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BICEP/Keck XVIII: Measurement of BICEP3 polarization angles and consequences for constraining cosmic birefringence and inflation

We use a custom-made calibrator to measure individual detectors' polarization angles of BICEP3, a small aperture telescope observing the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95GHz from the South Pole. We describe our calibration strategy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-19 Keck Collaboration , 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 , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. Denison , L. Duband , M. Eiben , B. D. Elwood , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , A. Fortes , M. Gao , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , A. Greathouse , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. H. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. Kuo , K. Lau , M. Lautzenhiser , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'brient , A. Patel , M. A. Petroff , A. R. Polish , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , T. Romand , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. Schmitt , B. Singari , K. Sjoberg , A. Soliman , T. St Germaine , A. Steiger , B. Steinbach , R. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Vergès , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

Multi-dimensional optimisation of the scanning strategy for the LiteBIRD space mission

Large angular scale surveys in the absence of atmosphere are essential for measuring the primordial $B$-mode power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Since this proposed measurement is about three to four orders of magnitude…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-05 Y. Takase , L. Vacher , H. Ishino , G. Patanchon , L. Montier , S. L. Stever , K. Ishizaka , Y. Nagano , W. Wang , J. Aumont , K. Aizawa , A. Anand , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , M. Bersanelli , M. Bortolami , T. Brinckmann , E. Calabrese , P. Campeti , E. Carinos , A. Carones , F. J. Casas , K. Cheung , L. Clermont , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , T. de Haan , E. de la Hoz , S. Della Torre , P. Diego-Palazuelos , G. D'Alessandro , H. K. Eriksen , J. Errard , F. Finelli , U. Fuskeland , G. Galloni , M. Galloway , M. Gervasi , T. Ghigna , S. Giardiello , C. Gimeno-Amo , E. Gjerløw , R. González González , A. Gruppuso , M. Hazumi , S. Henrot-Versillé , L. T. Hergt , K. Ikuma , K. Kohri , L. Lamagna , M. Lattanzi , C. Leloup , M. Lembo , F. Levrier , A. I. Lonappan , M. López-Caniego , G. Luzzi , B. Maffei , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. T. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , S. Micheli , M. Migliaccio , M. Monelli , G. Morgante , B. Mot , R. Nagata , T. Namikawa , A. Novelli , K. Odagiri , S. Oguri , R. Omae , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , F. Piacentini , M. Pinchera , G. Polenta , L. Porcelli , N. Raffuzzi , M. Remazeilles , A. Ritacco , M. Ruiz-Granda , Y. Sakurai , D. Scott , Y. Sekimoto , M. Shiraishi , G. Signorelli , R. M. Sullivan , H. Takakura , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , B. van Tent , P. Vielva , I. K. Wehus , B. Westbrook , G. Weymann-Despres , E. J. Wollack , M. Zannoni , Y. Zhou

Year two instrument status of the SPT-3G cosmic microwave background receiver

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a millimeter-wavelength telescope designed for high-precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The SPT measures both the temperature and polarization of the CMB with a large aperture,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 A. N. Bender , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , A. J. Anderson , J. S. Avva , K. Aylor , P. S. Barry , R. Basu Thakur , B. A. Benson , L. S. Bleem , S. Bocquet , K. Byrum , J. E. Carlstrom , F. W. Carter , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , J. F. Cliche , T. M. Crawford , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , E. V. Denison , J. Ding , M. A. Dobbs , S. Dodelson , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , A. Foster , J. Gallicchio , A. Gilbert , J. C. Groh , S. T. Guns , N. W. Halverson , A. H. Harke-Hosemann , N. L. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , N. Huang , K. D. Irwin , O. B. Jeong , M. Jonas , A. Jones , T. S. Khaire , L. Knox , A. M. Kofman , M. Korman , D. L. Kubik , S. Kuhlmann , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , A. E. Lowitz , S. S. Meyer , D. Michalik , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , H. Nguyen , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , Z. Pan , J. Pearson , C. M. Posada , W. Quan , S. Raghunathan , A. Rahlin , C. L. Reichardt , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , E. Shirokoff , G. Smecher , J. A. Sobrin , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , A. Suzuki , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , L. R. Vale , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , M. R. Young

The QUIJOTE experiment: project overview and first results

QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) is a new polarimeter aimed to characterize the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and other Galactic and extragalactic signals at medium and large angular scales in the frequency range 10-40 GHz.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-15 R. Génova-Santos , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , R. Rebolo , M. Aguiar , F. Gómez-Reñasco , C. Gutiérrez , R. J. Hoyland , C. López-Caraballo , A. E. Peláez-Santos , M. R. Pérez de Taoro , F. Poidevin , V. Sánchez de la Rosa , D. Tramonte , A. Vega-Moreno , T. Viera-Curbelo , R. Vignaga , E. Martínez-González , R. B. Barreiro , B. Casaponsa , F. J. Casas , J. M. Diego , R. Fernández-Cobos , D. Herranz , M. López-Caniego , D. Ortiz , P. Vielva , E. Artal , B. Aja , J. Cagigas , J. L. Cano , L. de la Fuente , A. Mediavilla , J. V. Terán , E. Villa , L. Piccirillo , Davies , R. J. Davis , C. Dickinson , K. Grainge , S. Harper , B. Maffei , M. McCulloch , S. Melhuish , G. Pisano , R. A. Watson , A. Lasenby , M. Ashdown , M. Hobson , Y. Perrott , N. Razavi-Ghods , R. Saunders , D. Titterington , P. Scott

SPIDER: Probing the Early Universe with a Suborbital Polarimeter

We evaluate the ability of SPIDER, a balloon-borne polarimeter, to detect a divergence-free polarization pattern ("B-modes") in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). In the inflationary scenario, the amplitude of this signal is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-06 A. A. Fraisse , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. Bryan , B. Burger , H. C. Chiang , C. N. Clark , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , G. Davis , O. Doré , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , N. N. Gandilo , S. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. E. Montroy , T. A. Morford , C. B. Netterfield , D. T. O'Dea , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , M. A. Schenker , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. Wiebe

CLOVER - A new instrument for measuring the B-mode polarization of the CMB

We describe the design and expected performance of Clover, a new instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background. The proposed instrument will comprise three independent telescopes operating at 90,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. C. Taylor , A. Challinor , D. Goldie , K. Grainge , M. E. Jones , A. N. Lasenby , S. Withington , G. Yassin , W. K. Gear , L. Piccirillo , P. Ade , P. D. Mauskopf , B. Maffei , G. Pisano

SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales

We describe SPIDER, a balloon-borne instrument to map the polarization of the millimeter-wave sky with degree angular resolution. Spider consists of six monochromatic refracting telescopes, each illuminating a focal plane of large-format…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-13 J. P. Filippini , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , B. Burger , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , O. Doré , M. Farhang , L. M. Fissel , N. N. Gandilo , S. R. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. E. Montroy , T. A. Morford , C. B. Netterfield , D. T. O'Dea , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , M. A. Schenker , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner

Cosmic Background dipole measurements with Planck-High Frequency Instrument

This paper discusses the Cosmic Background (CB) dipoles observations in the framework of the Planck mission. Dipoles observations can be used in three ways: (i) It gives a measurement of the peculiar velocity of our Galaxy which is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Piat , G. Lagache , J. P. Bernard , M. Giard , J. L. Puget

SPHERE: the exoplanet imager for the Very Large Telescope

Observations of circumstellar environments to look for the direct signal of exoplanets and the scattered light from disks has significant instrumental implications. In the past 15 years, major developments in adaptive optics, coronagraphy,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-13 J. -L. Beuzit , A. Vigan , D. Mouillet , K. Dohlen , R. Gratton , A. Boccaletti , J. -F. Sauvage , H. M. Schmid , M. Langlois , C. Petit , A. Baruffolo , M. Feldt , J. Milli , Z. Wahhaj , L. Abe , U. Anselmi , J. Antichi , R. Barette , J. Baudrand , P. Baudoz , A. Bazzon , P. Bernardi , P. Blanchard , R. Brast , P. Bruno , T. Buey , M. Carbillet , M. Carle , E. Cascone , F. Chapron , G. Chauvin , J. Charton , R. Claudi , A. Costille , V. De Caprio , A. Delboulbé , S. Desidera , C. Dominik , M. Downing , O. Dupuis , C. Fabron , D. Fantinel , G. Farisato , P. Feautrier , E. Fedrigo , T. Fusco , P. Gigan , C. Ginski , J. Girard , E. Giro , D. Gisler , L. Gluck , C. Gry , T. Henning , N. Hubin , E. Hugot , S. Incorvaia , M. Jaquet , M. Kasper , E. Lagadec , A. -M. Lagrange , H. Le Coroller , D. Le Mignant , B. Le Ruyet , G. Lessio , J. -L. Lizon , M. Llored , L. Lundin , F. Madec , Y. Magnard , M. Marteaud , P. Martinez , D. Maurel , F. Ménard , D. Mesa , O. Möller-Nilsson , T. Moulin , C. Moutou , A. Origné , J. Parisot , A. Pavlov , D. Perret , J. Pragt , P. Puget , P. Rabou , J. Ramos , J. -M. Reess , F. Rigal , S. Rochat , R. Roelfsema , G. Rousset , A. Roux , M. Saisse , B. Salasnich , E. Santambrogio , S. Scuderi , D. Segransan , A. Sevin , R. Siebenmorgen , C. Soenke , E. Stadler , M. Suarez , D. Tiphène , M. Turatto , S. Udry , F. Vakili , L. B. F. M. Waters , L. Weber , F. Wildi , G. Zins , A. Zurlo

Extinction correction and on-sky calibration of SCUBA-2

Commissioning of SCUBA-2 included a program of skydips and observations of calibration sources intended to be folded into regular observing as standard methods of source flux calibration and to monitor the atmospheric opacity and stability.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-06 Jessica T. Dempsey , Per Friberg , Tim Jenness , Dan Bintley , Wayne S. Holland

Multichroic TES Bolometers and Galaxy Cluster Mass Scaling Relations with the South Pole Telescope

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a high-resolution microwave-frequency telescope designed to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). To date, two cameras have been installed on the SPT to conduct two surveys of the CMB, the first in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-22 Benjamin Saliwanchik

The C-Band All-Sky Survey: Instrument design, status, and first-look data

The C-Band All-Sky Survey (C-BASS) aims to produce sensitive, all-sky maps of diffuse Galactic emission at 5 GHz in total intensity and linear polarization. These maps will be used (with other surveys) to separate the several astrophysical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-08-25 Oliver G. King , Charles Copley , Rod Davies , Richard Davis , Clive Dickinson , Yaser A. Hafez , Christian Holler , Jaya John John , Justin L. Jonas , Michael E. Jones , J. Patrick Leahy , Stephen J. C. Muchovej , Timothy J. Pearson , Anthony C. S. Readhead , Matthew A. Stevenson , Angela C. Taylor

Design and performance of the Spider instrument

Here we describe the design and performance of the Spider instrument. Spider is a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background polarization imager that will map part of the sky at 90, 145, and 280 GHz with sub-degree resolution and high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-14 M. C. Runyan , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. Benton , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , O. Dore , D. O'Dea , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. Fissel , N. Gandilo , S. R. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Hasselfield , M. Halpern , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. A. Morford , T. E. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. A. Schenker , J. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , R. S. Tucker , C. Tucker , A. Turner

Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background and Galactic Foregrounds at 12-17 GHz with the COSMOSOMAS Experiment

(Abridged) We present the analysis of the first 18 months of data obtained with the COSMOSOMAS experiment at the Teide Observatory (Tenerife). Three maps have been obtained at 12.7, 14.7 and 16.3 GHz covering 9000 square degrees each with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Fernandez-Cerezo , C. M. Gutierrez , R. Rebolo , R. A. Watson , R. J. Hoyland , S. R. Hildebrandt , J. A. Rubino-Martin , J. F. Macias-Perez , P. Sosa Molina

A High Sensitivity Fourier Transform Spectrometer for Cosmic Microwave Background Observations

The QUIJOTE Experiment was developed to study the polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) over the frequency range of 10-50 GHz. Its first instrument, the Multi Frequency Instrument (MFI), measures in the range 10-20 GHz which…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-24 Javier De Miguel-Hernández , Roger J. Hoyland , María F. Gómez Reñasco , J. Alberto Rubiño-Martín , Teodora A. Viera-Curbelo

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarization: BLAST-pol

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital experiment designed to study the process of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and in galaxies at cosmological distances. Using a 2-m…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Marsden , P. A. R. Ade , S. Benton , J. J. Bock , E. L. Chapin , J. Chung , M. J. Devlin , S. Dicker , L. Fissel , M. Griffin , J. O. Gundersen , M. Halpern , P. C. Hargrave , D. H. Hughes , J. Klein , A. Korotkov , C. J. MacTavish , P. G. Martin , T. G. Martin , T. G. Matthews , P. Mauskopf , L. Moncelsi , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , E. Pascale , L. Olmi , G. Patanchon , M. Rex , G. Savini , D. Scott , C. Semisch , N. Thomas , M. D. P. Truch , C. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , M. P. Viero , D. Ward-Thompson , D. V. Wiebe

Wavelength Self-Calibration and Sky Subtraction for Fabry-Perot Interferometers: Applications to OSIRIS

We describe techniques concerning wavelength calibration and sky subtraction to maximise the scientific utility of data from tunable filter instruments. While we specifically address data from the Optical System for Imaging and low…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 Tim Weinzirl , Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca , Steven P. Bamford , Bruno Rodriguez del Pino , Meghan E. Gray , Ana L. Chies-Santos

Self-Calibration of CMB Polarization Experiments

Precision measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, especially experiments seeking to detect the odd-parity "B-modes", have far-reaching implications for cosmology. To detect the B-modes generated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-27 Brian Keating , Meir Shimon , Amit Yadav

Systematic effects induced by half-wave plate differential optical load and TES nonlinearity for LiteBIRD

LiteBIRD, a forthcoming satellite mission, aims to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) across the entire sky. The experiment will employ three telescopes, Transition-Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers and rotating…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-23 Silvia Micheli , Tijmen de Haan , Tommaso Ghigna , Alessandro Novelli , Francesco Piacentini , Giampaolo Pisano , Fabio Columbro , Alessandro Coppolecchia , Giuseppe D'Alessandro , Paolo de Bernardis , Luca Lamagna , Elisabetta Marchitelli , Silvia Masi , Andrea Occhiuzzi , Alessandro Paiella

Foreground-Induced Biases in CMB Polarimeter Self-Calibration

Precise polarisation measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) require accurate knowledge of the instrument orientation relative to the sky frame used to define the cosmological Stokes parameters. Suitable celestial calibration…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-09 M. H. Abitbol , J. C. Hill , B. R. Johnson