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astro-ph.IM2018★ 20 cited

Measurements of tropospheric ice clouds with a ground-based CMB polarization experiment, POLARBEAR

Satoru Takakura, Mario A. O. Aguilar-Faúndez, Yoshiki Akiba +45

The polarization of the atmosphere has been a long-standing concern for ground-based experiments targeting cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. Ice crystals in upper tro…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 12 cited

Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: prototype design and testing

Maren Cosens, Jérôme Maire, Shelley A. Wright +12

The Pulsed All-sky Near-infrared Optical Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (PANOSETI) is an instrument program that aims to search for fast transient signals (nano-second to…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: overall specifications and science program

Shelley A. Wright, Paul Horowitz, Jérôme Maire +13

We present overall specifications and science goals for a new optical and near-infrared (350 - 1650 nm) instrument designed to greatly enlarge the current Search for Extraterrestri…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere

G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +311

EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO). It was launched on the moonless night of the 25$^…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

The Planet Formation Imager

John D. Monnier, Stefan Kraus, Michael J. Ireland +36

The Planet Formation Imager (PFI, www.planetformationimager.org) is a next-generation infrared interferometer array with the primary goal of imaging the active phases of planet for…

astro-ph.IM2018

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Fiber Positioner Production

Daniela Leitner, Jessica Aguilar, Jon Ameel +9

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is under construction to measure the expansion history of the Universe using the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation technique. The spectra…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 48 cited

Overview of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

Paul Martini, Stephen Bailey, Robert W. Besuner +23

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is under construction to measure the expansion history of the Universe using the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation technique. The spectra…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 2 cited

STROBE-X: A probe-class mission for X-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years

Paul S. Ray, Zaven Arzoumanian, Søren Brandt +30

We describe the Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X), a probe-class mission concept that will provide an unprecedented view of the X-ray…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 18 cited

Modeling of proton-induced radioactivation background in hard X-ray telescopes: Geant4-based simulation and its demonstration by Hitomi's measurement in a low Earth orbit

Hirokazu Odaka, Makoto Asai, Kouichi Hagino +47

Hard X-ray astronomical observatories in orbit suffer from a significant amount of background due to radioactivation induced by cosmic-ray protons and/or geomagnetically trapped pr…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 1.9k cited

Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys

Arjun Dey, David J. Schlegel, Dustin Lang +157

The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys are a combination of three public projects (the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey, the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey, and the Mayall z-band Legacy Surve…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 28 cited

The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life: Wide-bandwidth Digital Instrumentation for the CSIRO Parkes 64-m Telescope

Danny C. Price, David H. E. MacMahon, Matt Lebofsky +22

Breakthrough Listen is a ten-year initiative to search for signatures of technologies created by extraterrestrial civilizations at radio and optical wavelengths. Here, we detail th…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 12 cited

Astrophysics with New Horizons: Making the Most of a Generational Opportunity

Michael Zemcov, Iair Arcavi, Richard Arendt +12

The outer solar system provides a unique, quiet vantage point from which to observe the universe around us, where measurements could enable several niche astrophysical science case…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 137 cited

The LiteBIRD Satellite Mission - Sub-Kelvin Instrument

A. Suzuki, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +149

Inflation is the leading theory of the first instant of the universe. Inflation, which postulates that the universe underwent a period of rapid expansion an instant after its birth…