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BICEP/Keck XVIII: Measurement of BICEP3 polarization angles and consequences for constraining cosmic birefringence and inflation

We use a custom-made calibrator to measure individual detectors' polarization angles of BICEP3, a small aperture telescope observing the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95GHz from the South Pole. We describe our calibration strategy…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2025-02-19 Keck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , D. Beck , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , J. Cornelison , M. Crumrine , A. J. Cukierman , E. Denison , L. Duband , M. Eiben , B. D. Elwood , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , A. Fortes , M. Gao , C. Giannakopoulos , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , A. Greathouse , P. K. Grimes , G. Hall , G. Halal , M. Halpern , E. Hand , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. H. Kang , K. S. Karkare , S. Kefeli , J. M. Kovac , C. Kuo , K. Lau , M. Lautzenhiser , A. Lennox , T. Liu , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'brient , A. Patel , M. A. Petroff , A. R. Polish , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , C. D. Reintsema , T. Romand , M. Salatino , A. Schillaci , B. Schmitt , B. Singari , K. Sjoberg , A. Soliman , T. St Germaine , A. Steiger , B. Steinbach , R. Sudiwala , K. L. Thompson , C. Tsai , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Vergès , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , J. Willmert , W. L. K. Wu , H. Yang , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

The BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter is a small-aperture refracting telescope located at the South Pole and is specifically designed to search for the possible signature of inflationary gravitational waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2020-12-14 J. Cornelison , P. A. R. Ade , Z. Ahmed , M. Amiri , D. Barkats , R. Basu Thakur , C. A. Bischoff , J. J. Bock , H. Boenish , E. Bullock , V. Buza , J. R. Cheshire , J. Connors , M. Crumrine , A. Cukierman , E. Denison , M. Dierickx , L. Duband , M. Eiben , S. Fatigoni , J. P. Filippini , S. Fliescher , N. Goeckner-Wald , D. C. Goldfinger , J. A. Grayson , P. Grimes , G. Hall , M. Halpern , S. A. Harrison , S. Henderson , S. R. Hildebrandt , G. C. Hilton , J. Hubmayr , H. Hui , K. D. Irwin , J. Kang , K. S. Karkare , E. Karpel , S. Kefeli , S. A. Kernasovskiy , J. M. Kovac , C. L. Kuo , K. Lau , E. M. Leitch , K. G. Megerian , L. Minutolo , L. Moncelsi , Y. Nakato , T. Namikawa , H. T. Nguyen , R. O'Brient , R. W. Ogburn , S. Palladino , N. Precup , T. Prouve , C. Pryke , B. Racine , C. D. Reintsema , S. Richter , A. Schillaci , B. L. Schmitt , R. Schwarz , C. D. Sheehy , A. Soliman , T. St. Germaine , B. Steinbach , R. V. Sudiwala , G. P. Teply , K. L. Thompson , J. E. Tolan , C. Tucker , A. D. Turner , C. Umiltà , A. G. Vieregg , A. Wandui , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , J. Willmert , C. L. Wong , W. L. K. Wu , E. Yang , K. W. Yoon , E. Young , C. Yu , L. Zeng , C. Zhang , S. Zhang

QUaD: A High-Resolution Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter

We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain telescope equipped with a…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2011-02-11 QUaD collaboration , J. R. Hinderks , P. Ade , J. Bock , M. Bowden , M. L. Brown , G. Cahill , J. E. Carlstrom , P. G. Castro , S. Church , T. Culverhouse , R. Friedman , K. Ganga , W. K. Gear , S. Gupta , J. Harris , V. Haynes , B. G. Keating , J. Kovac , E. Kirby , A. E. Lange , E. Leitch , O. E. Mallie , S. Melhuish , Y. Memari , J. A. Murphy , A. Orlando , R. Schwarz , C. O'Sullivan , L. Piccirillo , C. Pryke , N. Rajguru , B. Rusholme , A. N. Taylor , K. L. Thompson , C. Tucker , A. H. Turner , E. Y. S. Wu , M. Zemcov

Broadband Fizeau Interferometers for Astrophysics

Measurements of the 2.7 K cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation now provide the most stringent constraints on cosmological models. The power spectra of the temperature anisotropies and the $E$-mode polarization of the CMB are…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2010-07-01 Siddharth Savyasachi Malu , Peter T Timbie

The EBEX Experiment

EBEX is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to measure the intensity and polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The measurements would probe the inflationary epoch that took place shortly after the big bang and would…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-11-10 P. Oxley , P. Ade , C. Baccigalupi , P. deBernardis , H--M. Cho , M. J. Devlin , S. Hanany , B. R. Johnson , T. Jones , A. T. Lee , T. Matsumura , A. D. Miller , M. Milligan , T. Renbarger , H. G. Spieler , R. Stompor , G. S. Tucker , M. Zaldarriaga

Polarization of Cosmic Microwave Background

In this work we present an extension of the ROMA map-making code for data analysis of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization, with particular attention given to the inflationary polarization B-modes. The new algorithm takes into account a…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2016-04-08 Alessandro Buzzelli , Paolo Cabella , Giancarlo de Gasperis , Nicola Vittorio

Absolute reference for microwave polarization experiments -- The COSMOCal project and its proof of concept

The cosmic microwave background (CMB), a remnant of the Big Bang, provides unparalleled insights into the primordial universe, its energy content, and the origin of cosmic structures. The success of forthcoming terrestrial and space…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2024-11-25 A. Ritacco , L. Bizzarri , S. Savorgnano , F. Boulanger , M. Pérault , J. Treuttel , P. Morfin , A. Catalano , D. Darson , N. Ponthieu , A. Feret , B. Maffei , A. Chahadih , G. Pisano , M. Zannoni , F. Nati , J. F. Macías-Pérez , F. Cuttaia , L. Terenzi , A. Monfardini , M. Calvo , M. Murgia , P. Ortu , T. Pisanu , J. Aumont , J. Errard , S. Leclercq , M. Migliaccio

Study of the Experimental Probe of Inflationary Cosmology (EPIC)-Intemediate Mission for NASA's Einstein Inflation Probe

Measurements of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy have served as the best experimental probe of the early universe to date. The inflationary paradigm, inspired in part by the extreme isotropy of the CMB, is now a cornerstone in…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2009-06-08 James Bock , Abdullah Aljabri , Alex Amblard , Daniel Baumann , Marc Betoule , Talso Chui , Loris Colombo , Asantha Cooray , Dustin Crumb , Peter Day , Clive Dickinson , Darren Dowell , Mark Dragovan , Sunil Golwala , Krzysztof Gorski , Shaul Hanany , Warren Holmes , Kent Irwin , Brad Johnson , Brian Keating , Chao-Lin Kuo , Adrian Lee , Andrew Lange , Charles Lawrence , Steve Meyer , Nate Miller , Hien Nguyen , Elena Pierpaoli , Nicolas Ponthieu , Jean-Loup Puget , Jeff Raab , Paul Richards , Celeste Satter , Mike Seiffert , Meir Shimon , Huan Tran , Brett Williams , Jonas Zmuidzinas

The advantage of Bolometric Interferometry for controlling Galactic foreground contamination in CMB primordial B-modes measurements

In the quest for the faint primordial B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, three are the key requirements for any present or future experiment: an utmost sensitivity, excellent control over instrumental systematic effects…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2023-11-06 E. Manzan , M. Regnier , J-Ch. Hamilton , A. Mennella , J. Errard , L. Zapelli , S. A. Torchinsky , S. Paradiso , E. Battistelli , M. Bersanelli , P. De Bernardis , M. De Petris , G. D'Alessandro , M. Gervasi , S. Masi , M. Piat , E. Rasztocky , G. E Romero , C. G. Scoccola , M. Zannoni , the QUBIC Collaboration

Cosmological-Parameter Determination With Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature Anisotropies and Polarization

Forthcoming cosmic microwave background experiments (CMB) will provide precise new tests of structure-formation theories. The geometry of the Universe may be determined robustly, and the classical cosmological parameters, such as the…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2007-05-23 Marc Kamionkowski

Adaptation of frequency-domain readout for Transition Edge Sensor bolometers for the POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background experiment

The POLARBEAR-2 CosmicMicrowave Background (CMB) experiment aims to observe B-mode polarization with high sensitivity to explore gravitational lensing of CMB and inflationary gravitational waves. POLARBEAR-2 is an upgraded experiment based…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2015-06-16 Kaori Hattori , Kam Arnold , Darcy Barron , Matt Dobbs , Tijmen de Haan , Nicholas Harrington , Masaya Hasegawa , Masashi Hazumi , William L. Holzapfel , Brian Keating , Adrian T. Lee , Hideki Morii , Michael J. Myers , Graeme Smecher , Aritoki Suzuki , Takayuki Tomaru

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…

天体物理学 · 物理学 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

Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: The Instrument

We describe a space-borne, multi-band, multi-beam polarimeter aiming at a precise and accurate measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The instrument is optimized to be compatible with the strict budget…

天体物理仪器与方法 · 物理学 2019-08-13 P. de Bernardis , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. A. Baselmans , E. S. Battistelli , A. Benoit , M. Bersanelli , A. Bideaud , M. Calvo , F. J. Casas , G. Castellano , A. Catalano , I. Charles , I. Colantoni , F. Columbro , A. Coppolecchia , M. Crook , G. D'Alessandro , M. De Petris , J. Delabrouille , S. Doyle , C. Franceschet , A. Gomez , J. Goupy , S. Hanany , M. Hills , L. Lamagna , J. Macias-Perez , B. Maffei , S. Martin , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , D. McCarthy , A. Mennella , A. Monfardini , F. Noviello , A. Paiella , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , G. Pisano , G. Signorelli , C. Y. Tan , A. Tartari , N. Trappe , S. Triqueneaux , C. Tucker , G. Vermeulen , K. Young , M. Zannoni , A. Achúcarro , R. Allison , M. Ashdown , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. Banerji , J. Bartlett , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , A. Bonaldi , M. Bonato , J. Borrill , F. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , T. Brinckmann , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , A. Buzzelli , Z. Y. Cai , C. S. Carvalho , A. Challinor , J. Chluba , S. Clesse , G. De Gasperis , G. De Zotti , E. Di Valentino , J. M. Diego , J. Errard , S. Feeney , R. Fernandez-Cobos , F. Finelli , F. Forastieri , S. Galli , R. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , J. González-Nuevo , S. Hagstotz , J. Greenslade , W. Handley , C. Hernández-Monteagudo , C. Hervias-Caimapo , E. Hivon , K. Kiiveri , T. Kisner , T. Kitching , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , J. Lesgourgues , A. Lewis , M. Liguori , V. Lindholm , G. Luzzi , C. J. A. P. Martins , A. Melchiorri , J. B. Melin , D. Molinari , P. Natoli , M. Negrello , A. Notari , D. Paoletti , G. Patanchon , L. Polastri , G. Polenta , A. Pollo , V. Poulin , M. Quartin , M. Remazeilles , M. Roman , J. A. Rubiño-Martín , L. Salvati , M. Tomasi , D. Tramonte , T. Trombetti , J. Väliviita , R. Van de Weijgaert , B. van Tent , V. Vennin , P. Vielva , N. Vittorio

CMB Optical Depth Measurements: Past, Present, Future

The polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is encoded with exactly the same cosmic information as the CMB's temperature anistropy. However, polarization has the additional promise of accurately probing the reionization…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-11-13 Brian Keating , Nathan Miller

A Polarization Sensitive Bolometric Detector for Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We have developed a bolometric detector that is intrinsically sensitive to linear polarization which is optimized for making measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. The receiver consists of a pair of…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2020-12-22 W. C. Jones , R. S. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. E. Lange

Constraining Inflation with Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

Observations of the polarization of the cosmic microwave backround (CMB) have the potential to place much tighter constraints on cosmological parameters than observations of the fluctuations in temperature alone. We discuss using CMB…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-10-30 William H. Kinney

Instrumental and Analytic Methods for Bolometric Polarimetry

We discuss instrumental and analytic methods that have been developed for the first generation of bolometric cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters. The design, characterization, and analysis of data obtained using Polarization…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2020-12-22 W. C. Jones , T. E. Montroy , B. P. Crill , C. R. Contaldi , T. S. Kisner , A. E. Lange , C. J. MacTavish , C. B. Netterfield , J. E. Ruhl

The Cosmic Microwave Background and Particle Physics

In forthcoming years, connections between cosmology and particle physics will be made increasingly important with the advent of a new generation of cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. Here, we review a number of these links. Our…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2008-11-26 Marc Kamionkowski , Arthur Kosowsky

A dual output polarimeter devoted to the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We have developed a correlation radiometer at 33 GHz devoted to the search for residual polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The two instruments`s outputs are linear combination of two Stokes Parameters (Q and U or U and…

天体物理学 · 物理学 2009-11-07 M. Gervasi , G. Boella , F. Cavaliere , G. Grossetti , A. Passerini , G. Sironi , A. Tartari , M. Zannoni

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales with POLARBEAR

We report a measurement of the B-mode polarization power spectrum in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using the POLARBEAR experiment in Chile. The faint B-mode polarization signature carries information about the Universe's entire…

宇宙学与河外天体物理 · 物理学 2018-07-17 The POLARBEAR Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , Y. Akiba , A. E. Anthony , K. Arnold , M. Atlas , D. Barron , D. Boettger , J. Borrill , S. Chapman , Y. Chinone , M. Dobbs , T. Elleflot , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , C. Feng , D. Flanigan , A. Gilbert , W. Grainger , N. W. Halverson , M. Hasegawa , K. Hattori , M. Hazumi , W. L. Holzapfel , Y. Hori , J. Howard , P. Hyland , Y. Inoue , G. C. Jaehnig , A. H. Jaffe , B. Keating , Z. Kermish , R. Keskitalo , T. Kisner , M. Le Jeune , A. T. Lee , E. M. Leitch , E. Linder , M. Lungu , F. Matsuda , T. Matsumura , X. Meng , N. J. Miller , H. Morii , S. Moyerman , M. J. Myers , M. Navaroli , H. Nishino , H. Paar , J. Peloton , D. Poletti , E. Quealy , G. Rebeiz , C. L. Reichardt , P. L. Richards , C. Ross , I. Schanning , D. E. Schenck , B. D. Sherwin , A. Shimizu , C. Shimmin , M. Shimon , P. Siritanasak , G. Smecher , H. Spieler , N. Stebor , B. Steinbach , R. Stompor , A. Suzuki , S. Takakura , T. Tomaru , B. Wilson , A. Yadav , O. Zahn