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Self-Calibration of BICEP1 Three-Year Data and Constraints on Astrophysical Polarization Rotation

Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimeters aspire to measure the faint $B$-mode signature predicted to arise from inflationary gravitational waves. They also have the potential to constrain cosmic birefringence which would produce…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-02 J. P. Kaufman , N. J. Miller , M. Shimon , D. Barkats , C. Bischoff , I. Buder , B. G. Keating , J. M. Kovac , P. A. R. Ade , R. Aikin , J. O. Battle , E. M. Bierman , J. J. Bock , H. C. Chiang , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. Filippini , E. F. Hivon , W. L. Holzapfel , V. V. Hristov , W. C. Jones , S. S. Kernasovskiy , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , P. V. Mason , T. Matsumura , H. T. Nguyen , N. Ponthieu , C. Pryke , S. Richter , G. Rocha , C. Sheehy , M. Su , Y. D. Takahashi , J. E. Tolan , K. W. Yoon

MAXIMA: an experiment to measure temperature anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background

We describe the MAXIMA experiment, a balloon-borne measurement designed to map temperature anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) over a wide range of angular scales (multipole range 80 < l < 800). The experiment consists of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. T. Lee , P. Ade , A. Balbi , J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , P. De Bernardis , H. Del Castillo , P. Ferreira , K. Ganga , S. Hanany , V. Hristov , A. H. Jaffe , A. E. Lange , P. Mauskopf , C. B. Netterfield , S. Oh , E. Pascale , B. Rabii , P. L. Richards , J. Ruhl , G. F. Smoot , C. D. Winant

Measurements of the Temperature and E-mode Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the Full 500-square-degree SPTpol Dataset

Using the full four-year SPTpol 500 deg$^2$ dataset in both the 95 GHz and 150 GHz frequency bands, we present measurements of the temperature and $E$-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), as well as the $E$-mode…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-05 T. -L. Chou , P. A. R. Ade , A. J. Anderson , J. E. Austermann , L. Balkenhol , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , P. Chaubal , H. C. Chiang , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , E. M. George , N. Gupta , N. W. Halverson , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , D. Li , A. Lowitz , J. J. McMahon , J. Montgomery , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , Y. Omori , S. Padin , S. Patil , C. Pryke , W. Quan , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , K. K. Schaffer , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , C. Tucker , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , J. A. Zebrowski

BICEP / Keck XIV: Improved constraints on axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background

We present an improved search for axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with observations from the Keck Array. An all-sky, temporally sinusoidal rotation of CMB polarization, equivalent to a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-17 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 , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. 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 , A. Lennox , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , R. Schwarz , B. L. Schmitt , 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. Umilta , C. Verges , 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 , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

We present the results of integration and characterization of the SPIDER instrument after the 2013 pre-flight campaign. SPIDER is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to probe the primordial gravitational wave signal in the degree-scale…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. S. Rahlin , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , O. Doré , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , S. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , M. F. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. A. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. D. Kermish , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , R. O'Brient , 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

Receiver development for BICEP Array, a next-generation CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

A detection of curl-type ($B$-mode) polarization of the primary CMB would be direct evidence for the inflationary paradigm of the origin of the Universe. The BICEP/Keck Array (BK) program targets the degree angular scales, where the power…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 L. Moncelsi , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

Scientific optimization of a ground-based CMB polarization experiment

We investigate the science goals achievable with the upcoming generation of ground-based Cosmic Microwave Background polarization experiments and calculate the optimal sky coverage for such an experiment including the effects of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Bowden , A. N. Taylor , K. M. Ganga , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , G. Cahill , J. E. Carlstrom , S. E. Church , W. K. Gear , J. R. Hinderks , W. Hu , B. G. Keating , J. Kovac , A . E. Lange , E. M. Leitch , O. E. Mallie , S. J. Melhuish , J. A. Murphy , L. Piccirillo , C. Pryke , B. A. Rusholme , C. O'Sullivan , K. Thompson

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

Instrumental and Analytic Methods for Bolometric Polarimetry

We discuss instrumental and analytic methods that have been developed for the first generation of bolometric cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters. The design, characterization, and analysis of data obtained using Polarization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 W. C. Jones , T. E. Montroy , B. P. Crill , C. R. Contaldi , T. S. Kisner , A. E. Lange , C. J. MacTavish , C. B. Netterfield , J. E. Ruhl

Measurements of Sub-degree B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

We present a measurement of the $B$-mode polarization power spectrum (the $BB$ spectrum) from 100 $\mathrm{deg}^2$ of sky observed with SPTpol, a polarization-sensitive receiver currently installed on the South Pole Telescope. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-15 R. Keisler , S. Hoover , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , P. A. R. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , R. Citron , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , J. Gao , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. W. Halverson , D. Hanson , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Li , D. Luong-Van , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , L. Mocanu , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , O. Zahn

Calibration System with Cryogenically-Cooled Loads for CMB Polarization Detectors

We present a novel system to calibrate millimeter-wave polarimeters for CMB polarization measurements. This technique is an extension of the conventional metal mirror rotation approach, however it employs cryogenically-cooled blackbody…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-01 M. Hasegawa , O. Tajima , Y. Chinone , M. Hazumi , K. Ishidoshiro , M. Nagai

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

XL-Calibur -- a second-generation balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimetry mission

XL-Calibur is a hard X-ray (15-80 keV) polarimetry mission operating from a stabilised balloon-borne platform in the stratosphere. It builds on heritage from the X-Calibur mission, which observed the accreting neutron star GX 301-2 from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-23 Q. Abarr , H. Awaki , M. G. Baring , R. Bose , G. De Geronimo , P. Dowkontt , M. Errando , V. Guarino , K. Hattori , K. Hayashida , F. Imazato , M. Ishida , N. K. Iyer , F. Kislat , M. Kiss , T. Kitaguchi , H. Krawczynski , L. Lisalda , H. Matake , Y. Maeda , H. Matsumoto , T. Mineta , T. Miyazawa , T. Mizuno , T. Okajima , M. Pearce , B. F. Rauch , F. Ryde , C. Shreves , S. Spooner , T. -A. Stana , H. Takahashi , M. Takeo , T. Tamagawa , K. Tamura , H. Tsunemi , N. Uchida , Y. Uchida , A. T. West , E. A. Wulf , R. Yamamoto

First measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation at small angular scales from CAPMAP

Polarization results from the Cosmic Anisotropy Polarization MAPper (CAPMAP) experiment are reported. These are based upon 433 hours, after cuts, observing a 2 square degree patch around the North Celestial Pole (NCP) with four 90 GHz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 D. Barkats , C. Bischoff , P. Farese , L. Fitzpatrick , T. Gaier , J. O. Gundersen , M. M. Hedman , L. Hyatt , J. J. McMahon , D. Samtleben , S. T. Staggs , K. Vanderlinde , B. Winstein

BICEP2/Keck Array IV: Optical Characterization and Performance of the BICEP2 and Keck Array Experiments

BICEP2 and the Keck Array are polarization-sensitive microwave telescopes that observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the South Pole at degree angular scales in search of a signature of inflation imprinted as B-mode polarization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 The BICEP2 , Keck Array Collaborations , : , P. A. R. Ade , R. W. Aikin , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , K. J. Bradford , 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 , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. H. Kang , 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 , K. G. Megerian , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , C. Pryke , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. C. Weber , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

We present the technology and control methods developed for the pointing system of the SPIDER experiment. SPIDER is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to detect the imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the polarization of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Jamil A. Shariff , Peter A. R. Ade , Mandana Amiri , Steven J. Benton , Jamie J. Bock , J. Richard Bond , Sean A. Bryan , H. Cynthia Chiang , Carlo R. Contaldi , Brendan P. Crill , Olivier P. Doré , Marzieh Farhang , Jeffrey P. Filippini , Laura M. Fissel , Aurelien A. Fraisse , Anne E. Gambrel , Natalie N. Gandilo , Sunil R. Golwala , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Gene C. Hilton , Warren A. Holmes , Viktor V. Hristov , Kent D. Irwin , William C. Jones , Zigmund D. Kermish , Chao-Lin Kuo , Carolyn J. MacTavish , Peter V. Mason , Krikor G. Megerian , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Tracy A. Morford , Johanna M. Nagy , C. Barth Netterfield , Roger O'Brient , Alexandra S. Rahlin , Carl D. Reintsema , John E. Ruhl , Marcus C. Runyan , Juan D. Soler , Amy Trangsrud , Carole E. Tucker , Rebecca S. Tucker , Anthony D. Turner , Alexis C. Weber , Donald V. Wiebe , Edward Y. Young

PILOT balloon-borne experiment in-flight performance

The Polarized Instrument for Long-wavelength Observation of the Tenuous interstellar medium (PILOT) is a balloon-borne experiment aiming at measuring the polarized emission of thermal dust at a wavelength of 240 mm (1.2 THz). A first PILOT…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-08 A. Mangilli , G. Foënard , J. Aumont , A. Hughes , B. Mot , J-Ph. Bernard , A. Lacourt , I. Ristorcelli , Y. Longval , P. Ade , Y. André , L. Bautista , P. deBernardis , O. Boulade , F. Bousqet , M. Bouzit , V. Buttice , M. Charra , B. Crane , E. Doumayrou , J. P. Dubois , C. Engel , M. Griffin , S. Grabarnik , P. Hargrave , R. Laureijs , B. Leriche , S. Maestre , B. Maffei , C. Marty , W. Marty , S. Masi , R. Misawa , J. Montel , L. Montier , J. Narbonne , F. Pajot , E. Pérot , J. Pimentao , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , L. Rodriguez , G. Roudil , M. Salatino , G. Savini , O. Simonella , M. Saccoccio , S. Stever , J. Tauber , C. Tibbs , C. Tucker

PEBS - Positron Electron Balloon Spectrometer

The best measurement of the cosmic ray positron flux available today was performed by the HEAT balloon experiment more than 10 years ago. Given the limitations in weight and power consumption for balloon experiments, a novel approach was…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. von Doetinchem , H. Gast , T. Kirn , G. Roper Yearwood , S. Schael

A coherent polarimeter array for the Large Scale Polarization Explorer balloon experiment

We discuss the design and expected performance of STRIP (STRatospheric Italian Polarimeter), an array of coherent receivers designed to fly on board the LSPE (Large Scale Polarization Explorer) balloon experiment. The STRIP focal plane…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Bersanelli , A. Mennella , G. Morgante , M. Zannoni , G. Addamo , A. Baschirotto , P. Battaglia , A. Baù , B. Cappellini , F. Cavaliere , F. Cuttaia , F. Del Torto , S. Donzelli , Z. Farooqui , M. Frailis , C. Franceschet , E. Franceschi , T. Gaier , S. Galeotta , M. Gervasi , A. Gregorio , P. Kangaslahti , N. Krachmalnicoff , C. Lawrence , G. Maggio , R. Mainini , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , B. Paroli , A. Passerini , O. A. Peverini , S. Poli , S. Ricciardi , M. Rossetti , M. Sandri , M. Seiffert , L. Stringhetti , A. Tartari , R. Tascone , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , E. Tommasi , F. Villa , G. Virone , A. Zacchei

The BOOMERANG North America Instrument: a balloon-borne bolometric radiometer optimized for measurements of cosmic background radiation anisotropies from 0.3 to 4 degrees

We describe the BOOMERANG North America (BNA) instrument, a balloon-borne bolometric radiometer designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation with 0.3 deg resolution over a significant portion of the sky. This receiver…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 F. Piacentini , P. A. R. Ade , R. Bathia , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , P. Cardoni , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , H. Del Castillo , G. de Troia , P. Farese , M. Giacometti , E. F. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. E. Lange , S. Masi , P. D. Mauskopf , L. Miglio , C. B. Netterfield , P. Palangio , E. Pascale , A. Raccanelli , S. Rao , G. Romeo , J. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi