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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

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarization: BLAST-pol

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital experiment designed to study the process of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and in galaxies at cosmological distances. Using a 2-m…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Marsden , P. A. R. Ade , S. Benton , J. J. Bock , E. L. Chapin , J. Chung , M. J. Devlin , S. Dicker , L. Fissel , M. Griffin , J. O. Gundersen , M. Halpern , P. C. Hargrave , D. H. Hughes , J. Klein , A. Korotkov , C. J. MacTavish , P. G. Martin , T. G. Martin , T. G. Matthews , P. Mauskopf , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , E. Pascale , L. Olmi , G. Patanchon , M. Rex , G. Savini , D. Scott , C. Semisch , N. Thomas , M. D. P. Truch , C. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , M. P. Viero , D. Ward-Thompson , D. V. Wiebe

SPIDER: A Balloon-borne Large-scale CMB Polarimeter

Spider is a balloon-borne experiment that will measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background over a large fraction of a sky at 1 degree resolution. Six monochromatic refracting millimeter-wave telescopes with large arrays of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. P. Crill , P. A. R. Ade , E. S. Battistelli , S. Benton , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Brevik , S. Bryan , C. R. Contaldi , O. Dore , M. Farhang , L. Fissel , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , C. Lawrie , C. J. MacTavish , T. G. Martin , P. Mason , T. E. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , D. Riley , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , A. Turner , M. Viero , D. Wiebe

Instrument Performance and Simulation Verification of the POLAR Detector

POLAR is a new satellite-born detector aiming to measure the polarization of an unprecedented number of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the 50-500 keV energy range. The instrument, launched on-board the Tiangong-2 Chinese Space lab on the 15th of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-18 M. Kole , Z. H. Li , N. Produit , T. Tymieniecka , J. Zhang , A. Zwolinska , T. W. Bao , T. Bernasconi , F. Cadoux , M. Z. Feng , N. Gauvin , W. Hajdas , S. W. Kong , H. C. Li , L. Li , X. Liu , R. Marcinkowski , S. Orsi , M. Pohl , D. Rybka , J. C. Sun , L. M. Song , J. Szabelski , R. J. Wang , Y. H. Wang , X. Wen , B. B. Wu , X. Wu , H. L. Xiao , L. Zhang , L. Y. Zhang , S. N. Zhang , X. F. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. Zhao

The Next Generation BLAST Experiment

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) was a suborbital experiment designed to map magnetic fields in order to study their role in star formation processes. BLASTPol made detailed polarization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-13 Nicholas Galitzki , Peter A. R. Ade , Francesco E. Angilè , Peter Ashton , James A. Beall , Dan Becker , Kristi J. Bradford , George Che , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Mark J. Devlin , Bradley J. Dober , Laura M. Fissel , Yasuo Fukui , Jiansong Gao , Christopher E. Groppi , Seth Hillbrand , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Jeffrey Klein , Jeff Van Lanen , Dale Li , Zhi-Yun Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Hamdi Mani , Peter G. Martin , Philip Mauskopf , Fumitaka Nakamura , Giles Novak , David P. Pappas , Enzo Pascale , Giampaolo Pisano , Fabio P. Santos , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Sara Stanchfield , Carole Tucker , Joel N. Ullom , Matthew Underhill , Michael R. Vissers , Derek Ward-Thompson

Calibration of the CREAM-I calorimeter

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) calorimeter is designed to measure the spectra of cosmic-ray particles over the energy range from ~10^11 eV to ~10^15 eV. Its first flight as part of the CREAM-I balloon-borne payload in Antarctica…

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QUBIC: using NbSi TESs with a bolometric interferometer to characterize the polarisation of the CMB

QUBIC (Q \& U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) is an international ground-based experiment dedicated in the measurement of the polarized fluctuations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). It is based on bolometric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-10 M. Piat , B. Bélier , L. Bergé , N. Bleurvacq , C. Chapron , S. Dheilly , L. Dumoulin , M. González , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , S. Henrot-Versillé , D. T. Hoang , S. Marnieros , W. Marty , L. Montier , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , C. Perbost , D. Prêle , D. Rambaud , M. Salatino , G. Stankowiak , J. -P. Thermeau , S. Torchinsky , F. Voisin , P. Ade , J. G. Alberro , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Azzoni , S. Banfi , P. Battaglia , E. S. Battistelli , A. Baù , D. Bennett , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , A. Bottani , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , A. Buzzelli , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , R. Charlassier , F. Columbro , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , A. Di Donato , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , L. P. Ferreyro , D. Fracchia , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. Ganga , B. García , M. E. García Redondo , M. Gaspard , A. Gault , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gómez Berisso , M. Gradziel , D. Harari , V. Haynes , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , A. Korotkov , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , R. Luterstein , B. Maffei , S. Masi , A. Mattei , A. May , M. McCulloch , M. C. Medina , L. Mele , S. Melhuish , A. Mennella , L. Mousset , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , C. O'Sullivan , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , R. Puddu , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , C. Scóccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Suarez , A. Tartari , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , S. Vanneste , D. Viganò , N. Vittorio , B. Watson , F. Wicek , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: The Instrument

We describe a space-borne, multi-band, multi-beam polarimeter aiming at a precise and accurate measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The instrument is optimized to be compatible with the strict budget…

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The Large-Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE)

The LSPE is a balloon-borne mission aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at large angular scales, and in particular to constrain the curl component of CMB polarization (B-modes) produced by tensor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-02 The LSPE collaboration , S. Aiola , G. Amico , P. Battaglia , E. Battistelli , A. Baù , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , A. Boscaleri , F. Cavaliere , A. Coppolecchia , A. Cruciani , F. Cuttaia , A. D' Addabbo , G. D'Alessandro , S. De Gregori , F. Del Torto , M. De Petris , L. Fiorineschi , C. Franceschet , E. Franceschi , M. Gervasi , D. Goldie , A. Gregorio , V. Haynes , N. Krachmalnicoff , L. Lamagna , B. Maffei , D. Maino , S. Masi , A. Mennella , Ng Ming Wah , G. Morgante , F. Nati , L. Pagano , A. Passerini , O. Peverini , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , S. Ricciardi , P. Rissone , G. Romeo , M. Salatino , M. Sandri , A. Schillaci , L. Stringhetti , A. Tartari , R. Tascone , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , E. Tommasi , F. Villa , G. Virone , S. Withington , A. Zacchei , M. Zannoni

HX-POL - A Balloon-Borne Hard X-Ray Polarimeter

We report on the design and estimated performance of a balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimeter called HX-POL. The experiment uses a combination of Si and Cadmium Zinc Telluride detectors to measure the polarization of 50 keV-400 keV X-rays…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-07 H. Krawczynski , A. Garson , Q. Li , M. Beilicke , P. Dowkontt , E. Wulf , J. Kurfess , E. Novikova , G. De Geronimo , M. G. Baring , A. K. Harding , J. Grindlay , J. S. Hong

BICEP2 I: Detection Of B-mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales

(abridged for arXiv) We report results from the BICEP2 experiment, a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeter specifically designed to search for the signal of inflationary gravitational waves in the B-mode power spectrum around…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-24 P. A. R Ade , R. W. Aikin , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , 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 , M. Lueker , P. Mason , 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 , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

Foreground-Induced Biases in CMB Polarimeter Self-Calibration

Precise polarisation measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) require accurate knowledge of the instrument orientation relative to the sky frame used to define the cosmological Stokes parameters. Suitable celestial calibration…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 M. H. Abitbol , J. C. Hill , B. R. Johnson

The QUIJOTE experiment: project overview and first results

QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) is a new polarimeter aimed to characterize the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and other Galactic and extragalactic signals at medium and large angular scales in the frequency range 10-40 GHz.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-15 R. Génova-Santos , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , R. Rebolo , M. Aguiar , F. Gómez-Reñasco , C. Gutiérrez , R. J. Hoyland , C. López-Caraballo , A. E. Peláez-Santos , M. R. Pérez de Taoro , F. Poidevin , V. Sánchez de la Rosa , D. Tramonte , A. Vega-Moreno , T. Viera-Curbelo , R. Vignaga , E. Martínez-González , R. B. Barreiro , B. Casaponsa , F. J. Casas , J. M. Diego , R. Fernández-Cobos , D. Herranz , M. López-Caniego , D. Ortiz , P. Vielva , E. Artal , B. Aja , J. Cagigas , J. L. Cano , L. de la Fuente , A. Mediavilla , J. V. Terán , E. Villa , L. Piccirillo , Davies , R. J. Davis , C. Dickinson , K. Grainge , S. Harper , B. Maffei , M. McCulloch , S. Melhuish , G. Pisano , R. A. Watson , A. Lasenby , M. Ashdown , M. Hobson , Y. Perrott , N. Razavi-Ghods , R. Saunders , D. Titterington , P. Scott

Precise measurement of CMB polarisation from Dome-C: the BRAIN and CLOVER experiments

The characterisation of CMB polarisation is one of the next challenge in observationnal cosmology. This is especially true for the so-called B-modes that are at least 3 order of magnitude lower than CMB temperature fluctuations. A precise…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Piat , C. Rosset , the BRAIN , CLOVER Collaboration

Cold-electron bolometer, as a 1 cm wavelength photon counter

We investigate theoretically the possibility of using the cold-electron bolometer (CEB) as a counter for 1 cm wavelength (30 GHz) photons. To reduce the flux of photons from the environment, which interact with the detector, the bath…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-30 D. V. Anghel , L. S. Kuzmin

Dust polarization modeling at large-scale over the Northern Galactic cap using EBHIS and Planck data

The primary source of systematic uncertainty in the quest for the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) introduced by primordial gravitational waves is polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust. Therefore,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-26 Debabrata Adak , Tuhin Ghosh , Francois Boulanger , Peter Kalberla , Urmas Haud , Peter G. Martin , Andrea Bracco , Tarun Souradeep

The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry: BLAST-Pol

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLAST-Pol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the star formation process. BLAST-Pol is the reconstructed BLAST…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Laura M. Fissel , Peter A. R. Ade , Francesco E. Angile , Steven J. Benton , Edward L. Chapin , Mark J. Devlin , Natalie N. Gandilo , Joshua O. Gundersen , Peter C. Hargrave , David H. Hughes , Jeffrey Klein , Andrei L. Korotkov , Galen Marsden , Tristan G. Matthews , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Tony K. Mroczkowski , C. Barth Netterfield , Giles Novak , Luca Olmi , Enzo Pascale , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Jamil A. Shariff , Juan Diego Soler , Nicholas E. Thomas , Matthew D. P. Truch , Carole E. Tucker , Gregory S. Tucker , Derek Ward-Thompson , Donald V. Wiebe

A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER

We present a new upper limit on CMB circular polarization from the 2015 flight of SPIDER, a balloon-borne telescope designed to search for $B$-mode linear polarization from cosmic inflation. Although the level of circular polarization in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-14 J. M. Nagy , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Dore , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , S. Li , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , 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 , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

The Extreme Polarimeter: Design, Performance, First Results & Upgrades

Well over 700 exoplanets have been detected to date. Only a handful of these have been observed directly. Direct observation is extremely challenging due to the small separation and very large contrast involved. Imaging polarimetry offers a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 M. Rodenhuis , H. Canovas , S. V. Jeffers , M. de Juan Ovelar , L. Homs , M. Min , C. U. Keller

Preparation to the CMB PLANCK data analysis, estimation of the contamination due to the galactic polarized emissions

This work is point of the preparation to the analysis of the PLANCK satellite data. The PLANCK satellite is an ESA mission which has been launched the 14th of may 2009 and is dedicaced to the measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-03 L. Fauvet , J. F. Macias-Perez