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Exoplanet research with SAFARI: A far-IR imaging spectrometer for SPICA

The far-IR spectral window plays host to a wide range of both spectroscopic and photometric diagnostics with which to open the protoplanetary disks and exoplanet research to wavelengths completely blocked by the Earth's atmosphere. These…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-22 J. R. Goicoechea , K. Isaak , B. Swinyard

Development of large radii half-wave plates for CMB satellite missions

The successful European Space Agency (ESA) Planck mission has mapped the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropy with unprecedented accuracy. However, Planck was not designed to detect the polarised components of the CMB…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-01 G. Pisano , B. Maffei , M. W. Ng , V. Haynes , M. Brown , F. Noviello , P. de Bernardis , S. Masi , F. Piacentini , L. Pagano , M. Salatino , B. Ellison , M. Henry , P. de Maagt , B. Shortt

Probing the role of magnetic fields in star-forming filaments: NIKA2-Pol commissioning results toward OMC-1

Dust polarization observations are a powerful, practical tool to probe the geometry (and to some extent, the strength) of magnetic fields in star-forming regions. In particular, Planck polarization data have revealed the importance of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 H. Ajeddig , R. Adam , P. Ade , P. André , E. Artis , H. Aussel , A. Beelen , A. Benoît , S. Berta , L. Bing , O. Bourrion , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , M. De Petris , F. -X. Désert , S. Doyle , E. F. C. Driessen , A. Gomez , J. Goupy , F. Kéruzoré , C. Kramer , B. Ladjelate , G. Lagache , S. Leclercq , J. -F. Lestrade , J. -F. Macías-Pérez , A. Maury , P. Mauskopf , F. Mayet , A. Monfardini , M. Muñoz-Echeverría , L. Perotto , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , V. Revéret , A. J. Rigby , A. Ritacco , C. Romero , H. Roussel , F. Ruppin , K. Schuster , S. Shu , A. Sievers , C. Tucker , R. Zylka , Y. Shimajiri

Separating polarized cosmological and galactic emissions for CMB B-mode polarization experiments

In this work we study the relevance of the component separation technique based on the Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and investigate its performance in the context of a limited sky coverage observation and from the viewpoint of our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Federico Stivoli , Carlo Baccigalupi , Davide Maino , Radek Stompor

Study of the Experimental Probe of Inflationary Cosmology (EPIC)-Intemediate Mission for NASA's Einstein Inflation Probe

Measurements of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy have served as the best experimental probe of the early universe to date. The inflationary paradigm, inspired in part by the extreme isotropy of the CMB, is now a cornerstone in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-08 James Bock , Abdullah Aljabri , Alex Amblard , Daniel Baumann , Marc Betoule , Talso Chui , Loris Colombo , Asantha Cooray , Dustin Crumb , Peter Day , Clive Dickinson , Darren Dowell , Mark Dragovan , Sunil Golwala , Krzysztof Gorski , Shaul Hanany , Warren Holmes , Kent Irwin , Brad Johnson , Brian Keating , Chao-Lin Kuo , Adrian Lee , Andrew Lange , Charles Lawrence , Steve Meyer , Nate Miller , Hien Nguyen , Elena Pierpaoli , Nicolas Ponthieu , Jean-Loup Puget , Jeff Raab , Paul Richards , Celeste Satter , Mike Seiffert , Meir Shimon , Huan Tran , Brett Williams , Jonas Zmuidzinas

Observing low elevation sky and the CMB Cold Spot with BICEP3 at the South Pole

BICEP3 is a 520 mm aperture on-axis refracting telescope at the South Pole, which observes the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95 GHz to search for the B-mode signal from inflationary gravitational waves. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-21 J. Kang , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , N. Precup , 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. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

PASIPHAE: A high-Galactic-latitude, high-accuracy optopolarimetric survey

PASIPHAE (the Polar-Areas Stellar Imaging in Polarization High-Accuracy Experiment) is an optopolarimetric survey aiming to measure the linear polarization from millions of stars, and use these to create a three-dimensional tomographic map…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-16 Konstantinos Tassis , Anamparambu N. Ramaprakash , Anthony C. S. Readhead , Stephen B. Potter , Ingunn K. Wehus , Georgia V. Panopoulou , Dmitry Blinov , Hans Kristian Eriksen , Brandon Hensley , Ata Karakci , John A. Kypriotakis , Siddharth Maharana , Evangelia Ntormousi , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Timothy J. Pearson , Raphael Skalidis

Optical Characterization of the BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

BICEP3 is a small-aperture refracting cosmic microwave background (CMB) telescope designed to make sensitive polarization maps in pursuit of a potential B-mode signal from inflationary gravitational waves. It is the latest in the BICEP/Keck…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 K. S. Karkare , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , K. D. Alexander , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , R. Bowens-Rubin , I. Buder , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Connors , J. P. Filippini , S. T. Fliescher , J. A. Grayson , M. Halpern , S. A. Harrison , G. C. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. H. Kang , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. G. Megerian , V. Monticue , T. Namikawa , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , M. T. St. Germaine , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , Z. K. Staniszewski , B. Steinbach , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. Weber , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , K. W. Yoon

A Model For Polarised Microwave Foreground Emission From Interstellar Dust

The upcoming generation of cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments face a major challenge in detecting the weak cosmic B-mode signature predicted as a product of primordial gravitational waves. To achieve the required sensitivity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-22 D. T. O'Dea , C. N. Clark , C. R. Contaldi , C. J. MacTavish

Polarization angle accuracy for future CMB experiments. The COSMOCal project and its prototype in the 1mm band

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation offers a unique window into the early Universe, facilitating precise examinations of fundamental cosmological theories. However, the quest for detecting B-modes in the CMB, predicted by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-15 A. Ritacco , L. Bizzarri , F. Boulanger , M. Pérault , J. Aumont , F. Bouchet , M. Calvo , A. Catalano , D. Darson , F. X. Désert , J. Errard , A. Feret , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , A. Monfardini , L. Montier , M. Murgia , P. Morfin , F. Nati , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , J. L. Puget , S. Savorgnano , B. Segret , K. Schuster , J. Treuttel , M. Zannoni

Dust polarization modeling at large-scale over the Northern Galactic cap using EBHIS and Planck data

The primary source of systematic uncertainty in the quest for the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) introduced by primordial gravitational waves is polarized thermal emission from Galactic dust. Therefore,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-26 Debabrata Adak , Tuhin Ghosh , Francois Boulanger , Peter Kalberla , Urmas Haud , Peter G. Martin , Andrea Bracco , Tarun Souradeep

The first degree-scale starlight-polarization-based tomography map of the magnetized interstellar medium

We present the first degree-scale tomography map of the dusty magnetized interstellar medium (ISM) from stellar polarimetry and distance measurements. We used the RoboPol polarimeter at Skinakas Observatory to conduct a survey of starlight…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-18 V. Pelgrims , N. Mandarakas , R. Skalidis , K. Tassis , G. V. Panopoulou , V. Pavlidou , D. Blinov , S. Kiehlmann , S. E. Clark , B. S. Hensley , S. Romanopoulos , A. Basyrov , H. K. Eriksen , M. Falalaki , T. Ghosh , E. Gjerløw , J. A. Kypriotakis , S. Maharana , A. Papadaki , T. J. Pearson , S. B. Potter , A. N. Ramaprakash , A. C. S. Readhead , I. K. Wehus

Planck intermediate results. XLI. A map of lensing-induced B-modes

The secondary cosmic microwave background (CMB) $B$-modes stem from the post-decoupling distortion of the polarization $E$-modes due to the gravitational lensing effect of large-scale structures. These lensing-induced $B$-modes constitute…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , T. Ghosh , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , E. Gjerløw , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , D. L. Harrison , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , G. Hurier , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , 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 , M. Lattanzi , R. Leonardi , F. Levrier , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , A. Moss , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , G. W. Pratt , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , M. Savelainen , G. Savini , D. Scott , L. D. Spencer , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter

The Robinson Telescope (BICEP) is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) and galactic foreground emission. Such measurements probe the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. W. Yoon , P. A. R. Ade , D. Barkats , J. O. Battle , E. M. Bierman , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , H. C. Chiang , A. Crites , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , G. S. Griffin , E. F. Hivon , W. L. Holzapfel , V. V. Hristov , B. G. Keating , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , E. M. Leitch , P. V. Mason , H. T. Nguyen , N. Ponthieu , Y. D. Takahashi , T. Renbarger , L. C. Weintraub , D. Woolsey

Measurements of Degree-Scale B-mode Polarization with the BICEP/Keck Experiments at South Pole

The BICEP and Keck Array experiments are a suite of small-aperture refracting telescopes observing the microwave sky from the South Pole. They target the degree-scale B-mode polarization signal imprinted in the Cosmic Microwave Background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-30 Keck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , R. W. Aikin , K. D. Alexander , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , R. Bowens-Rubin , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , B. P. Crill , M. Crumrine , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , C. Dvorkin , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescherj J. Grayson , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , N. A. Larsen , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , C. Pryke , B. Racine , S. Richter , R. Schwarz , A. Schillaci , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , Z. K. Staniszewski , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umilta , 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 , C. Zhang

Submillimeter Polarimetry with PolKa, a reflection-type modulator for the APEX telescope

Imaging polarimetry is an important tool for the study of cosmic magnetic fields. In our Galaxy, polarization levels of a few up to $\sim$10\% are measured in the submillimeter dust emission from molecular clouds and in the synchrotron…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Helmut Wiesemeyer , Talayeh Hezareh , Ernst Kreysa , Axel Weiss , Rolf Güsten , Karl M. Menten , Giorgio Siringo , Frederic Schuller , Attila Kovacs

BICEP2 I: Detection Of B-mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales

(abridged for arXiv) We report results from the BICEP2 experiment, a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeter specifically designed to search for the signal of inflationary gravitational waves in the B-mode power spectrum around…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-24 P. A. R Ade , R. W. Aikin , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , 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 , 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 , M. Lueker , P. Mason , 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 , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

Improved Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

The BICEP3 Polarimeter is a small aperture, refracting telescope, dedicated to the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at 95GHz. It is designed to target degree angular scale polarization patterns, in particular the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-26 J. Cornelison , C. Vergès , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , D. Beck , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. I. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. A. 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 , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. Look , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , M. A. Petroff , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reinsema , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

Modelling and simulation of large-scale polarized dust emission over the southern Galactic cap using the GASS HI data

The Planck survey has quantified polarized Galactic foregrounds and established that they are a main limiting factor in the quest for the cosmic microwave background (CMB) B-mode signal induced by primordial gravitational waves during…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-10 Tuhin Ghosh , Francois Boulanger , Peter G. Martin , Andrea Bracco , Flavien Vansyngel , Jonathan Aumont , Jamie Bock , Olivier Doré , Urmas Haud , Peter M. W. Kalberla , Paolo Serra

Instrumental performance and results from testing of the BLAST-TNG receiver, submillimeter optics, and MKID arrays

Polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust grains can be used to map magnetic fields in star forming molecular clouds and the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-22 Nicholas Galitzki , Peter Ade , Francesco E. Angile , Peter Ashton , Jason Austermann , Tashalee Billings , George Che , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Kristina Davis , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Bradley J. Dober , Laura M. Fissel , Yasuo Fukui , Jiansong Gao , Samuel Gordon , Christopher E. Groppi , Seth Hillbrand , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Jeffrey Klein , Dale Li , Zhi-Yun Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Ian Lowe , Hamdi Mani , Peter G. Martin , Philip Mauskopf , Christopher McKenney , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Enzo Pascale , Giampaolo Pisano , Fabio P. Santos , Douglas Scott , Adrian Sinclair , Juan D. Soler , Carole Tucker , Matthew Underhill , Michael Vissers , Paul Williams