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Mapping the CMB Sky: The BOOMERANG experiment

We describe the BOOMERanG experiment, a stratospheric balloon telescope intended to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy at angular scales between a few degrees and ten arcminutes. The experiment has been optimized for a long…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. de Bernardis , P. A. R. Ade , R. Artusa , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , G. De Troia , P. C. Farese , M. Giacommetti , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. E. Lange , A. T. Lee , S. Masi , L. Martinis , P. V. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , F. Melchiorri , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , P. L. Richards , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi

A Guide to Designing Future Ground-based CMB Experiments

In this follow-up work to the High Energy Physics Community Summer Study 2013 (HEP CSS 2013, a.k.a. Snowmass), we explore the scientific capabilities of a future Stage-IV Cosmic Microwave Background polarization experiment (CMB-S4) under…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-11 W. L. K. Wu , J. Errard , C. Dvorkin , C. L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , P. McDonald , A. Slosar , O. Zahn

The POLARBEAR-2 and the Simons Array Experiment

We present an overview of the design and status of the \Pb-2 and the Simons Array experiments. \Pb-2 is a Cosmic Microwave Background polarimetry experiment which aims to characterize the arc-minute angular scale B-mode signal from weak…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 A. Suzuki , 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 , M. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dunner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. Feeney , C. Feng , T. Fujino , G. Fuller , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , T. De Haan , G. Hall , N. Halverson , T. Hamada , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , W. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , F. Irie , G. Jaehnig , A. Jaffe , O. Jeong , N. Katayama , J. Kaufman , K. Kazemzadeh , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. Lee , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , K. Mizukami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , G. Rebeiz , C. Raum , C. Reichardt , P. Richards , C. Ross , K. Rotermund , Y. Segawa , B. Sherwin , I. Shirley , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takada , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , A. Tikhomirov , T. Tomaru , B. Westbrook , N. Whitehorn , T. Yamashita , A. Zahn , O. Zahn

QUBIC I: Overview and ScienceProgram

The Q $\&$ U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), which is one of the major challenges of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-27 J. -Ch. Hamilton , L. Mousset , E. S. Battistelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , P. Chanial , R. Charlassier , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , M. De Petris , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , L. Grandsire , S. Lau , S. Marnieros , S. Masi , A. Mennella , C. O'Sullivan , M. Piat , G. Riccardi , C. Scóccola , M. Stolpovskiy , A. Tartari , S. A. Torchinsky , F. Voisin , M. Zannoni , P. Ade , J. G. Alberro , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Azzoni , S. Banfi , B. Bélier , A. Baù , D. Bennett , L. Bergé , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , F. Cavaliere , C. Chapron , A. C. Cobos Cerutti , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , S. Dheilly , C. Duca , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , L. P. Ferreyro , D. Fracchia , C. Franceschet , K. M. Ganga , B. García , M. E. García Redondo , M. Gaspard , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gómez Berisso , M. González , M. Gradziel , M. R. Hampel , D. Harari , S. Henrot-Versillé , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , B. Maffei , W. Marty , A. Mattei , A. May , M. McCulloch , L. Mele , D. Melo , L. Montier , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prêle , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , E. Rasztocky , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , G. Stankowiak , A. D. Supanitsky , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , D. Viganò , N. Vittorio , F. Wicek , M. Wright , A. Zullo

Detectability of tensor modes in the presence of foregrounds

In inflationary models, gravitational waves are produced and generate B-type polarization in the CMB. Since B polarization is only generated by gravity waves it does not suffer from the cosmic variance. A perfect decomposition of the CMB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Mihail Amarie , Christopher Hirata , Uros Seljak

The Galactic dust as a foreground to Cosmic Microwave Background maps

We present results obtained with the PRONAOS balloon-borne experiment on interstellar dust. In particular, the submillimeter / millimeter spectral index is found to vary between roughly 1 and 2.5 on small scales (3.5' resolution). This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-29 X. Dupac , J. -P. Bernard , N. Boudet , M. Giard , J. -M. Lamarre , C. Mény , F. Pajot , I. Ristorcelli

2022 Upgrade and Improved Low Frequency Camera Sensitivity for CMB Observation at the South Pole

Constraining the Galactic foregrounds with multi-frequency Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations is an essential step towards ultimately reaching the sensitivity to measure primordial gravitational waves (PGWs), the sign of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 A. Soliman , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. I. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kangh , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , M. A. Petroff , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , C. Vergès , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

A search for millimetric emission from Gamma Ray Bursts

We have used the 2- year Differential Microwave Radiometer data from the COsmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite to systematically search for millimetric (31 - 90 GHz) emission from the Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the Burst And Transient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. Ali , R. K. Schaefer , M. Limon , L. Piccirillo

Dust moments: towards a new modelling of the galactic dust emission for CMB B-modes analysis

The characterization of the spectral energy distribution (SED) of dust emission has become a critical issue in the quest for primordial B-modes. The dust SED is often approximated by a modified black body (MBB) emission law but the extent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-12 Anna Mangilli , Jonathan Aumont , Aditya Rotti , François Boulanger , Jens Chluba , Tuhin Ghosh , Ludovic Montier

Delensing the CMB with the cosmic infrared background: the impact of foregrounds

The most promising avenue for detecting primordial gravitational waves from cosmic inflation is through measurements of degree-scale CMB $B$-mode polarisation. This approach must face the challenge posed by gravitational lensing of the CMB,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Antón Baleato Lizancos , Anthony Challinor , Blake D. Sherwin , Toshiya Namikawa

A method for subtracting foregrounds from multi-frequency CMB sky maps

An improved method for subtracting contaminants from Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) sky maps is presented, and used to estimate how well future experiments will be able to recover the primordial CMB fluctuations. We find that the naive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Max Tegmark , George Efstathiou

Detection of B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background with Data from the South Pole Telescope

Gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background generates a curl pattern in the observed polarization. This "B-mode" signal provides a measure of the projected mass distribution over the entire observable Universe and also acts as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-30 D. Hanson , S. Hoover , A. Crites , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. J. Bock , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , A. Conley , T. M. Crawford , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , J. Gao , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , C. Liang , D. Luong-Van , G. Marsden , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , L. Mocanu , T. E. Montroy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , B. Schulz , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , K. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , M. P. Viero , G. Wang , V. Yefremenko , O. Zahn , M. Zemcov

BlueMUSE: Project Overview and Science Cases

We present the concept of BlueMUSE, a blue-optimised, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral field spectrograph based on the MUSE concept and proposed for the Very Large Telescope. With an optimised transmission down to 350 nm, a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-11 Johan Richard , Roland Bacon , Jérémy Blaizot , Samuel Boissier , Alessandro Boselli , NicolasBouché , Jarle Brinchmann , Norberto Castro , Laure Ciesla , Paul Crowther , Emanuele Daddi , Stefan Dreizler , Pierre-Alain Duc , David Elbaz , Benoit Epinat , Chris Evans , Matteo Fossati , Michele Fumagalli , Miriam Garcia , Thibault Garel , Matthew Hayes , Angela Adamo , Artemio Herrero , Emmanuel Hugot , Andrew Humphrey , Pascale Jablonka , Sebastian Kamann , Lex Kaper , Andreas Kelz , Jean-Paul Kneib , Alex de Koter , Davor Krajnović , Rolf-Peter Kudritzki , Norbert Langer , Carmela Lardo , Floriane Leclercq , Danny Lennon , Guillaume Mahler , Fabrice Martins , Richard Massey , Peter Mitchell , Ana Monreal-Ibero , Paco Najarro , Cyrielle Opitom , Polychronis Papaderos , Céline Péroux , Yves Revaz , Martin M. Roth , Philippe Rousselot , Andreas Sander , Charlotte Simmonds Wagemann , Ian Smail , Anthony Mark Swinbank , Frank Tramper , Tanya Urrutia , Anne Verhamme , Jorick Vink , Jeremy Walsh , Peter Weilbacher , Martin Wendt , Lutz Wisotzki , Bin Yang

Experimental study of a low-order wavefront sensor for high-contrast coronagraphic imagers: results in air and in vacuum

For the technology development of the mission EXCEDE (EXoplanetary Circumstellar Environments and Disk Explorer) - a 0.7 m telescope equipped with a Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization Coronagraph (PIAA-C) and a 2000-element MEMS deformable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Julien Lozi , Ruslan Belikov , Sandrine J. Thomas , Eugene Pluzhnik , Eduardo Bendek , Olivier Guyon , Glenn Schneider

Broadband Fizeau Interferometers for Astrophysics

Measurements of the 2.7 K cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation now provide the most stringent constraints on cosmological models. The power spectra of the temperature anisotropies and the $E$-mode polarization of the CMB are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-01 Siddharth Savyasachi Malu , Peter T Timbie

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

BICEP2 II: Experiment and Three-Year Data Set

We report on the design and performance of the BICEP2 instrument and on its three-year data set. BICEP2 was designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 1 to 5 degrees ($\ell$=40-200),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-18 BICEP2 Collaboration , P. A. R Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , G. Davis , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , K. S. Karkare , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , N. Llombart , M. Lueker , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , K. T. Story , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

MAXIMA: an experiment to measure temperature anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background

We describe the MAXIMA experiment, a balloon-borne measurement designed to map temperature anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) over a wide range of angular scales (multipole range 80 < l < 800). The experiment consists of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. T. Lee , P. Ade , A. Balbi , J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , P. De Bernardis , H. Del Castillo , P. Ferreira , K. Ganga , S. Hanany , V. Hristov , A. H. Jaffe , A. E. Lange , P. Mauskopf , C. B. Netterfield , S. Oh , E. Pascale , B. Rabii , P. L. Richards , J. Ruhl , G. F. Smoot , C. D. Winant

Joint Bayesian estimation of tensor and lensing B-modes in the power spectrum of CMB polarization data

We investigate the performance of a simple Bayesian fitting approach to correct the cosmic microwave background (CMB) B-mode polarization for gravitational lensing effects in the recovered probability distribution of the tensor-to-scalar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-28 M. Remazeilles , C. Dickinson , H. K. Eriksen , I. K. Wehus

A Generative Reconstruction of Low-$\ell$ CMB B-Mode Signal using Reverse Diffusion in Deep Learning

Detecting primordial B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) provides a direct probe of inflationary gravitational waves. However, the signal is extremely faint and contaminated by gravitational lensing, instrumental…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-30 Anumanchi Agastya Sai Ram Likhit , Rajib Saha