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Cosmic Microwave Background Science at Commercial Airline Altitudes

Obtaining high-sensitivity measurements of degree-scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization is the most direct path to detecting primordial gravitational waves. Robustly recovering any primordial signal from the dominant…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-20 Stephen M. Feeney , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Hiranya V. Peiris , Licia Verde , Josquin Errard

Variable-delay Polarization Modulators for the CLASS Telescopes

The search for inflationary primordial gravitational waves and the measurement of the optical depth to reionization, both through their imprint on the large angular scale correlations in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-12 Kathleen Harrington , Joseph Eimer , David T. Chuss , Matthew Petroff , Joseph Cleary , Martin DeGeorge , Theodore W. Grunberg , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Michael Brewer , Ricardo Bustos , Manwei Chan , Jullianna Couto , Sumit Dahal , Kevin Denis , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Pedro Fluxa , Mark Halpern , Gene Hilton , Gary F. Hinshaw , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Iuliano , John Karakla , Tobias Marriage , Jeffrey McMahon , Nathan J. Miller , Carolina Nuñez , Ivan L. Padilla , Gonzalo Palma , Lucas Parker , Bastian Pradenas Marquez , Rodrigo Reeves , Carl Reintsema , Karwan Rostem , Deniz Augusto Nunes Valle , Trevor Van Engelhoven , Bingjie Wang , Qinan Wang , Duncan Watts , Janet Weiland , Edward Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Ziang Yan , Lingzhen Zeng

The LSPE-Strip feed horn array

In this paper we discuss the design, manufacturing and characterization of the feed horn array of the Strip instrument of the Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) experiment. Strip is a microwave telescope, operating in the Q- and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-31 C. Franceschet , F. Del Torto , F. Villa , S. Realini , R. Bongiolatti , O. A. Peverini , F. Pezzotta , D. M. Viganó , G. Addamo , M. Bersanelli , F. Cavaliere , F. Cuttaia , M. Gervasi , A. Mennella , G. Morgante , A. C. Taylor , G. Virone , M. Zannoni

Search for Gravitational Waves in the CMB After WMAP3: Foreground Confusion and The Optimal Frequency Coverage for Foreground Minimization

B-modes of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization can be created by a primordial gravitational wave background. If this background was created by Inflation, then the amplitude of the polarization signal is proportional the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexandre Amblard , Asantha Cooray , Manoj Kaplinghat

The polarimetric imaging mode of VLT/SPHERE/IRDIS II: Characterization and correction of instrumental polarization effects

Context. Circumstellar disks and self-luminous giant exoplanets or companion brown dwarfs can be characterized through direct-imaging polarimetry at near-infrared wavelengths. SPHERE/IRDIS at the Very Large Telescope has the capabilities to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-15 R. G. van Holstein , J. H. Girard , J. de Boer , F. Snik , J. Milli , D. M. Stam , C. Ginski , D. Mouillet , Z. Wahhaj , H. M. Schmid , C. U. Keller , M. Langlois , K. Dohlen , A. Vigan , A. Pohl , M. Carbillet , D. Fantinel , D. Maurel , A. Origné , C. Petit , J. Ramos , F. Rigal , A. Sevin , A. Boccaletti , H. Le Coroller , C. Dominik , T. Henning , E. Lagadec , F. Ménard , M. Turatto , S. Udry , G. Chauvin , M. Feldt , J. -L. Beuzit

Cosmic 21-cm Delensing of Microwave Background Polarization and the Minimum Detectable Energy Scale of Inflation

The curl (B) modes of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization anisotropies are a unique probe of the primordial background of inflationary gravitational waves (IGWs). Unfortunately, the B-mode polarization anisotropies generated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kris Sigurdson , Asantha Cooray

Using the Crab Nebula as a high precision calibrator for Cosmic Microwave Background polarimeters

The polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) provides a plethora of information about the early universe. Most notably, gravitational waves from the Inflationary epoch (the leading explanation of the origin of the universe)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-02 Jonathan Kaufman , Brian Keating , David Leon

A High-Resolution Combined Scanning Laser- and Widefield Polarizing Microscope for Imaging at Temperatures from 4 K to 300 K

Polarized light microscopy, as a contrast-enhancing technique for optically anisotropic materials, is a method well suited for the investigation of a wide variety of effects in solid-state physics, as for example birefringence in crystals…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-12-19 Matthias Lange , Stefan Guénon , Felix Lever , Reinhold Kleiner , Dieter Koelle

MAXIPOL: Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry Using a Rotating Half-Wave Plate

We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). MAXIPOL is the first bolometric CMB experiment to observe the sky using rapid…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 B. R. Johnson , J. Collins , M. E. Abroe , P. A. R. Ade , J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , P. de Bernardis , S. Hanany , A. H. Jaffe , T. Jones , A. T. Lee , L. Levinson , T. Matsumura , B. Rabii , T. Renbarger , P. L. Richards , G. F. Smoot , R. Stompor , H. T. Tran , C. D. Winant , J. H. P. Wu , J. Zuntz

Cosmological-Parameter Determination With Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature Anisotropies and Polarization

Forthcoming cosmic microwave background experiments (CMB) will provide precise new tests of structure-formation theories. The geometry of the Universe may be determined robustly, and the classical cosmological parameters, such as the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marc Kamionkowski

Design Requirements for the Wide-field Infrared TransientExplorer (WINTER)

The Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a 1x1 degree infrared survey telescope under development at MIT and Caltech, and slated for commissioning at Palomar Observatory in 2021. WINTER is a seeing-limited infrared time-domain…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-05 Danielle Frostig , John W. Baker , Joshua Brown , Richard S. Burruss , Kristin Clark , Gábor Fűrész , Nicolae Ganciu , Erik Hinrichsen , Viraj R. Karambelkar , Mansi M. Kasliwal , Nathan P. Lourie , Andrew Malonis , Robert A. Simcoe , Jeffry Zolkower

Inflationary Perturbations and Precision Cosmology

Inflationary cosmology provides a natural mechanism for the generation of primordial perturbations which seed the formation of observed cosmic structure and lead to specific signals of anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 Salman Habib , Andreas Heinen , Katrin Heitmann , Gerard Jungman

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

PIONIER: a 4-telescope visitor instrument at VLTI

PIONIER stands for Precision Integrated-Optics Near-infrared Imaging ExpeRiment. It combines four 1.8m Auxilliary Telescopes or four 8m Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO, Chile) using an integrated optics…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin , J. -P. Berger , B. Lazareff , G. Zins , P. Haguenauer , L. Jocou , P. Kern , R. Millan-Gabet , W. Traub , O. Absil , J. -C. Augereau , M. Benisty , N. Blind , X. Bonfils , P. Bourget , A. Delboulbe , P. Feautrier , M. Germain , P. Gitton , D. Gillier , M. Kiekebusch , J. Kluska , J. Knudstrup , P. Labeye , J. -L. Lizon , J. -L. Monin , Y. Magnard , F. Malbet , D. Maurel , F. Menard , M. Micallef , L. Michaud , G. Montagnier , S. Morel , T. Moulin , K. Perraut , D. Popovic , P. Rabou , S. Rochat , C. Rojas , F. Roussel , A. Roux , E. Stadler , S. Stefl , E. Tatulli , N. Ventura

The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment-2: An Intensity Mapping Optimized Sounding-rocket Payload to Understand the Near-IR Extragalactic Background Light

The background light produced by emission from all sources over cosmic history is a powerful diagnostic of structure formation and evolution. At near-infrared wavelengths, this extragalactic background light (EBL) is comprised of emission…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-08 Michael Zemcov , James J. Bock , Asantha Cooray , Shuji Matsuura , Dae-Hee Lee , Candice Fazar , Richard M. Feder , Grigory Heaton , Ryo Hashimoto , Phillip Korngut , Toshio Matsumoto , Chi H. Nguyen , Kazuma Noda , Won-Kee Park , Kei Sano , Kohji Takimoto , Toshiaki Arai , Seung-Cheol Bang , Priyadarshini Bangale , Masaki Furutani , Viktor Hristov , Yuya Kawano , Arisa Kida , Tomoya Kojima , Alicia Lanz , Chika Matsumi , Dale Mercado , Shunsuke Nakagawa , Tomoya Nakagawa , Shuta Nakahata , Ryo Ohta , Dorin Patru , Mai Shirahata , Hiroko Suzuki , Aoi Takahashi , Momoko Tamai , Serena Tramm , Kohji Tsumura , Yasuhiro Yamada , Shiang-Yu Wang

Optimistic estimation on probing primordial gravitational waves with CMB B-mode polarization

In the measurements of cosmic microwave background polarizations, three frequency channels are necessary for discriminating the primordial B-modes from the polarized dust and the synchrotron emission. We carry out an optimistic estimate on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-27 Qing-Guo Huang , Sai Wang

Data Analysis for a Balloon Borne Compton Polarimeter

The Gamma RAy Polarimeter Experiment (GRAPE), a balloon borne Compton polarimeter for 50-500 keV gamma rays, was successfully flown for the second time in 2014. GRAPE consists of 24 collimated polarimeter modules. Each module is made up of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-25 Sambid K. Wasti

Large Angular Scale Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and the Feasibility of its Detection

In addition to its spectrum and temperature anisotropy, the 2.7K Cosmic Microwave Background is also expected to exhibit a low level of polarization. The spatial power spectrum of the polarization can provide details about the formation of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Brian Keating , Peter Timbie , Alexander Polnarev , Julia Steinberger

QUBIC: the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, QUBIC, is an innovative experiment designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and in particular the signature left therein by the inflationary expansion of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 E. S. Battistelli , P. Ade , J. G. Alberro , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Azzoni , S. Banfi , P. Battaglia , A. Baù , B. Bèlier , D. Bennett , L. Bergè , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , N. Bleurvacq , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , A. Bottani , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , A. Buzzelli , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , R. Charlassier , F. Columbro , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , S. Dheilly , A. Di Donato , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , L. P. Ferreyro , D. Fracchia , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. Ganga , B. Garcìa , M. E. Garcìa Redondo , M. Gaspard , A. Gault , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gòmez Berisso , M. Gonzàlez , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , D. Harari , V. Haynes , S. Henrot-Versillè , D. T. Hoang , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , A. Korotkov , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , R. Luterstein , B. Maffei , S. Marnieros , W. Marty , S. Masi , A. Mattei , A. May , M. McCulloch , M. C. Medina , L. Mele , S. Melhuish , A. Mennella , L. Montier , L. Mousset , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , C. O'Sullivan , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prèle , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , M. Salatino , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , C. Scòccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , G. Stankowiak , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Suarez , A. Tartari , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , S. Torchinsky , M. Tristram , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , S. Vanneste , D. Viganò , N. Vittorio , F. Voisin , B. Watson , F. Wicek , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

Absolute reference for microwave polarization experiments -- The COSMOCal project and its proof of concept

The cosmic microwave background (CMB), a remnant of the Big Bang, provides unparalleled insights into the primordial universe, its energy content, and the origin of cosmic structures. The success of forthcoming terrestrial and space…

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