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20102026
most citedSPICA - a large cryogenic infrared space telescope Unveiling the obscured Universe

124 citations · 189 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

BICEP/Keck XXI: Constraints on Early-Universe Parity Violation from Multipole-Dependent Birefringence

Keck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Zeeshan Ahmed +94

We present the first constraints on multipole-dependent cosmic birefringence using CMB polarization data from the BK18 dataset, which combines observations from BICEP2, Keck Array,…

astro-ph.IM2025

The X-ray Integral Field Unit at the end of the Athena reformulation phase

Philippe Peille, Didier Barret, Edoardo Cucchetti +279

The Athena mission entered a redefinition phase in July 2022, driven by the imperative to reduce the mission cost at completion for the European Space Agency below an acceptable ta…

astro-ph.CO2024

Calibration Measurements of the BICEP3 and BICEP Array CMB Polarimeters from 2017 to 2024

Christos Giannakopoulos, Clara Vergès, P. A. R. Ade +83

The BICEP3 and BICEP Array polarimeters are small-aperture refracting telescopes located at the South Pole designed to measure primordial gravitational wave signatures in the Cosmi…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Life Cycle Assessment of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit

Didier Barret, Vincent Albouys, Jürgen Knödlseder +15

The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) is the high-resolution X-ray spectrometer to fly on board the Athena Space Observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA). It is being develop…

astro-ph.IM2022

Improved Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

J. Cornelison, C. Vergès, P. A. R. Ade +83

The BICEP3 Polarimeter is a small aperture, refracting telescope, dedicated to the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at 95GHz. It is designed to target degree an…

astro-ph.IM2022

Thermal Testing for Cryogenic CMB Instrument Optical Design

D. C. Goldfinger, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background rely on cryogenic instrumentation with cold detectors, readout, and optics providing the low noise performance and instrumental stab…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 2 cited

The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase

Didier Barret, Vincent Albouys, Jan-Willem den Herder +296

The Athena X-ray Integral Unit (X-IFU) is the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, studied since 2015 for flying in the mid-30s on the Athena space X-ray Observatory, a versatile ob…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

B-BOP, the SPICA Imaging Polarimeter

Vincent Revéret, Marc Sauvage, Obaïd Adami +28

We present the B-BOP instrument, a polarimetric camera on board the future ESA-JAXA SPICA far-infrared space observatory. B-BOP will allow the study of the magnetic field in variou…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 4 cited

Analysis of Temperature-to-Polarization Leakage in BICEP3 and Keck CMB Data from 2016 to 2018

Keck Collaboration, T. St. Germaine, P. A. R. Ade +85

The BICEP/Keck Array experiment is a series of small-aperture refracting telescopes observing degree-scale Cosmic Microwave Background polarization from the South Pole in search of…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 4 cited

Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

J. Cornelison, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +84

The BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter is a small-aperture refracting telescope located at the South Pole and is specifically designed to search for the possible signature of inflationary grav…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 1 cited

BICEP Array cryostat and mount design

M. Crumrine, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +74

Bicep Array is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment that will begin observing at the South Pole in early 2019. This experiment replaces the five Bicep2 style…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 124 cited

SPICA - a large cryogenic infrared space telescope Unveiling the obscured Universe

P. R. Roelfsema, H. Shibai, L. Armus +66

Measurements in the infrared wavelength domain allow us to assess directly the physical state and energy balance of cool matter in space, thus enabling the detailed study of the va…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 43 cited

The Hot and Energetic Universe: The X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) for Athena+

D. Barret, J. W. den Herder, L. Piro +55

The Athena+ mission concept is designed to implement the Hot and Energetic Universe science theme submitted to the European Space Agency in response to the call for White Papers fo…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 8 cited

Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP

Tomotake Matsumura, Peter Ade, Denis Barkats +25

We present a method of cross-calibrating the polarization angle of a polarimeter using BICEP Galactic observations. \bicep\ was a ground based experiment using an array of 49 pairs…