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The Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect in CMB-calibrated theories applied to the Cosmic Background Imager anisotropy power at l > 2000

We discuss the nature of the possible high-l excess in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy power spectrum observed by the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI). We probe the angular structure of the excess in the CBI deep fields and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. R. Bond , C. R. Contaldi , U. -L. Pen , D. Pogosyan , S. Prunet , M. I. Ruetalo , J. W. Wadsley , P. Zhang , B. S. Mason , S. T. Myers , T. J. Pearson , A. C. S. Readhead , J. L. Sievers , P. S. Udomprasert

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: likelihood for small-scale CMB data

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope has measured the angular power spectra of microwave fluctuations to arcminute scales at frequencies of 148 and 218 GHz, from three seasons of data. At small scales the fluctuations in the primordial Cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 J. Dunkley , E. Calabrese , J. Sievers , G. E. Addison , N. Battaglia , E. S. Battistelli , J. R. Bond , S. Das , M. J. Devlin , R. Dunner , J. W. Fowler , M. Gralla , A. Hajian , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , A. D. Hincks , R. Hlozek , J. P. Hughes , K. D. Irwin , A. Kosowsky , T. Louis , T. A. Marriage , D. Marsden , F. Menanteau , K. Moodley , M. Niemack , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , B. Partridge , N. Sehgal , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , E. R. Switzer , H. Trac , E. Wollack

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

Statistical Imprints of SZ Effects in the Cosmic Microwave Background

We review several aspects of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect associated with the large scale baryon distribution and its characteristic signatures in the statistics of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies. We discuss (1) the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Asantha Cooray , Daniel Baumann , Kris Sigurdson

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

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 CMB power spectrum out to l=1400 measured by the VSA

We have observed the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in three regions of sky using the Very Small Array (VSA) in an extended configuration with antennas of beamwidth 2 degrees at 34 GHz. Combined with data from previous VSA observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Keith Grainge , Pedro Carreira , Kieran Cleary , Rod D. Davies , Richard J. Davis , Clive Dickinson , Ricardo Genova-Santos , Carlos M. Gutierrez , Yaser A. Hafez , Michael P. Hobson , Michael E. Jones , Rudiger Kneissl , Katy Lancaster , Anthony Lasenby , J. P. Leahy , Klaus Maisinger , Guy G. Pooley , Rafael Rebolo , Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin , Pedro Sosa Molina , Carolina Odman , Ben Rusholme , Richard D. E. Saunders , Richard Savage , Paul F. Scott , Anze Slosar , Angela C. Taylor , David Titterington , Elizabeth Waldram , Robert A. Watson , Althea Wilkinson

Cosmology with the S-Z Effect

Extensive recent work on the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (S-Z) effect reflects major progress in observational capabilities of interferometric arrays, the improved quality of multi-frequency measurements with upcoming ground-based and stratospheric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoel Rephaeli

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Temperature and Gravitational Lensing Power Spectrum Measurements from Three Seasons of Data

We present the temperature power spectra of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) derived from the three seasons of data from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) at 148 GHz and 218 GHz, as well as the cross-frequency spectrum between the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Sudeep Das , Thibaut Louis , Michael R. Nolta , Graeme E. Addison , Elia S. Battistelli , J Richard Bond , Erminia Calabrese , Devin Crichton Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Joanna Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Joseph W. Fowler , Megan Gralla , Amir Hajian , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hlozek , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Kent D. Irwin , Arthur Kosowsky , Robert H. Lupton , Tobias A. Marriage , Danica Marsden , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Bruce Partridge , Erik D. Reese , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Blake D. Sherwin , Jonathan L. Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Daniel S. Swetz , Eric R. Switzer , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Ed Wollack

Improved constraints on cosmic microwave background secondary anisotropies from the complete 2008 South Pole Telescope data

We report measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectrum from the complete 2008 South Pole Telescope (SPT) data set. We analyze twice as much data as the first SPT power spectrum analysis, using an improved…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 E. Shirokoff , C. L. Reichardt , L. Shaw , M. Millea , P. A. R. Ade , 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 , J. D. Hrubes , M. Joy , R. Keisler , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , J. J. McMahon , J. Mehl , S. S. Meyer , J. J. Mohr , T. E. Montroy , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , K. K. Schaffer , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. Story , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , 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

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background $B$-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales from 2 years of POLARBEAR Data

We report an improved measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) $B$-mode polarization power spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment at 150 GHz. By adding new data collected during the second season of observations (2013-2014) to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-31 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Aguilar , Y. Akiba , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Beck , F. Bianchini , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , K. Crowley , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , A. Ducout , R. Dünner , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , S. M. Feeney , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , T. Hamada , G. Hall , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , A. Kusaka , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , Y. Minami , J. Montgomery , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , A. T. P. Pham , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , Y. Segawa , B. D. Sherwin , M. Silva-Feaver , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. P. Teply , T. Tomaru , C. Tucker , N. Whitehorn , A. Zahn

Cosmological Results from Five Years of 30 GHz CMB Intensity Measurements with the Cosmic Background Imager

We present final results on the angular power spectrum of total intensity anisotropies in the CMB from the CBI. Our analysis includes all primordial anisotropy data collected between January 2000 and April 2005, and benefits significantly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-06 J. L. Sievers , B. S. Mason , L. Weintraub , C. Achermann , P. Altamirano , J. R. Bond , L. Bronfman , R. Bustos , C. Contaldi , C. Dickinson , M. E. Jones , J. May , S. T. Myers , N. Oyarce , S. Padin , T. J. Pearson , M. Pospieszalski , A. C. S. Readhead , R. Reeves , M. C. Shepherd , A. C. Taylor , S. Torres

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The Receiver and Instrumentation

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope was designed to measure small-scale anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background and detect galaxy clusters through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. The instrument is located on Cerro Toco in the Atacama…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-13 D. S. Swetz , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , J. W. Appel , E. S. Battistelli , B. Burger , J. Chervenak , M. J. Devlin , S. R. Dicker , W. B. Doriese , R. Dünner , T. Essinger-Hileman , R. P. Fisher , J. W. Fowler , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. C. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , K. D. Irwin , N. Jarosik , M. Kaul , J. Klein , J. M. Lau , M. Limon , T. A. Marriage , D. Marsden , K. Martocci , P. Mauskopf , H. Moseley , C. B. Netterfield , M. D. Niemack , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , L. Parker , S. T. Staggs , O. Stryzak , E. R. Switzer , R. Thornton , C. Tucker , E. Wollack , Y. Zhao

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Cosmological Parameters from the 2008 Power Spectra

We present cosmological parameters derived from the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation observed at 148 GHz and 218 GHz over 296 deg^2 with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) during its 2008 season.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 J. Dunkley , R. Hlozek , J. Sievers , V. Acquaviva , P. A. R. Ade , P. Aguirre , M. Amiri , J. W. Appel , L. F. Barrientos , E. S. Battistelli , J. R. Bond , B. Brown , B. Burger , J. Chervenak , S. Das , M. J. Devlin , S. R. Dicker , W. Bertrand Doriese , R. Dunner , T. Essinger-Hileman , R. P. Fisher , J. W. Fowler , A. Hajian , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , G. C. Hilton , M. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , K. M. Huffenberger , D. H. Hughes , J. P. Hughes , L. Infante , K. D. Irwin , J. B. Juin , M. Kaul , J. Klein , A. Kosowsky , J. M Lau , M. Limon , Y-T. Lin , R. H. Lupton , T. A. Marriage , D. Marsden , P. Mauskopf , F. Menanteau , K. Moodley , H. Moseley , C. B Netterfield , M. D. Niemack , M. R. Nolta , L. A. Page , L. Parker , B. Partridge , B. Reid , N. Sehgal , B. Sherwin , D. N. Spergel , S. T. Staggs , D. S. Swetz , E. R. Switzer , R. Thornton , H. Trac , C. Tucker , R. Warne , E. Wollack , Y. Zhao

Statistics of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect power spectrum

Using large numbers of simulations of the microwave sky, incorporating the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect due to clusters, we investigate the statistics of the power spectrum at microwave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 Michael W. Peel , Richard A. Battye , Scott T. Kay

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

Extended Mosaic Observations with the Cosmic Background Imager

Two years of microwave background observations with the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) have been combined to give a sensitive, high resolution angular power spectrum over the range 400 < l < 3500. This power spectrum has been referenced to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. C. S. Readhead , B. S. Mason , C. R. Contaldi , T. J. Pearson , J. R. Bond , S. T. Myers , S. Padin , J. L. Sievers , J. K. Cartwright , M. C. Shepherd , D. Pogosyan , S. Prunet , P. Altamirano , R. Bustos , L. Bronfman , S. Casassus , W. L. Holzapfel , J. May , U. -L. Pen , S. Torres , P. S. Udomprasert

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

First measurement of the submillimetre Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect

We report the first detection of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich increment on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at submillimetre wavelengths in the direction of a cluster of galaxies.It was achieved towards the rich cluster Abell 2163, using the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. -M. Lamarre , M. Giard , E. Pointecouteau , J. -P. Bernard , G. Serra , F. Pajot , F. -X. Desert , I. Ristorcelli , J. -P. Torre , S. Church , N. Coron , J. -L. Puget , J. J. Bock