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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

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

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

Development and characterization of the readout system for POLARBEAR-2

POLARBEAR-2 is a next-generation receiver for precision measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)). Scheduled to deploy in early 2015, it will observe alongside the existing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-10 D. Barron , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , C. Aleman , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , A. Bender , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , N. Katayama , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , H. Morii , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , T. Okamura , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , C. Raum , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , K. Rotermund , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , I. Shirley , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , S. Takada , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , H. Yamaguchi , O. Zahn

The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode polarization due to gravitational lensing of the CMB, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. Arnold , P. A. R. Ade , A. E. Anthony , 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 , Z. Kermish , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. J. Miller , X. Meng , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn

Ultra High Energy Cosmology with POLARBEAR

Observations of the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) lend support to an inflationary origin of the universe, yet no direct evidence verifying inflation exists. Many current experiments are focussing on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-11 B. Keating , S. Moyerman , D. Boettger , J. Edwards , G. Fuller , F. Matsuda , N. Miller , H. Paar , G. Rebeiz , I. Schanning , M. Shimon , N. Stebor , K. Arnold , D. Flanigan , W. Holzapfel , J. Howard , Z. Kermish , A. Lee , M. Lungu , M. Myers , H. Nishino , R. O'Brient , E. Quealy , C. Reichardt , P. Richards , C. Shimmin , B. Steinbach , A. Suzuki , O. Zahn , J. Borrill , C. Cantalupo , E. Kisner , E. Linder , M. Sholl , H. Spieler , A. Anthony , N. Halverson , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , M. Le Jeune , R. Stompor , A. Jaffe , D. O'Dea , Y. Chinone , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , T. Matsumura , H. Morii , A. Shimizu , T. Tomaru , P. Hyland , M. Dobbs , P. Ade , W. Grainger , C. Tucker

The new generation CMB B-mode polarization experiment: POLARBEAR

We describe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment called Polarbear. This experiment will use the dedicated Huan Tran Telescope equipped with a powerful 1,200-bolometer array receiver to map the CMB polarization with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-25 The Polarbear Collaboration , J. Errard , P. A. R. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , F. Aubin , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , C. Cantalupo , M. A. Dobbs , D. Flanigan , A. Ghribi , N. Halverson , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , Z. Kermish , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , X. Meng , M. Myers , H. Nishino , R. O'Brient , D. O'Dea , C. Reichardt , I. Schanning , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , H. Spieler , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , H. T. Tran , C. Tucker , E. Quealy , P. L. Richards , O. Zahn

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

Detecting the B-mode Polarisation of the CMB with Clover

We describe the objectives, design and predicted performance of Clover, which is a ground-based experiment to measure the faint ``B-mode'' polarisation pattern in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). To achieve this goal, clover will make…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-03 C. E. North , B. R. Johnson , P. A. R. Ade , M. D. Audley , C. Baines , R. A. Battye , M. L. Brown , P. Cabella , P. G. Calisse , A. D. Challinor , W. D. Duncan , P. G. Ferreira , W. K. Gear , D. Glowacka , D. J. Goldie , P. K. Grimes , M. Halpern , V. Haynes , G. C. Hilton , K. D. Irwin , M. E. Jones , A. N. Lasenby , P. J. Leahy , J. Leech , B. Maffei , P. Mauskopf , S. J. Melhuish , D. O'Dea , S. M. Parsley , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , C. D. Reintsema , G. Savini , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. C. Taylor , G. Teleberg , D. Titterington , V. Tsaneva , C. Tucker , R. Watson , S. Withington , G. Yassin , J. Zhang

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

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales with POLARBEAR

We report a measurement of the B-mode polarization power spectrum in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using the POLARBEAR experiment in Chile. The faint B-mode polarization signature carries information about the Universe's entire…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-17 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , A. E. Anthony , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , D. Flanigan , A. Gilbert , W. Grainger , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , J. Howard , P. Hyland , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , E. Quealy , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , I. Schanning , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , O. Zahn

Measurements of tropospheric ice clouds with a ground-based CMB polarization experiment, POLARBEAR

The polarization of the atmosphere has been a long-standing concern for ground-based experiments targeting cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. Ice crystals in upper tropospheric clouds scatter thermal radiation from the ground…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Satoru Takakura , Mario A. O. Aguilar-Faúndez , Yoshiki Akiba , Kam Arnold , Carlo Baccigalupi , Darcy Barron , Dominic Beck , Federico Bianchini , David Boettger , Julian Borrill , Kolen Cheung , Yuji Chinone , Tucker Elleflot , Josquin Errard , Giulio Fabbian , Chang Feng , Neil Goeckner-Wald , Takaho Hamada , Masaya Hasegawa , Masashi Hazumi , Logan Howe , Daisuke Kaneko , Nobuhiko Katayama , Brian Keating , Reijo Keskitalo , Theodore Kisner , Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff , Akito Kusaka , Adrian T. Lee , Lindsay N. Lowry , Frederick T. Matsuda , Andrew J. May , Yuto Minami , Martin Navaroli , Haruki Nishino , Lucio Piccirillo , Davide Poletti , Giuseppe Puglisi , Christian L. Reichardt , Yuuko Segawa , Maximiliano Silva-Feaver , Praween Siritanasak , Aritoki Suzuki , Osamu Tajima , Sayuri Takatori , Daiki Tanabe , Grant P. Teply , Calvin Tsai

Clover - A B-mode polarization experiment

Clover is a new instrument being built to detect the B-mode polarization of the CMB. It consists of three telescopes operating at 97, 150, and 220 GHz and will be sited in Chile at the Llano de Chajnantor. Each telescope assembly is scaled…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Angela C. Taylor

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

Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

The BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter is a small-aperture refracting telescope located at the South Pole and is specifically designed to search for the possible signature of inflationary gravitational waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-14 J. Cornelison , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

A cryogenic continuously rotating half-wave plate for the POLARBEAR-2b cosmic microwave background receiver

We present the design and laboratory evaluation of a cryogenic continuously rotating half-wave plate (CHWP) for the POLARBEAR-2b (PB-2b) cosmic microwave background (CMB) receiver, the second installment of the Simons Array. PB-2b will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-17 C. A. Hill , A. Kusaka , P. Ashton , P. Barton , T. Adkins , K. Arnold , B. Bixler , S. Ganjam , A. T. Lee , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , Y. Sakurai , R. Tat , Y. Zhou

Optical modeling and polarization calibration for CMB measurements with ACTPol and Advanced ACTPol

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) is a polarization sensitive upgrade to the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. Located at an elevation of 5190 m, ACTPol measures the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Brian Koopman , Jason Austermann , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Kevin P. Coughlin , Shannon M. Duff , Patricio A. Gallardo , Matthew Hasselfield , Shawn W. Henderson , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Dale Li , Jeff McMahon , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Laura Newburgh , Lyman A. Page , Maria Salatino , Alessandro Schillaci , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Sara M. Simon , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack

Design and characterization of a ground-based absolute polarization calibrator for use with polarization sensitive CMB experiments

We present the design and characterization of a ground-based absolute polarization angle calibrator accurate to better than 0.1 degrees for use with polarization sensitive cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. The calibrator's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-07 M. F. Navaroli , G. P. Teply , K. D. Crowley , J. P. Kaufman , N. B. Galitzki , K. S. Arnold , B. G. Keating

CLOVER - A new instrument for measuring the B-mode polarization of the CMB

We describe the design and expected performance of Clover, a new instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background. The proposed instrument will comprise three independent telescopes operating at 90,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. C. Taylor , A. Challinor , D. Goldie , K. Grainge , M. E. Jones , A. N. Lasenby , S. Withington , G. Yassin , W. K. Gear , L. Piccirillo , P. Ade , P. D. Mauskopf , B. Maffei , G. Pisano

Limits on the Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at Multipoles up to l~2000

We report upper limits on the polarization of the CMBR as measured with the Cosmic Background Imager, a 13 element interferometer that operates in the 26-36 GHz band and is sited on Llano de Chajnantor in northern Chile. The array consists…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. K. Cartwright , T. J. Pearson , A. C. S. Readhead , M. C. Shepherd , J. L. Sievers , G. B. Taylor