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astro-ph.CO2025

Constraints on the polarization angle oscillations of the Crab Nebula with the Simons Array and its applications to the search for axion-like particles

Tylor Adkins, Shahed Shayan Arani, Kam Arnold +27

We present a search for polarization oscillation of the Crab Nebula, also known as Tau A, at millimeter wavelengths using observations with the Simons Array, the successor experime…

astro-ph.CO2025

The Simons Observatory: forecasted constraints on primordial gravitational waves with the expanded array of Small Aperture Telescopes

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi +479

We present updated forecasts for the scientific performance of the degree-scale (0.5 deg FWHM at 93 GHz), deep-field survey to be conducted by the Simons Observatory (SO). By 2027,…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 10 cited

Exploration of the polarization angle variability of the Crab Nebula with POLARBEAR and its application to the search for axion-like particles

Shunsuke Adachi, Tylor Adkins, Carlo Baccigalupi +23

The Crab Nebula, also known as Tau A, is a polarized astronomical source at millimeter wavelengths. It has been used as a stable light source for polarization angle calibration in…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 67 cited

A Measurement of Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background Using SPT-3G 2018 Data

Z. Pan, F. Bianchini, W. L. K. Wu +133

We present a measurement of gravitational lensing over 1500 deg of the Southern sky using SPT-3G temperature data at 95 and 150 GHz taken in 2018. The lensing amplitude relativ…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 19 cited

Constraints on axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background with POLARBEAR

The POLARBEAR Collaboration, Shunsuke Adachi, Tylor Adkins +29

Very light pseudoscalar fields, often referred to as axions, are compelling dark matter candidates and can potentially be detected through their coupling to the electromagnetic fie…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 2 cited

Characterization of a half-wave plate for cosmic microwave background circular polarization measurement with POLARBEAR

T. Fujino, S. Takakura, Y. Chinone +7

A half-wave plate (HWP) is often used as a modulator to suppress systematic error in the measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization. A HWP can also be used to m…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 28 cited

Improved upper limit on degree-scale CMB B-mode polarization power from the 670 square-degree POLARBEAR survey

The POLARBEAR Collaboration, S. Adachi, T. Adkins +51

We report an improved measurement of the degree-scale cosmic microwave background -mode angular-power spectrum over 670 square-degree sky area at 150 GHz with POLARBEAR. In the…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 37 cited

A measurement of the CMB E-mode angular power spectrum at subdegree scales from 670 square degrees of POLARBEAR data

S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, K. Arnold +53

We report a measurement of the E-mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using 150 GHz data taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBE…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 73 cited

A Measurement of the Degree Scale CMB B-mode Angular Power Spectrum with POLARBEAR

S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, K. Arnold +69

We present a measurement of the -mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBEAR experim…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 25 cited

Evidence for the Cross-correlation between Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing from POLARBEAR and Cosmic Shear from Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam

Toshiya Namikawa, Yuji Chinone, Hironao Miyatake +72

We present the first measurement of cross-correlation between the lensing potential, reconstructed from cosmic microwave background (CMB) {\it polarization} data, and the cosmic sh…

astro-ph.CO2019★ 8 cited

Cross-correlation of POLARBEAR CMB Polarization Lensing with High- Sub-mm Herschel-ATLAS galaxies

M. Aguilar Faundez, K. Arnold, C. Baccigalupi +45

We report a 4.8 measurement of the cross-correlation signal between the cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing convergence reconstructed from measurements of the CMB polariza…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 1.5k cited

The Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts

The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Peter Ade, James Aguirre +247

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new cosmic microwave background experiment being built on Cerro Toco in Chile, due to begin observations in the early 2020s. We describe the scient…

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.CO2015★ 100 cited

POLARBEAR Constraints on Cosmic Birefringence and Primordial Magnetic Fields

POLARBEAR Collaboration, Peter A. R. Ade, Kam Arnold +84

We constrain anisotropic cosmic birefringence using four-point correlations of even-parity -mode and odd-parity -mode polarization in the cosmic microwave background measurem…

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…