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Preparation to the CMB PLANCK data analysis, estimation of the contamination due to the galactic polarized emissions

This work is point of the preparation to the analysis of the PLANCK satellite data. The PLANCK satellite is an ESA mission which has been launched the 14th of may 2009 and is dedicaced to the measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-03 L. Fauvet , J. F. Macias-Perez

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter

The Robinson Telescope (BICEP) is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) and galactic foreground emission. Such measurements probe the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. W. Yoon , P. A. R. Ade , D. Barkats , J. O. Battle , E. M. Bierman , J. J. Bock , J. A. Brevik , H. C. Chiang , A. Crites , C. D. Dowell , L. Duband , G. S. Griffin , E. F. Hivon , W. L. Holzapfel , V. V. Hristov , B. G. Keating , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , A. E. Lange , E. M. Leitch , P. V. Mason , H. T. Nguyen , N. Ponthieu , Y. D. Takahashi , T. Renbarger , L. C. Weintraub , D. Woolsey

The Atacama B-Mode Search: CMB Polarimetry with Transition-Edge-Sensor Bolometers

The Atacama B-mode Search (ABS) experiment is a 145 GHz polarimeter designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at large angular scales. The ABS instrument will ship to the Atacama Desert of Chile…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-26 T. Essinger-Hileman , J. W. Appel , J. A. Beall , H. M. Cho , J. Fowler , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , K. D. Irwin , T. A. Marriage , M. D. Niemack , L. Page , L. P. Parker , S. Pufu , S. T. Staggs , O. Stryzak , C. Visnjic , K. W. Yoon , Y. Zhao

Detecting the B-mode Polarisation of the CMB with Clover

We describe the objectives, design and predicted performance of Clover, which is a ground-based experiment to measure the faint ``B-mode'' polarisation pattern in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). To achieve this goal, clover will make…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-03 C. E. North , B. R. Johnson , P. A. R. Ade , M. D. Audley , C. Baines , R. A. Battye , M. L. Brown , P. Cabella , P. G. Calisse , A. D. Challinor , W. D. Duncan , P. G. Ferreira , W. K. Gear , D. Glowacka , D. J. Goldie , P. K. Grimes , M. Halpern , V. Haynes , G. C. Hilton , K. D. Irwin , M. E. Jones , A. N. Lasenby , P. J. Leahy , J. Leech , B. Maffei , P. Mauskopf , S. J. Melhuish , D. O'Dea , S. M. Parsley , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , C. D. Reintsema , G. Savini , R. Sudiwala , D. Sutton , A. C. Taylor , G. Teleberg , D. Titterington , V. Tsaneva , C. Tucker , R. Watson , S. Withington , G. Yassin , J. Zhang

POLOCALC: a Novel Method to Measure the Absolute Polarization Orientation of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We describe a novel method to measure the absolute orientation of the polarization plane of the CMB with arcsecond accuracy, enabling unprecedented measurements for cosmology and fundamental physics. Existing and planned CMB polarization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-26 Federico Nati , Mark J. Devlin , Martina Gerbino , Bradley R. Johnson , Brian Keating , Luca Pagano , Grant Teply

The BaR-SPOrt Experiment

BaR-SPOrt (Balloon-borne Radiometers for Sky Polarisation Observations) is an experiment to measure the linearly polarized emission of sky patches at 32 and 90 GHz with sub-degree angular resolution. It is equipped with high sensitivity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Zannoni , S. Cortiglioni , G. Bernardi , E. Carretti , S. Cecchini , C. Macculi , E. Morelli , C. Sbarra , G. Ventura , L. Nicastro , J. Monari , M. Poloni , S. Poppi , V. Natale , M. Baralis , O. Peverini , R. Tascone , G. Virone , A. Boscaleri , E. Pascale , G. Boella , S. Bonometto , M. Gervasi , G. Sironi , M. Tucci , R. Nesti , R. Fabbri , P. de Bernardis , M. De Petris , S. Masi , M. V. Sazhin , E. N. Vinyajkin

A Constraint on Primordial $B$-Modes from the First Flight of the SPIDER Balloon-Borne Telescope

We present the first linear polarization measurements from the 2015 long-duration balloon flight of SPIDER, an experiment designed to map the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on degree angular scales. Results from these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-25 SPIDER Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , A. S. Bergman , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , O. Doré , A. J. Duivenvoorden , H. K. Eriksen , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , A. A. Fraisse , K. Freese , M. Galloway , A. E. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , K. Ganga , R. Gualtieri , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , J. Hartley , M. Hasselfield , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , Z. Huang , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , C. L. Kuo , Z. D. Kermish , J. S. -Y. Leung , S. Li , D. S. Y. Mak , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , M. Nolta , R. O'Brient , B. Osherson , I. L. Padilla , B. Racine , A. S. Rahlin , C. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , T. M. Ruud , J. A. Shariff , E. C. Shaw , C. Shiu , J. D. Soler , X. Song , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , J. F. van der List , A. C. Weber , I. K. Wehus , S. Wen , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

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

Polarized Diffuse Emission at 2.3 GHz in a High Galactic Latitude Area

Polarized diffuse emission observations at 2.3 GHz in a high Galactic latitude area are presented. The 2\degr X 2\degr field, centred in (\alpha=5^h,\delta=-49\degr), is located in the region observed by the BOOMERanG experiment. Our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Carretti , D. McConnell , N. M. McClure-Griffiths , G. Bernardi , S. Cortiglioni , S. Poppi

CMB Polarization: Scientific Case and Data Analysis Issues

We review the science case for studying CMB polarization. We then discuss the main issues related to the analysis of forth-coming polarized CMB data, such as those expected from balloon-borne (e.g. BOOMERanG) and satellite (e.g. Planck)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 A. Balbi , P. Cabella , G. de Gasperis , P. Natoli , N. Vittorio

CLOVER - A new instrument for measuring the B-mode polarization of the CMB

We describe the design and expected performance of Clover, a new instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background. The proposed instrument will comprise three independent telescopes operating at 90,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. C. Taylor , A. Challinor , D. Goldie , K. Grainge , M. E. Jones , A. N. Lasenby , S. Withington , G. Yassin , W. K. Gear , L. Piccirillo , P. Ade , P. D. Mauskopf , B. Maffei , G. Pisano

Instrumental and Analytic Methods for Bolometric Polarimetry

We discuss instrumental and analytic methods that have been developed for the first generation of bolometric cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters. The design, characterization, and analysis of data obtained using Polarization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 W. C. Jones , T. E. Montroy , B. P. Crill , C. R. Contaldi , T. S. Kisner , A. E. Lange , C. J. MacTavish , C. B. Netterfield , J. E. Ruhl

Measuring CMB polarisation with the Planck mission

In this paper, we discuss why and how the Planck mission, originally designed and proposed for mapping CMB intensity fluctuations, has been revised for polarisation measurement capability as well.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Delabrouille

Preparation to the CMB Planck analysis : contamination due to the polarized galactic emission

The Planck satellite experiment, which was launched the 14th of may 2009, will give an accurate measurement of the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) in temperature and polarization. This measurement is polluted by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-20 L. Fauvet , J. F. Macias-Perez

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

SPOrt: an Experiment Aimed at Measuring the Large Scale Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

SPOrt (Sky Polarization Observatory) is a space experiment to be flown on the International Space Station during Early Utilization Phase aimed at measuring the microwave polarized emission with FWHM = 7deg, in the frequency range 22-90 GHz.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Carretti , S. Cortiglioni , G. Bernardi , S. Cecchini , C. Macculi , C. Sbarra , J. Monari , A. Orfei , M. Poloni , S. Poppi , G. Boella , S. Bonometto , M. Gervasi , G. Sironi , M. Zannoni , M. Tucci , M. Baralis , O. A. Peverini , R. Tascone , G. Virone , R. Fabbri , L. Nicastro , K. -W. Ng , V. A. Razin , E. N. Vinyajkin , M. V. Sazhin , I. A. Strukov

Mission design of LiteBIRD

LiteBIRD is a next-generation satellite mission to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. On large angular scales the B-mode polarization of the CMB carries the imprint of primordial gravitational…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-24 T. Matsumura , Y. Akiba , J. Borrill , Y. Chinone , M. Dobbs , H. Fuke , A. Ghribi , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. Holzapfel , Y. Inoue , K. Ishidoshiro , H. Ishino , H. Ishitsuka , K. Karatsu , N. Katayama , I. Kawano , A. Kibayashi , Y. Kibe , K. Kimura , N. Kimura , K. Koga , M. Kozu , E. Komatsu , A. Lee , H. Matsuhara , S. Mima , K. Mitsuda , K. Mizukami , H. Morii , T. Morishima , S. Murayama , M. Nagai , R. Nagata , S. Nakamura , M. Naruse , K. Natsume , T. Nishibori , H. Nishino , A. Noda , T. Noguchi , H. Ogawa , S. Oguri , I. Ohta , C. Otani , P. Richards , S. Sakai , N. Sato , Y. Sato , Y. Sekimoto , A. Shimizu , K. Shinozaki , H. Sugita , T. Suzuki , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takada , S. Takakura , Y. Takei , T. Tomaru , Y. Uzawa , T. Wada , H. Watanabe , N. Yamasaki , M. Yoshida , T. Yoshida , K. Yotsumoto

The Next Generation BLAST Experiment

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol) was a suborbital experiment designed to map magnetic fields in order to study their role in star formation processes. BLASTPol made detailed polarization…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-13 Nicholas Galitzki , Peter A. R. Ade , Francesco E. Angilè , Peter Ashton , James A. Beall , Dan Becker , Kristi J. Bradford , George Che , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Mark J. Devlin , Bradley J. Dober , Laura M. Fissel , Yasuo Fukui , Jiansong Gao , Christopher E. Groppi , Seth Hillbrand , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Jeffrey Klein , Jeff Van Lanen , Dale Li , Zhi-Yun Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Hamdi Mani , Peter G. Martin , Philip Mauskopf , Fumitaka Nakamura , Giles Novak , David P. Pappas , Enzo Pascale , Giampaolo Pisano , Fabio P. Santos , Giorgio Savini , Douglas Scott , Sara Stanchfield , Carole Tucker , Joel N. Ullom , Matthew Underhill , Michael R. Vissers , Derek Ward-Thompson

Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Since the first detection by the DASI experiment in 2002, measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have grown into an important role in testing our understanding of conditions in the early universe and…

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Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol

We present the thermal model of the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol). This instrument was successfully flown in two circumpolar flights from McMurdo, Antarctica in 2010 and 2012. During these…

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