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Impact of Galactic dust non-Gaussianity on searches for B-modes from inflation

A key challenge in the search for primordial B-modes is the presence of polarized Galactic foregrounds, especially thermal dust emission. Power-spectrum-based analysis methods generally assume the foregrounds to be Gaussian random fields…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-21 Irene Abril-Cabezas , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , Sebastian von Hausegger , Blake D. Sherwin , David Alonso

Bayesian inference methodology to characterize the dust emissivity at far-infrared and submillimeter frequencies

We present a Bayesian inference method to characterise the dust emission properties using the well-known dust-HI correlation in the diffuse interstellar medium at Planck frequencies $\nu \ge 217$ GHz. We use the Galactic HI map from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-16 Debabrata Adak , Shabbir Shaikh , Srijita Sinha , Tuhin Ghosh , Francois Boulanger , Guilaine Lagache , Tarun Souradeep , Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes

Excess B-modes extracted from the Planck polarization maps

One of the main obstacles for extracting the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from mm/submm observations is the pollution from the main Galactic components: synchrotron, free-free and thermal dust emission. The feasibility of using simple…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-20 H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen

Maximum Likelihood Foreground Cleaning for Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeters in the Presence of Systematic Effects

We extend a general maximum likelihood foreground estimation for cosmic microwave background polarization data to include estimation of instrumental systematic effects. We focus on two particular effects: frequency band measurement…

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Constraints on the cosmological parameters from BICEP2, Planck and WMAP

In this paper we constrain the cosmological parameters, in particular the tilt of tensor power spectrum, by adopting Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (B2), Planck released in 2013 (P13) and Wilkinson Microwaves…

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BICEP2 / Keck Array VI: Improved Constraints On Cosmology and Foregrounds When Adding 95 GHz Data From Keck Array

We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2 & Keck Array CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2014 observing season. This includes the first Keck Array observations at 95 GHz. The maps reach a depth…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-15 Keck Array , BICEP2 Collaborations , : , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , R. W. Aikin , K. D. Alexander , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , R. Bowens-Rubin , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Connors , B. P. Crill , L. Duband , C. Dvorkin , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , J. Grayson , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , 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 , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , K. W. Yoon

Joint 3D modelling of the polarized Galactic synchrotron and thermal dust foreground diffuse emission

We present for the first time a coherent model of the polarized Galactic synchrotron and thermal dust emissions which are the main diffuse foreground for the measurement of the polarized power spectra of the CMB fluctuations with the Planck…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 L. Fauvet , J. F. Macías-Pérez , J. Aumont , F. X. Désert , T. R. Jaffe , A. J. Banday , M. Tristram , A. H. Waelkens , D. Santos

Planck intermediate results. XIV. Dust emission at millimetre wavelengths in the Galactic plane

We use Planck HFI data combined with ancillary radio data to study the emissivity index of the interstellar dust emission in the frequency range 10 - 353 GHz, or 3 - 0.8 mm, in the Galactic plane. We analyse the region l=20 degr - 44 degr…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-05-13 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , H. C. Chiang , L. -Y Chiang , P. R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , G. Giardino , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , F. K. Hansen , D. Harrison , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. Mazzotta , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , M. Peel , O. Perdereau , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , G. W. Pratt , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , G. Savini , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , F. Sureau , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Impact on the tensor-to-scalar ratio of incorrect Galactic foreground modelling

A key goal of many Cosmic Microwave Background experiments is the detection of gravitational waves, through their B-mode polarization signal at large scales. To extract such a signal requires modelling contamination from the Galaxy. Using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Charmaine Armitage-Caplan , Joanna Dunkley , Hans Kristian Eriksen , Clive Dickinson

A new approach for the statistical denoising of Planck interstellar dust polarization data

Dust emission is the main foreground for cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. Its statistical characterization must be derived from the analysis of observational data because the precision required for a reliable component…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 Bruno Regaldo-Saint Blancard , Erwan Allys , François Boulanger , François Levrier , Niall Jeffrey

Neutral hydrogen structures trace dust polarization angle: Implications for cosmic microwave background foregrounds

Using high-resolution data from the Galactic Arecibo L-Band Feed Array HI (GALFA-HI) survey, we show that linear structure in Galactic neutral hydrogen (HI) correlates with the magnetic field orientation implied by Planck 353 GHz polarized…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 S. E. Clark , J. Colin Hill , J. E. G. Peek , M. E. Putman , B. L. Babler

Is there a left-handed magnetic field in the solar neighborhood? Exploring helical magnetic fields in the interstellar medium through dust polarization power spectra

The full-sky Planck polarization data at 850um revealed unexpected properties of the E and B mode power spectra of dust emission in the interstellar medium (ISM). The positive cross-correlation between the total dust intensity, T, with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-16 Andrea Bracco , Simon Candelaresi , Fabio Del Sordo , Axel Brandenburg

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background $B$-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales from 2 years of POLARBEAR Data

We report an improved measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) $B$-mode polarization power spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment at 150 GHz. By adding new data collected during the second season of observations (2013-2014) to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-31 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguilar , Y. Akiba , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Beck , F. Bianchini , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , K. Crowley , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dünner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. M. Feeney , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , T. Hamada , G. Hall , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , Y. Minami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , A. T. P. Pham , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , Y. Segawa , B. D. Sherwin , M. Silva-Feaver , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. P. Teply , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , N. Whitehorn , A. Zahn

Planck 2013 results. XI. All-sky model of thermal dust emission

This paper presents an all-sky model of dust emission from the Planck 857, 545 and 353 GHz, and IRAS 100 micron data. Using a modified black-body fit to the data we present all-sky maps of the dust optical depth, temperature, and spectral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-11 Planck Collaboration , A. Abergel , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , G. Aniano , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bridges , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , H. C. Chiang , L. -Y Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , M. Clemens , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , B. T. Draine , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , I. A. Grenier , A. Gruppuso , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. L. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , J. Jewell , G. Joncas , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. León-Tavares , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , M. Massardi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. McGehee , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , R. Paladini , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , W. T. Reach , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , F. Sureau , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , M. Türler , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , L. Verstraete , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , N. Welikala , N. Ysard , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca.

Isotropy-Violation Diagnostics for $B$-mode Polarization Foregrounds to the Cosmic Microwave Background

Isotropy-violation statistics can highlight polarized galactic foregrounds that contaminate primordial $B$-modes in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). We propose a particular isotropy-violation test and apply it to polarized Planck 353…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-23 Aditya Rotti , Kevin Huffenberger

Galactic dust polarized emission at high latitudes and CMB polarization

We estimate the dust polarized emission in our galaxy at high galactic latitudes, which is the dominant foreground for measuring CMB polarization using the high frequency instrument (HFI) aboard Planck surveyor. We compare it with the level…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shiv K. Sethi , Simon Prunet , F. R. Bouchet

BICEP / Keck XIII: Improved Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves using Planck, WMAP, and BICEP/Keck Observations through the 2018 Observing Season

We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2, Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2018 observing season. We add additional Keck Array observations at 220 GHz and BICEP3…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 Keck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , D. Beck , C. Bischoff , 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. Halal , G. Hall , 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 , 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. 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

Testing for spectral index variations in polarised CMB foregrounds

We present a Bayesian parametric component separation method for polarised microwave sky maps. We solve jointly for the primary cosmic microwave background (CMB) signal and the main Galactic polarised foreground components. For the latter,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Roger de Belsunce , Steven Gratton , George Efstathiou

Identifying frequency decorrelated dust residuals in B-mode maps by exploiting the spectral capability of bolometric interferometry

Astrophysical polarized foregrounds represent the most critical challenge in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) B-mode experiments. Multi-frequency observations can be used to constrain astrophysical foregrounds to isolate the CMB…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-19 M. Regnier , E. Manzan , J. -Ch Hamilton , A. Mennella , J. Errard , L. Zapelli , S. A. Torchinsky , S. Paradiso , E. Battistelli , P. De Bernardis , L. Colombo , M. De Petris , G. D'Alessandro , B. Garcia , M. Gervasi , S. Masi , L. Mousset , N. Miron Granese , C. O'Sullivan , M. Piat , E. Rasztocky , G. E. Romero , C. G. Scoccola , M. Zannoni

The link between E-B polarization modes and gas column density from interstellar dust emission

The analysis of the Planck polarization E and B mode power spectra of interstellar dust emission at 353 GHz recently raised new questions on the impact of Galactic foregrounds to the detection of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-27 Andrea Bracco , Tuhin Ghosh , Francois Boulanger , Jonathan Aumont