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Design of a testbed for the study of system interference in space CMB polarimetry

LiteBIRD is a proposed JAXA satellite mission to measure the CMB B-mode polarization with unprecedented sensitivity ($\sigma_r\sim 0.001$). To achieve this goal, $4676$ state-of-the-art TES bolometers will observe the whole sky for 3 years…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-03 Tommaso Ghigna , Tomotake Matsumura , Masashi Hazumi , Samantha Lynn Stever , Yuki Sakurai , Nobuhiko Katayama , Aritoki Suzuki , Benjamin Westbrook , Adrian Lee

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

Polarized wavelets and curvelets on the sphere

The statistics of the temperature anisotropies in the primordial cosmic microwave background radiation field provide a wealth of information for cosmology and for estimating cosmological parameters. An even more acute inference should stem…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. L. Starck , Y. Moudden , J. Bobin

E/B Separation in CMB Interferometry

We study the problem of separating E and B modes in interferometric observations of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background. The E and B band powers and their mixings are measured from both single-dish and interferometric mock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Chan-Gyung Park , Kin-Wang Ng

Polarization bispectrum for measuring primordial magnetic fields

We examine the potential of polarization bispectra of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to constrain primordial magnetic fields (PMFs). We compute all possible bispectra between temperature and polarization anisotropies sourced by PMFs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-07 Maresuke Shiraishi

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

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

Statistical imprints of CMB B-type polarization leakage in an incomplete sky survey analysis

One of the main goals of modern cosmology is to search for primordial gravitational waves by looking on their imprints in the B-type polarization in the cosmic microwave background radiation. However, this signal is contaminated by various…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Larissa Santos , Kai Wang , Yangrui Hu , Wenjuan Fang , Wen Zhao

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

Absolute calibration of the polarisation angle for future CMB B-mode experiments from current and future measurements of the Crab nebula

A tremendous international effort is currently dedicated to observing the so-called primordial B modes of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarisation. If measured, this faint signal imprinted by the primordial gravitational wave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-27 J. Aumont , A. Ritacco , J. F. Macías-Pérez , N. Ponthieu , A. Mangilli

Readout system with on-board demodulation for CMB polarization experiments using coherent polarimeter arrays

B-modes are special patterns in cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. The detection of them is a smoking-gun signature of primordial gravitational waves. The generic strategy of the CMB polarization experiments is to employ a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-11 Koji Ishidoshiro , Makoto Nagai , Takeo Higuchi , Masaya Hasegawa , Masashi Hazumi , Masahiro Ikeno , Osamu Tajima , Manobu Tanaka , Tomohisa Uchida

Mission design of LiteBIRD

LiteBIRD is a next-generation satellite mission to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. On large angular scales the B-mode polarization of the CMB carries the imprint of primordial gravitational…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-24 T. Matsumura , Y. Akiba , J. Borrill , Y. Chinone , M. Dobbs , H. Fuke , A. Ghribi , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. Holzapfel , Y. Inoue , K. Ishidoshiro , H. Ishino , H. Ishitsuka , K. Karatsu , N. Katayama , I. Kawano , A. Kibayashi , Y. Kibe , K. Kimura , N. Kimura , K. Koga , M. Kozu , E. Komatsu , A. Lee , H. Matsuhara , S. Mima , K. Mitsuda , K. Mizukami , H. Morii , T. Morishima , S. Murayama , M. Nagai , R. Nagata , S. Nakamura , M. Naruse , K. Natsume , T. Nishibori , H. Nishino , A. Noda , T. Noguchi , H. Ogawa , S. Oguri , I. Ohta , C. Otani , P. Richards , S. Sakai , N. Sato , Y. Sato , Y. Sekimoto , A. Shimizu , K. Shinozaki , H. Sugita , T. Suzuki , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takada , S. Takakura , Y. Takei , T. Tomaru , Y. Uzawa , T. Wada , H. Watanabe , N. Yamasaki , M. Yoshida , T. Yoshida , K. Yotsumoto

Phase Shift Sequences for an Adding Interferometer

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimetry has the potential to provide revolutionary advances in cosmology. Future experiments to detect the very weak B mode signal in CMB polarization maps will require unprecedented sensitivity and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Hyland , Brent Follin , Emory F. Bunn

A hybrid map-$C_\ell$ component separation method for primordial CMB $B$-mode searches

The observation of the polarised emission from the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from future ground-based and satellite-borne experiments holds the promise of indirectly detecting the elusive signal from primordial tensor fluctuations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-22 Susanna Azzoni , David Alonso , Maximilian H. Abitbol , Josquin Errard , Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff

BICEP/Keck XVIII: Measurement of BICEP3 polarization angles and consequences for constraining cosmic birefringence and inflation

We use a custom-made calibrator to measure individual detectors' polarization angles of BICEP3, a small aperture telescope observing the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95GHz from the South Pole. We describe our calibration strategy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-19 Keck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. Denison , L. Duband , M. Eiben , B. D. Elwood , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , A. Fortes , M. Gao , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , A. Greathouse , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. H. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. Kuo , K. Lau , M. Lautzenhiser , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'brient , A. Patel , M. A. Petroff , A. R. Polish , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , T. Romand , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. Schmitt , B. Singari , K. Sjoberg , A. Soliman , T. St Germaine , A. Steiger , B. Steinbach , R. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Vergès , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

Probing CMB Polarization Gaussianity with the Statistics of Unpolarized Points: Non-Gaussianity of Planck Data and Prospects for Future B-Mode Measurements

We present a Gaussianity test of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization by analyzing the statistics of unpolarized points in the sky, classified into three distinct types: saddles, comets, and beaks. This classification of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-01 K. O. Parfenov , D. I. Novikov , A. O. Mihalchenko

Measurements of Degree-Scale B-mode Polarization with the BICEP/Keck Experiments at South Pole

The BICEP and Keck Array experiments are a suite of small-aperture refracting telescopes observing the microwave sky from the South Pole. They target the degree-scale B-mode polarization signal imprinted in the Cosmic Microwave Background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-30 Keck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , R. W. Aikin , K. D. Alexander , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , R. Bowens-Rubin , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , B. P. Crill , M. Crumrine , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , C. Dvorkin , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescherj J. Grayson , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , N. A. Larsen , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , C. Pryke , B. Racine , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , A. Schillaci , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , Z. K. Staniszewski , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , C. Zhang

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

BICEP2 / Keck Array V: Measurements of B-mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales and 150 GHz by the Keck Array

The Keck Array is a system of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters, each similar to the BICEP2 experiment. In this paper we report results from the 2012 and 2013 observing seasons, during which the Keck Array consisted of five…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-06 The BICEP2 , Keck Array Collaborations , : , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , R. W. Aikin , K. D. Alexander , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Connors , B. P. Crill , C. D. Dowell , C. Dvorkin , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , K. S. Karkare , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , P. Mason , K. G. Megerian , 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 , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. C. Weber , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy is our richest source of cosmological information; the standard cosmological model was largely established thanks to study of the temperature anisotropies. By the end of the decade, the Planck…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 James G. Bartlett