Aleman , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , B. Barch , D. Barron , A. Bender , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dunner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. Feeney , C. Feng , G. Fuller , A. J. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , G. Hall , N. Halverson , T. Hamada , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , L. Howe , F. Irie , G. Jaehnig , A. Jaffe , O. Jeongh , N. Katayama , J. P. Kaufman , K. Kazemzadeh , B. G. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskital , T. Kisner , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , D. Leon , E. V. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , K. Mizukami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. R. Raum , G. M. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , K. M. Rotermund , Y. Segaw , B. D. Sherwin , I. Shirley , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takada , S. Takatori , G. P. Teply , A. Tikhomirol , T. Tomaru , N. Whitehorn , A. Zahn , O. Zahn

New Cosmological Structures on Medium Angular Scales Detected with the Tenerife Experiments

We present observations at 10 and 15 GHz taken with the Tenerife experiments in a band of the sky at Dec.=+35 degrees. These experiments are sensitive to multipoles in the range l=10-30. The sensitivity per beam is 56 and 20 microK for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 C. M. Gutierrez , S. Hancock , R. D. Davies , R. Rebolo , R. A. Watson , R. J. Hoyland , A. N. Lasenby , A. W. Jones

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