activity
20132026
most citedA Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background B-Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales with POLARBEAR

298 citations · 2k across the 34 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators
Showing astro-ph.IMShow all

17 papers · 1 filter

astro-ph.IM2024

Calibration of detector time constant with a thermal source for the POLARBEAR-2A CMB polarization experiment

S. Takatori, M. Hasegawa, M. Hazumi +22

The Simons Array (SA) project is a ground-based Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment. The SA observes the sky using three telescopes, and POLARBEAR-2A (PB-2A)…

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.IM2022★ 4 cited

Development of the Low Frequency Telescope Focal Plane Detector Modules for LiteBIRD

Benjamin Westbrook, Christopher Raum, Shawn Beckman +23

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led strategic large-class satellite mission designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and Galactic foregrounds from 34 to 448 GHz a…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 5 cited

Conceptual Design of the Modular Detector and Readout System for the CMB-S4 survey experiment

D. R. Barron, Z. Ahmed, J. Aguilar +47

We present the conceptual design of the modular detector and readout system for the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 (CMB-S4) ground-based survey experiment. CMB-S4 will map the…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 35 cited

Probing Cosmic Inflation with the LiteBIRD Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Survey

LiteBIRD Collaboration, E. Allys, K. Arnold +188

LiteBIRD, the Lite (Light) satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and Inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection, is a space mission for primordial cosmology and…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 15 cited

Performance and characterization of the SPT-3G digital frequency-domain multiplexed readout system using an improved noise and crosstalk model

J. Montgomery, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +118

The third generation South Pole Telescope camera (SPT-3G) improves upon its predecessor (SPTpol) by an order of magnitude increase in detectors on the focal plane. The technology u…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

Overview of the Medium and High Frequency Telescopes of the LiteBIRD satellite mission

L. Montier, B. Mot, P. de Bernardis +232

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led Strategic Large-Class mission designed to search for the existence of the primordial gravitational waves produced during the inflationary phase of the Univer…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 143 cited

LiteBIRD: JAXA's new strategic L-class mission for all-sky surveys of cosmic microwave background polarization

M. Hazumi, P. A. R. Ade, A. Adler +233

LiteBIRD, the Lite (Light) satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and Inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection, is a space mission for primordial cosmology and…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 12 cited

Concept Design of Low Frequency Telescope for CMB B-mode Polarization satellite LiteBIRD

Y. Sekimoto, P. A. R. Ade, A. Adler +232

LiteBIRD has been selected as JAXA's strategic large mission in the 2020s, to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) -mode polarization over the full sky at large angular…

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.IM2019★ 12 cited

The POLARBEAR Fourier Transform Spectrometer Calibrator and Spectroscopic Characterization of the POLARBEAR Instrument

Frederick Matsuda, Lindsay Lowry, Aritoki Suzuki +25

We describe the Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) used for in-field testing of the POLARBEAR receiver, an experiment located in the Atacama Desert of Chile which measures the co…

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.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.IM2016★ 17 cited

Making maps of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization for B-mode studies: the POLARBEAR example

Davide Poletti, Giulio Fabbian, Maude Le Jeune +46

Analysis of cosmic microwave background (CMB) datasets typically requires some filtering of the raw time-ordered data. Filtering is frequently used to minimize the impact of low fr…

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…