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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Cosmological parameters from three seasons of data

We present constraints on cosmological and astrophysical parameters from high-resolution microwave background maps at 148 GHz and 218 GHz made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in three seasons of observations from 2008 to 2010. A…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jonathan L. Sievers , Renée A. Hlozek , Michael R. Nolta , Viviana Acquaviva , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , Paula Aguirre , Mandana Amiri , John William Appel , L. Felipe Barrientos , Elia S. Battistelli , Nick Battaglia , J. Richard Bond , Ben Brown , Bryce Burger , Erminia Calabrese , Jay Chervenak , Devin Crichton , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , W. Bertrand Doriese , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , David Faber , Ryan P. Fisher , Joseph W. Fowler , Patricio Gallardo , Michael S. Gordon , Megan B. Gralla , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Dave Holtz , Kevin M. Huffenberger , David H. Hughes , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent D. Irwin , David R. Jacobson , Brittany Johnstone , Jean Baptiste Juin , Madhuri Kaul , Jeff Klein , Arthur Kosowsky , Judy M Lau , Michele Limon , Yen-Ting Lin , Thibaut Louis , Robert H. Lupton , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Krista Martocci , Phil Mauskopf , Michael McLaren , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Harvey Moseley , Calvin B Netterfield , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , William A. Page , Lucas Parker , Bruce Partridge , Reed Plimpton , Hernan Quintana , Erik D. Reese , Beth Reid , Felipe Rojas , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Benjamin L. Schmitt , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Omelan Stryzak , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Carole Tucker , Masao Uehara , Katerina Visnjic , Ryan Warne , Grant Wilson , Ed Wollack , Yue Zhao , Caroline Zunckel

X-ray speed reading with the MCRC: prototype success and next generation upgrades

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a NASA probe class mission concept designed to deliver arcsecond resolution with an effective area ten times that of Chandra (at launch). The AXIS focal plane features an MIT Lincoln Laboratory…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-25 Peter Orel , Abigail Y. Pan , Sven Herrmann , Tanmoy Chattopadhyay , Glenn Morris , Haley Stueber , Steven W. Allen , Daniel Wilkins , Gregory Prigozhin , Beverly LaMarr , Richard Foster , Andrew Malonis , Marshall W. Bautz , Michael J. Cooper , Kevan Donlon

A novel technique for wide-field polarimetry with a radiotelescope array

We report the use of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to conduct polarimetric observations of the sky at 5 GHz. The ATCA is normally operated as an interferometer array, but these observations were conducted in a split array…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 D. McConnell , E. Carretti , R. Subrahmanyan

Receiver development for BICEP Array, a next-generation CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

A detection of curl-type ($B$-mode) polarization of the primary CMB would be direct evidence for the inflationary paradigm of the origin of the Universe. The BICEP/Keck Array (BK) program targets the degree angular scales, where the power…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 L. Moncelsi , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , 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 , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

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

Design and characterization of the POLARBEAR-2b and POLARBEAR-2c cosmic microwave background cryogenic receivers

The POLARBEAR-2/Simons Array Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is an upgrade and expansion of the existing POLARBEAR-1 (PB-1) experiment, located in the Atacama desert in Chile. Along with the CMB temperature and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-15 Logan Howe , Calvin Tsai , Lindsay Lowry , Kam Arnold , Gabriele Coppi , John Groh , Xiaoyu Guo , Brian Keating , Adrian Lee , Andrew J. May , Lucio Piccirillo , Nathan Stebor , Grant Teply

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

Status of the COSmological Microwave Observations CALibrator

As the sensitivity of CMB telescopes increases, the need for precise calibration becomes critical. Started in 2022, the COSMOCal project aims to place an artificial polarized source in geostationary orbit, which will serve as a reference…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 L. Mousset , J. Aumont , S. Berta , L. Bizzarri , F. Boulanger , A. Catalano , F. Cuttaia , A. Denis , A. -L. Fontana , D. González Ovejero , B. Kalemi , S. Leclercq , J. -F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , T. Mcnamara , S. Micheli , M. Migliaccio , L. Montier , P. Morfin , M. Moulin , M. Murgia , I. Myserlis , F. Nati , P. Ortu , M. Pérault , G. Pisano , T. Pisanu , N. Ponthieu , A. Ritacco , S. Savorgnano , L. Terenzi , L. Thibaut , J. Treuttel , C. Vescovi , L. Vacher , M. Zannoni

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a four telescope array designed to characterize relic primordial gravitational waves from inflation and the optical depth to reionization through a measurement of the polarized cosmic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-31 Kathleen Harrington , Tobias Marriage , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Fletcher Boone , Michael Brewer , Manwei Chan , David T. Chuss , Felipe Colazo , Sumit Dahal , Kevin Denis , Rolando Dünner , Joseph Eimer , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Pedro Fluxa , Mark Halpern , Gene Hilton , Gary F. Hinshaw , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffery Iuliano , John Karakla , Jeff McMahon , Nathan T. Miller , Samuel H. Moseley , Gonzalo Palma , Lucas Parker , Matthew Petroff , Bastián Pradenas , Karwan Rostem , Marco Sagliocca , Deniz Valle , Duncan Watts , Edward Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Lingzhen Zeng

ALMA Band 3 polarimetric follow-up of a complete sample of faint PACO sources

We present Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimiter Array (ALMA) high sensitivity ($\sigma_P \simeq 0.4\,$mJy) polarimetric observations at $97.5\,$GHz (Band 3) of a complete sample of $32$ extragalactic radio sources drawn from the faint…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-24 Vincenzo Galluzzi , Giuseppe Puglisi , Sandra Burkutean , Elisabetta Liuzzo , Matteo Bonato , Marcella Massardi , Rosita Paladino , Loretta Gregorini , Roberto Ricci , Tiziana Trombetti , Luigi Toffolatti , Carlo Burigana , Anna Bonaldi , Laura Bonavera , Viviana Casasola , Gianfranco De Zotti , Ronald David Ekers , Sperello di Serego Alighieri , Marcos López-Caniego , Marco Tucci

The Optical Design and Characterization of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe

The primary goal of the MAP satellite, now in orbit, is to make high fidelity polarization sensitive maps of the full sky in five frequency bands between 20 and 100 GHz. From these maps we will characterize the properties of the cosmic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Page , C. Jackson , C. Barnes , C. Bennett , M. Halpern , G. Hinshaw , N. Jarosik , A. Kogut , M. Limon , S. S. Meyer , D. N. Spergel , G. S. Tucker , D. T. Wilkinson , E. Wollack , E. L. Wright

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Lensing Potential and Power Spectrum from 500 deg$^2$ of SPTpol Temperature and Polarization Data

We present a measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing potential using 500 deg$^2$ of 150 GHz data from the SPTpol receiver on the South Pole Telescope. The lensing potential is reconstructed with signal-to-noise per mode…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 W. L. K. Wu , L. M. Mocanu , P. A. R. Ade , A. J. Anderson , J. E. Austermann , J. S. Avva , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. Gupta , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , D. Li , A. Lowitz , A. Manzotti , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , M. Millea , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , Y. Omori , S. Padin , S. Patil , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , C. Sievers , G. Simard , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko

Galactic Synchrotron Foreground and the CMB Polarization Measurements

The polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)is a powerful observational tool at hand for modern cosmology. It allows to break the degeneracy of fundamental cosmological parameters one cannot obtain using only anisotropy data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. V. Sazhin , G. Sironi , O. S. Khovanskaya

Improved Measurements of the CMB Power Spectrum with ACBAR

We report improved measurements of temperature anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation made with the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR). In this paper, we use a new analysis technique and include…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-05 C. L. Kuo , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , C. R. Contaldi , M. D. Daub , J. H. Goldstein , W. L. Holzapfel , A. E. Lange , M. Lueker , M. Newcomb , J. B. Peterson , C. Reichardt , J. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , Z. Staniszweski

Advanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

Advanced Virgo is the project to upgrade the Virgo interferometric detector of gravitational waves, with the aim of increasing the number of observable galaxies (and thus the detection rate) by three orders of magnitude. The project is now…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-23 F. Acernese , M. Agathos , K. Agatsuma , D. Aisa , N. Allemandou , A. Allocca , J. Amarni , P. Astone , G. Balestri , G. Ballardin , F. Barone , J. -P. Baronick , M. Barsuglia , A. Basti , F. Basti , Th. S. Bauer , V. Bavigadda , M. Bejger , M. G. Beker , C. Belczynski , D. Bersanetti , A. Bertolini , M. Bitossi , M. A. Bizouard , S. Bloemen , M. Blom , M. Boer , G. Bogaert , D. Bondi , F. Bondu , L. Bonelli , R. Bonnand , V. Boschi , L. Bosi , T. Bouedo , C. Bradaschia , M. Branchesi , T. Briant , A. Brillet , V. Brisson , T. Bulik , H. J. Bulten , D. Buskulic , C. Buy , G. Cagnoli , E. Calloni , C. Campeggi , B. Canuel , F. Carbognani , F. Cavalier , R. Cavalieri , G. Cella , E. Cesarini , E. Chassande-Mottin , A. Chincarini , A. Chiummo , S. Chua , F. Cleva , E. Coccia , P. -F. Cohadon , A. Colla , M. Colombini , A. Conte , J. -P. Coulon , E. Cuoco , A. Dalmaz , S. D'Antonio , V. Dattilo , M. Davier , R. Day , G. Debreczeni , J. Degallaix , S. Deléglise , W. Del Pozzo , H. Dereli , R. De Rosa , L. Di Fiore , A. Di Lieto , A. Di Virgilio , M. Doets , V. Dolique , M. Drago , M. Ducrot , G. Endrőczi , V. Fafone , S. Farinon , I. Ferrante , F. Ferrini , F. Fidecaro , I. Fiori , R. Flaminio , J. -D. Fournier , S. Franco , S. Frasca , F. Frasconi , L. Gammaitoni , F. Garufi , M. Gaspard , A. Gatto , G. Gemme , B. Gendre , E. Genin , A. Gennai , S. Ghosh , L. Giacobone , A. Giazotto , R. Gouaty , M. Granata , G. Greco , P. Groot , G. M. Guidi , J. Harms , A. Heidmann , H. Heitmann , P. Hello , G. Hemming , E. Hennes , D. Hofman , P. Jaranowski , R. J. G. Jonker , M. Kasprzack , F. Kéfélian , I. Kowalska , M. Kraan , A. Królak , A. Kutynia , C. Lazzaro , M. Leonardi , N. Leroy , N. Letendre , T. G. F. Li , B. Lieunard , M. Lorenzini , V. Loriette , G. Losurdo , C. Magazzù , E. Majorana , I. Maksimovic , V. Malvezzi , N. Man , V. Mangano , M. Mantovani , F. Marchesoni , F. Marion , J. Marque , F. Martelli , L. Martellini , A. Masserot , D. Meacher , J. Meidam , F. Mezzani , C. Michel , L. Milano , Y. Minenkov , A. Moggi , M. Mohan , M. Montani , N. Morgado , B. Mours , F. Mul , M. F. Nagy , I. Nardecchia , L. Naticchioni , G. Nelemans , I. Neri , M. Neri , F. Nocera , E. Pacaud , C. Palomba , F. Paoletti , A. Paoli , A. Pasqualetti , R. Passaquieti , D. Passuello , M. Perciballi , S. Petit , M. Pichot , F. Piergiovanni , G. Pillant , A Piluso , L. Pinard , R. Poggiani , M. Prijatelj , G. A. Prodi , M. Punturo , P. Puppo , D. S. Rabeling , I. Rácz , P. Rapagnani , M. Razzano , V. Re , T. Regimbau , F. Ricci , F. Robinet , A. Rocchi , L. Rolland , R. Romano , D. Rosińska , P. Ruggi , E. Saracco , B. Sassolas , F. Schimmel , D. Sentenac , V. Sequino , S. Shah , K. Siellez , N. Straniero , B. Swinkels , M. Tacca , M. Tonelli , F. Travasso , M. Turconi , G. Vajente , N. van Bakel , M. van Beuzekom , J. F. J. van den Brand , C. Van Den Broeck , M. V. van der Sluys , J. van Heijningen , M. Vasúth , G. Vedovato , J. Veitch , D. Verkindt , F. Vetrano , A. Viceré , J. -Y. Vinet , G. Visser , H. Vocca , R. Ward , M. Was , L. -W. Wei , M. Yvert , A. Zadrożny , J. -P. Zendri

A Cryogenic Wideband (2.5-14 GHz) Receiver system for the Arecibo 12m Telescope

In this paper we present details of the construction of a wideband, cryogenic receiver and its successful commissioning on the Arecibo 12m telescope. The cryogenic receiver works in the 2.5-14 GHz frequency range. The telescope is operated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-14 D. Anish Roshi , Phil Perillat , Felix Fernandez , Hamdi Mani , Benetge Perera , P. K. Manoharan , Luis Quintero , Arun Venkataraman

The ALMA Band 9 receiver - Design, construction, characterization, and first light

We describe the design, construction, and characterization of the Band 9 heterodyne receivers (600-720 GHz) for the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA). The ALMA Band 9 receiver units ("cartridges"), which are installed in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 A. M. Baryshev , R. Hesper , F. P. Mena , T. M. Klapwijk , T. A. van Kempen , M. R. Hogerheijde , B. D. Jackson , J. Adema , G. J. Gerlofsma , M. E. Bekema , J. Barkhof , L. H. R. de Haan-Stijkel , M. van den Bemt , A. Koops , K. Keizer , C. Pieters , J. Koops van het Jagt , H. H. A. Schaeffer , T. Zijlstra , M. Kroug , C. F. J. Lodewijk , K. Wielinga , W. Boland , M. W. M. de Graauw , E. F. van Dishoeck , H. Jager , W. Wild

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Power Spectrum Foreground Model and Validation

We discuss the model of astrophysical emission at millimeter wavelengths used to characterize foregrounds in the multi-frequency power spectra of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Data Release 6 (DR6), expanding on Louis et al. (2025).…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-13 Benjamin Beringue , Kristen M. Surrao , J. Colin Hill , Zachary Atkins , Nicholas Battaglia , Boris Bolliet , Erminia Calabrese , Steve K. Choi , Susan E. Clark , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Serena Giardiello , Samuel Goldstein , Brandon S. Hensley , Renée Hložek , Hidde T. Jense , Darby Kramer , Adrien La Posta , Thibaut Louis , Yogesh Mehta , Kavilan Moodley , Sigurd Naess , Bruce Partridge , Frank J. Qu , Bernardita Ried Guachalla , Neelima Sehgal , Cristóbal Sifón , Suzanne T. Staggs , Hy Trac , Alexander Van Engelen , Edward J. Wollack

ALMA Band 9 upgrade: a feasibility study

We present the results of a study on the feasibility of upgrading the existing ALMA Band 9 receivers (602-720 GHz). In the current configuration, each receiver is a dual channel heterodyne system capable of detecting orthogonally polarized…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-11 S. Realini , R. Hesper , J. Barkhof , A. Baryshev

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Gravitational Lensing Potential from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

We present a measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) gravitational lensing potential using data from the first two seasons of observations with SPTpol, the polarization-sensitive receiver currently installed on the South Pole…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 K. T. Story , D. Hanson , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , R. Citron , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , J. Gao , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Li , C. Liang , D. Luong-Van , 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 , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , O. Zahn