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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

BOOMERANG: A Balloon-borne Millimeter Wave Telescope and Total Power Receiver for Mapping Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background

We describe BOOMERANG; a balloon-borne microwave telescope designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at a resolution of 10' from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The millimeter-wave receiver employs new technology in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. P. Crill , P. A. R. Ade , D. R. Artusa , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , P. Cardoni , S. E. Church , K. Coble , P. deBernardis , G. deTroia , P. Farese , K. M. Ganga , M. Giacometti , C. V. Haynes , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , S. Masi , P. V. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , C. G. Paine , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , G. Polenta , F. Pongetti , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi , D. Sforna , A. D. Turner

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

A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the CMB Temperature Anisotropy from the 2003 Flight of Boomerang

We report on observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) obtained during the January 2003 flight of Boomerang . These results are derived from 195 hours of observation with four 145 GHz Polarization Sensitive Bolometer (PSB)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 W. C. Jones , P Ade , J Bock , J Bond , J Borrill , A Boscaleri , P Cabella , C Contaldi , B Crill , P de Bernardis , G De Gasperis , A de Oliveira-Costa , G De Troia , G Di Stefano , E Hivon , A Jaffe , T Kisner , A Lange , C MacTavish , S Masi , P Mauskopf , A Melchiorri , T Montroy , P Natoli , B Netterfield , E Pascale , F Piacentini , D Pogosyan , G Polenta , S Prunet , S Ricciardi , G Romeo , J Ruhl , P Santini , M Tegmark , M Veneziani , N Vittorio

The BOOMERanG experiment and the curvature of the Universe

We describe the BOOMERanG experiment and its main result, i.e. the measurement of the large scale curvature of the Universe. BOOMERanG is a balloon-borne microwave telescope with sensitive cryogenic detectors. BOOMERanG has measured the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 S. Masi , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , K. Coble , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , G. De Troia , P. Farese , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , P. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , P. Natoli , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , F. Pongetti , S. Prunet , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi , N. Vittorio

The Maxima and Boomerang Experiments

MAXIMA and BOOMERanG are balloon borne experiments designed to map the cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum from l=10 to l=900 with high resolution. Here we describe the program of observations, the experiments, their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Hanany , MAXIMA Collaboration , BOOMERANG Collaboration

Measuring CMB Polarization with BOOMERANG

BOOMERANG is a balloon-borne telescope designed for long duration (LDB) flights around Antarctica. The second LDB Flight of BOOMERANG took place in January 2003. The primary goal of this flight was to measure the polarization of the CMB.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Montroy , P. A. R. Ade , A. Balbi , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , P. Cabella , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. De Gasperis , A. de Oliveira-Costa , G. De Troia , G. di Stefano , K. Ganga , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , T. S. Kisner , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , S. Masi , P. D. Mauskopf , C. MacTavish , A. Melchiorri , F. Nati , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , S. Prunet , S. Ricciardi , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , E. Torbet , M. Tegmark , N. Vittorio

The BOOMERANG North America Instrument: a balloon-borne bolometric radiometer optimized for measurements of cosmic background radiation anisotropies from 0.3 to 4 degrees

We describe the BOOMERANG North America (BNA) instrument, a balloon-borne bolometric radiometer designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation with 0.3 deg resolution over a significant portion of the sky. This receiver…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 F. Piacentini , P. A. R. Ade , R. Bathia , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , P. Cardoni , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , H. Del Castillo , G. de Troia , P. Farese , M. Giacometti , E. F. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. E. Lange , S. Masi , P. D. Mauskopf , L. Miglio , C. B. Netterfield , P. Palangio , E. Pascale , A. Raccanelli , S. Rao , G. Romeo , J. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi

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

MAXIPOL: A Balloon-borne Experiment for Measuring the Polarization Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) on angular scales of 10 arcmin to 2 degrees. MAXIPOL is the first CMB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 B. R. Johnson , M. E. Abroe , P. Ade , J. Bock , J. Borrill , J. S. Collins , P. Ferreira , S. Hanany , A. H. Jaffe , T. Jones , A. T. Lee , L. Levinson , T. Matsumura , B. Rabii , T. Renbarger , P. L. Richards , G. F. Smoot , R. Stompor , H. T. Tran , C. D. Winant

MAXIMA: an experiment to measure temperature anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background

We describe the MAXIMA experiment, a balloon-borne measurement designed to map temperature anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) over a wide range of angular scales (multipole range 80 < l < 800). The experiment consists of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. T. Lee , P. Ade , A. Balbi , J. Bock , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , P. De Bernardis , H. Del Castillo , P. Ferreira , K. Ganga , S. Hanany , V. Hristov , A. H. Jaffe , A. E. Lange , P. Mauskopf , C. B. Netterfield , S. Oh , E. Pascale , B. Rabii , P. L. Richards , J. Ruhl , G. F. Smoot , C. D. Winant

CMB anisotropy measurements using stratospheric balloons

We review the topic of Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy measurements carried out by means of balloon-borne telescopes. After a short description of the experimental methodology, we outline the peculiar problems of these experiments,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. de Bernardis , S. Masi

Instrument, Method, Brightness and Polarization Maps from the 2003 flight of BOOMERanG

We present the BOOMERanG-03 experiment and maps of the Stokes parameters I, Q, U of the microwave sky obtained during a 14 day balloon flight in 2003. Three regions of the southern sky were surveyed: a deep survey (~ 90 square degrees) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S Masi , P Ade , J Bock , J Bond , J Borrill , A Boscaleri , P Cabella , C Contaldi , B Crill , P de Bernardis , G De Gasperis , A de Oliveira-Costa , G De Troia , G Di Stefano , P Ehlers , E Hivon , V Hristov , A Iacoangeli , A Jaffe , W Jones , T Kisner , A Lange , C MacTavish , C Marini-Bettolo , P Mason , P Mauskopf , T Montroy , F Nati , L Nati , P Natoli , C Netterfield , E Pascale , F Piacentini , D Pogosyan , G Polenta , S Prunet , S Ricciardi , G Romeo , J Ruhl , P Santini , M Tegmark , E Torbet , M Veneziani , N Vittorio

Forecasts on Anisotropic Cosmic Birefringence Constraints for CMB Experiment in the Northern Hemisphere

The study of cosmic birefringence through Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments is a key research area in cosmology and particle physics, providing a critical test for Lorentz and CPT symmetries. This paper focuses on an upcoming…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-18 Yiwei Zhong , Hongbo Cai , Si-Yu Li , Yang Liu , Mingzhe Li , Wenjuan Fang

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

Results from the First Flight of BAM

A new instrument, BAM (Balloon-borne Anisotropy Measurement), designed to measure cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy at medium angular scales was flown for the first time in July of 1995. BAM is unique in that it uses a cryogenic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. S. Tucker , H. P. Gush , M. Halpern , W. Towlson

Preliminary results and perspectives in the Archeops experiment

Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature fluctuations are a powerful tool for testing theories of the early Universe and for measuring cosmological parameters. We present basics of CMB physics, review some of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jean-Christophe Hamilton

Detection of anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background at horizon and sub-horizon scales with the BOOMERanG experiment

BOOMERanG has recently resolved structures on the last scattering surface at redshift $\sim$ 1100 with high signal to noise ratio. We review the technical advances which made this possible, and we focus on the current results for maps and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. de Bernardis , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , K. Coble , B. P. Crill , G. De Gasperis , G. De Troia , P. C. Farese , P. G. Ferreira , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , S. Masi , P. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , F. Pongetti , S. Prunet , S. Rao , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi , D. Sforna , N. Vittorio

A Balloon-Borne Millimeter-Wave Telescope for Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Measurements

We report on the characteristics and design details of the Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement (MSAM), a millimeter-wave, balloon-borne telescope that has been used to observe anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 D. J. Fixsen , E. S. Cheng , D. A. Cottingham , W. C. Folz , C. A. Inman , M. S. Kowitt , S. S. Meyer , L. A. Page , J. L. Puchalla , J. E. Ruhl , R. F. Silverberg

Observations of Galactic and Extra-galactic Sources From the BOOMERANG and SEST Telescopes

We present millimeter-wave observations of three extra-galactic and six Galactic sources in the Southern sky. Observations were made at 90, 150, 240 and 400 GHz with resolutions of 18, 10, 14 and 12 arcmin respectively during the 1998…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Coble , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , A. Boscaleri , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , P. Farese , K. Ganga , M. Giacometti , E. Hivon , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , A. E. Lange , L. Martinis , S. Masi , P. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , A. Melchiorri , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , L. Nyman , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , D. Pogosyan , G. Polenta , F. Pongetti , S. Prunet , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi