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Constraining Fundamental Physics with Future CMB Experiments

The Planck experiment will soon provide a very accurate measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies. This will let cosmologists determine most of the cosmological parameters with unprecedented accuracy. Future experiments will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-24 Silvia Galli , Matteo Martinelli , Alessandro Melchiorri , Luca Pagano , Blake D. Sherwin , David N. Spergel

Planck 2018 results. I. Overview and the cosmological legacy of Planck

The European Space Agency's Planck satellite, which was dedicated to studying the early Universe and its subsequent evolution, was launched on 14 May 2009. It scanned the microwave and submillimetre sky continuously between 12 August 2009…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-16 Planck Collaboration , Y. Akrami , F. Arroja , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , R. Battye , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , J. Carron , B. Casaponsa , A. Challinor , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , D. Contreras , B. P. Crill , F. Cuttaia , P. de Bernardis , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , E. Di Valentino , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , Y. Fantaye , J. Fergusson , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , F. Forastieri , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Hamann , W. Handley , F. K. Hansen , G. Helou , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. Karakci , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , K. Kiiveri , J. Kim , T. S. Kisner , L. Knox , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , M. Langer , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , C. R. Lawrence , M. Le Jeune , J. P. Leahy , J. Lesgourgues , F. Levrier , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Lilley , V. Lindholm , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , Y. -Z. Ma , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , A. Marcos-Caballero , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , P. D. Meerburg , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. Millea , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , S. Mottet , M. Münchmeyer , P. Natoli , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , G. Patanchon , T. J. Pearson , M. Peel , H. V. Peiris , F. Perrotta , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , L. Polastri , G. Polenta , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Sandri , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , E. P. S. Shellard , M. Shiraishi , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. D. Spencer , R. Sunyaev , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , L. Vibert , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , M. White , S. D. M. White , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived as a precursor of the Planck HFI…

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

Planck data revisited: low-noise synchrotron polarisation maps from the WMAP and Planck space missions

Observations of cosmic microwave background polarisation, essential for probing a potential phase of inflation in the early universe, suffer from contamination by polarised emission from the Galactic interstellar medium. This work combines…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-25 Jacques Delabrouille

On Planck simulations: towards `2-nd order' analyses

We simulate Planck observations by adopting a detailed model of the microwave sky including monopole, dipole, anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and galactic and extragalactic foregrounds. We estimate the impact of main…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Burigana , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , F. Villa , L. Valenziano , M. Bersanelli , L. Danese , L. Toffolatti , F. Argüeso

Planck-LFI radiometers tuning

"This paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst" This paper describes the Planck Low Frequency Instrument tuning activities performed through the ground test…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-27 Francesco Cuttaia , Aniello Mennella , Luca Stringhetti , Michele Maris , Luca Terenzi , Maurizio Tomasi , Fabrizio Villa , Marco Bersanelli , Christopher Reginald Butler , Benedetta Cappellini , Leticia Perez Cuevas , Ocleto D'Arcangelo , Richard Davis , Marco Frailis , Cristian Franceschet , Enrico Franceschi , Anna Gregorio , Roger Hoyland , Rodrigo Leonardi , Stuart Lowe , Nazzareno Mandolesi , Peter Meinhold , Luis Mendes , Neil Roddis , Maura Sandri , Luca Valenziano , Althea Wilkinson , Andrea Zacchei , Andrea Zonca , Paola Battaglia , Stefania De Nardo , Stefano Grassi , Marco Lapolla , Paolo Leutenegger , Maurizio Miccolis , Roberto Silvestri

A Map-Making Algorithm for the Planck Surveyor

We present a parallel implementation of a map-making algorithm for CMB anisotropy experiments which is both fast and efficient. We show for the first time a Maximum Likelihood, minimum variance map obtained by processing the entire data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 P. Natoli , G. de Gasperis , C. Gheller , N. Vittorio

Spacecraft and interplanetary contributions to the magnetic environment on-board LISA Pathfinder

LISA Pathfinder (LPF) has been a space-based mission designed to test new technologies that will be required for a gravitational wave observatory in space. Magnetically driven forces play a key role in the instrument sensitivity in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-08 M. Armano , H. Audley , J. Baird , P. Binetruy , M. Born , D. Bortoluzzi , E. Castelli , A. Cavalleri , A. Cesarini , A. M. Cruise , K. Danzmann , M. de Deus Silva , I. Diepholz , G. Dixon , R. Dolesi , L. Ferraioli , V. Ferroni , E. D. Fitzsimons , M. Freschi , L. Gesa , F. Gibert , D. Giardini , R. Giusteri , C. Grimani , J. Grzymisch , I. Harrison , M-S. Hartig , G. Heinzel , M. Hewitson , D. Hollington , D. Hoyland , M. Hueller , H. Inchauspé , O. Jennrich , P. Jetzer , N. Karnesis , B. Kaune , N. Korsakova , C. J. Killow , J. A. Lobo , L. Liu , J. P. López-Zaragoza , R. Maarschalkerweerd , D. Mance , V. Martín , L. Martin-Polo , J. Martino , F. Martin-Porqueras , I. Mateos , P. W. McNamara , J. Mendes , L. Mendes , N. Meshksar , M. Nofrarias , S. Paczkowski , M. Perreur-Lloyd , A. Petiteau , P. Pivato , E. Plagnol , J. Ramos-Castro , J. Reiche , F. Rivas , D. I. Robertson , D. Roma-Dollase , G. Russano , J. Slutsky , C. F. Sopuerta , T. Sumner , D. Telloni , D. Texier , J. I. Thorpe , C. Trenkel , D. Vetrugno , S. Vitale , G. Wanner , H. Ward , P. J. Wass , D. Wealthy , W. J. Weber , L. Wissel , A. Wittchen , P. Zweifel

Cosmic Background dipole measurements with Planck-High Frequency Instrument

This paper discusses the Cosmic Background (CB) dipoles observations in the framework of the Planck mission. Dipoles observations can be used in three ways: (i) It gives a measurement of the peculiar velocity of our Galaxy which is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Piat , G. Lagache , J. P. Bernard , M. Giard , J. L. Puget

The CMB Derivatives of Planck's Beam Asymmetry

We investigate the anisotropy in cosmic microwave background Planck maps due to the coupling between its beam asymmetry and uneven scanning strategy. Introducing a pixel space estimator based on the temperature gradients, we find a highly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-17 Ben Rathaus , Ely D. Kovetz

Planck 2013 results. VII. HFI time response and beams

This paper characterizes the effective beams,the effective beam window functions and the associated errors for the Planck HFI detectors. The effective beam is the angular response including the effect of the optics,detectors,data processing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , C. Armitage-Caplan , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , F. Atrio-Barandela , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoît , A. Benoit-Lévy , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , J. Bobin , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , J. W. Bowyer , M. Bridges , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , J. -F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , R. -R. Chary , H. C. Chiang , L. -Y Chiang , P. R. Christensen , S. Church , D. L. Clements , S. Colombi , L. P. L. Colombo , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , F. -X. Désert , J. M. Diego , H. Dole , S. Donzelli , O. Doré , M. Douspis , J. Dunkley , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , O. Forni , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , M. Giard , Y. Giraud-Héraud , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , J. Haissinski , F. K. Hansen , D. Hanson , D. Harrison , S. Henrot-Versillé , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , Z. Hou , W. Hovest , K. M. Huffenberger , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , J. Knoche , L. Knox , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. -M. Lamarre , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , C. Leroy , J. Lesgourgues , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. Linden-Vørnle , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , C. J. MacTavish , B. Maffei , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , D. J. Marshall , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Masi , M. Massardi , S. Matarrese , T. Matsumura , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. McGehee , A. Melchiorri , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , S. Mitra , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , J. A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , F. Noviello , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , S. Osborne , C. A. Oxborrow , F. Paci , L. Pagano , F. Pajot , D. Paoletti , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , E. Pierpaoli , D. Pietrobon , S. Plaszczynski , E. Pointecouteau , A. M. Polegre , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , L. Popa , T. Poutanen , G. W. Pratt , G. Prézeau , S. Prunet , J. -L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , G. Roudier , M. Rowan-Robinson , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , A. Sauvé , G. Savini , D. Scott , E. P. S. Shellard , L. D. Spencer , J. -L. Starck , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , F. Sureau , D. Sutton , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , M. Tucci , G. Umana , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , B. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

Measurement of CIB power spectra over large sky areas from Planck HFI maps

We present new measurements of the power spectra of the cosmic infrared background (CIB) anisotropies using the Planck 2015 full-mission HFI data at 353, 545, and 857 GHz over 20000 square degrees. We use techniques similar to those applied…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Daisy S. Y. Mak , Anthony Challinor , George Efstathiou , Guilaine Lagache

Beam-deconvolved Planck LFI maps

The Planck Collaboration made its final data release in 2018. In this paper we describe beam-deconvolution map products made from Planck LFI data using the artDeco deconvolution code to symmetrize the effective beam. The deconvolution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-28 E. Keihänen , V. Lindholm , M. Lopez-Caniego , M. Maris , M. Reinecke , A. -S. Suur-Uski

The Optical Design and Characterization of the Microwave Anisotropy Probe

The primary goal of the MAP satellite, now in orbit, is to make high fidelity polarization sensitive maps of the full sky in five frequency bands between 20 and 100 GHz. From these maps we will characterize the properties of the cosmic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Page , C. Jackson , C. Barnes , C. Bennett , M. Halpern , G. Hinshaw , N. Jarosik , A. Kogut , M. Limon , S. S. Meyer , D. N. Spergel , G. S. Tucker , D. T. Wilkinson , E. Wollack , E. L. Wright

Radio and Far-IR Extragalactic Sources at Planck Frequencies

We discuss the main uncertainties affecting estimates of small scale fluctuations due to extragalactic sources in the Planck Surveyor frequency bands. Conservative estimates allow us to confidently conclude that, in the frequency range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. De Zotti , L. Toffolatti

A millimetre-wave superconducting hyper-spectral device

Millimetre-wave observations represent an important tool for Cosmology studies. The Line Intensity Mapping (LIM) technique has been proposed to map in three dimensions the specific intensity due to line (e.g. [CII], CO) emission, for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-29 Usasi Chowdhury , Florence Levy-Bertrand , Martino Calvo , Johannes Goupy , Alessandro Monfardini

Making Maps from Planck LFI 30GHz Data

This paper is one of a series describing the performance and accuracy of map-making codes as assessed by the Planck CTP working group. We compare the performance of multiple codes written by different groups for making polarized maps from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. A. J. Ashdown , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balbi , J. G. Bartlett , J. Borrill , C. Cantalupo , G. de Gasperis , K. M. Gorski , V. Heikkila , E. Hivon , E. Keihanen , H. Kurki-Suonio , C. R. Lawrence , P. Natoli , T. Poutanen , S. Prunet , M. Reinecke , R. Stompor , B. Wandelt

The CIB-lensing bispectrum: impact on primordial non-Gaussianity and detectability for the Planck mission

We characterize the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB)-lensing bispectrum which is one of the contributions to the three-point functions of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) maps in harmonic space. We show that the CIB-lensing bispectrum has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Curto , M. Tucci , M. Kunz , E. Martinez-Gonzalez

The Cosmic Background Imager

The Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) is an instrument designed to make images of the cosmic microwave background radiation and to measure its statistical properties on angular scales from about 3 arc minutes to one degree (spherical harmonic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. J. Pearson , B. S. Mason , S. Padin , A. C. S. Readhead , M. C. Shepherd , J. Sievers , P. S. Udomprasert , J. K. Cartwright

Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

Cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy is our richest source of cosmological information; the standard cosmological model was largely established thanks to study of the temperature anisotropies. By the end of the decade, the Planck…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 James G. Bartlett