Publications (34)
The new generation CMB B-mode polarization experiment: POLARBEAR
The Polarbear Collaboration, J. Errard, P. A. R. Ade +43
We describe the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment called Polarbear. This experiment will use the dedicated Huan Tran Telescope equipped with a powerful 1,20…
The Simons Observatory: forecasted constraints on primordial gravitational waves with the expanded array of Small Aperture Telescopes
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi +479
We present updated forecasts for the scientific performance of the degree-scale (0.5 deg FWHM at 93 GHz), deep-field survey to be conducted by the Simons Observatory (SO). By 2027,…
A Measurement of the Degree Scale CMB B-mode Angular Power Spectrum with POLARBEAR
S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, K. Arnold +69
We present a measurement of the -mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBEAR experim…
Observational constraints on Cosmic Reionization
Xiaohui Fan, C. L. Carilli, B. Keating
Recent observations have set the first constraints on the epoch of reionization (EoR), corresponding to the formation epoch of the first luminous objects. Studies of Gunn-Peterson…
Power Spectra of CMB Polarization by Scattering in Clusters
M. Shimon, Y. Rephaeli, S. Sadeh +1
Mapping CMB polarization is an essential ingredient of current cosmological research. Particularly challenging is the measurement of an extremely weak B-mode polarization that can…
The POLARBEAR-2 and Simons Array Focal Plane Fabrication Status
B. Westbrook, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +90
We present on the status of POLARBEAR-2 A (PB2-A) focal plane fabrication. The PB2-A is the first of three telescopes in the Simon Array (SA), which is an array of three cosmic mic…
The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER): The Wide-Field Imagers
J. Bock, I. Sullivan, T. Arai +19
We have developed and characterized an imaging instrument to measure the spatial properties of the diffuse near-infrared extragalactic background light in a search for fluctuations…
Constraints on Anisotropic Cosmic Birefringence from CMB B-mode Polarization
A. I. Lonappan, B. Keating, K. Arnold
Cosmic birefringencethe rotation of the polarization plane of light as it traverses the universeoffers a direct observational window into parity-violating physics beyond the…
The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER): A Sounding Rocket Payload to Study the Near Infrared Extragalactic Background Light
M. Zemcov, T. Arai, J. Battle +16
The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER) is a suite of four instruments designed to study the near infrared (IR) background light from above the Earth's atmosphere. The in…
Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing Power Spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment
POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +70
Gravitational lensing due to the large-scale distribution of matter in the cosmos distorts the primordial Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and thereby induces new, small-scale …
Neutrino Physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure
K. N. Abazajian, K. Arnold, J. Austermann +74
This is a report on the status and prospects of the quantification of neutrino properties through the cosmological neutrino background for the Cosmic Frontier of the Division of Pa…
The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas +419
We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large A…
The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER): The Low Resolution Spectrometer
K. Tsumura, T. Arai, J. Battle +20
Absolute spectrophotometric measurements of diffuse radiation at 1 μm to 2 μm are crucial to our understanding of the radiative content of the Universe from nucleosynthesis since…
Cross-correlation of POLARBEAR CMB Polarization Lensing with High- Sub-mm Herschel-ATLAS galaxies
M. Aguilar Faundez, K. Arnold, C. Baccigalupi +45
We report a 4.8 measurement of the cross-correlation signal between the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing convergence reconstructed from measurements of the CMB polariz…
Development of readout electronics for POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background experiment
K. Hattori, Y. Akiba, K. Arnold +18
The readout of transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers with a large multiplexing factor is key for the next generation Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment, Polarbear-2, ha…
Cold optical design for the Large Aperture Simons Observatory telescope
S. R. Dicker, P. A. Gallardo, J. E Gudmundsson +26
The Simons Observatory will consist of a single large (6 m diameter) telescope and a number of smaller (0.5 m diameter) refracting telescopes designed to measure the polarization o…
The Simons Observatory: impact of bandpass, polarization angle and calibration uncertainties on small-scale power spectrum analysis
S. Giardiello, M. Gerbino, L. Pagano +17
We study the effects due to mismatches in passbands, polarization angles, and temperature and polarization calibrations in the context of the upcoming cosmic microwave background e…
The POLARBEAR-2 and the Simons Array Experiment
A. Suzuki, P. Ade, Y. Akiba +86
We present an overview of the design and status of the \Pb-2 and the Simons Array experiments. \Pb-2 is a Cosmic Microwave Background polarimetry experiment which aims to character…
Internal delensing of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization B-modes with the POLARBEAR experiment
S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, Y. Akiba +51
Using only cosmic microwave background polarization data from the POLARBEAR experiment, we measure -mode polarization delensing on subdegree scales at more than significan…
Astro2020 APC White Paper: The need for better tools to design future CMB experiments
G. Rocha, A. J. Banday, R. Belen Barreiro +27
This white paper addresses key challenges for the design of next-decade Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments, and for assessing their capability to extract cosmological in…
The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment
K. Arnold, P. A. R. Ade, A. E. Anthony +53
The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode p…
A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background -Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales from 2 years of POLARBEAR Data
The POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +79
We report an improved measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) -mode polarization power spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment at 150 GHz. By adding new data collect…
Development and characterization of the readout system for POLARBEAR-2
D. Barron, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +69
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…
Modeling atmospheric emission for CMB ground-based observations
J. Errard, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +72
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 t…
The POLARBEAR Experiment
Z. Kermish, P. Ade, A. Anthony +53
We present the design and characterization of the POLARBEAR experiment. POLARBEAR will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales ranging f…
Improved upper limit on degree-scale CMB B-mode polarization power from the 670 square-degree POLARBEAR survey
The POLARBEAR Collaboration, S. Adachi, T. Adkins +51
We report an improved measurement of the degree-scale cosmic microwave background -mode angular-power spectrum over 670 square-degree sky area at 150 GHz with POLARBEAR. In the…
A measurement of the CMB E-mode angular power spectrum at subdegree scales from 670 square degrees of POLARBEAR data
S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, K. Arnold +53
We report a measurement of the E-mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using 150 GHz data taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBE…
Inflation Physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure
K. N. Abazajian, K. Arnold, J. Austermann +91
Fluctuations in the intensity and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the large-scale distribution of matter in the universe each contain clues about the natu…
The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER): the Narrow Band Spectrometer
P. M. Korngut, T. Renbarger, T. Arai +21
We have developed a near-infrared spectrometer designed to measure the absolute intensity of the Solar 854.2 nm CaII Fraunhofer line, scattered by interplanetary dust, in the Zodia…
Ultra High Energy Cosmology with POLARBEAR
B. Keating, S. Moyerman, D. Boettger +52
Observations of the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) lend support to an inflationary origin of the universe, yet no direct evidence verifying inflati…
Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the Curl-Mode CMB Lensing Power Spectrum measured by ACT DR6
A. I. Lonappan, K. Ramesh, T. Namikawa +2
A network of cosmic strings is one of the few well-motivated cosmological sources of vector and tensor metric perturbations on the largest observable scales. Such perturbations imp…
A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales with POLARBEAR
The POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +71
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 si…
Observations of the Near-Infrared Spectrum of the Zodiacal Light with CIBER
K. Tsumura, J. Battle, J. Bock +14
Interplanetary dust (IPD) scatters solar radiation which results in the zodiacal light that dominates the celestial diffuse brightness at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. Bot…
Evidence for Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization from Cross-correlation with the Cosmic Infrared Background
POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +73
We reconstruct the gravitational lensing convergence signal from Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization data taken by the POLARBEAR experiment and cross-correlate it with C…