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most citedThe Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 Maps and Cosmological Parameters

629 citations · 1.1k across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

Combining Systematic Effects in CMB Polarization Experiments through map-based simulations: application to LiteBIRD's HWP non-idealities and detectors non-linearity

Silvia Micheli, Francesco Piacentini, Tommaso Ghigna +10

We quantify the impact of coupled instrumental systematics on next-generation CMB polarization experiments targeting primordial -mode polarization, with a focus on the forthcomi…

astro-ph.IM2026

LiteBIRD Mission Overview after Mission Reformation

LiteBIRD Collaboration, K. Aizawa, H. Akamatsu +172

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led space mission designed to produce all-sky microwave polarization maps. Its primary science goal is to test representative inflationary models by measuring th…

astro-ph.IM2026

Status and future development of the COSMOCal Project for absolute CMB polarization calibration

Silvia Micheli, Alessia Ritacco, Alessandro Carones +36

Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization measurements are pushing instrumental sensitivities to levels where calibration systematics become a dominant limitation. The large d…

astro-ph.IM2025

A metamaterial telescope at millimetre wavelengths

Giorgio Savini, Peter Hargrave, Peter A. R. Ade +5

In this paper we present a novel telescope composed exclusively of thin, flat optical elements, each being a hot-pressed multi-layered structure combining the properties of a lens,…

astro-ph.IM2024

Systematic effects induced by half-wave plate differential optical load and TES nonlinearity for LiteBIRD

Silvia Micheli, Tijmen de Haan, Tommaso Ghigna +12

LiteBIRD, a forthcoming satellite mission, aims to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) across the entire sky. The experiment will employ three telesco…

astro-ph.IM2024

CONCERTO: Instrument model of Fourier transform spectroscopy, white-noise components

Alessandro Fasano, Peter Ade, Manuel Aravena +34

Modern astrophysics relies on intricate instrument setups to meet the demands of sensitivity, sky coverage, and multi-channel observations. An example is the CONCERTO project, empl…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 4 cited

CONCERTO at APEX -- On-sky performance in continuum

W. Hu, A. Beelen, G. Lagache +36

We present the data-processing algorithms and the performance of CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionisation and ReionisaTiOn epoch) in continuum by analysing the data from the…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

CONCERTO: instrument and status

Alessandro Fasano, Peter Ade, Manuel Aravena +36

CONCERTO (CarbON CII line in post-rEionization and ReionizaTiOn) is a low-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer dedicated to the study of star-forming galaxies and clusters of…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 8 cited

Impact of half-wave plate systematics on the measurement of CMB -mode polarization

Marta Monelli, Eiichiro Komatsu, Tommaso Ghigna +3

Polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) can help probe the fundamental physics behind cosmic inflation via the measurement of primordial modes. As this requires e…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 1 cited

Detailed study of HWP non-idealities and their impact on future measurements of CMB polarization anisotropies from space

Serena Giardiello, Martina Gerbino, Luca Pagano +8

We study the propagation of a specific class of instrumental systematics to the reconstruction of the B-mode power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). We focus on th…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 1 cited

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.IM2020★ 76 cited

A wide field-of-view low-resolution spectrometer at APEX: instrument design and science forecast

The CONCERTO collaboration, P. Ade, M. Aravena +36

Characterise the large-scale structure in the Universe from present times to the high redshift epoch of reionisation is essential to constraining the cosmology, the history of star…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 629 cited

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 Maps and Cosmological Parameters

Simone Aiola, Erminia Calabrese, Loïc Maurin +138

We present new arcminute-resolution maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background temperature and polarization anisotropy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, using data taken from 2013…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 4 cited

Development and application of metamaterial-based Half-Wave Plates for the NIKA and NIKA2 polarimeters

G. Pisano, A. Ritacco, A. Monfardini +11

CONTEXT.Large field-of-view imaging/polarimetry instruments operating at millimeter and submm wavelengths are fundamental tools to understand the role of magnetic fields (MF) in ch…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 15 cited

Baryon acoustic oscillations from Integrated Neutral Gas Observations: Broadband corrugated horn construction and testing

C. A. Wuensche, L. Reitano, M. W. Peel +13

The Baryon acoustic oscillations from Integrated Neutral Gas Observations (BINGO) telescope is a 40-m~class radio telescope under construction that has been designed to measure the…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 88 cited

Calibration and Performance of the NIKA2 camera at the IRAM 30-meter Telescope

L. Perotto, N. Ponthieu, J. -F. Macías-Pérez +45

NIKA2 is a dual-band millimetric continuum camera of 2900 Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KID), operating at and , installed at the IRAM 30-meter telescope. We p…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 7 cited

Mexico-UK Sub-millimeter Camera for AsTronomy

Edgar Castillo-Dominguez, Peter Ade, Peter Barry +15

MUSCAT is a large format mm-wave camera scheduled for installation on the Large Millimeter Telescope Alfonso Serrano (LMT) in 2018. The MUSCAT focal plane is based on an array of h…

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…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 11 cited

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.IM2014★ 9 cited

The QUIJOTE CMB Experiment: status and first results with the multi-frequency instrument

M. López-Caniego, R. Rebolo, M. Aguiar +49

The QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint Tenerife) CMB Experiment is designed to observe the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and other Galactic and extragalactic signals at medium…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 130 cited

COrE (Cosmic Origins Explorer) A White Paper

The COrE Collaboration, C. Armitage-Caplan, M. Avillez +72

COrE (Cosmic Origins Explorer) is a fourth-generation full-sky, microwave-band satellite recently proposed to ESA within Cosmic Vision 2015-2025. COrE will provide maps of the micr…

astro-ph2006★ 11 cited

TES imaging array technology for CLOVER

Michael D. Audley, Robert W. Barker, Michael Crane +17

CLOVER is an experiment which aims to detect the signature of gravitational waves from inflation by measuring the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background. CLOVER con…