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The Design and Integrated Performance of SPT-3G

SPT-3G is the third survey receiver operating on the South Pole Telescope dedicated to high-resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Sensitive measurements of the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the CMB…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-01 J. A. Sobrin , A. J. Anderson , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , D. Dutcher , A. Foster , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , A. Rahlin , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , E. Anderes , M. Archipley , J. E. Austermann , J. S. Avva , K. Aylor , L. Balkenhol , P. S. Barry , R. Basu Thakur , K. Benabed , F. Bianchini , L. E. Bleem , F. R. Bouchet , L. Bryant , K. Byrum , J. E. Carlstrom , F. W. Carter , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , P. Chaubal , G. Chen , H. -M. Cho , T. -L. Chou , J. -F. Cliche , T. M. Crawford , A. Cukierman , C. Daley , T. de Haan , E. V. Denison , K. Dibert , J. Ding , M. A. Dobbs , W. Everett , C. Feng , K. R. Ferguson , J. Fu , S. Galli , A. E. Gambrel , R. W. Gardner , R. Gualtieri , S. Guns , N. Gupta , R. Guyser , N. W. Halverson , A. H. Harke-Hosemann , N. L. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , E. Hivon , G. P. Holder , W. L. Holzapfel , J. C. Hood , D. Howe , N. Huang , K. D. Irwin , O. B. Jeong , M. Jonas , A. Jones , T. S. Khaire , L. Knox , A. M. Kofman , M. Korman , D. L. Kubik , S. Kuhlmann , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , A. E. Lowitz , C. Lu , S. S. Meyer , D. Michalik , M. Millea , T. Natoli , H. Nguyen , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , Y. Omori , S. Padin , Z. Pan , P. Paschos , J. Pearson , C. M. Posada , K. Prabhu , W. Quan , C. L. Reichardt , D. Riebel , B. Riedel , M. Rouble , J. E. Ruhl , B. Saliwanchik , J. T. Sayre , E. Schiappucci , E. Shirokoff , G. Smecher , A. A. Stark , J. Stephen , K. T. Story , A. Suzuki , C. Tandoi , K. L. Thompson , B. Thorne , C. Tucker , C. Umilta , L. R. Vale , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , W. L. K. Wu , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , M. R. Young

Measuring the CMB spectral distortions with COSMO: the multi-mode antenna system

In this work, we present the design and manufacturing of the two multi-mode antenna arrays of the COSMO experiment and the preliminary beam pattern measurements of their fundamental mode compared with simulations. COSMO is a cryogenic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-14 E. Manzan , L. Albano , C. Franceschet , E. S. Battistelli , P. de Bernardis , M. Bersanelli , F. Cacciotti , A. Capponi , F. Columbro , G. Conenna , G. Coppi , A. Coppolecchia , G. D'Alessandro , G. De Gasperis , M. De Petris , M. Gervasi , G. Isopi , L. Lamagna , A. Limonta , E. Marchitelli , S. Masi , A. Mennella , F. Montonati , F. Nati , A. Occhiuzzi , A. Paiella , G. Pettinari , F. Piacentini , L. Piccirillo , G. Pisano , C. Tucker , M. Zannoni

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

Compensated Isocurvature Perturbations and the Cosmic Microwave Background

Measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies constrain isocurvature fluctuations between photons and non-relativistic particles to be sub-dominant to adiabatic fluctuations. Perturbations in the relative number densities…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-09 Daniel Grin , Olivier Doré , Marc Kamionkowski

First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: On-Orbit Radiometer Characterization

The WMAP satellite has completed one year of measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation using 20 differential high-electron-mobility-transistor (HEMT) based radiometers. All the radiometers are functioning nominally,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 N. Jarosik , C. Barnes , C. L. Bennett , M. Halpern , G. Hinshaw , A. Kogut , M. Limon , S. S. Meyer , L. Page , D. N. Spergel , G. S. Tucker , J. L. Weiland , E. Wollack , E. L. Wright

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

Improved Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of Temperature Anisotropy in the CMB from Two New Analyses of BOOMERANG Observations

We report the most complete analysis to date of observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) obtained during the 1998 flight of BOOMERANG. We use two quite different methods to determine the angular power spectrum of the CMB in 20…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Ruhl , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. De Troia , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , S. Masi , P. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , S. Prunet , G. Romeo

CMB observations with the Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) Interferometer

We review the recently published results from the CBI's first season of observations. Angular power spectra of the CMB were obtained from deep integrations of 3 single fields covering a total of 3 deg^2 and 3 shallower surveys of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. R. Contaldi , J. R. Bond , D. Pogosyan , B. S. Mason , S. T. Myers , T. J. Pearson , U. L. Pen , S. Prunet , A. C. Readhead , M. I. Ruetalo , J. L. Sievers , J. W. Wadsley , P. J. Zhang

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

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: High-resolution component-separated maps across one-third of the sky

Observations of the millimeter sky contain valuable information on a number of signals, including the blackbody cosmic microwave background (CMB), Galactic emissions, and the Compton-$y$ distortion due to the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-06 William R. Coulton , Mathew S. Madhavacheril , Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden , J. Colin Hill , Irene Abril-Cabezas , Peter A. R. Ade , Simone Aiola , Tommy Alford , Mandana Amiri , Stefania Amodeo , Rui An , Zachary Atkins , Jason E. Austermann , Nicholas Battaglia , Elia Stefano Battistelli , James A. Beall , Rachel Bean , Benjamin Beringue , Tanay Bhandarkar , Emily Biermann , Boris Bolliet , J Richard Bond , Hongbo Cai , Erminia Calabrese , Victoria Calafut , Valentina Capalbo , Felipe Carrero , Grace E. Chesmore , Hsiao-mei Cho , Steve K. Choi , Susan E. Clark , Rodrigo Córdova Rosado , Nicholas F. Cothard , Kevin Coughlin , Kevin T. Crowley , Mark J. Devlin , Simon Dicker , Peter Doze , Cody J. Duell , Shannon M. Duff , Jo Dunkley , Rolando Dünner , Valentina Fanfani , Max Fankhanel , Gerrit Farren , Simone Ferraro , Rodrigo Freundt , Brittany Fuzia , Patricio A. Gallardo , Xavier Garrido , Jahmour Givans , Vera Gluscevic , Joseph E. Golec , Yilun Guan , Mark Halpern , Dongwon Han , Matthew Hasselfield , Erin Healy , Shawn Henderson , Brandon Hensley , Carlos Hervías-Caimapo , Gene C. Hilton , Matt Hilton , Adam D. Hincks , Renée Hložek , Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho , Zachary B. Huber , Johannes Hubmayr , Kevin M. Huffenberger , John P. Hughes , Kent Irwin , Giovanni Isopi , Hidde T. Jense , Ben Keller , Joshua Kim , Kenda Knowles , Brian J. Koopman , Arthur Kosowsky , Darby Kramer , Aleksandra Kusiak , Adrien La Posta , Victoria Lakey , Eunseong Lee , Zack Li , Yaqiong Li , Michele Limon , Martine Lokken , Thibaut Louis , Marius Lungu , Niall MacCrann , Amanda MacInnis , Diego Maldonado , Felipe Maldonado , Maya Mallaby-Kay , Gabriela A. Marques , Joshiwa van Marrewijk , Fiona McCarthy , Jeff McMahon , Yogesh Mehta , Felipe Menanteau , Kavilan Moodley , Thomas W. Morris , Tony Mroczkowski , Sigurd Naess , Toshiya Namikawa , Federico Nati , Laura Newburgh , Andrina Nicola , Michael D. Niemack , Michael R. Nolta , John Orlowski-Scherer , Lyman A. Page , Shivam Pandey , Bruce Partridge , Heather Prince , Roberto Puddu , Frank J. Qu , Federico Radiconi , Naomi Robertson , Felipe Rojas , Tai Sakuma , Maria Salatino , Emmanuel Schaan , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Neelima Sehgal , Shabbir Shaikh , Blake D. Sherwin , Carlos Sierra , Jon Sievers , Cristóbal Sifón , Sara Simon , Rita Sonka , David N. Spergel , Suzanne T. Staggs , Emilie Storer , Eric R. Switzer , Niklas Tampier , Robert Thornton , Hy Trac , Jesse Treu , Carole Tucker , Joel Ullom , Leila R. Vale , Alexander Van Engelen , Jeff Van Lanen , Cristian Vargas , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Kasey Wagoner , Yuhan Wang , Lukas Wenzl , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu , Fernando Zago , Kaiwen Zheng

Interplanetary Dust as a Foreground for the LiteBIRD CMB Satellite Mission

As ever-more sensitive experiments are made in the quest for primordial CMB B Modes, the number of potentially significant astrophysical contaminants becomes larger as well. Thermal emission from interplanetary dust, for example, has been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-07 K. Ganga , M. Maris , M. Remazeilles

A Map of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the BEAST Experiment

We present the first sky maps from the BEAST (Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope) experiment. BEAST consists of a 2.2 meter off axis Gregorian telescope fed by a cryogenic millimeter wavelength focal plane currently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter R. Meinhold , Marco Bersanelli , Jeffrey Childers , Newton Figueiredo , Todd C. Gaier , Doron Halevi , Charles R. Lawrence , Miikka Kangas , Alan Levy , Philip M. Lubin , Marco Malaspina , Nazzareno Mandolesi , Joshua Marvil , Jorge Mejia , Paolo Natoli , Ian O'Dwyer , Hugh O'Neill , Shane Parendo , Agenor Pina , Michael D. Seiffert , Nathan C. Stebor , Camilo Tello , Fabrizio Villa , Thyrso Villela , Benjamin D. Wandelt , Brian Williams , Carlos Alexandre Wuensche

Preliminary Results from the Cosmic Background Imager

The Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) is a 13-element interferometer designed to image intrinsic anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on arcminute scales. A review of the capabilities of the instrument is presented, together…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 B. S. Mason , J. K. Cartwright , S. Padin , T. J. Pearson , A. C. S. Readhead , M. Shepherd , J. Sievers , P. Udomprasert

Cosmic Microwave background map making with data between 10 and 90GHz

We use data from the Tenerife 10, 15 and 33 GHz beamswitching experiments along with the COBE 53 and 90 GHz data to separate the cosmic microwave background (CMB) signal from the Galactic signal and create two maps at high Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. W. Jones , A. N. Lasenby , P. Mukherjee , C. M. Gutierrez , R. D. Davies , R. A. Watson , R. Hoyland , R. Rebolo

Planck intermediate results. LVI. Detection of the CMB dipole through modulation of the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect: Eppur si muove II

The largest temperature anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is the dipole, which has been measured with increasing accuracy for more than three decades, particularly with the Planck satellite. The simplest interpretation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-04 Planck Collaboration , Y. Akrami , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , B. Casaponsa , H. C. Chiang , C. Combet , D. Contreras , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , E. Di Valentino , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , W. Handley , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , J. -M. Lamarre , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , M. López-Caniego , J. F. Macías-Pérez , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , P. Natoli , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. D. Spencer , R. M. Sullivan , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Development and characterization of the readout system for POLARBEAR-2

POLARBEAR-2 is a next-generation receiver for precision measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)). Scheduled to deploy in early 2015, it will observe alongside the existing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-10 D. Barron , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , C. Aleman , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , A. Bender , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , N. Katayama , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , H. Morii , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , T. Okamura , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , C. Raum , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , K. Rotermund , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , I. Shirley , M. Sholl , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , S. Takada , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , H. Yamaguchi , O. Zahn

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

Design and characterization of new 90 GHz detectors for the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS)

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a polarization-sensitive telescope array located at an altitude of 5,200 m in the Chilean Atacama Desert. CLASS is designed to measure "E-mode" (even parity) and "B-mode" (odd parity)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-11 Carolina Núñez , John W. Appel , Sarah Marie Bruno , Rahul Datta , Aamir Ali , Charles L. Bennett , Sumit Dahal , Jullianna Denes Couto , Kevin L. Denis , Joseph Eimer , Francisco Espinoza , Tom Essinger-Hileman , Kyle Helson , Jeffrey Iuliano , Tobias A. Marriage , Carolina Morales Pérez , Deniz Augusto Nunes Valle , Matthew A. Petroff , Karwan Rostem , Rui Shi , Duncan J. Watts , Edward J. Wollack , Zhilei Xu

Estimation of the CMB temperature from atomic C\,{\sc i} and molecular CO lines in the interstellar medium of early galaxies

The linear increase of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature with cosmological redshift, $T_{\rm CMB} = T_0(1 + z)$, is a prediction of the standard cosmological $\Lambda$CDM model. There are currently two methods to measure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-15 V. V. Klimenko , A. V. Ivanchik , P. Petitjean , P. Noterdaeme , R. Srianand

The MAP Satellite Feed Horns

We present the design, manufacturing methods, and characterization of 20 microwave feed horns currently in use on the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) satellite. The nature of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy requires a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Barnes , M. Limon , L. Page , C. Bennett , S. Bradley , M. Halpern , G. Hinshaw , N. Jarosik , W. Jones , A. Kogut , S. Meyer , O. Motrunich , G. Tucker , D. Wilkinson , E. J. Wollack