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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

Cosmological constraints from Archeops

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l and large l coverage down to COBE scales,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Benoit , P. Ade , A. Amblard , R. Ansari , E. Aubourg , S. Bargot , J. G. Bartlett , J. -Ph. Bernard , R. S. Bhatia , A. Blanchard , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , F. R. Bouchet , A. Bourrachot , P. Camus , F. Couchot , P. de Bernardis , J. Delabrouille , F. -X. Desert , O. Doré , M. Douspis , L. Dumoulin , X. Dupac , P. Filliatre , P. Fosalba , K. Ganga , F. Gannaway , B. Gautier , 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 , J. F. Macias-Perez , K. Madet , B. Maffei , Ch. Magneville , D. P. Marrone , S. Masi , F. Mayet , A. Murphy , F. Naraghi , F. Nati , G. Patanchon , G. Perrin , M. Piat , N. Ponthieu , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , C. Renault , C. Rosset , D. Santos , A. Starobinsky , I. Strukov , R. V. Sudiwala , R. Teyssier , M. Tristram , C. Tucker , J. -C. Vanel , D. Vibert , E. Wakui , D. Yvon

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

Anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We review the present status of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy observations and discuss the main related astrophysical issues, instrumental effects and data analysis techniques. We summarise the balloon-borne and ground-based…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Bersanelli , D. Maino , A. Mennella

The Temperature of the CMB at 10 GHz

We report the results of an effort to measure the low frequency portion of the spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB), using a balloon-borne instrument called ARCADE (Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. J. Fixsen , A. Kogut , S. Levin , M. Limon , P. Lubin , P. Mirel , M. Seiffert , E. Wollack

After Acoustic Peaks: What's Next in CMB?

The advent of high signal-to-noise cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy experiments has allowed detailed studies on the power spectrum of temperature fluctuations. The existence of acoustic oscillations in the anisotropy power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Asantha Cooray

MAXIMA: A Balloon-Borne Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiment

We describe the Millimeter wave Anisotropy eXperiment IMaging Array (MAXIMA), a balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) on angular scales of 10' to 5 degrees . MAXIMA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 B. Rabii , C. D. Winant , M. E. Abroe , P. Ade , A. Balbi , J. J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , P. de Bernardis , J. S. Collins , P. G. Ferreira , S. Hanany , V. V. Hristov , A. H. Jaffe , B. R. Johnson , A. E. Lange , A. T. Lee , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , P. L. Richards , G. F. Smoot , R. Stompor , J. H. P. Wu

ARCADE: Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission

The Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission (ARCADE) is a balloon-borne instrument designed to measure the temperature of the cosmic microwave background at centimeter wavelengths. ARCADE searches for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Kogut , D. Fixsen , S. Fixsen , S. Levin , M. Limon , L. Lowe , P. Mirel , M. Seiffert , J. Singal , P. Lubin , E. Wollack

Forecasting Cosmic Parameter Errors from Microwave Background Anisotropy Experiments

Accurate measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies with an angular resolution of a few arcminutes can be used to determine fundamental cosmological parameters such as the densities of baryons, cold and hot dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-13 J. Richard Bond , George Efstathiou , Max Tegmark

Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies have and will continue to revolutionize our understanding of cosmology. The recent discovery of the previously predicted acoustic peaks in the power spectrum has established a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 Wayne Hu , Scott Dodelson

Mapping the CMB I: the first flight of the QMAP experiment

We report on the first flight of the balloon-borne QMAP experiment. The experiment is designed to make a map of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy on angular scales from 0.7 to several degrees. Using the map we determine the angular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Mark Devlin , Angelica de Oliveira-Costa , Tom Herbig , Amber Miller , Barth Netterfield , Lyman Page , Max Tegmark

Recent Results from the MAXIMA Experiment

MAXIMA is a balloon-borne platform for measuring the anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). It has measured the CMB power spectrum with a ten-arcminute FWHM beam, corresponding to a detection of the power spectrum out to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Andrew H. Jaffe , Matthew Abroe , Julian Borrill , Jeff Collins , Pedro Ferreira , Shaul Hanany , Brad Johnson , Adrian T. Lee , Tomotake Matsumura , Bahman Rabii , Tom Renbarger , Paul Richards , George F. Smoot , Radek Stompor , Huan Tran , Celeste Winant , Jiun-Huei Proty Wu

Anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background: Theoretical Foundations

The analysis of anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) has become an extremely valuable tool for cosmology. We even have hopes that planned CMB anisotropy experiments may revolutionize cosmology. Together with determinations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-15 Ruth Durrer

Imaging the first light: experimental challenges and future perspectives in the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allow high precision observation of the Last Scattering Surface at redshift $z\sim$1100. After the success of the NASA satellite COBE, that in 1992 provided the first detection of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mennella , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balbi , M. Bersanelli , C. Burigana , C. Butler , B. Cappellini , G. De Gasperis , F. Hansen , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , G. Morgante , P. Natoli , F. Pasian , F. Perrotta , P. Platania , L. Valenziano , F. Villa , A. Zacchei

CMB Anisotropies, Cosmological Parameters and Fundamental Physics: Current Status & Perspectives

I describe briefly the Cosmic Microwave Background (hereafter CMB) physics which explains why high accuracy observations of its spatial structure are a unique observational tool both for the determination of the global cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francois R. Bouchet

Temperature and polarization angular power spectra of Galactic dust radiation at 353 GHz as measured by Archeops

We present the first measurement of temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the diffuse emission of Galactic dust at 353 GHz as seen by Archeops on 20% of the sky. The temperature angular power spectrum is compatible with that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 N. Ponthieu , J. F. Macías-Pérez , M. Tristram , P. Ade , A. Amblard , R. Ansari , J. Aumont , É. Aubourg , A. Benoît , 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. Désert , M. Douspis , L. Dumoulin , Ph. Filliatre , P. Fosalba , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , R. Gispert , J. Grain , L. Guglielmi , J. -Ch. Hamilton , S. Hanany , S. Henrot-Versillé , J. Kaplan , G. Lagache , A. E. Lange , K. Madet , B. Maffei , S. Masi , F. Mayet , F. Nati , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , S. Plaszczynski , M. Piat , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , C. Renault , C. Rosset , D. Santos , D. Vibert , D. Yvon

CMB and Cosmological Parameters: Current Status and Prospects

The last years have been an exciting period for the field of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) research. With recent CMB balloon-borne and ground-based experiments we are entering a new era of 'precision' cosmology that enables us to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alessandro Melchiorri

Testing Gaussianity on Archeops Data

A Gaussianity analysis using a goodness-of-fit test and the Minkowski functionals on the sphere has been performed to study the measured Archeops Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropy data for a 143 GHz Archeops…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Curto , J. Aumont , J. F. Macias-Perez , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , R. B. Barreiro , D. Santos , F. X. Desert , M. Tristram

An Instrument to Measure the Temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at Centimeter Wavelengths

The Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission (ARCADE) is a balloon-borne instrument to measure the temperature of the cosmic microwave background at centimeter wavelengths. ARCADE uses narrow-band cryogenic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kogut , D. J. Fixsen , S. Levin , M. Limon , P. M. Lubin , P. Mirel , M. Seiffert , E. Wollack

The Low Frequency Instrument in the ESA Planck mission

Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allow high precision observation of the cosmic plasma at redshift z~1100. After the success of the NASA satellite COBE, that in 1992 provided the first detection of the CMB anisotropy,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli , B. Cappellini , D. Maino , P. Platania , S. Garavaglia , R. C. Butler , N. Mandolesi F. Pasian , O. D'arcangelo , A. Simonetto , C. Sozzi