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astro-ph.IM2015★ 163 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 2 cited

Optimal design of calibration signals in space borne gravitational wave detectors

M. Nofrarias, N. Karnesis, F. Gibert +17

Future space borne gravitational wave detectors will require a precise definition of calibration signals to ensure the achievement of their design sensitivity. The careful design o…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 38 cited

First low frequency all-sky search for continuous gravitational wave signals

The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, J. Aasi +921

In this paper we present the results of the first low frequency all-sky search of continuous gravitational wave signals conducted on Virgo VSR2 and VSR4 data. The search covered th…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 6 cited

NectarCAM : a camera for the medium size telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

J-F. Glicenstein, O. Abril, J-A. Barrio +63

NectarCAM is a camera proposed for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) covering the central energy range of ~100 GeV to ~30 TeV. It has a modular des…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 13 cited

Static spectropolarimeter concept adapted to space conditions and wide spectrum constraints

Martin Pertenais, Coralie Neiner, Pernelle Bernardi +2

The issues related to moving elements in space and instruments working in broader wavelength ranges lead to a need for robust polarimeters, efficient on a wide spectral domain, and…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 96 cited

Planck 2015 results. V. LFI calibration

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +206

We present a description of the pipeline used to calibrate the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) timelines into thermodynamic temperatures for the Planck 2015 data release, cov…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 37 cited

Multigroup radiation hydrodynamics with flux-limited diffusion and adaptive mesh refinement

Matthias González, Neil Vaytet, Benoît Commerçon +1

Radiative transfer plays a key role in the star formation process. Due to a high computational cost, radiation-hydrodynamics simulations performed up to now have mainly been carrie…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 40 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 9 cited

The current status of orbital experiments for UHECR studies

M. I. Panasyuk, M. Casolino, G. K. Garipov +12

Two types of orbital detectors of extreme energy cosmic rays are being developed nowadays: (i) TUS and KLYPVE with reflecting optical systems (mirrors) and (ii) JEM-EUSO with high-…