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BOOMERANG: A Balloon-borne Millimeter Wave Telescope and Total Power Receiver for Mapping Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background

We describe BOOMERANG; a balloon-borne microwave telescope designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at a resolution of 10' from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The millimeter-wave receiver employs new technology in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. P. Crill , P. A. R. Ade , D. R. Artusa , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , P. Cardoni , S. E. Church , K. Coble , P. deBernardis , G. deTroia , P. Farese , K. M. Ganga , M. Giacometti , C. V. Haynes , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , S. Masi , P. V. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , C. G. Paine , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , F. Pongetti , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi , D. Sforna , A. D. Turner

Measurement of a Peak in the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum from the North American test flight of BOOMERANG

We describe a measurement of the angular power spectrum of anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from 0.3 degrees to ~10 degrees from the North American test flight of the BOOMERANG experiment. BOOMERANG is a balloon-borne…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. D. Mauskopf , P. A. R. Ade , P. de Bernardis , J. J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , G. DeGasperis , G. De Troia , P. Farese , P. G. Ferreira , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , S. Hanany , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , A. E. Lange , A. T. Lee , S. Masi , A. Melchiorri , F. Melchiorri , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , P. L. Richards , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , E. Scannapieco , F. Scaramuzzi , R. Stompor , N. Vittorio

MAXIMA-1: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy on angular scales of 10 arcminutes to 5 degrees

We present a map and an angular power spectrum of the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the first flight of MAXIMA. MAXIMA is a balloon-borne experiment with an array of 16 bolometric photometers operated at 100 mK.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Hanany , P. Ade , A. Balbi , J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , P. de Bernardis , P. G. Ferreira , V. V. Hristov , A. H. Jaffe , A. E. Lange , A. T. Lee , P. D. Mauskopf , C. B. Netterfield , S. Oh , E. Pascale , B. Rabii , P. L. Richards , G. F. Smoot , R. Stompor , C. D. Winant , J. H. P. Wu

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was launched by CNES from the Swedish Esrange…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Benoit , P. Ade , A. Amblard , R. Ansari , E. Aubourg , S. Bargot , J. G. Bartlett , J. -Ph. Bernard , R. S. Bhatia , A. Blanchard , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , F. R. Bouchet , A. Bourrachot , P. Camus , F. Couchot , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Desert , O. Doré , M. Douspis , L. Dumoulin , X. Dupac , P. Filliatre , P. Fosalba , K. Ganga , F. Gannaway , B. Gautier , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Heraud , R. Gispert , L. Guglielmi , J. -Ch. Hamilton , S. Hanany , S. Henrot-Versille , J. Kaplan , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. E. Lange , J. F. Macias-Perez , K. Madet , B. Maffei , Ch. Magneville , D. P. Marrone , S. Masi , F. Mayet , A. Murphy , F. Naraghi , F. Nati , G. Patanchon , G. Perrin , M. Piat , N. Ponthieu , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , C. Renault , C. Rosset , D. Santos , A. Starobinsky , I. Strukov , R. V. Sudiwala , R. Teyssier , M. Tristram , C. Tucker , J. -C. Vanel , D. Vibert , E. Wakui , D. Yvon

MAXIPOL: A Balloon-borne Experiment for Measuring the Polarization Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) on angular scales of 10 arcmin to 2 degrees. MAXIPOL is the first CMB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 B. R. Johnson , M. E. Abroe , P. Ade , J. Bock , J. Borrill , J. S. Collins , P. Ferreira , S. Hanany , A. H. Jaffe , T. Jones , A. T. Lee , L. Levinson , T. Matsumura , B. Rabii , T. Renbarger , P. L. Richards , G. F. Smoot , R. Stompor , H. T. Tran , C. D. Winant

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

Cosmological constraints from Archeops

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l and large l coverage down to COBE scales,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Benoit , P. Ade , A. Amblard , R. Ansari , E. Aubourg , S. Bargot , J. G. Bartlett , J. -Ph. Bernard , R. S. Bhatia , A. Blanchard , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , F. R. Bouchet , A. Bourrachot , P. Camus , F. Couchot , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Desert , O. Doré , M. Douspis , L. Dumoulin , X. Dupac , P. Filliatre , P. Fosalba , K. Ganga , F. Gannaway , B. Gautier , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Heraud , R. Gispert , L. Guglielmi , J. -Ch. Hamilton , S. Hanany , S. Henrot-Versille , J. Kaplan , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. E. Lange , J. F. Macias-Perez , K. Madet , B. Maffei , Ch. Magneville , D. P. Marrone , S. Masi , F. Mayet , A. Murphy , F. Naraghi , F. Nati , G. Patanchon , G. Perrin , M. Piat , N. Ponthieu , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , C. Renault , C. Rosset , D. Santos , A. Starobinsky , I. Strukov , R. V. Sudiwala , R. Teyssier , M. Tristram , C. Tucker , J. -C. Vanel , D. Vibert , E. Wakui , D. Yvon

Mapping the CMB Sky: The BOOMERANG experiment

We describe the BOOMERanG experiment, a stratospheric balloon telescope intended to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy at angular scales between a few degrees and ten arcminutes. The experiment has been optimized for a long…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. de Bernardis , P. A. R. Ade , R. Artusa , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , G. De Troia , P. C. Farese , M. Giacommetti , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. E. Lange , A. T. Lee , S. Masi , L. Martinis , P. V. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , F. Melchiorri , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , P. L. Richards , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi

Testing Gaussianity on Archeops Data

A Gaussianity analysis using a goodness-of-fit test and the Minkowski functionals on the sphere has been performed to study the measured Archeops Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropy data for a 143 GHz Archeops…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Curto , J. Aumont , J. F. Macias-Perez , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , R. B. Barreiro , D. Santos , F. X. Desert , M. Tristram

Forecasting Cosmic Parameter Errors from Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiments

Accurate measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies with an angular resolution of a few arcminutes can be used to determine fundamental cosmological parameters such as the densities of baryons, cold and hot dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 J. Richard Bond , George Efstathiou , Max Tegmark

ARCADE: Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission

The Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission (ARCADE) is a balloon-borne instrument designed to measure the temperature of the cosmic microwave background at centimeter wavelengths. ARCADE searches for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Kogut , D. Fixsen , S. Fixsen , S. Levin , M. Limon , L. Lowe , P. Mirel , M. Seiffert , J. Singal , P. Lubin , E. Wollack

Current Status and Perspectives of Cosmic Microwave Background Observations

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation provide a unique opportunity for a direct study of the primordial cosmic plasma at redshift z ~1000. The angular power spectra of temperature and polarisation fluctuations are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Marco Bersanelli , Davide Maino , Aniello Mennella

Forecasts on Anisotropic Cosmic Birefringence Constraints for CMB Experiment in the Northern Hemisphere

The study of cosmic birefringence through Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments is a key research area in cosmology and particle physics, providing a critical test for Lorentz and CPT symmetries. This paper focuses on an upcoming…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-18 Yiwei Zhong , Hongbo Cai , Si-Yu Li , Yang Liu , Mingzhe Li , Wenjuan Fang

Millimetric Ground-based Observations of Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy

First results of a Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy experiment conducted at the Observatorio del Teide (Tenerife, Spain) are presented. The instrument is a four channel (3.1, 2.1, 1.3 and 1.1 mm) $^3$He bolometer system coupled…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 L. Piccirillo , B. Femenia , N. Kachwala , R. Rebolo , M. Limon , C. M. Guttierrez , J. Nicholas , R. K. Schaefer , R. A. Watson

The BOOMERANG North America Instrument: a balloon-borne bolometric radiometer optimized for measurements of cosmic background radiation anisotropies from 0.3 to 4 degrees

We describe the BOOMERANG North America (BNA) instrument, a balloon-borne bolometric radiometer designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation with 0.3 deg resolution over a significant portion of the sky. This receiver…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 F. Piacentini , P. A. R. Ade , R. Bathia , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , P. Cardoni , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , H. Del Castillo , G. de Troia , P. Farese , M. Giacometti , E. F. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. E. Lange , S. Masi , P. D. Mauskopf , L. Miglio , C. B. Netterfield , P. Palangio , E. Pascale , A. Raccanelli , S. Rao , G. Romeo , J. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi

An Upper Limit to Arcminute Scale Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at 142 GHz

We present limits to anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) at angular scales of a few arcminutes. The observations were made at a frequency of 142 GHz using a 6-element bolometer array (the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. E. Church , K. M. Ganga , P. A. R. Ade , W. L. Holzapfel , P. D. Mauskopf , T. M. Wilbanks , A. E. Lange

Anisotropy in the Microwave Sky: Results from the First Flight of BAM

Results are reported from the first flight of a new balloon-borne instrument, BAM (Balloon-borne Anisotropy Measurement), designed to search for cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy. The instrument uses a cryogenic differential…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. S. Tucker , H. P. Gush , M. Halpern , I. Shinkoda , W. Towlson

Direct Imaging of the CMB from Space

Fundamental information about the Universe is encoded in anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation. To make full use of this information, an experiment must image the entire sky with the angular resolution,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 Michael A. Janssen , Douglas Scott , Martin White , Michael D. Seiffert , Charles R. Lawrence , Krzysztof M. Gorski , Mark Dragovan , Todd Gaier , Ken Ganga , Samuel Gulkis , Andrew E. Lange , Steven M. Levin , Philip M. Lubin , Peter Meinhold , Anthony C. S. Readhead , Paul L. Richards , John E. Ruhl

A Map of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the BEAST Experiment

We present the first sky maps from the BEAST (Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope) experiment. BEAST consists of a 2.2 meter off axis Gregorian telescope fed by a cryogenic millimeter wavelength focal plane currently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter R. Meinhold , Marco Bersanelli , Jeffrey Childers , Newton Figueiredo , Todd C. Gaier , Doron Halevi , Charles R. Lawrence , Miikka Kangas , Alan Levy , Philip M. Lubin , Marco Malaspina , Nazzareno Mandolesi , Joshua Marvil , Jorge Mejia , Paolo Natoli , Ian O'Dwyer , Hugh O'Neill , Shane Parendo , Agenor Pina , Michael D. Seiffert , Nathan C. Stebor , Camilo Tello , Fabrizio Villa , Thyrso Villela , Benjamin D. Wandelt , Brian Williams , Carlos Alexandre Wuensche

An Instrument For Investigation of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at Intermediate Angular Scales

We describe an off-axis microwave telescope for observations of the anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on angular scales between 0.5 deg and 3 deg. The receiver utilizes cryogenic high-electron-mobility transistor…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 E. J. Wollack , M. J. Devlin , N. Jarosik , C. B. Netterfield , L. Page , D. Wilkinson