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most citedMission design of LiteBIRD

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astro-ph.IM2022★ 37 cited

The POLARBEAR-2 and Simons Array Focal Plane Fabrication Status

B. Westbrook, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +90

We present on the status of POLARBEAR-2 A (PB2-A) focal plane fabrication. The PB2-A is the first of three telescopes in the Simon Array (SA), which is an array of three cosmic mic…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 78 cited

Updated design of the CMB polarization experiment satellite LiteBIRD

H. Sugai, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +216

Recent developments of transition-edge sensors (TESs), based on extensive experience in ground-based experiments, have been making the sensor techniques mature enough for their app…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 42 cited

Internal delensing of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization B-modes with the POLARBEAR experiment

S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, Y. Akiba +51

Using only cosmic microwave background polarization data from the POLARBEAR experiment, we measure -mode polarization delensing on subdegree scales at more than significanc…

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★ 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.CO2017★ 127 cited

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background -Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales from 2 years of POLARBEAR Data

The POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +79

We report an improved measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) -mode polarization power spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment at 150 GHz. By adding new data collect…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 60 cited

Performance of a continuously rotating half-wave plate on the POLARBEAR telescope

Satoru Takakura, Mario Aguilar, Yoshiki Akiba +50

A continuously rotating half-wave plate (CRHWP) is a promising tool to improve the sensitivity to large angular scales in cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization measurement…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 38 cited

POLARBEAR-2: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements

Y. Inoue, P. Ade, Y. Akiba +83

POLARBEAR-2 (PB-2) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment that will be located in the Atacama highland in Chile at an altitude of 5200 m. Its science goals…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 14 cited

Development of readout electronics for POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background experiment

K. Hattori, Y. Akiba, K. Arnold +18

The readout of transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers with a large multiplexing factor is key for the next generation Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment, Polarbear-2, ha…

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★ 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.IM2014★ 8 cited

Development and characterization of the readout system for POLARBEAR-2

D. Barron, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +69

POLARBEAR-2 is a next-generation receiver for precision measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)). Scheduled to deploy…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 298 cited

A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales with POLARBEAR

The POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +71

We report a measurement of the B-mode polarization power spectrum in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using the POLARBEAR experiment in Chile. The faint B-mode polarization si…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 183 cited

Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing Power Spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment

POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +70

Gravitational lensing due to the large-scale distribution of matter in the cosmos distorts the primordial Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and thereby induces new, small-scale …

astro-ph.CO2013★ 94 cited

Evidence for Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization from Cross-correlation with the Cosmic Infrared Background

POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Y. Akiba +73

We reconstruct the gravitational lensing convergence signal from Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization data taken by the POLARBEAR experiment and cross-correlate it with C…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 415 cited

Mission design of LiteBIRD

T. Matsumura, Y. Akiba, J. Borrill +66

LiteBIRD is a next-generation satellite mission to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. On large angular scales the B-mode polarization of t…