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Improved Measurements of the CMB Power Spectrum with ACBAR

We report improved measurements of temperature anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation made with the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR). In this paper, we use a new analysis technique and include…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-05 C. L. Kuo , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , C. R. Contaldi , M. D. Daub , J. H. Goldstein , W. L. Holzapfel , A. E. Lange , M. Lueker , M. Newcomb , J. B. Peterson , C. Reichardt , J. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , Z. Staniszweski

High resolution CMB power spectrum from the complete ACBAR data set

In this paper, we present results from the complete set of cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation temperature anisotropy observations made with the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR) operating at 150 GHz. We include…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 C. L. Reichardt , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Brevik , C. R. Contaldi , M. D. Daub , J. T. Dempsey , J. H. Goldstein , W. L. Holzapfel , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , M. Lueker , M. Newcomb , J. B. Peterson , J. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , Z. Staniszewski

First Results from the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver

We review the first science results from the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR); a multifrequency millimeter-wave receiver optimized for observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. C. Runyan , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , C. Cantalupo , C. R. Contaldi , M. D. Daub , J. H. Goldstein , P. L. Gomez , W. L. Holzapfel , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , M. Lueker , M. Newcomb , J. B. Peterson , D. Pogosyan , A. K. Romer , J. Ruhl , E. Torbet , D. Woolsey

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

New CMB Power Spectrum Constraints from MSAMI

We present new cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy results from the combined analysis of the three flights of the first Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement (MSAM1). This balloon-borne bolometric instrument measured about 10 square…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. W. Wilson , L. Knox , S. Dodelson , K. Coble , E. S. Cheng , D. A. Cottingham , D. J. Fixsen , A. B. Goldin , C. A. Inman , M. S. Kowitt , S. S. Meyer , L. A. Page , J. L. Puchalla , J. E. Ruhl , R. F. Silverberg

First Results from Viper: Detection of Small-Scale Anisotropy at 40 GHZ

Results of a search for small-scale anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) are presented. Observations were made at the South Pole using the Viper telescope, with a .26 degree (FWHM) beam and a passband centered at 40 GHz.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. B. Peterson , G. S. Griffin , M. G. Newcomb , D. L. Alvarez , C. M. Cantalupo , D. Morgan , K. W. Miller , K. Ganga , D. Pernic , M. Thoma

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

MAXIMA: Observations of CMB Anisotropy

This document describes the Millimeter Anisotropy eXperiment IMaging Array (MAXIMA), a balloon-borne experiment measuring the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) on angular scales of 10 arcminutes to 5 degrees.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-09 Bahman Rabii

Detection of Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy by the Third Flight of MSAM

The third flight of the Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement (MSAM1), in June 1995, observed a new strip of sky, doubling the sky coverage of the original MSAM1 dataset. MSAM1 observes with a 0.5 deg beam size in four bands from 5-20 icm.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 E. S. Cheng , D. A. Cottingham , D. J. Fixsen , A. B. Goldin , C. A. Inman , L. Knox , M. S. Kowitt , S. S. Meyer , J. L. Puchalla , J. E. Ruhl , R. F. Silverberg

A Measurement of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background on 7-22 Arcminute Scales

We report a measurement of anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) on 7-22 arcminute scales. Observations of 36 fields near the North Celestial Pole (NCP) were made at 31.7 and 14.5 GHz, using the 5.5-meter and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. M. Leitch , A. C. S. Readhead , T. J. Pearson , S. T. Myers , S. Gulkis , C. R. Lawrence

Estimates of Cosmological Parameters Using the CMB Angular Power Spectrum of ACBAR

We report an investigation of cosmological parameters based on the measurements of anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) made by ACBAR. We use the ACBAR data in concert with other recent CMB measurements to derive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. H. Goldstein , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , C. Cantalupo , C. R. Contaldi , M. D. Daub , W. L. Holzapfel , C. Kuo , A. E. Lange , M. Lueker , M. Newcomb , J. B. Peterson , D. Pogosyan , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , E. Torbet

A Measurement of the Damping Tail of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum with the South Pole Telescope

We present a measurement of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using data from the South Pole Telescope (SPT). The data consist of 790 square degrees of sky observed at 150 GHz during 2008 and 2009. Here we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 R. Keisler , C. L. Reichardt , K. A. Aird , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , H. M. Cho , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , J. Dudley , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , M. Joy , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , M. Millea , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , T. Natoli , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , O. Zahn

DASI First Results: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Angular Power Spectrum

We present measurements of anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from the first season of observations with the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (DASI). The instrument was deployed at the South Pole in the austral summer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 N. W. Halverson , E. M. Leitch , C. Pryke , J. Kovac , J. E. Carlstrom , W. L. Holzapfel , M. Dragovan , J. K. Cartwright , B. S. Mason , S. Padin , T. J. Pearson , M. C. Shepherd , A. C. S. Readhead

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectrum at 148 and 218 GHz from the 2008 Southern Survey

We present measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum made by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope at 148 GHz and 218 GHz, as well as the cross-frequency spectrum between the two channels. Our results clearly show the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sudeep Das , Tobias A. Marriage , Peter A. R. Ade , Paula Aguirre , Mandana Amir , John W. Appel , L. Felipe Barrientos , Elia S. Battistelli , J. Richard Bond , Ben Brown , Bryce Burger , Jay Chervenak , Mark J. Devlin , Simon R. Dicker , W. Bertrand Doriese , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Ryan P. Fisher , Joseph W. Fowler , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Carlos Hernández-Monteagudo , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , Kevin M. Huffenberger , David H. Hughes , John P. Hughes , Leopoldo Infante , Kent D. Irwin , Jean Baptiste Juin , Madhuri Kaul , Jeff Klein , Arthur Kosowsky , Judy M Lau , Michele Limon , Yen-Ting Lin , Robert H. Lupton , Danica Marsden , Krista Martocci , Phil Mauskopf , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Harvey Moseley , Calvin B. Netterfield , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , Lyman A. Page , Lucas Parker , Bruce Partridge , Beth Reid , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Jon Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Carole Tucker , Ryan Warne , Ed Wollack , Yue Zhao

Improved Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of Temperature Anisotropy in the CMB from Two New Analyses of BOOMERANG Observations

We report the most complete analysis to date of observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) obtained during the 1998 flight of BOOMERANG. We use two quite different methods to determine the angular power spectrum of the CMB in 20…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Ruhl , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. De Troia , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , S. Masi , P. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , S. Prunet , G. Romeo

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

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

A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the CMB Temperature Anisotropy from the 2003 Flight of Boomerang

We report on observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) obtained during the January 2003 flight of Boomerang . These results are derived from 195 hours of observation with four 145 GHz Polarization Sensitive Bolometer (PSB)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 W. C. Jones , P Ade , J Bock , J Bond , J Borrill , A Boscaleri , P Cabella , C Contaldi , B Crill , P de Bernardis , G De Gasperis , A de Oliveira-Costa , G De Troia , G Di Stefano , E Hivon , A Jaffe , T Kisner , A Lange , C MacTavish , S Masi , P Mauskopf , A Melchiorri , T Montroy , P Natoli , B Netterfield , E Pascale , F Piacentini , D Pogosyan , G Polenta , S Prunet , S Ricciardi , G Romeo , J Ruhl , P Santini , M Tegmark , M Veneziani , N Vittorio

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

Measurement of Arcminute Scale Anisotropy with the BIMA Array

We report the results of our continued study of arcminute scale anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Array. The survey consists of ten independent fields selected for low infrared dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 K. S. Dawson , W. L. Holzapfel , J. E. Carlstrom , S. J. LaRoque , A. Miller , D. Nagai , M. Joy