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Background estimation in a wide-field background-limited instrument such as Fermi GBM

The supporting instrument on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is a wide-field gamma-ray monitor composed of 14 individual scintillation detectors, with a field of view which encompasses the entire…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Gerard Fitzpatrick , Sheila McBreen , Valerie Connaughton , Michael Briggs , the GBM Team

New Horizons in Cosmology with Spectral Distortions of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Voyage 2050 White Paper highlighting the unique science opportunities using spectral distortions of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). CMB spectral distortions probe many processes throughout the history of the Universe. Precision…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-18 J. Chluba , M. H. Abitbol , N. Aghanim , Y. Ali-Haimoud , M. Alvarez , K. Basu , B. Bolliet , C. Burigana , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille , E. Dimastrogiovanni , F. Finelli , D. Fixsen , L. Hart , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , J. C. Hill , A. Kogut , K. Kohri , J. Lesgourgues , B. Maffei , J. Mather , S. Mukherjee , S. P. Patil , A. Ravenni , M. Remazeilles , A. Rotti , J. A. Rubino-Martin , J. Silk , R. A. Sunyaev , E. R. Switzer

A full sky, low foreground, high resolution CMB map from WMAP

The WMAP satellite has made available high quality maps of the sky in five frequency bands ranging from 22 to 94 GHz, with the main scientific objective of studying the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). These maps,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Delabrouille , J. -F. Cardoso , M. Le Jeune , M. Betoule , G. Fay , F. Guilloux

Building the cosmic infrared background brick by brick with Herschel/PEP

The cosmic infrared background (CIB) includes roughly half of the energy radiated by all galaxies at all wavelengths across cosmic time, as observed at the present epoch. The PACS Evolutionary Probe (PEP) survey is exploited here to study…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 S. Berta , B. Magnelli , R. Nordon , D. Lutz , S. Wuyts , B. Altieri , P. Andreani , H. Aussel , H. Castaneda , J. Cepa , A. Cimatti , E. Daddi , D. Elbaz , N. M. Foerster Schreiber , R. Genzel , E. Le Floc'h , R. Maiolino , I. Perez-Fournon , A. Poglitsch , P. Popesso , F. Pozzi , L. Riguccini , G. Rodighiero , M. Sanchez-Portal , E. Sturm , L. J. Tacconi , I. Valtchanov

The Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum from the Full COBE/FIRAS Data Set

We have refined the analysis of the data from the FIRAS (Far InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer) on board the COBE (COsmic Background Explorer). The FIRAS measures the difference between the cosmic microwave background and a precise…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 D. J. Fixsen , E. S. Cheng , J. M. Gales , J. C. Mather , R. A. Shafer , E. L. Wright

Galactic Synchrotron Foreground and the CMB Polarization Measurements

The polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)is a powerful observational tool at hand for modern cosmology. It allows to break the degeneracy of fundamental cosmological parameters one cannot obtain using only anisotropy data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. V. Sazhin , G. Sironi , O. S. Khovanskaya

The Planck Low Frequency Instrument

Planck is the third generation of mm-wave instruments designed for space observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies within the new Cosmic Vision 2020 ESA Science Program. Planck will map the whole sky with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Mandolesi , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , F. Cuttaia , A. De Rosa , F. Finelli , E. Franceschi , A. Gruppuso , M. Malaspina , G. Morgante , G. Morigi , L. Popa , M. Sandri , L. Stringhetti , L. Terenzi , L. Valenziano , F. Villa

On the origin of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies

Suggestions have been made that the microwave background observed by COBE and WMAP and dubbed Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) may have an origin within our own Galaxy or Earth. To consider the signal that may be correlated with Earth, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ria Follop , Anais Rassat , Asantha Cooray , Filipe B. Abdalla

The Square Kilometer Array as a Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment

Contemporary cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments typically have observing bands covering the range 20 - 800 GHz. Certain science goals, including the detection of $\mu$-type distortions to the CMB spectrum and the characterization…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-07 David Zegeye , Thomas Crawford , Jens Chluba , Mathieu Remazeilles , Keith Grainge

Planck 2013 results. XVIII. Gravitational lensing-infrared background correlation

The multi-frequency capability of the Planck satellite provides information both on the integrated history of star formation (via the cosmic infrared background, or CIB) and on the distribution of dark matter (via the lensing effect on the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-29 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , J. G. Bartlett , S. Basak , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , M. Bethermin , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bridges , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , L. -Y Chiang , H. C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , T. R. Jaffe , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , F. Lacasa , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , J. León-Tavares , J. Lesgourgues , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , G. Savini , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , P. Serra , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , R. Sunyaev , F. Sureau , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , S. D. M. White , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Tentative Detection of the Cosmic Infrared Background at 2.2 and 3.5 microns Using Ground Based and Space Based Observations

The Cosmic InfraRed Background (CIRB) is the sum total of the redshifted and reprocessed short wavelength radiation from the era of galaxy formation, and hence contains vital information about the history of galactic evolution. One of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 V. Gorjian , E. L. Wright , R. R. Chary

Data analysis methods for the cosmic microwave background

In this review, we give an overview of some of the major aspects of data reduction and analysis for the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Since its prediction and discovery in the last century, the CMB radiation has proven itself to be one…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Matthieu Tristram , Ken Ganga

Anomalies in the Cosmic Microwave Background and their Non-Gaussian Origin in Loop Quantum Cosmology

Anomalies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) refer to features that have been observed, mostly at large angular scales, and which show some tension with the statistical predictions of the standard $\Lambda$CDM model. In this work, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-28 Ivan Agullo , Dimitrios Kranas , V. Sreenath

Imaging the first light: experimental challenges and future perspectives in the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allow high precision observation of the Last Scattering Surface at redshift $z\sim$1100. After the success of the NASA satellite COBE, that in 1992 provided the first detection of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mennella , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balbi , M. Bersanelli , C. Burigana , C. Butler , B. Cappellini , G. De Gasperis , F. Hansen , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , G. Morgante , P. Natoli , F. Pasian , F. Perrotta , P. Platania , L. Valenziano , F. Villa , A. Zacchei

Aberration of the Cosmic Microwave Background

The motion of the solar system barycenter with respect to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) induces a very large apparent dipole component into the CMB brightness map at the 3 mK level. In this Letter we discuss another kinematic effect…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Scott Burles , Saul Rappaport

Cosmic Microwave Background Recovery: A Graph-Based Bayesian Convolutional Network Approach

The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a significant source of knowledge about the origin and evolution of our universe. However, observations of the CMB are contaminated by foreground emissions, obscuring the CMB signal and reducing its…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Jadie Adams , Steven Lu , Krzysztof M. Gorski , Graca Rocha , Kiri L. Wagstaff

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

QUaD: A High-Resolution Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter

We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain telescope equipped with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 QUaD collaboration , J. R. Hinderks , P. Ade , J. Bock , M. Bowden , M. L. Brown , G. Cahill , J. E. Carlstrom , P. G. Castro , S. Church , T. Culverhouse , R. Friedman , K. Ganga , W. K. Gear , S. Gupta , J. Harris , V. Haynes , B. G. Keating , J. Kovac , E. Kirby , A. E. Lange , E. Leitch , O. E. Mallie , S. Melhuish , Y. Memari , J. A. Murphy , A. Orlando , R. Schwarz , C. O'Sullivan , L. Piccirillo , C. Pryke , N. Rajguru , B. Rusholme , A. N. Taylor , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. H. Turner , E. Y. S. Wu , M. Zemcov

Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements White Paper

This is a solicited whitepaper for the Snowmass 2021 community planning exercise. The paper focuses on measurements and science with the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The CMB is foundational to our understanding of modern physics and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-16 Clarence L. Chang , Kevin M. Huffenberger , Bradford A. Benson , Federico Bianchini , Jens Chluba , Jacques Delabrouille , Raphael Flauger , Shaul Hanany , William C. Jones , Alan J. Kogut , Jeffrey J. McMahon , Joel Meyers , Neelima Sehgal , Sara M. Simon , Caterina Umilta , Kevork N. Abazajian , Zeeshan Ahmed , Yashar Akrami , Adam J. Anderson , Behzad Ansarinejad , Jason Austermann , Carlo Baccigalupi , Denis Barkats , Darcy Barron , Peter S. Barry , Nicholas Battaglia , Eric Baxter , Dominic Beck , Amy N. Bender , Charles Bennett , Benjamin Beringue , Colin Bischoff , Lindsey Bleem , James Bock , Boris Bolliet , J Richard Bond , Julian Borrill , Thejs Brinckmann , Michael L. Brown , Erminia Calabrese , John Carlstrom , Anthony Challinor , Chihway Chang , Yuji Chinone , Susan E. Clark , William Coulton , Ari Cukierman , Francis-Yan Cyr-Racine , Shannon M. Duff , Cora Dvorkin , Alexander van Engelen , Josquin Errard , Johannes R. Eskilt , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Giulio Fabbian , Chang Feng , Simone Ferraro , Jeffrey Filippini , Katherine Freese , Nicholas Galitzki , Eric Gawiser , Daniel Grin , Daniel Grin , Evan Grohs , Alessandro Gruppuso , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Nils W. Halverson , Jean-Christophe Hamilton , Kathleen Harrington , Sophie Henrot-Versillé , Brandon Hensley , J. Colin Hill , Adam D. Hincks , Renee Hlozek , William Holzapfel , Selim C. Hotinli , Howard Hui , Ayodeji Ibitoye , Matthew Johnson , Bradley R. Johnson , Jae Hwan Kang , Kirit S. Karkare , Lloyd Knox , John Kovac , Kenny Lau , Louis Legrand , Marilena Loverde , Philip Lubin , Yin-Zhe Ma , Tony Mroczkowski , Suvodip Mukherjee , Moritz Münchmeyer , Daisuke Nagai , Johanna Nagy , Michael Niemack , Valentine Novosad , Yuuki Omori , Giorgio Orlando , Zhaodi Pan , Laurence Perotto , Matthew A. Petroff , Levon Pogosian , Clem Pryke , Alexandra Rahlin , Marco Raveri , Christian L. Reichardt , Mathieu Remazeilles , Yoel Rephaeli , John Ruhl , Emmanuel Schaan , Sarah Shandera , Meir Shimon , Ahmed Soliman , Antony A. Stark , Glenn D. Starkman , Radek Stompor , Ritoban Basu Thakur , Cynthia Trendafilova , Matthieu Tristram , Pranjal Trivedi , Gregory Tucker , Eleonora Di Valentino , Joaquin Vieira , Abigail Vieregg , Gensheng Wang , Scott Watson , Lukas Wenzl , Edward J. Wollack , W. L. Kimmy Wu , Zhilei Xu , David Zegeye , Cheng Zhang

The CMB Power Spectrum from the Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope (BEAST) Experiment

The Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope (BEAST) is a 2.2m off-axis telescope with an 8 element mixed Q (38-45GHz) and Ka (26-36GHz) band focal plane, designed for balloon borne and ground based studies of the Cosmic Microwave…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ian J. O'Dwyer , Marco Bersanelli , Jeffrey Childers , Newton Figueiredo , Doron Halevi , Gregory G. Huey , Philip M. Lubin , Davide Maino , Nazzareno Mandolesi , Joshua Marvil , Peter R. Meinhold , Jorge Mejia , Paolo Natoli , Hugh O'Neill , Agenor Pina , Michael D. Seiffert , Nathan C. Stebor , Camilo Tello , Thyrso Villela , Benjamin D. Wandelt , Brian Williams , Carlos Alexandre Wuensche