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Publications (16)

astro-ph.IM2021

QUBIC V: Cryogenic system design and performance

S. Masi, E. S. Battistelli, P. de Bernardis +126

Current experiments aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) use cryogenic detector arrays and cold optical systems to boost the mapping speed o…

astro-ph.IM2019

QUBIC: using NbSi TESs with a bolometric interferometer to characterize the polarisation of the CMB

M. Piat, B. Bélier, L. Bergé +135

QUBIC (Q \& U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) is an international ground-based experiment dedicated in the measurement of the polarized fluctuations of the Cosmic Microwav…

astro-ph.IM2021

QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance

C. O'Sullivan, M. De Petris, G. Amico +126

The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarisation anisotropies in the CMB at angular scales around th…

astro-ph.IM2021

QUBIC I: Overview and ScienceProgram

J. -Ch. Hamilton, L. Mousset, E. S. Battistelli +127

The Q U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Backgro…

astro-ph.IM2017

QUBIC Technical Design Report

J. Aumont, S. Banfi, P. Battaglia +96

QUBIC is an instrument aiming at measuring the B mode polarisation anisotropies at medium scales angular scales (30-200 multipoles). The search for the primordial CMB B-mode polari…

astro-ph.IM2022

QUBIC III: Laboratory Characterization

S. A. Torchinsky, J. -Ch. Hamilton, M. Piat +125

A prototype version of the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) underwent a campaign of testing in the laboratory at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology in Paris.…

astro-ph.CO2023

Measuring the CMB primordial B-modes with Bolometric Interferometry

A. Mennella, P. Ade, A. Almela +111

The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is the first bolometric interferometer designed to measure the primordial B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Backgr…

astro-ph.IM2021

QUBIC IV: Performance of TES Bolometers and Readout Electronics

M. Piat, G. Stankowiak, E. S. Battistelli +126

A prototype version of the Q & U bolometric interferometer for cosmology (QUBIC) underwent a campaign of testing in the laboratory at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology laboratory…

astro-ph.IM2018

Thermal architecture for the QUBIC cryogenic receiver

A. J. May, C. Chapron, G. Coppi +127

QUBIC, the QU Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, is a novel forthcoming instrument to measure the B-mode polarization anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The detec…

astro-ph.IM2018

QUBIC - The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology - A novel way to look at the polarized Cosmic Microwave Background

A. Mennella, P. A. R. Ade, J. Aumont +105

In this paper we describe QUBIC, an experiment that takes up the challenge posed by the detection of primordial gravitational waves with a novel approach, that combines the sensiti…

astro-ph.IM2020

QUBIC VI: cryogenic half wave plate rotator, design and performances

G. D'Alessandro, L. Mele, F. Columbro +126

Inflation Gravity Waves B-Modes polarization detection is the ultimate goal of modern large angular scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments around the world. A big effo…

astro-ph.IM2022

QUBIC VII: The feedhorn-switch system of the technological demonstrator

F. Cavaliere, A. Mennella, M. Zannoni +128

We present the design, manufacturing and performance of the horn-switch system developed for the technological demonstrator of QUBIC (the \& Bolometric Interferometer for Cos…

astro-ph.IM2022

QUBIC II: Spectro-Polarimetry with Bolometric Interferometry

L. Mousset, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, E. S. Battistelli +128

Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that has the ability to perform spectral imaging. A bolometric interferometer observes the sky in a wide frequency band and can recon…

astro-ph.IM2020

QUBIC: the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

E. S. Battistelli, P. Ade, J. G. Alberro +136

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, QUBIC, is an innovative experiment designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and in particular the…

astro-ph.IM2022

Status of QUBIC, the Q&U Bolometer for Cosmology

L. Mousset, P. Ade, A. Almela +108

The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Back-ground…

astro-ph.HE2026

The coded mask of the ECLAIRs telescope onboard the SVOM space mission

C. Lachaud, A. Givaudan, M. Karakac +9

ECLAIRs is a hard X-ray coded-mask telescope onboard the SVOM space mission, designed to detect and localize high-energy transients, in particular gamma-ray bursts. Operating over…