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CAPMAP: A New Instrument to Measure the E-mode CMB Polarization on Angular Scales of 4 arcmin to 40 arcmin

The CMB polarization is the Everest in the quest to characterize the earliest photons from the Universe. After a long list of ever-decreasing upper limits, a detection of polarization was made in 2002 by the DASI team at ell =~ 500. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-28 Denis Barkats

Intensity-Coupled-Polarization in Instruments with a Continuously Rotating Half-Wave Plate

We discuss a systematic effect associated with measuring polarization with a continuously rotating half-wave plate. The effect was identified with the data from the E and B Experiment (EBEX), which was a balloon-borne instrument designed to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-07 Joy Didier , Amber D. Miller , Derek Araujo , François Aubin , Christopher Geach , Bradley Johnson , Andrei Korotkov , Kate Raach , Benjamin Westbrook , Karl Young , Asad M. Aboobaker , Peter Ade , Carlo Baccigalupi , Chaoyun Bao , Daniel Chapman , Matt Dobbs , Will Grainger , Shaul Hanany , Kyle Helson , Seth Hillbrand , Johannes Hubmayr , Andrew Jaffe , Terry Jones , Jeff Klein , Adrian Lee , Michele Limon , Kevin MacDermid , Michael Milligan , Enzo Pascale , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Ilan Sagiv , Carole Tucker , Gregory S. Tucker , Kyle Zilic

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

Frequency Multiplexed SQUID Readout of Large Bolometer Arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements

A technological milestone for experiments employing Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers operating at sub-kelvin temperature is the deployment of detector arrays with 100s--1000s of bolometers. One key technology for such arrays is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. A. Dobbs , M. Lueker , K. A. Aird , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , J. Clarke , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , D. I. Flanigan , T. de Haan , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , B. R. Johnson , J. Joseph , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , Z. Kermish , T. M. Lanting , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , T. E. Montroy , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , P. L. Richards , J. E. Ruhl , K. K. Schaffer , D. Schwan , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , C. Vu , B. Westbrook , R. Williamson

Commercialization of micro-fabrication of antenna-coupled Transition Edge Sensor bolometer detectors for studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We report on the development of commercially fabricated multi-chroic antenna coupled Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometer arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimetry experiments. CMB polarimetry experiments have deployed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-09 Aritoki Suzuki , Chris Bebek , Maurice Garcia-Sciveres , Stephen Holland , Akito Kusaka , Adrian T. Lee , Nicholas Palaio , Natalie Roe , Leo Steinmetz

BLASTbus electronics: general-purpose readout and control for balloon-borne experiments

We present the second generation BLASTbus electronics. The primary purposes of this system are detector readout, attitude control, and cryogenic housekeeping, for balloon-borne telescopes. Readout of neutron transmutation doped germanium…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 S. J. Benton , P. A. Ade , M. Amiri , F. E. Angilè , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , M. J. Devlin , B. Dober , O. P. Doré , C. D. Dowell , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , Y. Fukui , N. Galitzki , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , S. R. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. C. Hilton , W. A. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. D. Kermish , J. Klein , A. L. Korotkov , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. G. Matthews , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , T. K. Mroczkowski , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , D. Nutter , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , E. Pascale , F. Poidevin , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , N. E. Thomas , A. Trangsrud , M. D. Truch , C. E. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. Ward-Thompson , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

An attitude determination system for balloon-borne experiments is presented. The system provides pointing information in azimuth and elevation for instruments flying on stratospheric balloons over Antarctica. In-flight attitude is given by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 N. N. Gandilo , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , F. E. Angile , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , M. J. Devlin , B. Dober , O. P. Dore , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , Y. Fukui , N. Galitzki , A. E. Gambrel , S. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. C. Hilton , W. A. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. D. Kermish , J. Klein , A. L. Korotkov , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. G. Matthews , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , T. K. Mroczkowski , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , D. Nutter , R. O'Brient , E. Pascale , F. Poidevin , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , N. E. Thomas , A. Trangsrud , M. D. Truch , C. E. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. Ward-Thompson , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

Tuning of Kilopixel Transition Edge Sensor Bolometer Arrays with a Digital Frequency Multiplexed Readout System

A digital frequency multiplexing (DfMUX) system has been developed and used to tune large arrays of transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers read out with SQUID arrays for mm-wavelength cosmology telescopes. The DfMUX system multiplexes the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 K. MacDermid , P. Hyland , F. Aubin , E. Bissonnette , M. Dobbs , J. Hubmayr , G. Smecher , S. Warraich

Development of readout electronics for POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background experiment

The readout of transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers with a large multiplexing factor is key for the next generation Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment, Polarbear-2, having 7,588 TES bolometers. To enable the large arrays, we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 K. Hattori , Y. Akiba , K. Arnold , D. Barron , A. N. Bender , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , W. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , B. Keating , A. Kusaka , A. Lee , J. Montgomery , K. Rotermund , I. Shirley , A. Suzuki , N. Whitehorn

BICEP2 II: Experiment and Three-Year Data Set

We report on the design and performance of the BICEP2 instrument and on its three-year data set. BICEP2 was designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 1 to 5 degrees ($\ell$=40-200),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-18 BICEP2 Collaboration , P. A. R Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , G. Davis , 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 , N. Llombart , M. Lueker , 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 , K. T. Story , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

Commercially fabricated antenna-coupled Transition Edge Sensor bolometer detectors for next generation Cosmic Microwave Background polarimetry experiment

We report on the development of commercially fabricated multi-chroic antenna coupled Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometer arrays for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimetry experiments. The orders of magnitude increase in detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Aritoki Suzuki , Nicholas Cothard , Adrian T. Lee , Michael D. Niemack , Christopher Raum , Mario Renzullo , Trevor Sasse , Jason Stevens , Patrick Truitt , Eve Vavagiakis , John Vivalda , Benjamin Westrook , Daniel Yohannes

Measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Power Spectra from Two Years of BICEP Data

Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) is a bolometric polarimeter designed to measure the inflationary B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. During three seasons of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-25 H. C. Chiang , P. A. R. Ade , D. Barkats , J. O. Battle , E. M. Bierman , J. J. Bock , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , E. F. Hivon , W. L. Holzapfel , V. V. Hristov , W. C. Jones , B. G. Keating , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , E. M. Leitch , P. V. Mason , T. Matsumura , H. T. Nguyen , N. Ponthieu , C. Pryke , S. Richter , G. Rocha , C. Sheehy , Y. D. Takahashi , J. E. Tolan , K. W. Yoon

MAXIPOL: Data Analysis and Results

We present results from and the analysis of data from MAXIPOL, a balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). MAXIPOL is the first CMB experiment to obtain results using a rotating…

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

In-flight gain monitoring of SPIDER's transition-edge sensor arrays

Experiments deploying large arrays of transition-edge sensors (TESs) often require a robust method to monitor gain variations with minimal loss of observing time. We propose a sensitive and non-intrusive method for monitoring variations in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-17 J. P. Filippini , A. E. Gambrel , A. S. Rahlin , E. Y. Young , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Dore , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , D. S. Y. Mak , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , R. O'Brient , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , 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 , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe

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

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

Working principle and demonstrator of microwave-multiplexing for the HOLMES experiment microcalorimeters

The determination of the neutrino mass is an open issue in modern particle physics and astrophysics. The direct mass measurement is the only theory-unrelated experimental tool capable to probe such quantity. The HOLMES experiment aims to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-01 D. T. Becker , D. A. Bennett , M. Biasotti , M. Borghesi , V. Ceriale , M. De Gerone , M. Faverzani , E. Ferri , J. W. Fowler , G. Gallucci , J. D. Gard , A. Giachero , J. P. Hays-Wehle , G. C. Hilton , J. A. B Mates , A. Nucciotti , A. Orlando , G. Pessina , A. Puiu , C. D. Reintsema , D. R. Schmidt , D. S. Swetz , J. N. Ullom , L. R Vale

A Double Vacuum Window Mechanism for Space-borne Applications

We present a vacuum window mechanism that is useful for applications requiring two different vacuum windows in series, with one of them movable and resealable. Such applications include space borne instruments that can benefit from a thin…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-27 K. Zilic , A. Aboobaker , F. Aubin , C. Geach , S. Hanany , N. Jarosik , M. Milligan , I. Sagiv

Particle response of antenna-coupled TES arrays: results from SPIDER and the lab

Future mm-wave and sub-mm space missions will employ large arrays of multiplexed Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers. Such instruments must contend with the high flux of cosmic rays beyond our atmosphere that induce "glitches" in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 B. Osherson , J. P. Filippini , J. Fu , R. V. Gramillano , R. Gualtieri , E. C. Shaw , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Dore , A. A. Fraisse , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. D. Kermish , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , I. L. Padilla , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

Quasioptical qualification of parallel/series arrays of cold-electron bolometers with a cross-slot antenna

We perform experimental and theoretical study of the parallel-series arrays of Cold-Electron Bolometers (CEBs) integrated into a cross-slot antenna and composed with an immersion silicon lens. The purpose is to determine the absorption…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-23 A. S. Mukhin , A. V. Gordeeva , L. S. Revin , A. E. Abashin , A. A. Shishov , A. L. Pankratov , S. Mahashabde , L. S. Kuzmin