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The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS): 40 GHz optical design

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) instrument will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at 40, 90, and 150 GHz from Cerro Toco in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. In this paper, we describe the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-02 Joseph R. Eimer , Charles L. Bennett , David T. Chuss , Tobias A. Marriage , Edward J. Wollack , Lingzhen Zeng

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Lensing of CMB Temperature and Polarization Derived from Cosmic Infrared Background Cross-Correlation

We present a measurement of the gravitational lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature and polarization fields obtained by cross-correlating the reconstructed convergence signal from the first season of ACTPol data at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Alexander van Engelen , Blake D. Sherwin , Neelima Sehgal , Graeme E. Addison , Rupert Allison , Nick Battaglia , Francesco de Bernardis , Erminia Calabrese , Kevin Coughlin , Devin Crichton , J. Richard Bond , Rahul Datta , Rolando Dunner , Joanna Dunkley , Emily Grace , Megan Gralla , Amir Hajian , Matthew Hasselfield , Shawn Henderson , J. Colin Hill , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Brian Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Mathew Madhavacheril , Loic Maurin , Jeff McMahon , Kavilan Moodley , Charles Munson , Sigurd Naess , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , Michael D. Niemack , Mike Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Christine Pappas , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Jonathan L. Sievers , Sara Simon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eric R. Switzer , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-10 D. Barron , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , C. Aleman , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , A. Bender , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , N. Katayama , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , H. Morii , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , T. Okamura , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , C. Raum , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , K. Rotermund , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , I. Shirley , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , S. Takada , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , H. Yamaguchi , O. Zahn

Optical modeling of systematic uncertainties in detector polarization angles for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

We present an estimate of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) detector polarization angle systematic uncertainty from optics perturbation analysis using polarization-sensitive ray tracing in CODE V optical design software. Uncertainties…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-02 Colin C. Murphy , Steve K. Choi , Rahul Datta , Mark J. Devlin , Matthew Hasselfield , Brian J. Koopman , Jeff McMahon , Sigurd Naess , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Suzanne T. Staggs , Robert Thornton , Edward J. Wollack

The Low Frequency Instrument in the ESA Planck mission

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allow high precision observation of the cosmic plasma at redshift z~1100. After the success of the NASA satellite COBE, that in 1992 provided the first detection of the CMB anisotropy,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli , B. Cappellini , D. Maino , P. Platania , S. Garavaglia , R. C. Butler , N. Mandolesi F. Pasian , O. D'arcangelo , A. Simonetto , C. Sozzi

Optical Characterization of the SPT-3G Focal Plane

The third-generation South Pole Telescope camera is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background across three frequency bands (95, 150 and 220 GHz) with ~16,000 transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. Each multichroic pixel on a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-10 Zhaodi Pan , Peter Ade , Zeeshan Ahmed , Anderson Adam , Jason Austermann , Jessica Avva , Ritoban Basu Thakur , Bender Amy , Bradford Benson , John Carlstrom , Faustin Carter , Thomas Cecil , Clarence Chang , Jean-Francois Cliche , Ariel Cukierman , Edward Denison , Tijmen de Haan , Junjia Ding , Matt Dobbs , Daniel Dutcher , Wendeline Everett , Allen Foster , Renae Gannon , Adam Gilbert , John Groh , Nils Halverson , Angelina Harke-Horsemann , Nicholas Harrington , Jaosn Henning , Gene Hilton , William Holzapfel , Nicholas Huang , Kent Irwin , Oliver Jeong , Michalle Jonas , Trupti Khaire , Anna Kofman , Milo Korman , Donna Kubik , Steve Kuhlmann , Chaolin Kuo , Adrian Lee , Amy Lowitz , Stephan Meyer , Daniel Michalik , Joshua Montgomery , Andrew Nadolski , Tyler Natoli , Hogan Nguyen , Gavin Noble , Valentyn Novosad , Stephan Padin , John Pearson , Chrystian Posada , Alexandra Rahlin , John Ruhl , Lauren Saunders , James Sayre , Ian Shirley , Erik Shirokoff , Graeme Smecher , Joshua Sobrin , Antony Stark , Kyle Story , Aritoki Suzuki , Qingyang Tang , Keith Thompson , Carole Tucker , Leila Vale , Keith Vanderlinde , Joaquin Vieira , Gensheng Wang , Nathan Whitehorn , Volodymyr Yefremenko , Ki Won Yoon , Matt Young

An 86-GHz search for Pulsars in the Galactic Center with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

We report on the first pulsar and transient survey of the Galactic Center (GC) with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The observations were conducted during the Global Millimeter VLBI Array campaign in 2017 and 2018.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-23 Kuo Liu , Gregory Desvignes , Ralph P. Eatough , Ramesh Karuppusamy , Michael Kramer , Pablo Torne , Robert Wharton , Shami Chatterjee , James M. Cordes , Geoffrey B. Crew , Ciriaco Goddi , Scott M. Ransom , Helge Rottmann , Federico Abbate , Geoffrey C. Bower , Christiaan D. Brinkerink , Heino Falcke , Aristeidis Noutsos , Antonio Hernandez-Gomez , Wu Jiang , Michael D. Johnson , Ru-Sen Lu , Yurii Pidopryhora , Luciano Rezzolla , Lijing Shao , Zhiqiang Shen , Norbert Wex

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 Maps and Cosmological Parameters

We present new arcminute-resolution maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization anisotropy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, using data taken from 2013-2016 at 98 and 150 GHz. The maps cover more than 17,000…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-18 Simone Aiola , Erminia Calabrese , Loïc Maurin , Sigurd Naess , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Maximilian H. Abitbol , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , David Alonso , Mandana Amiri , Stefania Amodeo , Elio Angile , Jason E. Austermann , Taylor Baildon , Nick Battaglia , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Daniel T. Becker , J Richard Bond , Sarah Marie Bruno , Victoria Calafut , Luis E. Campusano , Felipe Carrero , Grace E. Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Susan E. Clark , Nicholas F. Cothard , Devin Crichton , Kevin T. Crowley , Omar Darwish , Rahul Datta , Edward V. Denison , Mark J. Devlin , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Max Fankhanel , Simone Ferraro , Anna E. Fox , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Vera Gluscevic , Joseph E. Golec , Emily Grace , Megan Gralla , Yilun Guan , Kirsten Hall , Mark Halpern , Dongwon Han , Peter Hargrave , Matthew Hasselfield , Jakob M. Helton , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent Irwin , Rebecca Jackson , Jeff Klein , Kenda Knowles , Brian Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Victoria Lakey , Dale Li , Yaqiong Li , Zack Li , Martine Lokken , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Amanda MacInnis , Mathew Madhavacheril , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Danica Marsden , Jeff McMahon , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Tim Morton , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , John P. Nibarger , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Sherer , Lyman A. Page , Christine G. Pappas , Bruce Partridge , Phumlani Phakathi , Giampaolo Pisano , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Frank J. Qu , Jesus Rivera , Naomi Robertson , Felipe Rojas , Maria Salatino , Emmanuel Schaan , Alessandro Schillaci , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristobal Sifon , Precious Sikhosana , Sara Simon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason Stevens , Emilie Storer , Dhaneshwar D. Sunder , Eric R. Switzer , Ben Thorne , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Jesse Treu , Carole Tucker , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Yuhan Wang , Jonathan T. Ward , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Fernando Zago , Ningfeng Zhu

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: CMB Polarization at $200<\ell<9000$

We report on measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and celestial polarization at 146 GHz made with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) in its first three months of observing. Four regions of sky covering a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-11 Sigurd Naess , Matthew Hasselfield , Jeff McMahon , Michael D. Niemack , Graeme E. Addison , Peter A. R. Ade , Rupert Allison , Mandana Amiri , Nick Battaglia , James A. Beall , Francesco de Bernardis , J Richard Bond , Joe Britton , Erminia Calabrese , Hsiao-mei Cho , Kevin Coughlin , Devin Crichton , Sudeep Das , Rahul Datta , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Joseph W. Fowler , Anna E. Fox , Patricio Gallardo , Emily Grace , Megan Gralla , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Shawn Henderson , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , Patty Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent Irwin , Rebecca Jackson , Simon Muya Kasanda , Jeff Klein , Brian Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Dale Li , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Mathew Madhavacheril , Tobias A. Marriage , Loïc Maurin , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Charles Munson , Laura Newburgh , John Nibarger , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Christine Pappas , Bruce Partridge , Felipe Rojas , Benjamin Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Jon Sievers , Sara Simon , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Carole Tucker , Masao Uehara , Alexander Van Engelen , Jon Ward , Edward J. Wollack

ACBAR: The Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver

We describe the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR); a multifrequency millimeter-wave receiver designed for observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. C. Runyan , P. A. R. Ade , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , M. D. Daub , J. H. Goldstein , C. V. Haynes , W. L. Holzapfel , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , J. Leong , M. Lueker , M. Newcomb , J. B. Peterson , J. Ruhl , G. Sirbi , E. Torbet , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. Woolsey

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum at 148 and 218 GHz from the 2008 Southern Survey

We present measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope at 148 GHz and 218 GHz, as well as the cross-frequency spectrum between the two channels. Our results clearly show the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sudeep Das , Tobias A. Marriage , Peter A. R. Ade , Paula Aguirre , Mandana Amir , John W. Appel , L. Felipe Barrientos , Elia S. Battistelli , J. Richard Bond , Ben Brown , Bryce Burger , Jay Chervenak , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , W. Bertrand Doriese , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Ryan P. Fisher , Joseph W. Fowler , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , Kevin M. Huffenberger , David H. Hughes , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent D. Irwin , Jean Baptiste Juin , Madhuri Kaul , Jeff Klein , Arthur Kosowsky , Judy M Lau , Michele Limon , Yen-Ting Lin , Robert H. Lupton , Danica Marsden , Krista Martocci , Phil Mauskopf , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Harvey Moseley , Calvin B. Netterfield , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Lucas Parker , Bruce Partridge , Beth Reid , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Jon Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Carole Tucker , Ryan Warne , Ed Wollack , Yue Zhao

ALMA Polarimetry of AT2018cow

We present the first radio polarimetric observations of a fast-rising blue optical transient, AT2018cow. Two epochs of polarimetry with additional coincident photometry were performed with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-19 K. Y. Huang , J. Shimoda , Y. Urata , K. Toma , K. Yamaoka , K. Asada , H. Nagai , S. Takahashi , G. Petitpas , M. Tashiro

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: measuring radio galaxy bias through cross-correlation with lensing

We correlate the positions of radio galaxies in the FIRST survey with the CMB lensing convergence estimated from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope over 470 square degrees to determine the bias of these galaxies. We remove optically…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Rupert Allison , Sam N. Lindsay , Blake D. Sherwin , Francesco de Bernardis , J. Richard Bond , Erminia Calabrese , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Patricio Gallardo , Shawn Henderson , Adam D. Hincks , Renee Hlozek , Matt Jarvis , Arthur Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Mathew Madhavacheril , Jeff McMahon , Kavilan Moodley , Sigurd Naess , Laura Newburgh , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Neelima Sehgal , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Alexander van Engelen , Edward J. Wollack

Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) Focal Plane Development

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) will measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background to search for and characterize the polarized signature of inflation. CLASS will operate from the Atacama Desert and observe…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-06 D. T. Chuss , A. Ali , M. Amiri , J. Appel , C. L. Bennett , F. Colazo , K. L. Denis , R. Dünner , T. Essinger-Hileman , J. Eimer , P. Fluxa , D. Gothe , M. Halpern , K. Harrington , G. Hilton , G. Hinshaw , J. Hubmayr , J. Iuliano , T. A. Marriage , N. Miller , S. H. Moseley , G. Mumby , M. Petroff , C. Reintsema , K. Rostem , K. U-Yen , D. Watts , E. Wagner , E. J. Wollack , Z. Xu , L. Zeng

A novel technique for wide-field polarimetry with a radiotelescope array

We report the use of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) to conduct polarimetric observations of the sky at 5 GHz. The ATCA is normally operated as an interferometer array, but these observations were conducted in a split array…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 D. McConnell , E. Carretti , R. Subrahmanyan

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Beam Measurements and the Microwave Brightness Temperatures of Uranus and Saturn

We describe the measurement of the beam profiles and window functions for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), which operated from 2007 to 2010 with kilo-pixel bolometer arrays centered at 148, 218, and 277 GHz. Maps of Saturn are used to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Matthew Hasselfield , Kavilan Moodley , J. Richard Bond , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dunner , Joseph W. Fowler , Patricio Gallardo , Megan B. Gralla , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Adam D. Hincks , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Jon Sievers , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Edward J. Wollack

Atacama Compact Array Correlator for Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

We have developed a FX-architecture digital spectro-correlator, Atacama Compact Array Correlator for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The ACA Correlator processes four pairs of dual polarization signals, whose bandwidth is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-22 Sachiko K. Okumura , Yoshihiro Chikada , Takeshi Kamazaki , Takeshi Okuda , Yasutaka Kurono , Satoru Iguchi

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

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: likelihood for small-scale CMB data

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope has measured the angular power spectra of microwave fluctuations to arcminute scales at frequencies of 148 and 218 GHz, from three seasons of data. At small scales the fluctuations in the primordial Cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 J. Dunkley , E. Calabrese , J. Sievers , G. E. Addison , N. Battaglia , E. S. Battistelli , J. R. Bond , S. Das , M. J. Devlin , R. Dunner , J. W. Fowler , M. Gralla , A. Hajian , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , A. D. Hincks , R. Hlozek , J. P. Hughes , K. D. Irwin , A. Kosowsky , T. Louis , T. A. Marriage , D. Marsden , F. Menanteau , K. Moodley , M. Niemack , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , B. Partridge , N. Sehgal , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , E. R. Switzer , H. Trac , E. Wollack

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Cross Correlation with Planck maps

We present the temperature power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background obtained by cross-correlating maps from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) at 148 and 218 GHz with maps from the Planck satellite at 143 and 217 GHz, in two…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Thibaut Louis , Graeme E. Addison , Matthew Hasselfield , J Richard Bond , Erminia Calabrese , Sudeep Das , Mark J. Devlin , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Megan Gralla , Amir Hajian , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , Kevin Huffenberger , Leopoldo Infante , Arthur Kosowsky , Tobias A. Marriage , Kavilan Moodley , Sigurd Næss , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Neelima Sehgal , Jonathan L. Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Benjamin Z. Walter , Edward J. Wollack