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Conceptual Design of the Modular Detector and Readout System for the CMB-S4 survey experiment

We present the conceptual design of the modular detector and readout system for the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 (CMB-S4) ground-based survey experiment. CMB-S4 will map the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the millimeter-wave…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-05 D. R. Barron , Z. Ahmed , J. Aguilar , A. J. Anderson , C. F. Baker , P. S. Barry , J. A. Beall , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , R. W. Besuner , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , S. C. Chapman , G. E. Chesmore , G. Derylo , W. B. Doriese , S. M. Duff , T. Elleflot , J. P. Filippini , B. Flaugher , J. G. Gomez , P. K. Grimes , R. Gualtieri , I. Gullett , G. Haller , S. W. Henderson , D. Henke , R. Herbst , A. I. Huber , J. Hubmayr , M. Jonas , J. Joseph , C. L. King , J. M. Kovac , D. Kubik , M. Lisovenko , J. J. McMahon , L. Moncelsi , J. M. Nagy , B. Osherson , B. Reese , J. E. Ruhl , L. Sapozhnikov , A. Schillaci , S. M. Simon , A. Suzuki , G. Wang , B. Westbrook , V. Yefremenko , J. Zhang

The cosmic microwave background: observing directly the early universe

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is a relict of the early universe. Its perfect 2.725K blackbody spectrum demonstrates that the universe underwent a hot, ionized early phase; its anisotropy (about 80 \mu K rms) provides strong evidence…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Paolo de Bernardis , Silvia Masi

Two-element interferometer for millimeter-wave solar flare observations

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a two-element interferometer working in the millimeter wave band (39.5 GHz - 40 GHz) for observing solar radio emissions through nulling interference. The system is composed of two…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Yonglin Yu , Shuo Xu , Lei Zhang , Ziqian Shang , Chenglong Qiao , Shuqi Li , Zhao Wu , Yanrui Su , Hongqiang Song , Yao Chen , Fabao Yan

On the effect of cosmic rays in bolometric CMB measurements from the stratosphere

Ultra-sensitive bolometric detectors in balloon-borne or satellite missions have the potential to discover low-level non gaussian features in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), due to topological defects or to the inflation process.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-09 S. Masi , E. Battistelli , P. de Bernardis , L. Lamagna , F. Nati , L. Nati , P. Natoli , G. Polenta , A. Schillaci

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

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

Performance of Al-Mn Transition-Edge Sensor Bolometers in SPT-3G

SPT-3G is a polarization-sensitive receiver, installed on the South Pole Telescope, that measures the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from degree to arcminute scales. The receiver consists of ten 150~mm-diameter detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 A. J. Anderson , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , J. S. Avva , P. S. Barry , R. Basu Thakur , A. N. Bender , B. A. Benson , L. Bryant , K. Byrum , J. E. Carlstrom , F. W. Carter , T. W. Cecil , C. L. Chang , H. -M. Cho , J. F. Cliche , A. Cukierman , T. de Haan , E. V. Denison , J. Ding , M. A. Dobbs , D. Dutcher , W. Everett , K. R. Ferguson , A. Foster , J. Fu , J. Gallicchio , A. E. Gambrel , R. W. Gardner , A. Gilbert , J. C. Groh , S. Guns , R. Guyser , N. W. Halverson , A. H. Harke-Hosemann , N. L. Harrington , J. W. Henning , G. C. Hilton , W. L. Holzapfel , D. Howe , N. Huang , K. D. Irwin , O. B. Jeong , M. Jonas , A. Jones , T. S. Khaire , A. M. Kofman , M. Korman , D. L. Kubik , S. Kuhlmann , C. -L. Kuo , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , A. E. Lowitz , S. S. Meyer , D. Michalik , J. Montgomery , A. Nadolski , T. Natoli , H. Nguyen , G. I. Noble , V. Novosad , S. Padin , Z. Pan , P. Paschos , J. Pearson , C. M. Posada , W. Quan , A. Rahlin , D. Riebel , J. E. Ruhl , J. T. Sayre , E. Shirokoff , G. Smecher , J. A. Sobrin , A. A. Stark , J. Stephen , K. T. Story , A. Suzuki , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , L. R. Vale , K. Vanderlinde , J. D. Vieira , G. Wang , N. Whitehorn , V. Yefremenko , K. W. Yoon , M. R. Young

The radio source counts at 15 GHz and their implications for cm-wave CMB imaging

We present the preliminary results of a new survey of radio sources using the Ryle telescope at 15.2 GHz. This is the highest frequency at which a survey has been done that is relevant to the issue of radio source contamination in CMB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Angela C. Taylor , Keith Grainge , Michael E. Jones , G. G. Pooley , Richard Saunders , E. M. Waldram

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

Observations of the Corona Borealis supercluster with the superextended Very Small Array: further constraints on the nature of the non-Gaussian CMB cold spot

We present interferometric imaging at 33 GHz, with the new superextended configuration of the Very Small Array (VSA), of a very deep decrement in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature. This decrement is located in the direction…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Ricardo Genova-Santos , Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin , Rafael Rebolo , Richard A. Battye , Francisco Blanco , Rod D. Davies , Richard J. Davis , Thomas Franzen , Keith Grainge , Michael P. Hobson , Anthony Lasenby , Carmen P. Padilla-Torres , Guy G. Pooley , Richard D. E. Saunders , Anna Scaife , Paul F. Scott , David Titterington , Marco Tucci , Robert A. Watson

An Australia telescope survey for CMB anisotropies

We have surveyed six distinct `empty fields' using the Australia Telescope Compact Array in an ultra-compact configuration with the aim of imaging, with a high brightness sensitivity, any arcmin-scale brightness-temperature anisotropies in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Subrahmanyan , M. J. Kesteven , R. D. Ekers , M. Sinclair , J. Silk

Measurements of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at 0.5 Degree Angular Scales Near the Star Gamma Ursae Minoris

We present results from a four frequency observation of a 6 x 0.6 degree strip of the sky centered near the star Gamma Ursae Minoris during the fourth flight of the Millimeter-wave Anisotropy eXperiment (MAX). The observation was made with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 M. J. Devlin , A. C. Clapp , J. O. Gundersen , C. A. Hagmann , V. V. Hristov , A. E. Lange , M. A. Lim , P. M. Lubin , P. D. Mauskopf , P. R. Meinhold , P. L. Richards , G. F. Smoot , S. T. Tanaka , P. T. Timbie , C. A. Wuensche

Optimized in-flight absolute calibration for extended CMB surveys

Accurate measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy call for high precision and reliability of the in-flight calibration. For extended surveys the CMB dipole provides an excellent calibration source at frequencies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Cappellini , D. Maino , G. Albetti , P. Platania , R. Paladini , A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli

Cosmological Results from Five Years of 30 GHz CMB Intensity Measurements with the Cosmic Background Imager

We present final results on the angular power spectrum of total intensity anisotropies in the CMB from the CBI. Our analysis includes all primordial anisotropy data collected between January 2000 and April 2005, and benefits significantly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-06 J. L. Sievers , B. S. Mason , L. Weintraub , C. Achermann , P. Altamirano , J. R. Bond , L. Bronfman , R. Bustos , C. Contaldi , C. Dickinson , M. E. Jones , J. May , S. T. Myers , N. Oyarce , S. Padin , T. J. Pearson , M. Pospieszalski , A. C. S. Readhead , R. Reeves , M. C. Shepherd , A. C. Taylor , S. Torres

Cosmic Microwave Background Observations in the Post-Planck Era

The Microwave Anisotropy Probe and Planck missions will provide low noise maps of the temperature of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). These maps will allow measurement of the power spectrum of the CMB with measurement noise below…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. B. Peterson , J. E. Carlstrom , E. S. Cheng , M. Kamionkowski , A. E. Lange , M. Seiffert , D. N. Spergel , A. Stebbins

CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance

BICEP is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Currently in its third year of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yuki D. Takahashi , Denis Barkats , John O. Battle , Evan M. Bierman , James J. Bock , H. Cynthia Chiang , C. Darren Dowell , Eric F. Hivon , William L. Holzapfel , Viktor V. Hristov , William C. Jones , J. P. Kaufman , Brian G. Keating , John M. Kovac , Chao-Lin Kuo , Andrew E. Lange , Erik M. Leitch , Peter V. Mason , Tomotake Matsumura , Hien T. Nguyen , Nicolas Ponthieu , Graca M. Rocha , Ki Won Yoon , P. Ade , L. Duband

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

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

Modeling atmospheric emission for CMB ground-based observations

Atmosphere is one of the most important noise sources for ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. By increasing optical loading on the detectors, it amplifies their effective noise, while its fluctuations introduce…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-13 J. Errard , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , C. Baccigalupi , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , A. Cukierman , J. Delabrouille , M. Dobbs , A. Ducout , T. Elleflot , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , S. Feeney , A. Gilbert , N. Goeckner-Wald , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , C. Hill , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , O. Jeong , N. Katayama , J. Kaufman , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , D. Leon , E. Linder , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , N. J. Miller , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , T. Okamura , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , G. Puglisi , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , K. M. Rotermund , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , A. Tikhomirov , T. Tomaru , N. Whitehorn , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , O. Zahn

CMB Observations: improvements of the performance of correlation radiometers by signal modulation and synchronous detection

Observation of the fine structures (anisotropies, polarization, spectral distortions) of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is hampered by instabilities, 1/f noise and asymmetries of the radiometers used to carry on the measurements.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Daniele Spiga , Elia Battistelli , Giuliano Boella , Massimo Gervasi , Mario Zannoni , Giorgio Sironi