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astro-ph.IM2010★ 16 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 106 cited

The first release of data from the Herschel ATLAS: the SPIRE images

E. Pascale, R. Auld, A. Dariush +25

We have reduced the data taken with the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) photometer on board the Herschel Space Observatory in the Science Demonstration Phase (SDP…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 130 cited

Herschel-ATLAS: First data release of the Science Demonstration Phase source catalogues

E. E. Rigby, S. J. Maddox, L. Dunne +28

The Herschel-ATLAS is a survey of 550 square degrees with the Herschel Space Observatory in five far--infrared and submillimetre bands. The first data for the survey, observations…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 29 cited

Antenna-coupled TES Bolometer Arrays for BICEP2/Keck and SPIDER

A. Orlando, R. W Aikin, M. Amiri +28

BICEP2/Keck and SPIDER are cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters targeting the B-mode polarization induced by primordial gravitational waves from inflation. They will be u…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 98 cited

H-ATLAS: PACS imaging for the Science Demonstration Phase

Edo Ibar, R. J. Ivison, A. Cava +26

We describe the reduction of data taken with the PACS instrument on board the Herschel Space Observatory in the Science Demonstration Phase of the Herschel-ATLAS (H-ATLAS) survey,…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 37 cited

Millimeter-wave bolometer array receiver for the Atacama pathfinder experiment Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (APEX-SZ) instrument

Daniel Schwan, Peter A. R. Ade, Kaustuv Basu +34

The Atacama pathfinder experiment Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (APEX-SZ) instrument is a millimeter-wave cryogenic receiver designed to observe galaxy clusters via the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich eff…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 30 cited

The balloon-borne large-aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry: BLAST-Pol

Laura M. Fissel, Peter A. R. Ade, Francesco E. Angile +27

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLAST-Pol) is a suborbital mapping experiment designed to study the role played by magnetic fields in the…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 9 cited

Software systems for operation, control, and monitoring of the EBEX instrument

Michael Milligan, Peter Ade, François Aubin +35

We present the hardware and software systems implementing autonomous operation, distributed real-time monitoring, and control for the EBEX instrument. EBEX is a NASA-funded balloon…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 265 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The Receiver and Instrumentation

D. S. Swetz, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri +38

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope was designed to measure small-scale anisotropies in the Cosmic Microwave Background and detect galaxy clusters through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 200 cited

ACTPol: A polarization-sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

M. D. Niemack, P. A. R. Ade, J. Aguirre +39

The six-meter Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile was built to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at arcminute angular scales. We are building a new polarization…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 19 cited

Modeling and characterization of the SPIDER half-wave plate

Sean A. Bryan, Peter A. R. Ade, Mandana Amiri +42

Spider is a balloon-borne array of six telescopes that will observe the Cosmic Microwave Background. The 2624 antenna-coupled bolometers in the instrument will make a polarization…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 2.2k cited

The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

M. J. Griffin, A. Abergel, A. Abreu +176

The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE), is the Herschel Space Observatory`s submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operat…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 231 cited

In-flight calibration of the Herschel-SPIRE instrument

B. M. Swinyard, P. Ade, J-P. Baluteau +55

SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, is the Herschel Space Observatory's submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band imaging photometer operati…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 1 cited

The EBEX Cryostat and Supporting Electronics

Ilan Sagiv, Asad M. Aboobaker, Chaoyun Bao +41

We describe the cryostat and supporting electronics for the EBEX experiment. EBEX is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 8 cited

Controlling Artificial Viscosity in SPH simulations of accretion disks

Annabel Cartwright, Dimitrios Stamatellos

We test the operation of two methods for selective application of Artificial Viscosity (AV) in SPH simulations of Keplerian Accretion Disks, using a ring spreading test to quantify…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 128 cited

NIKA: A millimeter-wave kinetic inductance camera

A. Monfardini, L. J. Swenson, A. Bideaud +18

Current generation millimeter wavelength detectors suffer from scaling limits imposed by complex cryogenic readout electronics. To circumvent this it is imperative to investigate t…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 8 cited

The Effectiveness of Mid IR / Far IR Blind, Wide Area, Spectral Surveys in Breaking the Confusion Limit

Gwenifer Raymond, Kate G. Isaak, Dave Clements +2

Source confusion defines a practical depth to which to take large-area extragalactic surveys. 3D imaging spectrometers with positional as well as spectral information, however, pot…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 3 cited

SKA HI end2end simulation

H. R. Kloeckner, R. Auld, I. Heywood +3

The current status of the HI simulation efforts is presented, in which a self consistent simulation path is described and basic equations to calculate array sensitivities are given…