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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

Optical and infrared polarimetry of the transient LMXB Cen X-4 in quiescence

We present the first optical and infrared polarimetric study of the low mass transient X-ray binary Cen X-4 during its quiescent phase. This work is aimed to search for an intrinsic linear polarisation component in the system emitted…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-04 M. C. Baglio , P. D'Avanzo , S. Campana , S. Covino

Photoemission System with Polarized Hard X-rays for Probing Ground State Symmetry of Strongly Correlated Materials

We have developed a polarized hard X-ray photoemission (HAXPES) system to study the ground-state symmetry of strongly correlated materials. The linear polarization of the incoming X-ray beam is switched by the transmission-type phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-19 H. Fujiwara , S. Naimen , A. Higashiya , Y. Kanai , H. Yomosa , K. Yamagami , T. Kiss , T. Kadono , S. Imada , A. Yamasaki , K. Takase , S. Otsuka , T. Shimizu , S. Shingubara , S. Suga , M. Yabashi , K. Tamasaku , T. Ishikawa , A. Sekiyama

Balloon-borne hard X-ray astronomy with PoGOLite: Opening a new window on the universe

High energy polarization can be an indication of geometry, orientation, and other physical phenomena for a variety of sources, but has heretofore been a virtually unmeasured phenomenon. PoGOLite is a balloon-borne instrument intended to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-03 Miranda Jackson , PoGOLite Collaboration

Preflight Characterization of the BLAST-TNG Receiver and Detector Arrays

The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter mapping experiment planned for a 28 day long-duration balloon (LDB) flight from McMurdo Station, Antarctica during the 2018-2019 season.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-28 Nathan P. Lourie , Peter A. R. Ade , Francisco E. Angile , Peter C. Ashton , Jason E. Austermann , Mark J. Devlin , Bradley Dober , Nicholas Galitzki , Jiansong Gao , Sam Gordon , Christopher E. Groppi , Jeffrey Klein , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Dale Li , Ian Lowe , Hamdi Mani , Philip Mauskopf , Christopher M. McKenney , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Enzo Pascale , Giampaolo Pisano , Adrian Sinclair , Juan D. Soler , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Michael Vissers , Paul A. Williams

The PoGO+ Balloon-Borne Hard X-ray Polarimetry Mission

The PoGO mission, including the PoGOLite Pathfinder and PoGO+, aims to provide polarimetric measurements of the Crab system and Cygnus X-1 in the hard X-ray band. Measurements are conducted from a stabilized balloon-borne platform, launched…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-07 M. Friis , M. Kiss , V. Mikhalev , M. Pearce , H. Takahashi

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

Unlocking the Future of X-Ray Polarimetry with IXPE: Lessons Learned and Next Steps

This paper discusses issues encountered during the early development of the instrument on the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a NASA ASI Small Explorer mission launched on 9 December 2021. IXPE has observed about 100 sources,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-05 Paolo Soffitta , Enrico Costa , Ettore Del Monte , Alessandro Di Marco , Sergio Fabiani , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Fabio La Monaca , Fabio Muleri , Alda Rubini , Alessio Trois

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

BICEP3: a 95 GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization

BICEP3 is a 550 mm-aperture refracting telescope for polarimetry of radiation in the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. It adopts the methodology of BICEP1, BICEP2 and the Keck Array experiments - it possesses sufficient resolution to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , R. Bowens-Rubin , I. Buder , E. Bullock , J. Connors , J. P. Filippini , J. A. Grayson , M. Halpern , G. C. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , K. L. Thompson , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , W. L. K. Wu , K. W. Yoon

POLAR: Final Calibration and In-Flight Performance of a Dedicated GRB Polarimeter

Gamma-ray polarimetry is a new powerful tool to study the processes responsible for the emission from astrophysical sources and the environments in which this emission takes place. Few successful polarimetric measurements have however been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 M. Kole , T. W. Bao , T. Batsch , T. Bernasconi , F. Cadoux , J. Y. Chai , Y. W. Dong , N. Gauvin , W. Hajdas , J. J. He , M. N. Kong , S. W. Kong , C. Lechanoine-Leluc , L. Li , Z. H. Li , J. T. Liu , X. Liu , R. Marcinkowski , S. Orsi , M. Pohl , N. Produit , D. Rapin , A. Rutczynska , D. Rybka , H. L. Shi , L. M. Song , J. C. Sun , J. Szabelski , R. J. Wang , Y. J. Wang , X. Wen , B. B. Wu , X. Wu , H. L. Xiao , S. L. Xiong , H. H. Xu , M. Xu , J. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. Y. Zhang , S. N. Zhang , X. F. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , A. Zwolinska

Half-wave Plates for the Spider Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter

Spider is a balloon-borne array of six telescopes that will observe the Cosmic Microwave Background. The 2400 antenna-coupled bolometers in the instrument will make a polarization map of the CMB with ~degree resolution at 150 GHz and 95…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-12 Sean Bryan

Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP

We present a method of cross-calibrating the polarization angle of a polarimeter using BICEP Galactic observations. \bicep\ was a ground based experiment using an array of 49 pairs of polarization sensitive bolometers observing from the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Tomotake Matsumura , Peter Ade , Denis Barkats , Darcy Barron , John O. Battle , Evan M. Bierman , James J. Bock , H. Cynthia Chiang , Brendan P. Crill , C. Darren Dowell , Lionel Duband , Eric F. Hivon , William L. Holzapfel , Viktor V. Hristov , William C. Jones , Brian G. Keating , John M. Kovac , Chao-Lin Kuo , Andrew E. Lange , Erik M. Leitch , Peter V. Mason , Hien T. Nguyen , Nicolas Ponthieu , Clem Pryke , Steffen Richter , Graca M. Rocha , Yuki D. Takahashi , Ki Won Yoon

The Polatron: A Millimeter-Wave Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter for the OVRO 5.5 m Telescope

We describe the development of a bolometric receiver designed to measure the arcminute-scale polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The Polatron will be mounted at the Cassegrain focus of the 5.5 m telescope at the Owens…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. J. Philhour , B. G. Keating , P. A. R. Ade , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , S. E. Church , J. Glenn , J. R. Hinderks , V. V. Hristov , W. C. Jones , M. Kamionkowski , D. E. Kumar , A. E. Lange , J. R. Leong , D. P. Marrone , B. S. Mason , P. V. Mason , M. M. Shuman , G. I. Sirbi

Constraints on Anisotropic Cosmic Birefringence from CMB B-mode Polarization

Cosmic birefringence$-$the rotation of the polarization plane of light as it traverses the universe$-$offers a direct observational window into parity-violating physics beyond the Standard Model. In this work, we revisit the anisotropic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-27 A. I. Lonappan , B. Keating , K. Arnold

POLAR: A Space-borne X-Ray Polarimeter for Transient Sources

POLAR is a novel compact Compton X-ray polarimeter designed to measure the linear polarization of the prompt emission of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) and other strong transient sources such as soft gamma repeaters and solar flares in the energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-21 Silvio Orsi

Performance and on-sky optical characterization of the SPTpol instrument

In January 2012, the 10m South Pole Telescope (SPT) was equipped with a polarization-sensitive camera, SPTpol, in order to measure the polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Measurements of the polarization of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 E. M. George , P. Ade , K. A. Aird , J. E. Austermann , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , A. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. Britton , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H-M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , A. Datesman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , A. Ewall-Wice , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , M. Karfunkle , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. Montgomery , T. E. Montroy , J. Nagy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , K. Story , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , R. Williamson , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , E. Young

Measurement of a Peak in the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum from the North American test flight of BOOMERANG

We describe a measurement of the angular power spectrum of anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from 0.3 degrees to ~10 degrees from the North American test flight of the BOOMERANG experiment. BOOMERANG is a balloon-borne…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. D. Mauskopf , P. A. R. Ade , P. de Bernardis , J. J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , G. DeGasperis , G. De Troia , P. Farese , P. G. Ferreira , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , S. Hanany , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , A. E. Lange , A. T. Lee , S. Masi , A. Melchiorri , F. Melchiorri , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , P. L. Richards , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , E. Scannapieco , F. Scaramuzzi , R. Stompor , N. Vittorio

First electron beam polarization measurements with a Compton polarimeter at Jefferson Laboratory

A Compton polarimeter has been installed in Hall A at Jefferson Laboratory. This letter reports on the first electron beam polarization measurements performed during the HAPPEX experiment at an electron energy of 3.3 GeV and an average…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-05-27 M. Baylac , E. Burtin , C. Cavata , S. Escoffier , B. Frois , D. Lhuillier , F. Marie , J. Martino , D. Neyret , T. Pussieux , P. Y. Bertin , C. W. de Jager , J. Mitchell

Angular and Polarization Response of Multimode Sensors with Resistive-Grid Absorbers

High sensitivity receiver systems with near ideal polarization sensitivity are highly desirable for development of millimeter and sub-millimeter radio astronomy. Multimoded bolometers provide a unique solution to achieve such sensitivity,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-10 Akito Kusaka , Edward J. Wollack , Thomas R. Stevenson