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Development and characterization of a millimeter-wave circular polarization observation method using a quarter-wave plate with Simons Array
Kana Sakaguri, Darcy R. Barron, Yuji Chinone +17
We have developed and demonstrated a method for measuring circular polarization at 90 GHz by combining a quarter-wave plate (QWP) and a continuously rotating half-wave plate (HWP).…
The Simons Observatory: Commissioning of the Mid-Frequency Small Aperture Telescopes
Kathleen Harrington, Remington Gerras, Nicholas Galitzki +88
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) survey experiment observing from an altitude of 5,200 m in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The SO Small Aperture Tel…
Feedback-Controlled Beam Pattern Measurement Method Using a Power-Variable Calibration Source for Cosmic Microwave Background Telescopes
Haruaki Hirose, Masaya Hasegawa, Daisuke Kaneko +5
We demonstrate a novel beam pattern measurement method for the side lobe characterization of cosmic microwave background telescopes. The method employs a power-variable artificial…
The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas +419
We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large A…
A measurement of atmospheric circular polarization with POLARBEAR
Takuro Fujino, Satoru Takakura, Shahed Shayan Arani +20
At millimeter wavelengths, the atmospheric emission is circularly polarized owing to the Zeeman splitting of molecular oxygen by the Earth's magnetic field. We report a measurement…
Measurement and Modeling of Polarized Atmosphere at the South Pole with SPT-3G
A. Coerver, J. A. Zebrowski, S. Takakura +102
We present the detection and characterization of fluctuations in linearly polarized emission from the atmosphere above the South Pole. These measurements make use of data from the…
The LiteBIRD mission to explore cosmic inflation
T. Ghigna, A. Adler, K. Aizawa +156
LiteBIRD, the next-generation cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment, aims for a launch in Japan's fiscal year 2032, marking a major advancement in the exploration of primord…
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)…
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…
High-precision temperature monitoring system for room-temperature equipment in astrophysical observations
Daiki Tanabe, Masaya Hasegawa, Masashi Hazumi +5
We present a precise thermometry system to monitor room-temperature components of a telescope for radio-astronomy such as cosmic microwave background (CMB) observation. The system…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Shunsuke Adachi +280
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment sited on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile that promises to provide breakthrough…
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…
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…
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…
Design and development of an ambient-temperature continuously-rotating achromatic half-wave plate for CMB polarization modulation on the POLARBEAR-2 experiment
Charles A. Hill, Shawn Beckman, Yuji Chinone +9
We describe the development of an ambient-temperature continuously-rotating half-wave plate (HWP) for study of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization by the POLARBEAR-2…
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…
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…
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…
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…