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Forecast B-modes detection at large scales in presence of noise and foregrounds

We investigate the detectability of the primordial CMB polarization B-mode power spectrum on large scales in the presence of instrumental noise and realistic foreground contamination. We have worked out a method to estimate the errors on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Bonaldi , S. Ricciardi

BB mode angular power spectrum of CMB from massive gravity

The BB-mode correlation angular power spectrum of CMB is studied for primordial massive gravitational waves for several inflation models. The comparative study of the angular power spectrum with the joint BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-29 N. Malsawmtluangi , P. K. Suresh

B-Machine Polarimeter: A Telescope to Measure the Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background

The B-Machine Telescope is the culmination of several years of development, construction, characterization and observation. The telescope is a departure from standard polarization chopping of correlation receivers to a half wave plate…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-11 Brian D. Williams

B-Pol: Detecting Primordial Gravitational Waves Generated During Inflation

B-Pol is a medium-class space mission aimed at detecting the primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation through high accuracy measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. We discuss the scientific…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Paolo de Bernardis , Martin Bucher , Carlo Burigana , Lucio Piccirillo

Delensing the CMB with the cosmic infrared background: the impact of foregrounds

The most promising avenue for detecting primordial gravitational waves from cosmic inflation is through measurements of degree-scale CMB $B$-mode polarisation. This approach must face the challenge posed by gravitational lensing of the CMB,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Antón Baleato Lizancos , Anthony Challinor , Blake D. Sherwin , Toshiya Namikawa

The Observational Status of Cosmic Inflation after Planck

The observational status of inflation after the Planck 2013 and 2015 results and the BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck joint analysis is discussed. These pedagogical lecture notes are intended to serve as a technical guide filling the gap…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-22 Jerome Martin

Benchmark Parameters for CMB Polarization Experiments

The recently detected polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) holds the potential for revealing the physics of inflation and gravitationally mapping the large-scale structure of the universe, if so called B-mode signals below…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Wayne Hu , Matthew M. Hedman , Matias Zaldarriaga

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

MAXIMA: Observations of CMB Anisotropy

This document describes the Millimeter Anisotropy eXperiment IMaging Array (MAXIMA), a balloon-borne experiment measuring the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) on angular scales of 10 arcminutes to 5 degrees.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-09 Bahman Rabii

Results from the Atacama B-mode Search (ABS) Experiment

The Atacama B-mode Search (ABS) is an experiment designed to measure cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization at large angular scales ($\ell>40$). It operated from the ACT site at 5190~m elevation in northern Chile at 145 GHz with a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Akito Kusaka , John Appel , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , James A. Beall , Luis E. Campusano , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Kevin Crowley , Joseph W. Fowler , Patricio Gallardo , Matthew Hasselfield , Gene Hilton , Shuay-Pwu P. Ho , Kent Irwin , Norman Jarosik , Michael D. Niemack , Glen W. Nixon , Michael Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Gonzalo A. Palma , Lucas Parker , Srinivasan Raghunathan , Carl D. Reintsema , Jonathan Sievers , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne T. Staggs , Katerina Visnjic , Ki-Won Yoon

Thermal architecture for the QUBIC cryogenic receiver

QUBIC, the QU Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, is a novel forthcoming instrument to measure the B-mode polarization anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The detection of the B-mode signal will be extremely challenging;…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 A. J. May , C. Chapron , G. Coppi , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , S. Masi , S. Melhuish , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , A. Schillaci , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Ade , G. Amico , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Banfi , G. Barbara , P. Battaglia , E. Battistelli , A. Bau , B. Belier , D. Bennett , L. Berge , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , N. Bleurvacq , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , G. Bordier , E. Breelle , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , A. Buzzelli , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , R. Charlassier , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , F. Couchot , R. D'Agostino , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , A. Di Donato , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , B. Garcia , X. Garrido , M. Gaspard , A. Gault , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gomez Berisso , M. Gonzalez , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , E. Guerrard , J. -Ch. Hamilton , D. Harari , V. Haynes , S. Henrot-Versille , D. T. Hoang , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , A. Korotkov , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , A. Lowitz , V. Lukovic , R. Luterstein , B. Maffei , S. Marnieros , A. Mattei , M. A. McCulloch , M. C. Medina , L. Mele , A. Mennella , L. Montier , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , C. O'Sullivan , E. Olivieri , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , O. Perdereau , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , G. Pisano , G. Polenta , D. Prele , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , M. Salatino , C. G. Scoccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Suarez , A. Tartari , P. Timbie , S. A. Torchinsky , M. Tristram , V. Truongcanh , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , S. Vanneste , D. Vigano , N. Vittorio , F. Voisin , B. Watson , F. Wicek , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

Search for Gravitational Waves in the CMB After WMAP3: Foreground Confusion and The Optimal Frequency Coverage for Foreground Minimization

B-modes of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization can be created by a primordial gravitational wave background. If this background was created by Inflation, then the amplitude of the polarization signal is proportional the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexandre Amblard , Asantha Cooray , Manoj Kaplinghat

CMBPol Mission Concept Study: Probing Inflation with CMB Polarization

We summarize the utility of precise cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization measurements as probes of the physics of inflation. We focus on the prospects for using CMB measurements to differentiate various inflationary mechanisms. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-03 Daniel Baumann , Mark G. Jackson , Peter Adshead , Alexandre Amblard , Amjad Ashoorioon , Nicola Bartolo , Rachel Bean , Maria Beltran , Francesco de Bernardis , Simeon Bird , Xingang Chen , Daniel J. H. Chung , Loris Colombo , Asantha Cooray , Paolo Creminelli , Scott Dodelson , Joanna Dunkley , Cora Dvorkin , Richard Easther , Fabio Finelli , Raphael Flauger , Mark Hertzberg , Katherine Jones-Smith , Shamit Kachru , Kenji Kadota , Justin Khoury , William H. Kinney , Eiichiro Komatsu , Lawrence M. Krauss , Julien Lesgourgues , Andrew Liddle , Michele Liguori , Eugene Lim , Andrei Linde , Sabino Matarrese , Harsh Mathur , Liam McAllister , Alessandro Melchiorri , Alberto Nicolis , Luca Pagano , Hiranya V. Peiris , Marco Peloso , Levon Pogosian , Elena Pierpaoli , Antonio Riotto , Uros Seljak , Leonardo Senatore , Sarah Shandera , Eva Silverstein , Tristan Smith , Pascal Vaudrevange , Licia Verde , Ben Wandelt , David Wands , Scott Watson , Mark Wyman , Amit Yadav , Wessel Valkenburg , Matias Zaldarriaga

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

A Measurement of the Largest-Scale CMB E-mode Polarization with CLASS

We present measurements of large-scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) E-mode polarization from the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) 90 GHz data. Using 115 det-yr of observations collected through 2024 with a variable-delay…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-09 Yunyang Li , Joseph Eimer , John Appel , Charles Bennett , Michael Brewer , Sarah Marie Bruno , Ricardo Bustos , Carol Chan , David Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Sumit Dahal , Rahul Datta , Jullianna Denes Couto , Kevin Denis , Rolando Dunner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Kathleen Harrington , Kyle Helson , Johannes Hubmayr , Jeffrey Iuliano , John Karakla , Tobias Marriage , Nathan Miller , Carolina Morales Perez , Lucas Parker , Matthew Petroff , Rodrigo Reeves , Karwan Rostem , Caleigh Ryan , Rui Shi , Koji Shukawa , Deniz Valle , Duncan Watts , J. Weiland , Edward Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Lingzhen Zeng

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

Systematic Effects in Interferometric Observations of the CMB Polarization

The detection of the primordial $B$-mode spectrum of the polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB) signal may provide a probe of inflation. However, observation of such a faint signal requires excellent control of systematic errors.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Ata Karakci , Le Zhang , P. M. Sutter , Emory F. Bunn , Andrei Korotkov , Peter Timbie , Gregory S. Tucker , Benjamin D. Wandelt

Causality and Primordial Tensor Modes

We introduce the real space correlation function of $B$-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as a probe of superhorizon tensor perturbations created by inflation. By causality, any non-inflationary mechanism for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Daniel Baumann , Matias Zaldarriaga

CMB from the South Pole: Past, Present, and Future

South Pole Station offers a unique combination of high, dry, stable conditions and well-developed support facilities. Over the past 20 years, a sequence of increasingly sophisticated CMB experiments at Pole have built on the experience of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-10 J. M. Kovac , D. Barkats

Genus Topology and Cross-Correlation of BICEP2 and Planck 353 GHz B-Modes: Further Evidence Favoring Gravity Wave Detection

We have analyzed the genus topology of the BICEP2 B-modes and find them to be Gaussian random phase as expected if they have a cosmological origin. These BICEP2 B-modes can be produced by gravity waves in the early universe, but some…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Wesley N. Colley , J. Richard Gott