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A Measurement of the CMB <EE> Spectrum from the 2003 Flight of BOOMERANG

We report measurements of the CMB polarization power spectra from the January 2003 Antarctic flight of BOOMERANG. The primary results come from six days of observation of a patch covering 0.22% of the sky centered near R.A. = 82.5 deg.,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 T. E. Montroy , 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 , E. Hivon , A. H. Jaffe , T. S. Kisner , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , S. Masi , P. D. Mauskopf , C. J. MacTavish , A. Melchiorri , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , S. Prunet , S. Ricciardi , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , P. Santini , M. Tegmark , M. Veneziani , N. Vittorio

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

BOOMERanG: a scanning telescope for 10 arcminutes resolution CMB maps

The BOOMERanG experiment is a stratospheric balloon telescope intended to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy at angular scales between a few degrees and ten arcminutes. The experiment features a wide focal plane with 16…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Masi , P. A. R. Ade , R. Artusa , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. De Troia , P. C. Farese , M. Giacometti , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. E. Lange , A. T. Lee , L. Martinis , P. V. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , F. Melchiorri , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , P. L. Richards , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi

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

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

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

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

The new generation CMB B-mode polarization experiment: POLARBEAR

We describe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment called Polarbear. This experiment will use the dedicated Huan Tran Telescope equipped with a powerful 1,200-bolometer array receiver to map the CMB polarization with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-25 The Polarbear Collaboration , J. Errard , P. A. R. Ade , A. Anthony , K. Arnold , F. Aubin , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , C. Cantalupo , M. A. Dobbs , D. Flanigan , A. Ghribi , N. Halverson , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , J. Howard , P. Hyland , A. Jaffe , B. Keating , T. Kisner , Z. Kermish , A. T. Lee , E. Linder , M. Lungu , T. Matsumura , N. Miller , X. Meng , M. Myers , H. Nishino , R. O'Brient , D. O'Dea , C. Reichardt , I. Schanning , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , H. Spieler , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , T. Tomaru , H. T. Tran , C. Tucker , E. Quealy , P. L. Richards , O. Zahn

Instrument, Method, Brightness and Polarization Maps from the 2003 flight of BOOMERanG

We present the BOOMERanG-03 experiment and maps of the Stokes parameters I, Q, U of the microwave sky obtained during a 14 day balloon flight in 2003. Three regions of the southern sky were surveyed: a deep survey (~ 90 square degrees) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S Masi , 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 , P Ehlers , E Hivon , V Hristov , A Iacoangeli , A Jaffe , W Jones , T Kisner , A Lange , C MacTavish , C Marini-Bettolo , P Mason , P Mauskopf , T Montroy , F Nati , L Nati , P Natoli , C Netterfield , E Pascale , F Piacentini , D Pogosyan , G Polenta , S Prunet , S Ricciardi , G Romeo , J Ruhl , P Santini , M Tegmark , E Torbet , M Veneziani , N Vittorio

A measurement of the polarization-temperature angular cross power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the 2003 flight of BOOMERANG

We present a measurement of the temperature-polarization angular cross power spectrum, <TE>, of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The result is based on $\sim 200$ hours of data from 8 polarization sensitive bolometers operating at 145 GHz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 F Piacentini , 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 , W Jones , A Lange , S Masi , P Mauskopf , C MacTavish , A Melchiorri , T Montroy , P Natoli , C Netterfield , E Pascale , D Pogosyan , G Polenta , S Prunet , S Ricciardi , G Romeo , J Ruhl , P Santini , M Tegmark , M Veneziani , N Vittorio

Cosmological Parameters from the 2003 flight of BOOMERANG

We present the cosmological parameters from the CMB intensity and polarization power spectra of the 2003 Antarctic flight of the BOOMERANG telescope. The BOOMERANG data alone constrains the parameters of the $\Lambda$CDM model remarkably…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 C. J. MacTavish , 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 , E. Hivon , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , T. S. Kisner , A. E. Lange , A. M. Lewis , S. Masi , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , T. E. Montroy , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , S. Prunet , S. Ricciardi , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , P. Santini , M. Tegmark , M. Veneziani , N. Vittorio

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…

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Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

The BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter is a small-aperture refracting telescope located at the South Pole and is specifically designed to search for the possible signature of inflationary gravitational waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).…

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

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A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER

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POLARBEAR-2: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements

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CAPMAP: A New Instrument to Measure the E-mode CMB Polarization on Angular Scales of 4 arcmin to 40 arcmin

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CMB Polarization Measurements

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