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Optical Characterization of the SPT-3G Focal Plane

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CLASS Data Pipeline and Maps for 40 GHz Observations through 2022

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The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a four telescope array designed to characterize relic primordial gravitational waves from inflation and the optical depth to reionization through a measurement of the polarized cosmic…

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280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the SPIDER-2 Suborbital Polarimeter

We describe the construction and characterization of the 280 GHz bolometric focal plane units (FPUs) to be deployed on the second flight of the balloon-borne SPIDER instrument. These FPUs are vital to SPIDER's primary science goal of…

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Optical Design and Characterization of 40-GHz Detector and Module for the BICEP Array

Families of cosmic inflation models predict a primordial gravitational-wave background that imprints B-mode polarization pattern in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). High sensitivity instruments with wide frequency coverage and…

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The POLARBEAR-2 and Simons Array Focal Plane Fabrication Status

We present on the status of POLARBEAR-2 A (PB2-A) focal plane fabrication. The PB2-A is the first of three telescopes in the Simon Array (SA), which is an array of three cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization sensitive telescopes…

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Four-year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Observations: On-sky Receiver Performance at 40, 90, 150, and 220 GHz Frequency Bands

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) observes the polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB) over the angular scales of 1$^\circ \lesssim \theta \leq$ 90$^\circ$ with the aim of characterizing primordial gravitational waves…

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Development and characterization of the readout system for POLARBEAR-2

POLARBEAR-2 is a next-generation receiver for precision measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)). Scheduled to deploy in early 2015, it will observe alongside the existing…

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Development of 6-inch 80-170 GHz broadband silicon plated horn antenna arrays for primordial gravitational wave search

Searching for primordial gravitational wave in cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization signal is one of the key topics in modern cosmology. Cutting-edge CMB telescopes requires thousands of pixels to maximize mapping speed. Using…

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Two-year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Observations: 40 GHz Telescope Pointing, Beam Profile, Window Function, and Polarization Performance

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a telescope array that observes the cosmic microwave background (CMB) over 75% of the sky from the Atacama Desert, Chile, at frequency bands centered near 40, 90, 150, and 220 GHz. CLASS…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-07 Zhilei Xu , Michael K. Brewer , Pedro Fluxá Rojas , Yunyang Li , Keisuke Osumi , Bastián Pradenas , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Ricardo Bustos , Manwei Chan , David T. Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Jullianna Denes Couto , Sumit Dahal , Rahul Datta , Kevin L. Denis , Rolando Dünner , Joseph R. Eimer , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Dominik Gothe , Kathleen Harrington , Jeffrey Iuliano , John Karakla , Tobias A. Marriage , Nathan J. Miller , Carolina Núñez , Ivan L. Padilla , Lucas Parker , Matthew A. Petroff , Rodrigo Reeves , Karwan Rostem , Deniz Augusto Nunes Valle , Duncan J. Watts , Janet Weiland , Edward J. Wollack

Characterizing the Sensitivity of 40 GHz TES Bolometers for BICEP Array

The BICEP/Keck (BK) experiment aims to detect the imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization, which would be direct evidence of the inflation theory. While the tensor-to-scalar ratio has been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 C. Zhang , 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. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouvé , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , B. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , 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

Development of the 220/270 GHz Receiver of BICEP Array

Measurements of B-mode polarization in the CMB sourced from primordial gravitational waves would provide information on the energy scale of inflation and its potential form. To achieve these goals, one must carefully characterize the…

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Antenna-coupled TES bolometer arrays for CMB polarimetry

We describe the design and performance of polarization selective antenna-coupled TES arrays that will be used in several upcoming Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments: SPIDER, BICEP-2/SPUD. The fully lithographic polarimeter arrays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-12 C. L. Kuo , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. Brevik , G. Chattopadhyay , P. K. Day , S. Golwala , M. Kenyon , A. E. Lange , H. G. LeDuc , H. Nguyen , R. W. Ogburn , A. Orlando , A. Trangsrud , A. Turner , G. Wang , J. Zmuidzinas

Two-year Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Observations: A Measurement of Circular Polarization at 40 GHz

We report circular polarization measurements from the first two years of observation with the 40 GHz polarimeter of the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS). CLASS is conducting a multi-frequency survey covering 75% of the sky…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-12 Ivan L. Padilla , Joseph R. Eimer , Yunyang Li , Graeme E. Addison , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Ricardo Bustos , Michael K. Brewer , Manwei Chan , David T. Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Jullianna Couto , Sumit Dahal , Kevin Denis , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Pedro Fluxá , Saianeesh K. Haridas , Kathleen Harrington , Jeffrey Iuliano , John Karakla , Tobias A. Marriage , Nathan J. Miller , Carolina Núñez , Lucas Parker , Matthew A. Petroff , Rodrigo Reeves , Karwan Rostem , Robert W. Stevens , Deniz Augusto Nunes Valle , Duncan J. Watts , Janet L. Weiland , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

Corrugated Silicon Platelet Feed Horn Array for CMB Polarimetry at 150 GHz

Next generation cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization anisotropy measurements will feature focal plane arrays with more than 600 millimeter-wave detectors. We make use of high-resolution photolithography and wafer-scale etch tools…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Joseph W. Britton , John P. Nibarger , Ki Won Yoon , James A. Beall , Dan Becker , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Michael D. Niemack , Kent D. Irwin

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

Fabrication of Feedhorn-Coupled Transition Edge Sensor Arrays for Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

Characterization of the minute cosmic microwave background polarization signature requires multi-frequency, high-throughput precision instrument systems. We have previously described the detector fabrication of a 40 GHz focal plane and now…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Kevin L. Denis , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Meng-Ping Chang , David T. Chuss , Felipe Colazo , Nicholas Costen , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Ron Hu , Tobias Marriage , Karwan Rostem , Kongpop U-Yen , Edward J. Wollack

BICEP Array: a multi-frequency degree-scale CMB polarimeter

BICEP Array is the newest multi-frequency instrument in the BICEP/Keck Array program. It is comprised of four 550 mm aperture refractive telescopes observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 30/40, 95, 150 and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-03 Howard Hui , 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 , J. Cornelison , B. P. Crill , M. Crumrine , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , C. Dvorkin , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , J. Grayson , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , 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 , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. OBrient , 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 , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , C. Zhang

Polarisation measurements with a CdTe pixel array detector for Laue hard X-ray focusing telescopes

Polarimetry is an area of high energy astrophysics which is still relatively unexplored, even though it is recognized that this type of measurement could drastically increase our knowledge of the physics and geometry of high energy sources.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ezio Caroli , Rui M. Curado da Silva , Alessandro Pisa , John B. Stephen , Filippo Frontera , Matilde T. D. Castanheira , Stefano del Sordo