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Gamma-ray Polarimetry

An astrophysics application of a low noise Double-sided Silicon Strip Detector (DSSD) is described. A Semiconductor Multiple-Compton Telescope (SMCT) is being developed to explore the gamma-ray universe in the 0.1-20 MeV energy band.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Hiroyasu Tajima

BICEP3 performance overview and planned Keck Array upgrade

BICEP3 is a 520 mm aperture, compact two-lens refractor designed to observe the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95 GHz. Its focal plane consists of modularized tiles of antenna-coupled transition edge sensors…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 J. A. Grayson , 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. Fliescher , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , G. C. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , 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 , R. Schwarz , C. Sorensen , 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. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , K. W. Yoon

The Submillimeter Array Polarimeter

We describe the Submillimeter Array (SMA) Polarimeter, a polarization converter and feed multiplexer installed on the SMA. The polarimeter uses narrow-band quarter-wave plates to generate circular polarization sensitivity from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniel P. Marrone , Ramprasad Rao

HARPO - A Gaseous TPC for High Angular Resolution Gamma-Ray Astronomy and Polarimetry from the MeV to the TeV

We propose a "thin" detector as a high-angular-precision telescope and polarimeter for cosmic gamma-rays above the pair-creation threshold. We have built a demonstrator based on a gaseous TPC. We are presently characterizing the detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Denis Bernard

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

A 1.4 GHz radio continuum and polarization survey at medium Galactic latitudes: I. Observation and reduction technique

A radio continuum survey at medium Galactic latitudes with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope is being carried out at a centre frequency of 1.4 GHz in total power and linear polarization. Areas up to +/- 20 degree of Galactic latitude are now…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 B. Uyaniker , E. Fuerst , W. Reich , P. Reich , R. Wielebinski

Total power horn-coupled 150 GHz LEKID array for space applications

We have developed two arrays of lumped element kinetic inductance detectors working in the D-band, and optimised for the low radiative background conditions of a satellite mission aiming at precision measurements of the Cosmic Microwave…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-13 A. Paiella , A. Coppolecchia , P. de Bernardis , S. Masi , A. Cruciani , L. Lamagna , G. Pettinari , F. Piacentini , M. Bersanelli , F. Cavaliere , C. Franceschet , M. Gervasi , A. Limonta , S. Mandelli , E. Manzan , A. Mennella , A. Passerini , E. Tommasi , A. Volpe , M. Zannoni

A novel mechanical design of a bolometric array for the CROSS double-beta decay experiment

The CROSS experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay using a specific mechanical structure to hold thermal detectors. The design of the structure was tuned to minimize the background contribution, keeping an optimal detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-25 D. Auguste , A. S. Barabash , V. Berest , L. Bergé , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , P. Carniti , M. Chapellier , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , T. Dixon , L. Dumoulin , F. Ferri , A. Gallas , A. Giuliani , C. Gotti , P. Gras , A. Ianni , L. Imbert , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , S. I. Konovalov , P. Loaiza , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi , M. Martinez , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , Y. Peinaud , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , Ph. Rosier , J. A. Scarpaci , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , A. Zolotarova

Design and characterization of a 60-cm reflective half-wave plate for the CLASS 90 GHz band telescope

Front-end polarization modulation enables improved polarization measurement stability by modulating the targeted signal above the low-frequency $1/f$ drifts associated with atmospheric and instrumental instabilities and diminishes the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-15 Rui Shi , Michael K. Brewer , Carol Yan Yan Chan , David T. Chuss , Jullianna Denes Couto , Joseph R. Eimer , John Karakla , Koji Shukawa , Deniz A. N. Valle , John W. Appel , Charles L. Bennett , Sumit Dahal , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Tobias A. Marriage , Matthew A. Petroff , Karwan Rostem , Edward J. Wollack

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

BICEP / Keck XVII: Line of Sight Distortion Analysis: Estimates of Gravitational Lensing, Anisotropic Cosmic Birefringence, Patchy Reionization, and Systematic Errors

We present estimates of line-of-sight distortion fields derived from the 95 GHz and 150 GHz data taken by BICEP2, BICEP3, and Keck Array up to the 2018 observing season, leading to cosmological constraints and a study of instrumental and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-07 Keck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , D. Beck , C. A. 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 , C. Giannakopoulos , 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 , 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 , M. A. Petroff , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , B. Singari , 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. 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

Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: Inflation

We forecast the scientific capabilities to improve our understanding of cosmic inflation of CORE, a proposed CMB space satellite submitted in response to the ESA fifth call for a medium-size mission opportunity. The CORE satellite will map…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 CORE Collaboration , Fabio Finelli , Martin Bucher , Ana Achúcarro , Mario Ballardini , Nicola Bartolo , Daniel Baumann , Sébastien Clesse , Josquin Errard , Will Handley , Mark Hindmarsh , Kimmo Kiiveri , Martin Kunz , Anthony Lasenby , Michele Liguori , Daniela Paoletti , Christophe Ringeval , Jussi Väliviita , Bartjan van Tent , Vincent Vennin , Rupert Allison , Frederico Arroja , Marc Ashdown , A. J. Banday , Ranajoy Banerji , James G. Bartlett , Soumen Basak , Jochem Baselmans , Paolo de Bernardis , Marco Bersanelli , Anna Bonaldi , Julian Borril , François R. Bouchet , François Boulanger , Thejs Brinckmann , Carlo Burigana , Alessandro Buzzelli , Zhen-Yi Cai , Martino Calvo , Carla Sofia Carvalho , Gabriella Castellano , Anthony Challinor , Jens Chluba , Ivan Colantoni , Martin Crook , Giuseppe D'Alessandro , Guido D'Amico , Jacques Delabrouille , Vincent Desjacques , Gianfranco De Zotti , Jose Maria Diego , Eleonora Di Valentino , Stephen Feeney , James R. Fergusson , Raul Fernandez-Cobos , Simone Ferraro , Francesco Forastieri , Silvia Galli , Juan García-Bellido , Giancarlo de Gasperis , Ricardo T. Génova-Santos , Martina Gerbino , Joaquin González-Nuevo , Sebastian Grandis , Josh Greenslade , Steffen Hagstotz , Shaul Hanany , Dhiraj K. Hazra , Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo , Carlos Hervias-Caimapo , Matthew Hills , Eric Hivon , Bin Hu , Ted Kisner , Thomas Kitching , Ely D. Kovetz , Hannu Kurki-Suonio , Luca Lamagna , Massimiliano Lattanzi , Julien Lesgourgues , Antony Lewis , Valtteri Lindholm , Joanes Lizarraga , Marcos López-Caniego , Gemma Luzzi , Bruno Maffei , Nazzareno Mandolesi , Enrique Martínez-González , Carlos J. A. P. Martins , Silvia Masi , Darragh McCarthy , Sabino Matarrese , Alessandro Melchiorri , Jean-Baptiste Melin , Diego Molinari , Alessandro Monfardini , Paolo Natoli , Mattia Negrello , Alessio Notari , Filippo Oppizzi , Alessandro Paiella , Enrico Pajer , Guillaume Patanchon , Subodh P. Patil , Michael Piat , Giampaolo Pisano , Linda Polastri , Gianluca Polenta , Agnieszka Pollo , Vivian Poulin , Miguel Quartin , Andrea Ravenni , Mathieu Remazeilles , Alessandro Renzi , Diederik Roest , Matthieu Roman , Jose Alberto Rubiño-Martin , Laura Salvati , Alexei A. Starobinsky , Andrea Tartari , Gianmassimo Tasinato , Maurizio Tomasi , Jesús Torrado , Neil Trappe , Tiziana Trombetti , Carole Tucker , Marco Tucci , Jon Urrestilla , Rien van de Weygaert , Patricio Vielva , Nicola Vittorio , Karl Young

BICEP2 II: Experiment and Three-Year Data Set

We report on the design and performance of the BICEP2 instrument and on its three-year data set. BICEP2 was designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 1 to 5 degrees ($\ell$=40-200),…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-18 BICEP2 Collaboration , P. A. R Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , I. Buder , E. Bullock , G. Davis , 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 , N. Llombart , M. Lueker , 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 , K. T. Story , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , J. E. Tolan , A. D. Turner , A. G. Vieregg , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong , K. W. Yoon

The FAST Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot survey: I. Project design and pulsar discoveries

Discovery of pulsars is one of the main goals for large radio telescopes. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), that incorporates an L-band 19-beam receiver with a system temperature of about 20~K, is the most…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-19 J. L. Han , Chen Wang , P. F. Wang , Tao Wang , D. J. Zhou , Jing-Hai Sun , Yi Yan , Wei-Qi Su , Wei-Cong Jing , Xue Chen , X. Y. Gao , Li-Gang Hou , Jun Xu , K. J. Lee , Na Wang , Peng Jiang , Ren-Xin Xu , Jun Yan , Heng-Qian Gan , Xin Guan , Wen-Jun Huang , Jin-Chen Jiang , Hui Li , Yun-Peng Men , Chun Sun , Bo-Jun Wang , H. G. Wang , Shuang-Qiang Wang , Jin-Tao Xie , Heng Xu , Rui Yao , Xiao-Peng You , D. J. Yu , Jian-Ping Yuan , Rai Yuen , Chun-Feng Zhang , Yan Zhu

A Route to Large-Scale Ultra-Low Noise Detector Arrays for Far-Infrared Space Applications

Far-infrared detectors for future cooled space telescopes require ultra-sensitive detectors with optical noise equivalent powers of order 0.2 aW/\sqrt Hz. This performance has already been demonstrated in arrays of transition edge sensors.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-01 D J Goldie , S. Withington , C. N. Thomas , P. A. R. Ade , R. V. Sudiwala

Developing a second generation Laue lens prototype: high reflectivity crystals and accurate assembly

Laue lenses are an emerging technology that will enhance gamma-ray telescope sensitivity by one to two orders of magnitude in selected energy bands of the \sim 100 keV to \sim 1.5 MeV range. This optic would be particularly well adapted to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-30 Nicolas M. Barrière , John A. Tomsick , Steven E. Boggs , Alexander Lowell , Peter von Ballmoos

A Constraint on Primordial $B$-Modes from the First Flight of the SPIDER Balloon-Borne Telescope

We present the first linear polarization measurements from the 2015 long-duration balloon flight of SPIDER, an experiment designed to map the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on degree angular scales. Results from these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-25 SPIDER Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Doré , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , D. S. Y. Mak , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , R. O'Brient , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. F. van der List , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

Light collection of POLAR detector

POLAR is a compact polarimeter dedicated to measure the polarization of GRBs between 50-300 keV. The light collection of 200*6*6mm3 plastic bars has been simulated and optimized in order to get uniform response to x-rays at different points…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-17 Yongwei Dong , Yanguo Li , Bobing Wu , Yongjie Zhang , Shuangnan Zhang

Gravitational Lensing of Pregalactic 21 cm Radiation

Low-frequency radio observations of neutral hydrogen during and before the epoch of cosmic reionization will provide hundreds of quasi-independent source planes, each of precisely known redshift, if a resolution of ~ 1 arcminutes or better…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 R. Benton Metcalf

Development of dual-polarization LEKIDs for CMB observations

We discuss the design considerations and initial measurements from arrays of dual-polarization, lumped element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) nominally designed for cosmic microwave background (CMB) studies. The detectors are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Heather McCarrick , Maximilian H. Abitbol , Peter A. R. Ade , Peter Barry , Sean Bryan , George Che , Peter Day , Simon Doyle , Daniel Flanigan , Bradley R. Johnson , Glenn Jones , Henry G. LeDuc , Michele Limon , Philip Mauskopf , Amber Miller , Carole Tucker , Jonas Zmuidzinas