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Design Requirements for the Wide-field Infrared TransientExplorer (WINTER)

The Wide-field Infrared Transient Explorer (WINTER) is a 1x1 degree infrared survey telescope under development at MIT and Caltech, and slated for commissioning at Palomar Observatory in 2021. WINTER is a seeing-limited infrared time-domain…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-05 Danielle Frostig , John W. Baker , Joshua Brown , Richard S. Burruss , Kristin Clark , Gábor Fűrész , Nicolae Ganciu , Erik Hinrichsen , Viraj R. Karambelkar , Mansi M. Kasliwal , Nathan P. Lourie , Andrew Malonis , Robert A. Simcoe , Jeffry Zolkower

The LOFT mission: new perspectives in the research field of (accreting) compact objects

LOFT, the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing, is one of five ESA M3 candidate missions. It will address the Cosmic Vision theme: "Matter under Extreme Conditions". By coupling for the first time a huge collecting area for the detection of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Bozzo , L. Stella , M. van der Klis , A. Watts , D. Barret , J. Wilms , P. Uttley , J. W. den Herder , M. Feroci

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

Fundamental Limits of Detection of Galaxies in the Near and Mid Infrared

The construction of the James Webb Space Telescope has brought attention to infrared astronomy and cosmology. The potential information about our universe to be gained by this mission and future infrared telescopes is staggering, but…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-31 Nathan Lenssen

A Large Area Detector proposed for the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT)

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the four candidate ESA M3 missions considered for launch in the 2022 time-frame. It is specifically designed to perform fast X-ray timing and probe the status of the matter near black…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. Zane , D. Walton , T. Kennedy , M. Feroci , J. -W. Den Herder , M. Ahangarianabhari , A. Argan , P. Azzarello , G. Baldazzi , D. Barret , G. Bertuccio , P. Bodini , E. Bozzo , F. Cadoux , P. Cais , R. Campana , J. Coker , A. Cros , E. Del Monte , A. De Rosa , S. Di Cosimo , I. Donnarumma , Y. Evangelista , Y. Favre , C. Feldman , G. Fraser , F. Fuschino , M. Grassi , M. R. Hailey , R. Hudec , C. Labanti , D. Macera , P. Malcovati , M. Marisaldi , A. Martindale , T. Mineo , F. Muleri , M. Nowak , M. Orlandini , L. Pacciani , E. Perinati , V. Petracek , M. Pohl , A. Rachevski , P. Smith , A. Santangelo , J. -Y. Seyler , C. Schmid , P. Soffitta , S. Suchy , C. Tenzer , P. Uttley , A. Vacchi , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , J. Wilms , B. Winter

Horn-Coupled, Commercially-Fabricated Aluminum Lumped-Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Millimeter Wavelengths

We discuss the design, fabrication, and testing of prototype horn-coupled, lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) designed for cosmic microwave background (CMB) studies. The LEKIDs are made from a thin aluminum film deposited…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-27 H. McCarrick , D. Flanigan , G. Jones , B. R. Johnson , P. Ade , D. Araujo , K. Bradford , R. Cantor , G. Che , P. Day , S. Doyle , H. Leduc , M. Limon , V. Luu , P. Mauskopf , A. Miller , T. Mroczkowski , C. Tucker , J. Zmuidzinas

Euclid Assessment Study Report for the ESA Cosmic Visions

Euclid is a proposed high-precision survey mission to map the geometry of the Dark Universe with demonstrated feasibility. Euclid's Visible - Near-InfraRed imaging and spectroscopy of the extragalactic sky will further produce extensive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-09 R. Laureijs

2022 Upgrade and Improved Low Frequency Camera Sensitivity for CMB Observation at the South Pole

Constraining the Galactic foregrounds with multi-frequency Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations is an essential step towards ultimately reaching the sensitivity to measure primordial gravitational waves (PGWs), the sign of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-03 A. Soliman , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , 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. Kangh , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , M. A. Petroff , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , B. Singari , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , C. Vergès , 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

Development of Space Qualified Signal Processing Readout Electronics for HabWorlds and Origins Space Telescope Detector and Arrays

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) -- a flagship ultraviolet/optical/infrared space telescope recommended by the National Academies' Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics -- will require detector technologies capable of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 Tracee Jamison-Hooks , Lynn Miles , Sanetra Newman-Bailey , Oketa Basha , Abarna Karthikeyan , Sarah E. Kay , Sean Bryan , Philip Mauskopf , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Jason Glen , Sumit Dahal , Adrian Sinclair , Kathryn Chamberlain

Detecting the B-mode Polarisation of the CMB with Clover

We describe the objectives, design and predicted performance of Clover, which is a ground-based experiment to measure the faint ``B-mode'' polarisation pattern in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). To achieve this goal, clover will make…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-03 C. E. North , B. R. Johnson , P. A. R. Ade , M. D. Audley , C. Baines , R. A. Battye , M. L. Brown , P. Cabella , P. G. Calisse , A. D. Challinor , W. D. Duncan , P. G. Ferreira , W. K. Gear , D. Glowacka , D. J. Goldie , P. K. Grimes , M. Halpern , V. Haynes , G. C. Hilton , K. D. Irwin , M. E. Jones , A. N. Lasenby , P. J. Leahy , J. Leech , B. Maffei , P. Mauskopf , S. J. Melhuish , D. O'Dea , S. M. Parsley , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , C. D. Reintsema , G. Savini , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. C. Taylor , G. Teleberg , D. Titterington , V. Tsaneva , C. Tucker , R. Watson , S. Withington , G. Yassin , J. Zhang

Reaching sub-milimag photometric precision on Beta Pictoris with a nanosat: the PicSat mission

PicSat is a nanosatellite currently being developed to observe the transit of the giant planet \b{eta} Pictoris, expected some time between July 2017 and June 2018. The mission is based on a Cubesat architecture, with a small but ambitious…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-26 M. Nowak , S. Lacour , V. Lapeyrère , L. David , A. Crouzier , C. Dufoing , H. Faiz , T. Lemoult , P. Trebuchet

A ThermalKinetic Inductance Detectors Pixel Design for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations at 90/150 GHz bands

The highly sensitive millimeter-wave telescope is an important tool for accurate measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, and its core component is a detector array located in a cryogenic focal plane. The feasibility of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-29 Ye Chai , Shibo Shu , Yongping Li , Jiamin Sun , Zhouhui Liu , Yu Xu , Daikang Yan , Zhengwei Li , Yang Liu , Yiwen Wang , Weijie Guo , Juexian Cao , Congzhan Liu

Planck pre-launch status: Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument

In this paper we present the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI), designed and developed as part of the Planck space mission, the ESA program dedicated to precision imaging of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Planck-LFI will observe the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Bersanelli , N. Mandolesi , R. C. Butler , A. Mennella , F. Villa , B. Aja , E. Artal , E. Artina , C. Baccigalupi , M. Balasini , G. Baldan , A. Banday , P. Bastia , P. Battaglia , T. Bernardino , E. Blackhurst , L. Boschini , C. Burigana , G. Cafagna , B. Cappellini , F. Cavaliere , F. Colombo , G. Crone , F. Cuttaia , O. D'Arcangelo , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , L. De Angelis , G. C. De Gasperis , L. De La Fuente , A. De Rosa , G. De Zotti , M. C. Falvella , F. Ferrari , R. Ferretti , L. Figini , S. Fogliani , C. Franceschet , E. Franceschi , T. Gaier , S. Garavaglia , F. Gomez , K. Gorski , A. Gregorio , P. Guzzi , J. M. Herreros , S. R. Hildebrandt , R. Hoyland , N. Hughes , M. Janssen , P. Jukkala , D. Kettle , V. H. Kilpia , M. Laaninen , P. M. Lapolla , C. R. Lawrence , J. P. Leahy , R. Leonardi , P. Leutenegger , S. Levin , P. B. Lilje , S. R. Lowe , D. Lawson P. M. Lubin , D. Maino , M. Malaspina , M. Maris , J. Marti-Canales , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , A. Mediavilla , P. Meinhold , M. Miccolis , G. Morgante , P. Natoli , R. Nesti , L. Pagan , C. Paine , B. Partridge , J. P. Pascual , F. Pasian , D. Pearson , M. Pecora , F. Perrotta , P. Platania , M. Pospieszalski , T. Poutanen , M. Prina , R. Rebolo , N. Roddis , J. A. Rubino-Martin , n M. J. Salmon , M. Sandri , M. Seiffert , R. Silvestri , A. Simonetto , P. Sjoman , G. F. Smoot , C. Sozzi , L. Stringhetti , E. Taddei , J. Tauber , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Varis , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , A. Wilkinson , F. Winder , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Optical and Opto-mechanical Analysis and Design of the Telescope for the Ariel Mission

The Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (Ariel) is the first space mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of thousands of transiting exoplanets. Ariel was adopted in 2020 as the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-08 Paolo Chioetto

Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers

In this work we describe upgrades to the Spider balloon-borne telescope in preparation for its second flight, currently planned for December 2021. The Spider instrument is optimized to search for a primordial B-mode polarization signature…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 E. C. Shaw , P. A. R. Ade , S. Akers , M. Amiri , J. Austermann , J. Beall , D. T. Becker , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , R. S. Domagalski , O. Doré , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , A. Grigorian , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Kahn , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , A. Lennox , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. M. Mocanu , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , R. Nie , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , A. S. Rahlin , S. Redmond , C. Reintsema , L. J. Romualdez , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , J. A. Shariff , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , H. Thommesen , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. Ullom , J. F. van der List , J. Van Lanen , M. R. Vissers , A. C. Weber , S. Wen , I. K. Wehus , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

The ALHAMBRA Project: A large area multi medium-band optical and NIR photometric survey

(ABRIDGED) We describe the first results of the ALHAMBRA survey which provides cosmic tomography of the evolution of the contents of the Universe over most of Cosmic history. Our approach employs 20 contiguous, equal-width, medium-band…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Moles , N. Benítez , J. A. L. Aguerri , E. J. Alfaro , T. Broadhurst , J. Cabrera-Caño , F. J. Castander , J. Cepa , M. Cerviño , D. Cristóbal-Hornillos , A. Fernández-Soto , R. M. González Delgado , L. Infante , I. Márquez , V. J. Martínez , J. Masegosa , A. del Olmo , J. Perea , F. Prada , J. M. Quintana , S. F. Sánchez

POLAR-2 -- Latest Developments of the Next Generation GRB Polarimeter

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic events in the Universe. Despite over 50 years of research and measurements their prompt emission remains poorly understood, with key questions surrounding the structure of relativistic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Johannes Hulsman , Philipp Azzarello , Joerg Bayer , Franck Cadoux , Mariachiara Celato , Nicolas De Angelis , Yannick Favre , Aaron Feder , Jochen Greiner , Alejandro Guzman , Coralie Husi , Vishal Kumar , Hancheng Li , Mobin Mobaseri , Gabriel Pelleriti , Agnieszka Pollo , Nicolas Produit , Dominik Rybka , Andrea Santangelo , Jianchao Sun , Chris Tenzer , Xin Wu , Shuang-Nan Zhang

The High Energy Light Isotope eXperiment program of direct cosmic-ray studies

HELIX is a new NASA-sponsored instrument aimed at measuring the spectra and composition of light cosmic-ray isotopes from hydrogen to neon nuclei, in particular the clock isotopes 10Be (radioactive, with 1.4 Myr lifetime) and 9Be (stable).…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-13 HELIX Collaboration , S. Coutu , P. S. Allison , M. Baiocchi , J. J. Beatty , L. Beaufore , D. H. Calderon , A. G. Castano , Y. Chen , N. Green , D. Hanna , H. B. Jeon , S. B. Klein , B. Kunkler , M. Lang , R. Mbarek , K. McBride , S. I. Mognet , J. Musser , S. Nutter , S. OBrien , N. Park , K. M. Powledge , K. Sakai , M. Tabata , G. Tarle , J. M. Tuttle , G. Visser , S. P. Wakely , M. Yu

The ASTRO-H Mission

The joint JAXA/NASA ASTRO-H mission is the sixth in a series of highly successful X-ray missions initiated by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). ASTRO-H will investigate the physics of the high-energy universe by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Tadayuki Takahashi , Kazuhisa Mitsuda , Richard Kelley , Felix Aharonian , Fumie Akimoto , Steve Allen , Naohisa Anabuki , Lorella Angelini , Keith Arnaud , Hisamitsu Awaki , Aya Bamba , Nobutaka Bando , Mark Bautz , Roger Blandford , Kevin Boyce , Greg Brown , Maria Chernyakova , Paolo Coppi , Elisa Costantini , Jean Cottam , John Crow , Jelle de Plaa , Cor de Vries , Jan-Willem den Herder , Michael DiPirro , Chris Done , Tadayasu Dotani , Ken Ebisawa , Teruaki Enoto , Yuichiro Ezoe , Andrew Fabian , Ryuichi Fujimoto , Yasushi Fukazawa , Stefan Funk , Akihiro Furuzawa , Massimiliano Galeazzi , Poshak Gandhi , Keith Gendreau , Kirk Gilmore , Yoshito Haba , Kenji Hamaguchi , Isamu Hatsukade , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Junko Hiraga , Kazuyuki Hirose , Ann Hornschemeier , John Hughes , Una Hwang , Ryo Iizuka , Kazunori Ishibashi , Manabu Ishida , Kosei Ishimura , Yoshitaka Ishisaki , Naoki Isobe , Masayuki Ito , Naoko Iwata , Jelle Kaastra , Timothy Kallman , Tuneyoshi Kamae , Hideaki Katagiri , Jun Kataoka , Satoru Katsuda , Madoka Kawaharada , Nobuyuki Kawai , Shigeo Kawasaki , Dmitry Khangaluyan , Caroline Kilbourne , Kenzo Kinugasa , Shunji Kitamoto , Tetsu Kitayama , Takayoshi Kohmura , Motohide Kokubun , Tatsuro Kosaka , Taro Kotani , Katsuji Koyama , Aya Kubota , Hideyo Kunieda , Philippe Laurent , Francois Lebrun , Olivier Limousin , Michael Loewenstein , Knox Long , Grzegorz Madejski , Yoshitomo Maeda , Kazuo Makishima , Maxim Markevitch , Hironori Matsumoto , Kyoko Matsushita , Dan McCammon , Jon Miller , Shin Mineshige , Kenji Minesugi , Takuya Miyazawa , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Koji Mori , Hideyuki Mori , Koji Mukai , Hiroshi Murakami , Toshio Murakami , Richard Mushotzky , Yujin Nakagawa , Takao Nakagawa , Hiroshi Nakajima , Takeshi Nakamori , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Yoshiharu Namba , Masaharu Nomachi , Steve O' Dell , Hiroyuki Ogawa , Mina Ogawa , Keiji Ogi , Takaya Ohashi , Masanori Ohno , Masayuki Ohta , Takashi Okajima , Naomi Ota , Masanobu Ozaki , Frits Paerels , Stéphane Paltani , Arvind Parmer , Robert Petre , Martin Pohl , Scott Porter , Brian Ramsey , Christopher Reynolds , Shin-ichiro Sakai , Rita Sambruna , Goro Sato , Yoichi Sato , Peter Serlemitsos , Maki Shida , Takanobu Shimada , Keisuke Shinozaki , Peter Shirron , Randall Smith , Gary Sneiderman , Yang Soong , Lukasz Stawarz , Hiroyuki Sugita , Andrew Szymkowiak , Hiroyasu Tajima , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Yoh Takei , Toru Tamagawa , Takayuki Tamura , Keisuke Tamura , Takaaki Tanaka , Yasuo Tanaka , Yasuyuki Tanaka , Makoto Tashiro , Yuzuru Tawara , Yukikatsu Terada , Yuichi Terashima , Francesco Tombesi , Hiroshi Tomida , Miyako Tozuka , Yoko Tsuboi , Masahiro Tsujimoto , Hiroshi Tsunemi , Takeshi Tsuru , Hiroyuki Uchida , Yasunobu Uchiyama , Hideki Uchiyama , Yoshihiro Ueda , Shinichiro Uno , Meg Urry , Shin Watanabe , Nicholas White , Takahiro Yamada , Hiroya Yamaguchi , Kazutaka Yamaoka , Noriko Yamasaki , Makoto Yamauchi , Shigeo Yamauchi , Yoichi Yatsu , Daisuke Yonetoku , Atsumasa Yoshida

SPICA Assessment Study Report for ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Plan

SPICA (Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics) is a JAXA led observatory that will operate in the mid and far infrared wavelength range (5-210 micron) with unprecedented sensitivity, thanks to the 3.5 m (current baseline)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 SPICA Study Team Collaboration