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The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor Receiver Design

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor consists of four instruments performing a CMB polarization survey. Currently, the 40 GHz and first 90 GHz instruments are deployed and observing, with the second 90 GHz and a multichroic 150/220…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Jeffrey Iuliano , Joseph Eimer , Lucas Parker , Gary Rhoades , Aamir Ali , John W. Appel , Charles Bennett , Michael Brewer , Ricardo Bustos , David Chuss , Joseph Cleary , Jullianna Couto , Sumit Dahal , Kevin Denis , Rolando Dünner , Thomas Essinger-Hileman , Pedro Fluxa , Mark Halpern , Kathleen Harrington , Kyle Helson , Gene Hilton , Gary Hinshaw , Johannes Hubmayr , John Karakla , Tobias Marriage , Nathan Miller , Jeffrey John McMahon , Carolina Nuñez , Ivan Padilla , Gonzalo Palma , Matthew Petroff , Bastian Pradenas Márquez , Rodrigo Reeves , Carl Reintsema , Karwan Rostem , Deniz Augusto Nunes Valle , Trevor Van Engelhoven , Bingjie Wang , Qinan Wang , Duncan Watts , Jenet Weiland , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Ziang Yan , Lingzhen Zeng

The POLARBEAR Experiment

We present the design and characterization of the POLARBEAR experiment. POLARBEAR will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales ranging from the experiment's 3.5 arcminute beam size to several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Z. Kermish , P. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , K. Arnold , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. A. Dobbs , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , D. Flanigan , G. Fuller , A. Ghribi , W. Grainger , N. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , A. T. Lee , M. Le Jeune , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , M. Shimon , C. Shimmin , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn

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

The Cosmic Background Imager

The Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) is an instrument designed to make images of the cosmic microwave background radiation and to measure its statistical properties on angular scales from about 3 arc minutes to one degree (spherical harmonic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. J. Pearson , B. S. Mason , S. Padin , A. C. S. Readhead , M. C. Shepherd , J. Sievers , P. S. Udomprasert , J. K. Cartwright

Characterization of the Mid-Frequency Arrays for Advanced ACTPol

The Advanced ACTPol upgrade on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope aims to improve the measurement of the cosmic microwave background anisotropies and polarization, using four new dichroic detector arrays fabricated on 150-mm silicon wafers.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-26 Steve K. Choi , Jason Austermann , James A. Beall , Kevin T. Crowley , Rahul Datta , Shannon M. Duff , Patricio A. Gallardo , Shuay-Pwu P. Ho , Johannes Hubmayr , Brian J. Koopman , Yaqiong Li , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Maria Salatino , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason Stevens , Joel Ullom , Edward J. Wollack

In situ Performance of the Low Frequency Arrayfor Advanced ACTPol

The Advanced Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (AdvACT) \cite{thornton} is an upgrade for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope using Transition Edge Sensor (TES) detector arrays to measure cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 Yaqiong Li , Jason E. Austermann , James A. Beall , Sarah Marie Bruno , Steve K. Choi , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin T. Crowley , Shannon M. Duff , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Joseph E. Golec , Gene C. Hilton , Matthew Hasselfield , Johannes Hubmay , Brian J. Koopman , Marius Lungu , Jeff McMahon , Michael D. Niemack , LymanA. Page , Maria Salatino , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason R. Stevens , Joel N. Ullom , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Yuhan Wang , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

Receiver development for BICEP Array, a next-generation CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

A detection of curl-type ($B$-mode) polarization of the primary CMB would be direct evidence for the inflationary paradigm of the origin of the Universe. The BICEP/Keck Array (BK) program targets the degree angular scales, where the power…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 L. Moncelsi , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , V. Buza , J. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. V. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

The Polatron: A Millimeter-Wave Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter for the OVRO 5.5 m Telescope

We describe the development of a bolometric receiver designed to measure the arcminute-scale polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The Polatron will be mounted at the Cassegrain focus of the 5.5 m telescope at the Owens…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. J. Philhour , B. G. Keating , P. A. R. Ade , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , S. E. Church , J. Glenn , J. R. Hinderks , V. V. Hristov , W. C. Jones , M. Kamionkowski , D. E. Kumar , A. E. Lange , J. R. Leong , D. P. Marrone , B. S. Mason , P. V. Mason , M. M. Shuman , G. I. Sirbi

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

Deep 20 GHz observations of X-ray selected QSOs the Compact Array Broadband Backend (CABB)

The recently commissioned Compact Array Broadband Backend (CABB) on the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) provides 2 GHz bandwidth in each frequency and polarisation, significantly increasing the sensitivity of the Array. This…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-08-27 Elizabeth K. Mahony , Elaine M. Sadler , Scott M. Croom , Ronald D. Ekers , Ilana J. Feain , Tara Murphy

Millimeter and Submillimeter Observations from the South Pole

During the past decade, a year-round observatory has been established at the geographic South Pole by the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA). CARA has fielded several millimeter- and submillimeter-wave instruments:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 Antony A. Stark

The Simons Observatory: Instrument Overview

The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precise temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a set of telescopes which will cover angular scales between 1 arcminute and tens of degrees, contain over…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Nicholas Galitzki , Aamir Ali , Kam S. Arnold , Peter C. Ashton , Jason E. Austermann , Carlo Baccigalupi , Taylor Baildon , Darcy Barron , James A. Beall , Shawn Beckman , Sarah Marie M. Bruno , Sean Bryan , Paolo G. Calisse , Grace E. Chesmore , Yuji Chinone , Steve K. Choi , Gabriele Coppi , Kevin D. Crowley , Kevin T. Crowley , Ari Cukierman , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Bradley Dober , Shannon M. Duff , Jo Dunkley , Giulio Fabbian , Patricio A. Gallardo , Martina Gerbino , Neil Goeckner-Wald , Joseph E. Golec , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Erin E. Healy , Shawn Henderson , Charles A. Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Logan A. Howe , Johannes Hubmayr , Oliver Jeong , Brian Keating , Brian J. Koopman , Kenji Kuichi , Akito Kusaka , Jacob Lashner , Adrian T. Lee , Yaqiong Li , Michele Limon , Marius Lungu , Frederick Matsuda , Philip D. Mauskopf , Andrew J. May , Nialh McCallum , Jeff McMahon , Federico Nati , Michael D. Niemack , John L. Orlowski-Scherer , Stephen C. Parshley , Lucio Piccirillo , Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao , Christopher Raum , Maria Salatino , Joseph S. Seibert , Carlos Sierra , Max Silva-Feaver , Sara M. Simon , Suzanne T. Staggs , Jason R. Stevens , Aritoki Suzuki , Grant Teply , Robert Thornton , Calvin Tsai , Joel N. Ullom , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Michael R. Vissers , Benjamin Westbrook , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Ningfeng Zhu

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

The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode polarization due to gravitational lensing of the CMB, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. Arnold , P. A. R. Ade , A. E. Anthony , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. A. Dobbs , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , D. Flanigan , G. Fuller , A. Ghribi , W. Grainger , N. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. J. Miller , X. Meng , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , H. Nishino , H. Paar , E. Quealy , C. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , O. Zahn

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

Optical Design of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the Millimeter Bolometric Array Camera

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope is a 6-meter telescope designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background simultaneously at 145 GHz, 215 GHz, and 280 GHz with arcminute resolution. Each frequency will have a 32 by 32 element focal plane array…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. W. Fowler , M. D. Niemack , S. R. Dicker , A. M. Aboobaker , P. A. R. Ade , E. S. Battistelli , M. J. Devlin , R. P. Fisher , M. Halpern , P. C. Hargrave , A. D. Hincks , M. Kaul , J. Klein , J. M. Lau , M. Limon , T. A. Marriage , P. D. Mauskopf , L. Page , S. T. Staggs , D. S. Swetz , E. R. Switzer , R. J. Thornton , C. E. Tucker

Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: The Instrument

We describe a space-borne, multi-band, multi-beam polarimeter aiming at a precise and accurate measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The instrument is optimized to be compatible with the strict budget…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 P. de Bernardis , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. A. Baselmans , E. S. Battistelli , A. Benoit , M. Bersanelli , A. Bideaud , M. Calvo , F. J. Casas , G. Castellano , A. Catalano , I. Charles , I. Colantoni , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , M. Crook , G. D'Alessandro , M. De Petris , J. Delabrouille , S. Doyle , C. Franceschet , A. Gomez , J. Goupy , S. Hanany , M. Hills , L. Lamagna , J. Macias-Perez , B. Maffei , S. Martin , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , D. McCarthy , A. Mennella , A. Monfardini , F. Noviello , A. Paiella , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , G. Pisano , G. Signorelli , C. Y. Tan , A. Tartari , N. Trappe , S. Triqueneaux , C. Tucker , G. Vermeulen , K. Young , M. Zannoni , A. Achúcarro , R. Allison , M. Ashdown , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. Banerji , J. Bartlett , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , A. Bonaldi , M. Bonato , J. Borrill , F. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , T. Brinckmann , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , A. Buzzelli , Z. Y. Cai , C. S. Carvalho , A. Challinor , J. Chluba , S. Clesse , G. De Gasperis , G. De Zotti , E. Di Valentino , J. M. Diego , J. Errard , S. Feeney , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , F. Forastieri , S. Galli , R. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , J. González-Nuevo , S. Hagstotz , J. Greenslade , W. Handley , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , C. Hervias-Caimapo , E. Hivon , K. Kiiveri , T. Kisner , T. Kitching , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , J. Lesgourgues , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , V. Lindholm , G. Luzzi , C. J. A. P. Martins , A. Melchiorri , J. B. Melin , D. Molinari , P. Natoli , M. Negrello , A. Notari , D. Paoletti , G. Patanchon , L. Polastri , G. Polenta , A. Pollo , V. Poulin , M. Quartin , M. Remazeilles , M. Roman , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , L. Salvati , M. Tomasi , D. Tramonte , T. Trombetti , J. Väliviita , R. Van de Weijgaert , B. van Tent , V. Vennin , P. Vielva , N. Vittorio

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) project is described. This multi-institution collaboration aims to produce arcminute-resolution and micro-Kelvin sensitivity maps of the microwave background temperature over 200 square degrees of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Arthur Kosowsky

The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager

The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager is a pair of interferometer arrays operating with six frequency channels spanning 13.9-18.2 GHz, with very high sensitivity to angular scales 30''-10'. The telescope is aimed principally at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 AMI Consortium , : , J. T. L. Zwart , R. W. Barker , P. Biddulph , D. Bly , R. C. Boysen , A. R. Brown , C. Clementson , M. Crofts , T. L. Culverhouse , J. Czeres , R. J. Dace , M. L. Davies , R. D'Alessandro , P. Doherty , K. Duggan , J. A. Ely , M. Felvus , F. Feroz , W. Flynn , T. M. O. Franzen , J. Geisbüsch , R. Génova-Santos , K. J. B. Grainge , W. F. Grainger , D. Hammett , R. E. Hills , M. P. Hobson , C. M. Holler , N. Hurley-Walker , R. Jilley , M. E. Jones , T. Kaneko , R. Kneissl , K. Lancaster , A. N. Lasenby , P. J. Marshall , F. Newton , O. Norris , I. Northrop , D. M. Odell , J. C. Pober , G. G. Pooley , V. Quy , C. Rodríguez-Gonzálvez , R. D. E. Saunders , A. M. Scaife , J. Schofield , P. F. Scott , C. Shaw , T. W. Shimwell , H. Smith , A. C. Taylor , D. J. Titterington , M. Velić , E. M. Waldram , S. West , B. A. Wood , G. Yassin

Measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) polarization with QUIET

A major goal of upcoming experiments measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) is to reveal the subtle signature of inflation in the polarization pattern which requires unprecedented sensitivity and control of systematics.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Dorothea Samtleben