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The EBEX Balloon-Borne Experiment - Gondola, Attitude Control, and Control Software

The E and B Experiment (EBEX) was a long-duration balloon-borne instrument designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. EBEX was the first balloon-borne instrument to implement a kilo-pixel array…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 The EBEX Collaboration , Asad Aboobaker , Peter Ade , Derek Araujo , François Aubin , Carlo Baccigalupi , Chaoyun Bao , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Matt Dobbs , Will Grainger , Shaul Hanany , Kyle Helson , Seth Hillbrand , Johannes Hubmayr , Andrew Jaffe , Bradley Johnson , Terry Jones , Jeff Klein , Andrei Korotkov , Adrian Lee , Lorne Levinson , Michele Limon , Kevin MacDermid , Amber D. Miller , Michael Milligan , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Enzo Pascale , Kate Raach , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Ilan Sagiv , Carole Tucker , Gregory S. Tucker , Benjamin Westbrook , Karl Young , Kyle Zilic

The performance of the bolometer array and readout system during the 2012/2013 flight of the E and B experiment (EBEX)

EBEX is a balloon-borne telescope designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. During its eleven day science flight in the Austral Summer of 2012, it operated 955 spider-web transition edge sensor (TES)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Kevin MacDermid , Asad M. Aboobaker , Peter Ade , Francois Aubin , Carlo Baccigalupi , Kevin Bandura , Chaoyun Bao , Julian Borrill , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Matt Dobbs , Julien Grain , Will Grainger , Shaul Hanany , Kyle Helson , Seth Hillbrand , Gene Hilton , Hannes Hubmayr , Kent Irwin , Bradley Johnson , Andrew Jaffe , Terry Jones , Ted Kisner , Jeff Klein , Andrei Korotkov , Adrian Lee , Lorne Levinson , Michele Limon , Amber Miller , Michael Milligan , Enzo Pascale , Kate Raach , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Carl Reintsema , Ilan Sagiv , Graeme Smecher , Radek Stompor , Matthieu Tristram , Greg Tucker , Ben Westbrook , Kyle Zilic

The EBEX Balloon Borne Experiment - Optics, Receiver, and Polarimetry

The E and B Experiment (EBEX) was a long-duration balloon-borne cosmic microwave background polarimeter that flew over Antarctica in 2013. We describe the experiment's optical system, receiver, and polarimetric approach, and report on their…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 The EBEX Collaboration , Asad M. Aboobaker , Peter Ade , Derek Araujo , François Aubin , Carlo Baccigalupi , Chaoyun Bao , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Matt Dobbs , Christopher Geach , Will Grainger , Shaul Hanany , Kyle Helson , Seth Hillbrand , Johannes Hubmayr , Andrew Jaffe , Bradley Johnson , Terry Jones , Jeff Klein , Andrei Korotkov , Adrian Lee , Lorne Levinson , Michele Limon , Kevin MacDermid , Tomotake Matsumura , Amber D. Miller , Michael Milligan , Kate Raach , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Ilan Sagiv , Giorgio Savini , Locke Spencer , Carole Tucker , Gregory S. Tucker , Ben Westbrook , Karl Young , Kyle Zilic

Temperature calibration of the E and B experiment

The E and B Experiment (EBEX) is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation and to characterize the polarization of galactic dust. EBEX was launched December 29, 2012 and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-01 Francois Aubin , Asad M. Aboobaker , Peter Ade , Derek Araujo , Carlo Baccigalupi , Chaoyun Bao , Julian Borrill , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Matt Dobbs , Stephen Feeney , Christopher Geach , Shaul Hanany , Kyle Helson , Seth Hillbrand , Gene Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Andrew Jaffe , Bradley Johnson , Terry Jones , Theodore Kisner , Jeff Klein , Andrei Korotkov , Adrian Lee , Lorne Levinson , Michele Limon , Kevin Macdermid , Valerie Marchenko , Amber D. Miller , Michael Milligan , Enzo Pascale , Giuseppe Puglisi , Kate Raach , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Carl Reintsema , Ilan Sagiv , Graeme Smecher , Radek Stompor , Matthieu Tristram , Gregory S. Tucker , Ben Westbrook , Karl Young , Kyle Zilic

EBEX: A balloon-borne CMB polarization experiment

EBEX is a NASA-funded balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Observations will be made using 1432 transition edge sensor (TES) bolometric detectors read out with frequency…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Asad M. Aboobaker , Peter Ade , Françcois Aubin , Carlo Baccigalupi , Chaoyun Bao , Julian Borrill , Christopher Cantalupo , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Matt Dobbs , Julien Grain , William Grainger , Shaul Hanany , Seth Hillbrand , Johannes Hubmayr , Andrew Jaffe , Bradley Johnson , Terry Jones , Theodore Kisner , Jeff Klein , Andrei Korotkov , Sam Leach , Adrian Lee , Lorne Levinson , Michele Limon , Kevin MacDermid , Tomotake Matsumura , Xiaofan Meng , Amber Miller , Michael Milligan , Enzo Pascale , Daniel Polsgrove , Nicolas Ponthieu , Kate Raach , Ilan Sagiv , Graeme Smecher , Federico Stivoli , Radek Stompor , Huan Tran , Matthieu Tristram , Gregory S. Tucker , Yury Vinokurov , Amit Yadav , Matias Zaldarriaga , Kyle Zilic

The EBEX Experiment

EBEX is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to measure the intensity and polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The measurements would probe the inflationary epoch that took place shortly after the big bang and would…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Oxley , P. Ade , C. Baccigalupi , P. deBernardis , H--M. Cho , M. J. Devlin , S. Hanany , B. R. Johnson , T. Jones , A. T. Lee , T. Matsumura , A. D. Miller , M. Milligan , T. Renbarger , H. G. Spieler , R. Stompor , G. S. Tucker , M. Zaldarriaga

Design and characterization of TES bolometers and SQUID readout electronics for a balloon-borne application

We present measurements of the electrical and thermal properties of new arrays of bolometeric detectors that were fabricated as part of a program to develop bolometers optimized for the low photon background of the EBEX balloon-borne…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-17 Johannes Hubmayr , Francois Aubin , Eric Bissonnette , Matt Dobbs , Shaul Hanany , Adrian T. Lee , Kevin MacDermid , Xiaofan Meng , Ilan Sagiv , Graeme Smecher

The EBEX Cryostat and Supporting Electronics

We describe the cryostat and supporting electronics for the EBEX experiment. EBEX is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The instrument includes a 1.5 meter…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-20 Ilan Sagiv , Asad M. Aboobaker , Chaoyun Bao , Shaul Hanany , Terry Jones , Jeffrey Klein , Michael Milligan , Daniel E. Polsgrove , Kate Raach , Kyle Zilic , Andrei Korotkov , Gregory S. Tucker , Yuri Vinukurov , Tomotake Matsumura , Peter Ade , Will Grainger , Enzo Pascale , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Seth Hillbrand , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Michele Limon , Amber Miller , Andrew Jaffe , Amit Yadav , Matias Zaldarriaga , Nicolas Ponthieu , Matthieu Tristram , Julian Borrill , Christopher Cantalupo , Ted Kisner , Francois Aubin , Matt Dobbs , Kevin MacDermid , Gene Hilton , Johhannes Hubmayr , Kent Irwin , Carl Reintsema , Carlo Baccigalupi , Sam Leach , Bradley Johnson , Adrian Lee , Huan Tran , Lorne Levinson

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

Developments of highly-multiplexed, multi-chroic pixels for Balloon-Borne Platforms

We present our work to develop and characterize low thermal conductance bolometers that are part of sinuous antenna multi-chroic pixels (SAMP). We use longer, thinner and meandered bolometer legs to achieve 9 pW/K thermal conductance…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 François Aubin , Shaul Hanany , Bradley R. Johnson , Adrian Lee , Aritoki Suzuki , Benjamin Westbrook , Karl Young

A high-resolution pointing system for fast scanning platforms: The EBEX example

The E and B experiment (EBEX) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background with 8' resolution employing a gondola scanning with speeds of order degree per second. In January 2013, EBEX…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-11 Joy Didier , Daniel Chapman , Asad Aboobaker , Derek Araujo , Will Grainger , Shaul Hanany , Kyle Helson , Seth Hillbrand , Andrei Korotkov , Michele Limon , Amber Miller , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Ilan Sagiv , Greg Tucker , Yuri Vinokurov

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

Adaptation of frequency-domain readout for Transition Edge Sensor bolometers for the POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background experiment

The POLARBEAR-2 CosmicMicrowave Background (CMB) experiment aims to observe B-mode polarization with high sensitivity to explore gravitational lensing of CMB and inflationary gravitational waves. POLARBEAR-2 is an upgraded experiment based…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Kaori Hattori , Kam Arnold , Darcy Barron , Matt Dobbs , Tijmen de Haan , Nicholas Harrington , Masaya Hasegawa , Masashi Hazumi , William L. Holzapfel , Brian Keating , Adrian T. Lee , Hideki Morii , Michael J. Myers , Graeme Smecher , Aritoki Suzuki , Takayuki Tomaru

Software systems for operation, control, and monitoring of the EBEX instrument

We present the hardware and software systems implementing autonomous operation, distributed real-time monitoring, and control for the EBEX instrument. EBEX is a NASA-funded balloon-borne microwave polarimeter designed for a 14 day Antarctic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-21 Michael Milligan , Peter Ade , François Aubin , Carlo Baccigalupi , Chaoyun Bao , Julian Borrill , Christopher Cantalupo , Daniel Chapman , Joy Didier , Matt Dobbs , Will Grainger , Shaul Hanany , Seth Hillbrand , Johannes Hubmayr , Andrew Jaffe , Bradley Johnson , Theodore Kisner , Jeff Klein , Andrei Korotkov , Sam Leach , Adrian Lee , Lorne Levinson , Michele Limon , Kevin MacDermid , Tomotake Matsumura , Amber Miller , Enzo Pascale , Daniel Polsgrove , Nicolas Ponthieu , Kate Raach , Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud , Ilan Sagiv , Huan Tran , Gregory S. Tucker , Yury Vinokurov , Amit Yadav , Matias Zaldarriaga , Kyle Zilic

Characterization of Low-noise Backshort-Under-Grid Kilopixel Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for PIPER

We present laboratory characterization of kilo-pixel, filled backshort-under-grid (BUG) transition-edge sensor (TES) arrays developed for the Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) balloon-borne instrument. PIPER is designed to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-05 Rahul Datta , Sumit Dahal , Eric R. Switzer , Regis P. Brekosky , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Dale J. Fixsen , Christine A. Jhabvala , Alan J. Kogut , Timothy M. Miller , Paul Mirel , Edward J. Wollack

Transition Edge Sensors with Few-Mode Ballistic Thermal Isolation

We have fabricated Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) whose thermal characteristics are completely characterised by few-mode ballistic phonon exchange with the heat bath. These TESs have extremely small amorphous SiNx support legs: 0.2 um…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Djelal Osman , Stafford Withington , David J Goldie , Dorota M Glowacka

4x2 Hot electron bolometer mixer arrays for detection at 1.46, 1.9 and 4.7 THz for a balloon borne terahertz observatory

We have demonstrated three 4x2 hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixer arrays for operation at local oscillator (LO) frequencies of 1.46, 1.9 and 4.7 THz, respectively. They consist of spiral antenna coupled NbN HEB mixers combined with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-11-13 José R. G. Silva , Wouter M. Laauwen , Behnam Mirzaei , Nathan Vercruyssen , Matvey Finkel , Menno Westerveld , Nikhil More , Vitor Silva , Abram Young , Craig Kulesa , Christopher Walker , Floris van der Tak , Jian Rong Gao

Antenna-coupled TES bolometers used in BICEP2, Keck array, and SPIDER

We have developed antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers for a wide range of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimetry experiments, including BICEP2, Keck Array, and the balloon borne SPIDER. These detectors have…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-28 P. A. R. Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , G. Chattopadhyay , G. Davis , P. K. Day , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , K. S. Karkare , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , H. G. Leduc , E. M. Leitch , N. Llombart , M. Lueker , P. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , C. Pryke , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , M. C. Runyan , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. Trangsrud , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon , J. Zmuidzinas

High-bandwidth frequency domain multiplexed readout of transition-edge sensors for neutrinoless double beta decay searches

The next-generation of cryogenic neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments require increasingly fast readout in order to improve background discrimination. These experiments, operated as cryogenic calorimeters at $\sim$10 mK, are usually…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-02 M. Adamič , M. Beretta , J. Camilleri , C. Capelli , M. A. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , B. K. Fujikawa , Yu. G. Kolomensky , D. Mayer , J. Montgomery , V. Novosad , A. M. Sindhwad , V. Singh , G. Smecher , A. Suzuki , B. Welliver

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