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QUBIC IV: Performance of TES Bolometers and Readout Electronics

A prototype version of the Q & U bolometric interferometer for cosmology (QUBIC) underwent a campaign of testing in the laboratory at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology laboratory in Paris (APC). The detection chain is currently made of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-27 M. Piat , G. Stankowiak , E. S. Battistelli , P. de Bernardis , G. D Alessandro , M. De Petris , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , T. D. Hoang , S. Marnieros , S. Masi , A. Mennella , L. Mousset , C. O Sullivan , D. Prele , A. Tartari , J. -P. Thermeau , 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. Belier , A. Bau , D. Bennett , L. Berge , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , R. Charlassier , 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 , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. M. Ganga , B. Garcia , M. E. Garcia Redondo , M. Gaspard , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gomez Berisson , M. Gonzalez , M. Gradziel , M. R. Hampel , D. Harari , S. Henrot-Versille , 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 , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , E. Rasztocky , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , C. G. Scoccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , M. Stolpovskiy , A. D. Supanitsky , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , D. Vigano , N. Vittorio , F. Wicek , M. Wright , A. Zullo

BFORE: The B-mode Foreground Experiment

The B-mode Foreground Experiment (BFORE) is a proposed NASA balloon project designed to make optimal use of the sub-orbital platform by concentrating on three dust foreground bands (270, 350, and 600 GHz) that complement ground-based cosmic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-22 Michael D. Niemack , Peter Ade , Francesco de Bernardis , Francois Boulanger , Sean Bryan , Mark Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Steve Eales , Haley Gomez , Chris Groppi , Shawn Henderson , Seth Hillbrand , Johannes Hubmayr , Philip Mauskopf , Jeff McMahon , Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes , Enzo Pascale , Giampaolo Pisano , Giles Novak , Douglas Scott , Juan Soler , Carole Tucker

GroundBIRD : A CMB polarization experiment with MKID arrays

GroundBIRD is a ground-based experiment for the precise observation of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). To achieve high sensitivity at large angular scale, we adopt three features in this experiment: fast rotation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-17 Kyungmin Lee , Jihoon Choi , Ricardo Tanausú Génova-Santos , Makoto Hattori , Masashi Hazumi , Shunsuke Honda , Takuji Ikemitsu , Hidesato Ishida , Hikaru Ishitsuka , Yonggil Jo , Kenichi Karatsu , Kenji Kiuchi , Junta Komine , Ryo Koyano , Hiroki Kutsuma , Satoru Mima , Makoto Minowa , Joonhyeok Moon , Makoto Nagai , Taketo Nagasaki , Masato Naruse , Shugo Oguri , Chiko Otani , Michael Peel , Rafael Rebolo , José Alberto Rubiño-Martín , Yutaro Sekimoto , Junya Suzuki , Tohru Taino , Osamu Tajima , Nozomu Tomita , Tomohisa Uchida , Eunil Won , Mitsuhiro Yoshida

A Measurement of the Degree Scale CMB B-mode Angular Power Spectrum with POLARBEAR

We present a measurement of the $B$-mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBEAR experiment. The CMB power spectra are measured using observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 S. Adachi , M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Beck , S. Beckman , F. Bianchini , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , J. Carron , S. Chapman , K. Cheung , Y. Chinone , K. Crowley , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , H. El Bouhargani , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , G. Hall , N. Halverson , T. Hamada , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , C. A. Hill , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , G. Jaehnig , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , R. Keskitalo , S. Kikuchi , T. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , A. Kusaka , A. T. Lee , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. N. Lowry , A. Mangu , F. Matsuda , Y. Minami , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , A. T. P. Pham , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. L. Reichardt , Y. Segawa , M. Silva-Feaver , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. P. Teply , C. Tsai , C. Verges , B. Westbrook , Y. Zhou

The Low Frequency Instrument in the ESA Planck mission

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allow high precision observation of the cosmic plasma at redshift z~1100. After the success of the NASA satellite COBE, that in 1992 provided the first detection of the CMB anisotropy,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli , B. Cappellini , D. Maino , P. Platania , S. Garavaglia , R. C. Butler , N. Mandolesi F. Pasian , O. D'arcangelo , A. Simonetto , C. Sozzi

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

QUBIC VII: The feedhorn-switch system of the technological demonstrator

We present the design, manufacturing and performance of the horn-switch system developed for the technological demonstrator of QUBIC (the $Q$\&$U$ Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology). This system is constituted of 64 back-to-back…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-27 F. Cavaliere , A. Mennella , M. Zannoni , P. Battaglia , E. S. Battistelli , D. Burke , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , M. De Petris , C. Franceschet , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , B. Maffei , E. Manzan , S. Marnieros , S. Masi , C. O'Sullivan , A. Passerini , F. Pezzotta , M. Piat , A. Tartari , S. A. Torchinsky , D. Viganò , F. Voisin , P. Ade , J. G. Alberro , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Azzoni , B. Bélier , A. Baù , S. Banfi , D. Bennett , L. Bergé , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , E. Bunn , D. Buzi , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , R. Charlassier , 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 , M. Gómez Berisso , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. M. Ganga , B. García , M. E. García Redondo , M. Gaspard , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , 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 , W. Marty , A. Mattei , A. May , M. McCulloch , L. Mele , D. Melo , L. Montier , L. Mousset , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , E. Pagana , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , M. Perciballi , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prêle , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , E. Rasztocky , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , J. M. Salum , C. Scóccola , A. Schillaci , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , G. Stankowiak , M. Stolpovskiy , A. D. Supanitsky , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , G. Tucker , C. Tucker , N. Vittorio , F. Wicek , M. Wright , A. Zullo

Sensitivity of a Bolometric Interferometer to the CMB power spectrum

Context. The search for B-mode polarization fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background is one of the main challenges of modern cosmology. The expected level of the B-mode signal is very low and therefore requires the development of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-28 J. -Ch. Hamilton , R. Charlassier , C. Cressiot , J. Kaplan , M. Piat , C. Rosset

Introduction & Overview: CMB Sessions

This is a very exciting time for the CMB field. It is widely recognized that precision measurements of the CMB can provide a definitive test of cosmological models and determine their parameters accurately. At present observations give us…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 George F. Smoot

A demonstrator for bolometric interferometry

Bolometric Interferometry (BI) is one of the most promising techniques for precise measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization. In this paper, we present the results of DIBO (Demonstrateur d'Interferometrie Bolometrique), a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-04 Adnan Ghribi , Andrea Tartari , Silvia Galli , Michel Piat , Eric Breelle , Jean-Christophe Hamilton , Sebastiano Spinelli , Massimo Gervasi , Mario Zannoni

Impact of polarised extragalactic sources on the measurement of CMB B-mode anisotropies

One of the main goals of Cosmology is to search for the imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the CMB polarisation field, to probe inflationary theories. One of the obstacles toward the detection of the primordial signal is to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-28 G. Lagache , M. Bethermin , L. Montier , P. Serra , M. Tucci

The Atacama B-Mode Search: CMB Polarimetry with Transition-Edge-Sensor Bolometers

The Atacama B-mode Search (ABS) experiment is a 145 GHz polarimeter designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at large angular scales. The ABS instrument will ship to the Atacama Desert of Chile…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-26 T. Essinger-Hileman , J. W. Appel , J. A. Beall , H. M. Cho , J. Fowler , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , K. D. Irwin , T. A. Marriage , M. D. Niemack , L. Page , L. P. Parker , S. Pufu , S. T. Staggs , O. Stryzak , C. Visnjic , K. W. Yoon , Y. Zhao

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

Bayesian Inference of Polarized CMB Power Spectra from Interferometric Data

Detection of B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation is one of the frontiers of observational cosmology. Because they are an order of magnitude fainter than E-modes, it is quite a challenge to detect B-modes.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-23 Ata Karakci , P. M. Sutter , Le Zhang , Emory F. Bunn , Andrei Korotkov , Peter Timbie , Gregory S. Tucker , Benjamin D. Wandelt

The Quijote CMB Experiment

We present the current status of the QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) CMB Experiment, a new instrument which will start operations early 2009 at Teide Observatory, with the aim of characterizing the polarization of the CMB and other processes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. A. Rubino-Martin , R. Rebolo , M. Tucci , R. Genova-Santos , S. R. Hildebrandt , R. Hoyland , J. M. Herreros , F. Gomez-Renasco , C. Lopez Caraballo , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , P. Vielva , D. Herranz , F. J. Casas , E. Artal , B. Aja , L. de la Fuente , J. L. Cano , E. Villa , A. Mediavilla , J. P. Pascual , L. Piccirillo , B. Maffei , G. Pisano , R. A. Watson , R. Davis , R. Davies , R. Battye , R. Saunders , K. Grainge , P. Scott , M. Hobson , A. Lasenby , G. Murga , C. Gomez , A. Gomez , J. Arino , R. Sanquirce , J. Pan , A. Vizcarguenaga , B. Etxeita

Adaptation of frequency-domain readout for Transition Edge Sensor bolometers for the POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background experiment

The POLARBEAR-2 CosmicMicrowave Background (CMB) experiment aims to observe B-mode polarization with high sensitivity to explore gravitational lensing of CMB and inflationary gravitational waves. POLARBEAR-2 is an upgraded experiment based…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kaori Hattori , Kam Arnold , Darcy Barron , Matt Dobbs , Tijmen de Haan , Nicholas Harrington , Masaya Hasegawa , Masashi Hazumi , William L. Holzapfel , Brian Keating , Adrian T. Lee , Hideki Morii , Michael J. Myers , Graeme Smecher , Aritoki Suzuki , Takayuki Tomaru

First design of a superconducting qubit for the QUB-IT experiment

Quantum sensing is a rapidly growing field of research which is already improving sensitivity in fundamental physics experiments. The ability to control quantum devices to measure physical quantities received a major boost from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Danilo Labranca , Hervè Atsè Corti , Leonardo Banchi , Alessandro Cidronali , Simone Felicetti , Claudio Gatti , Andrea Giachero , Angelo Nucciotti

Polarization angle accuracy for future CMB experiments. The COSMOCal project and its prototype in the 1mm band

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation offers a unique window into the early Universe, facilitating precise examinations of fundamental cosmological theories. However, the quest for detecting B-modes in the CMB, predicted by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-15 A. Ritacco , L. Bizzarri , F. Boulanger , M. Pérault , J. Aumont , F. Bouchet , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , D. Darson , F. X. Désert , J. Errard , A. Feret , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , A. Monfardini , L. Montier , M. Murgia , P. Morfin , F. Nati , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , J. L. Puget , S. Savorgnano , B. Segret , K. Schuster , J. Treuttel , M. Zannoni

QubiC: An open source FPGA-based control and measurement system for superconducting quantum information processors

As quantum information processors grow in quantum bit (qubit) count and functionality, the control and measurement system becomes a limiting factor to large scale extensibility. To tackle this challenge and keep pace with rapidly evolving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-28 Yilun Xu , Gang Huang , Jan Balewski , Ravi Naik , Alexis Morvan , Bradley Mitchell , Kasra Nowrouzi , David I. Santiago , Irfan Siddiqi

Tibet's Ali: A New Window to Detect the CMB Polarization

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Polarization plays an important role in current cosmological studies. CMB B-mode polarization is the most effective probe to primordial gravitational waves (PGWs) and a test of the inflation as well as…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-28 Yong-Ping Li , Yang Liu , Si-Yu Li , Hong Li , Xinmin Zhang