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SPTpol: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements with the South Pole Telescope

SPTpol is a dual-frequency polarization-sensitive camera that was deployed on the 10-meter South Pole Telescope in January 2012. SPTpol will measure the polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-19 J. E. Austermann , K. A. Aird , J. A. Beall , D. Becker , A. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. Britton , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , H. M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , A. Datesman , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , R. Keisler , J. Kennedy , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. Leitch , D. Li , M. Lueker , D. P. Marrone , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , T. E. Montroy , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , M. D. Niemack , V. Novosad , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , A. A. Stark , K. Story , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , R. Williamson , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , O. Zahn

The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER)

The Primordial Inflation Polarization ExploreR (PIPER) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background on large angular scales. PIPER will map 85% of the sky at 200, 270, 350, and 600 GHz…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Natalie N. Gandilo , Peter A. R. Ade , Dominic Benford , Charles L. Bennett , David T. Chuss , Jessie L. Dotson , Joseph R. Eimer , Dale J. Fixsen , Mark Halpern , Gene Hilton , Gary F. Hinshaw , Kent Irwin , Christine Jhabvala , Mark Kimball , Alan Kogut , Luke Lowe , Jeff J. McMahon , Timothy M. Miller , Paul Mirel , S. Harvey Moseley , Samuel Pawlyk , Samelys Rodriguez , Elmer Sharp , Peter Shirron , Johannes G. Staguhn , Dan F. Sullivan , Eric R. Switzer , Peter Taraschi , Carole E. Tucker , Edward J. Wollack

Development of a SEMPA system for magnetic imaging with ns time resolution and phase-sensitive detection

Scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis is a powerful lab-based magnetic imaging technique offering parallel imaging of multiple magnetization components and a very high spatial resolution. However, one drawback of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-22 Daniel Schönke , Andreas Oelsner , Pascal Krautscheid , Robert M. Reeve , Mathias Kläui

SPOrt: an Experiment Aimed at Measuring the Large Scale Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

SPOrt (Sky Polarization Observatory) is a space experiment to be flown on the International Space Station during Early Utilization Phase aimed at measuring the microwave polarized emission with FWHM = 7deg, in the frequency range 22-90 GHz.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Carretti , S. Cortiglioni , G. Bernardi , S. Cecchini , C. Macculi , C. Sbarra , J. Monari , A. Orfei , M. Poloni , S. Poppi , G. Boella , S. Bonometto , M. Gervasi , G. Sironi , M. Zannoni , M. Tucci , M. Baralis , O. A. Peverini , R. Tascone , G. Virone , R. Fabbri , L. Nicastro , K. -W. Ng , V. A. Razin , E. N. Vinyajkin , M. V. Sazhin , I. A. Strukov

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

Improved Absolute Polarization Calibrator for BICEP CMB Polarimeters

Cosmic birefringence is a hypothesized parity violation in electromagnetism that predicts a frequency-independent polarization rotation as light propagates. This would rotate the light from the Cosmic Microwave Background, producing an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-16 A. R. Polish , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , V. Buza , B. Cantrall , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. Denison , L. Duband , M. Echter , M. Eiben , B. D. Elwood , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , A. Fortes , M. Gao , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , S. Gratton , J. A. Grayson , A. Greathouse , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , T. D. Hoang , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. H. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. Kuo , K. Lasko , K. K. Lau , M. Lautzenhiser , A. Lennox , T. Liu , S. Mackey , N. Maher , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. N. Paine , A. Patel , M. A. Petroff , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , T. Romand , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. Schmitt , B. Singari , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , A. Steiger , B. Steinbach , R. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Verges , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , C. Yu , L. Zheng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry-BLASTPol: Performance and results from the 2012 Antarctic flight

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) is a suborbital mapping experiment, designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the star formation process. BLASTPol observes polarized light…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 N. Galitzki , P. A. R. Ade , F. E. Angilé , S. J. Benton , M. J. Devlin , B. Dober , L. M. Fissel , Y. Fukui , N. N. Gandilo , J. Klein , A. L. Korotkov , T. G. Matthews , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , D. Nutter , E. Pascale , F. Poidevin , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , C. E. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , D. Ward-Thompson

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

A Soft X-ray Beam-splitting Multilayer Optic for the NASA GEMS Bragg Reflection Polarimeter

A soft X-ray, beam-splitting, multilayer optic has been developed for the Bragg Reflection Polarimeter (BRP) on the NASA Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer Mission (GEMS). The optic is designed to reflect 0.5 keV X-rays through a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Ryan Allured , Monica Fernandez-Perea , Regina Soufli , Jennifer B. Alameda , Michael J. Pivovaroff , Eric M. Gullikson , Philip Kaaret

ESA Voyage 2050 white paper: A Polarized View of the Hot and Violent Universe

Since the birth of X-ray Astronomy, spectacular advances have been seen in the imaging, spectroscopic and timing studies of the hot and violent X-ray Universe, and further leaps forward are expected in the future. On the other hand,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 Paolo Soffitta , Niccolò Bucciantini , Eugene Churazov , Enrico Costa , Michal Dovciak , Hua Feng , Jeremy Heyl , Adam Ingram , Keith Jahoda , Philip Kaaret , Timothy Kallman , Vladimir Karas , Ildar Khabibullin , Henric Krawczynski , Julien Malzac , Frederic Marin , Herman Marshall , Giorgio Matt , Fabio Muleri , Carole Mundell , Mark Pearce , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Juri Poutanen , Roger Romani , Andrea Santangelo , Gianpiero Tagliaferri , Roberto Taverna , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Silvia Zane

Calibration strategy for the SPICA/SAFARI instrument

SPICA is a mid to far infra-red space mission to explore the processes that form galaxies, stars and planets. SPICA/SAFARI is the far infrared spectrometer that provides near-background limited observations between 34 and 230 micrometers.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Russell F. Shipman , Bart Vandenbussche , Edgar Castillo-Dominguez , Alvaro Labiano , Willem Jellema , Angiola Orlando

Technique of Polarimetric Observations of Faint Objects at the 6-m BTA Telescope

We describe the technique of spectropolarimetric observations allowing for the measurements of the Stokes parameters in one of the observational modes of the SCORPIO focal reducer of the 6-m BTA telescope of the SAO RAS. The characteristics…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-20 V. L. Afanasiev , V. R. Amirkhanyan

A High Precision, Optical Polarimeter to Measure Inclinations of High Mass X-Ray Binaries

We present commissioning data for the POLISH instrument obtained on the Hale 5-m telescope. The goal of this high precision polarimeter is to constrain orbital inclination of high mass X-ray binaries and to therefore obtain independent mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sloane J. Wiktorowicz , Keith Matthews

Measurements of B-mode Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from 500 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

We report a B-mode power spectrum measurement from the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization anisotropy observations made using the SPTpol instrument on the South Pole Telescope. This work uses 500 deg$^2$ of SPTpol data, a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 J. T. Sayre , C. L. Reichardt , J. W. Henning , P. A. R. Ade , A. J. Anderson , J. E. Austermann , J. S. Avva , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , F. Bianchini , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. C. Chiang , R. Citron , C. Corbett Moran , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , J. Gallicchio , E. M. George , A. Gilbert , N. Gupta , N. W. Halverson , N. Harrington , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. D. Hrubes , N. Huang , J. Hubmayr , K. D. Irwin , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , D. Li , A. Lowitz , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , L. M. Mocanu , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , J. P. Nibarger , G. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , S. Patil , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , K. K. Schaffer , C. Sievers , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , C. Tucker , K. Vanderlinde , T. Veach , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko

QUBIC: the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, QUBIC, is an innovative experiment designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and in particular the signature left therein by the inflationary expansion of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-18 E. S. Battistelli , P. Ade , J. G. Alberro , A. Almela , G. Amico , L. H. Arnaldi , D. Auguste , J. Aumont , S. Azzoni , S. Banfi , P. Battaglia , A. Baù , B. Bèlier , D. Bennett , L. Bergè , J. -Ph. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. -A. Bigot-Sazy , N. Bleurvacq , J. Bonaparte , J. Bonis , A. Bottani , E. Bunn , D. Burke , D. Buzi , A. Buzzelli , F. Cavaliere , P. Chanial , C. Chapron , R. Charlassier , F. Columbro , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , M. De Leo , M. De Petris , S. Dheilly , A. Di Donato , L. Dumoulin , A. Etchegoyen , A. Fasciszewski , L. P. Ferreyro , D. Fracchia , C. Franceschet , M. M. Gamboa Lerena , K. Ganga , B. Garcìa , M. E. Garcìa Redondo , M. Gaspard , A. Gault , D. Gayer , M. Gervasi , M. Giard , V. Gilles , Y. Giraud-Heraud , M. Gòmez Berisso , M. Gonzàlez , M. Gradziel , L. Grandsire , J. -Ch. Hamilton , D. Harari , V. Haynes , S. Henrot-Versillè , D. T. Hoang , F. Incardona , E. Jules , J. Kaplan , A. Korotkov , C. Kristukat , L. Lamagna , S. Loucatos , T. Louis , R. Luterstein , B. Maffei , S. Marnieros , W. Marty , S. Masi , A. Mattei , A. May , M. McCulloch , M. C. Medina , L. Mele , S. Melhuish , A. Mennella , L. Montier , L. Mousset , L. M. Mundo , J. A. Murphy , J. D. Murphy , F. Nati , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , C. O'Sullivan , A. Paiella , F. Pajot , A. Passerini , H. Pastoriza , A. Pelosi , C. Perbost , M. Perciballi , F. Pezzotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , M. Platino , G. Polenta , D. Prèle , R. Puddu , D. Rambaud , P. Ringegni , G. E. Romero , M. Salatino , J. M. Salum , A. Schillaci , C. Scòccola , S. Scully , S. Spinelli , G. Stankowiak , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Suarez , A. Tartari , J. -P. Thermeau , P. Timbie , M. Tomasi , S. Torchinsky , M. Tristram , C. Tucker , G. Tucker , S. Vanneste , D. Viganò , N. Vittorio , F. Voisin , B. Watson , F. Wicek , M. Zannoni , A. Zullo

High energy photon polarimeter for astrophysics

A high-energy photon polarimeter for astrophysics studies in the energy range from 10 MeV to 800 MeV is considered. The proposed concept uses a stack of silicon micro-strip detectors where they play the roles of both a converter and a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-13 Maxim Eingorn , Lakma Fernando , Branislav Vlahovic , Cosmin Ilie , Bogdan Wojtsekhowski , Guido Maria Urciuoli , Fulvio De Persio , Franco Meddi , Vladimir Nelyubin

BICEP2 and Keck Array operational overview and status of observations

The BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments are designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 2-4 degrees (l=50-100). This is the region in which the B-mode signal, a signature prediction of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. W. Ogburn , P. A. R. Ade , R. W. Aikin , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , J. A. Bonetti , J. A. Brevik , E. Bullock , B. Burger , G. Davis , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , S. R. Golwala , M. Gordon , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , V. V. Hristov , H. Hui , K. Irwin , J. P. Kaufman , B. G. Keating , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , A. Orlando , C. L. Pryke , C. Reintsema , S. Richter , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , 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 , D. V. Wiebe , P. Wilson , C. L. Wong

Calibration and performance studies of the balloon-borne hard X-ray polarimeter PoGO+

Polarimetric observations of celestial sources in the hard X-ray band stand to provide new information on emission mechanisms and source geometries. PoGO+ is a Compton scattering polarimeter (20-150 keV) optimised for the observation of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-23 M. Chauvin , M. Friis , M. Jackson , T. Kawano , M. Kiss , V. Mikhalev , N. Ohashi , T. Stana , H. Takahashi , M. Pearce

Calibration of the Gamma-RAy Polarimeter Experiment (GRAPE) at a Polarized Hard X-Ray Beam

The Gamma-RAy Polarimeter Experiment (GRAPE) is a concept for an astronomical hard X-ray Compton polarimeter operating in the 50 - 500 keV energy band. The instrument has been optimized for wide-field polarization measurements of transient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. F. Bloser , J. S. Legere , M. L. McConnell , J. R. Macri , C. M. Bancroft , T. P. Connor , J. M. Ryan

Polarimetry imprints of exotic compact objects: solitonic boson stars

In this work we analyze the polarization observational properties of solitonic boson stars orbited by spherical hot-spots emitting synchrotron radiation from a thermal distribution of electrons. We consider three boson star configurations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-04 João Luís Rosa , Nicolas Aimar , Hanna Liis Tamm