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We present a measurement of the $B$-mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBEAR experiment. The CMB power spectra are measured using observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 S. Adachi , M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Beck , S. Beckman , F. Bianchini , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , J. Carron , S. Chapman , K. Cheung , Y. Chinone , K. Crowley , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , H. El Bouhargani , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , G. Hall , N. Halverson , T. Hamada , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , C. A. Hill , L. Howe , Y. Inoue , G. Jaehnig , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , R. Keskitalo , S. Kikuchi , T. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , A. Kusaka , A. T. Lee , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. N. Lowry , A. Mangu , F. Matsuda , Y. Minami , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , A. T. P. Pham , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , C. L. Reichardt , Y. Segawa , M. Silva-Feaver , P. Siritanasak , N. Stebor , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. P. Teply , C. Tsai , C. Verges , B. Westbrook , Y. Zhou

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

The CMB temperature power spectrum from an improved analysis of the Archeops data

We present improved results on the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies using the data from the last Archeops flight. This refined analysis is obtained by using the 6…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Tristram , G. Patanchon , J. F. Macias-Perez , P. Ade , A. Amblard , R. Ansari , E. Aubourg , A. Benoit , J. -Ph. Bernard , A. Blanchard , J. J. Bock , F. R. Bouchet , A. Bourrachot , P. Camus , J. -F. Cardoso , F. Couchot , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Desert , M. Douspis , L. Dumoulin , Ph. Filliatre , P. Fosalba , 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 , K. Madet , B. Maffei , Ch. Magneville , S. Masi , F. Mayet , F. Nati , O. Perdereau , S. Plaszczynski , M. Piat , N. Ponthieu , S. Prunet , C. Renault , C. Rosset , D. Santos , D. Vibert , D. Yvon

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Two-Season ACTPol Lensing Power Spectrum

We report a measurement of the power spectrum of cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing from two seasons of Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter (ACTPol) CMB data. The CMB lensing power spectrum is extracted from both temperature and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Blake D. Sherwin , Alexander van Engelen , Neelima Sehgal , Mathew Madhavacheril , Graeme E. Addison , Simone Aiola , Rupert Allison , Nicholas Battaglia , James A. Beall , Daniel T. Becker , J. Richard Bond , Erminia Calabrese , Rahul Datta , Mark J. Devlin , Rolando Dunner , Joanna Dunkley , Anna E. Fox , Patricio Gallardo , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Shawn Henderson , J. Colin Hill , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , John P. Hughes , Adam D. Hincks , Renee Hlozek , Kevin M. Huffenberger , Brian Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Thibaut Louis , Loic Maurin , Jeff McMahon , Kavilan Moodley , Sigurd Naess , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , Michael D. Niemack , Lyman A. Page , Jonathan Sievers , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Robert J. Thornton , Jeff Van Lanen , Eve Vavagiakis , Edward J. Wollack

Sunyaev-Zeldovich and Cosmic Microwave Background

Since its original formulation the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect has been recognized as a ``powerful laboratory'' for our comprehension of physical processes in cosmic structures and to derive crucial information on some general properties…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Carlo Burigana

Millimeter-wave bolometer array receiver for the Atacama pathfinder experiment Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (APEX-SZ) instrument

The Atacama pathfinder experiment Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (APEX-SZ) instrument is a millimeter-wave cryogenic receiver designed to observe galaxy clusters via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect from the 12 m APEX telescope on the Atacama plateau in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-18 Daniel Schwan , Peter A. R. Ade , Kaustuv Basu , Amy N. Bender , Frank Bertoldi , Hsaio-Mei Cho , Guyong. Chon , John Clarke , Matt Dobbs , Daniel Ferrusca , Rolfe Gusten , Nils W. Halverson , William L. Holzapfel , Cathy Horellou , Daniel Johansson , Bradley R. Johnson , James Kennedy , Zigmund Kermish , Ruediger Kneissl , Trevor Lanting , Adrian T. Lee , Martin Lueker , Jared Mehl , Karl M. Menten , Dirk Muders , Florian Pacaud , Thomas Plagge , Christian L. Reichardt , Paul L. Richards , Rienhold Schaaf , Peter Schilke , Martin W. Sommer , Helmuth Spieler , Carole Tucker , Axel Weiss , Benjamin Westbrook , Oliver Zahn

Probing the Evolution of Gas Mass Fraction with Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect

Study of the primary anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) can be used to determine the cosmological parameters to a very high precision. The power spectrum of the secondary CMB anisotropies due to the thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Subhabrata Majumdar

Cosmology with the SZ spectrum: measuring the Universe's temperature with galaxy clusters

The hot gas in clusters of galaxies creates a distinctive spectral distortion in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. The spectral signature of the SZ can be used to measure the CMB temperature at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 Gemma Luzzi , Emanuele D'Angelo , Hervé Bourdin , Federico De Luca , Pasquale Mazzotta , Filippo Oppizzi , Gianluca Polenta

A measurement of the CMB E-mode angular power spectrum at subdegree scales from 670 square degrees of POLARBEAR data

We report a measurement of the E-mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using 150 GHz data taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBEAR experiment. We reach an effective polarization map noise…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-15 S. Adachi , M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez , K. Arnold , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Beck , F. Bianchini , S. Chapman , K. Cheung , Y. Chinone , K. Crowley , M. Dobbs , H. El Bouhargani , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , T. Fujino , N. Galitzki , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Groh , G. Hall , M. Hasegawa , M. Hazumi , H. Hirose , A. H. Jaffe , O. Jeong , D. Kaneko , N. Katayama , B. Keating , S. Kikuchi , T. Kisner , A. Kusaka , A. T. Lee , D. Leon , E. Linder , L. N. Lowry , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , Y. Minami , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , A. T. P. Pham , D. Poletti , C. L. Reichardt , Y. Segawa , P. Siritanasak , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , S. Takatori , D. Tanabe , G. P. Teply , C. Tsai , C. Vergès , B. Westbrook , Y. Zhou

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Damping Tail from the 2500-square-degree SPT-SZ survey

We present a measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature power spectrum using data from the recently completed South Pole Telescope Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SPT-SZ) survey. This measurement is made from observations of 2540…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. T. Story , C. L. Reichardt , Z. Hou , R. Keisler , 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 , B. Follin , E. M. George , N. W. Halverson , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , S. Hoover , 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 , S. Padin , T. Plagge , C. Pryke , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , L. Shaw , E. Shirokoff , H. G. Spieler , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , R. Williamson , O. Zahn

Small Angular Scale Measurements of the CMB Temperature Power Spectrum from QUaD

We present measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation temperature anisotropy in the multipole range 2000<ell<3000 from the QUaD telescope's second and third observing seasons. After masking the brightest point sources…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-24 QUaD collaboration , R. B. Friedman , P. Ade , J. Bock , M. Bowden , M. L. Brown , G. Cahill , P. G. Castro , S. Church , T. Culverhouse , K. Ganga , W. K. Gear , S. Gupta , J. Hinderks , J. Kovac , A. E. Lange , E. Leitch , S. J. Melhuish , Y. Memari , J. A. Murphy , A. Orlando , C. O' Sullivan , L. Piccirillo , C. Pryke , N. Rajguru , B. Rusholme , R. Schwarz , A. N. Taylor , K. L. Thompson , A. H. Turner , E. Y. S. Wu , M. Zemcov

Subdegree Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Signal from Multifrequency BOOMERanG observations

The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect is the inverse Compton-scattering of cosmic microwave background (CMB) photons by hot electrons in the intervening gas throughout the universe. The effect has a distinct spectral signature that allows its…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-07 M. Veneziani , A. Amblard , A. Cooray , F. Piacentini , D. Pietrobon , P. Serra , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , P. Cabella , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , A. de Oliveira-Costa , G. De Troia , G. Di Stefano , K. M. Ganga , E. Hivon , W. C. Jones , T. S. Kisner , A. E. Lange , C. J. MacTavish , S. Masi , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , T. E. Montroy , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , G. Polenta , S. Ricciardi , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , P. Santini , M. Tegmark , N. Vittorio

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

Cosmic Microwave Weak lensing data as a test for the dark universe

Combined analyses of WMAP 3-year and ACBAR Cosmic Microwave Anisotropies angular power spectra have presented evidence for gravitational lensing >3 sigma level. This signal could provide a relevant test for cosmology. After evaluating and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Erminia Calabrese , Anze Slosar , Alessandro Melchiorri , George F. Smoot , Oliver Zahn

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 Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background by Galaxy Clusters Using Data from the South Pole Telescope

Clusters of galaxies are expected to gravitationally lens the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and thereby generate a distinct signal in the CMB on arcminute scales. Measurements of this effect can be used to constrain the masses of galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-25 E. J. Baxter , R. Keisler , S. Dodelson , K. A. Aird , S. W. Allen , M. L. N. Ashby , M. Bautz , M. Bayliss , B. A. Benson , L. E. Bleem , S. Bocquet , M. Brodwin , J. E. Carlstrom , C. L. Chang , I. Chiu , H-M. Cho , A. Clocchiatti , T. M. Crawford , A. T. Crites , S. Desai , J. P. Dietrich , T. de Haan , M. A. Dobbs , R. J. Foley , W. R. Forman , E. M. George , M. D. Gladders , A. H. Gonzalez , N. W. Halverson , N. L. Harrington , C. Hennig , H. Hoekstra , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , Z. Hou , J. D. Hrubes , C. Jones , L. Knox , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , J. Liu , M. Lueker , D. Luong-Van , A. Mantz , D. P. Marrone , M. McDonald , J. J. McMahon , S. S. Meyer , M. Millea , L. M. Mocanu , S. S. Murray , S. Padin , C. Pryke , C. L. Reichardt , A. Rest , J. E. Ruhl , B. R. Saliwanchik , A. Saro , J. T. Sayre , K. K. Schaffer , E. Shirokoff , J. Song , H. G. Spieler , B. Stalder , S. A. Stanford , Z. Staniszewski , A. A. Stark , K. T. Story , A. van Engelen , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , A. Vikhlinin , R. Williamson , O. Zahn , A. Zenteno

First results from the Very Small Array -- III. The CMB power spectrum

We present the power spectrum of the fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background detected by the Very Small Array (VSA) in its first season of observations in its compact configuration. We find clear detections of first and second…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-09 Paul F. Scott , Pedro Carreira , Kieran Cleary , Rod D. Davies , Richard Davis , Clive Dickinson , Keith Grainge , Carlos Gutierrez , Michael P. Hobson , Michael E. Jones , Ruediger Kneissl , Anthony Lasenby , Klaus Maisinger , Guy Pooley , Rafael Rebolo , Jose Alberto Rubino Martin , Pedro Sosa Molina , Ben Rusholme , Richard Saunders , Richard Savage , Anze Slosar , Angela C. Taylor , David Titterington , Elizabeth Waldram , Robert A. Watson , Althea Wilkinson

X-Ray Properties of three Clusters of Galaxies and their Implications for the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

We present the preparation for an observation of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect with the 100m telescope in Effelsberg. We calculate the expected diminution of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) at radio wavelength towards a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Thierbach , Reinhard Schlickeiser , Richard Wielebinski

Analyzing the cosmic variance limit of remote dipole measurements of the cosmic microwave background using the large-scale kinetic Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect

Due to cosmic variance we cannot learn any more about large-scale inhomogeneities from the primary cosmic microwave background (CMB) alone. More information on large scales is essential for resolving large angular scale anomalies in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 Alexandra Terrana , Mary-Jean Harris , Matthew C. Johnson

Simulations and Observations of the Microwave Universe

[Abridged] Simulations and observations of the microwave sky are of great importance for understanding the Universe that we reside in. Specifically, knowledge of the CMB and its foregrounds - including the SZ effect from clusters of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-15 Michael Peel