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most citedDetection of B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background with Data from the South Pole Telescope

336 citations · 785 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

SPT-3G+: A Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment for the South Pole Telescope

T. Natoli, Z. Ahmed, H. Athreya +72

SPT-3G+ is the next survey receiver planned to be installed in early 2029 on the 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT). This new receiver will feature 6,020 polarization-sensitive di…

astro-ph.CO2026

Measurement of the Full Shape of the Thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich Power Spectrum from South Pole Telescope and {\it Herschel}-SPIRE Observations

S. Raghunathan, P. A. R. Ade, D. Anbajagane +139

We present a measurement of the full shape of the power spectrum of the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich (tSZ) effect down to arcminute scales using cosmic microwave background (CMB) data…

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.IM2025

Improved Absolute Polarization Calibrator for BICEP CMB Polarimeters

A. R. Polish, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +89

Cosmic birefringence is a hypothesized parity violation in electromagnetism that predicts a frequency-independent polarization rotation as light propagates. This would rotate the l…

astro-ph.CO2025

BICEP/Keck XX: Component-separated maps of polarized CMB and thermal dust emission using Planck and BICEP/Keck Observations through the 2018 Observing Season

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

We present component-separated polarization maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and Galactic thermal dust emission, derived using data from the BICEP/Keck experiments thr…

astro-ph.CO2025

The SPT-Deep Cluster Catalog: Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Selected Clusters from Combined SPT-3G and SPTpol Measurements over 100 Square Degrees

K. Kornoelje, L. E. Bleem, E. S. Rykoff +191

We present a catalog of 500 galaxy cluster candidates in the SPT-Deep field: a 100 deg field that combines data from the SPT-3G and SPTpol surveys to reach noise levels of 3.0,…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2025

Measurements of the Temperature and E-mode Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the Full 500-square-degree SPTpol Dataset

T. -L. Chou, P. A. R. Ade, A. J. Anderson +59

Using the full four-year SPTpol 500 deg dataset in both the 95 GHz and 150 GHz frequency bands, we present measurements of the temperature and -mode polarization of the cosm…

astro-ph.CO2024

Multiprobe Cosmology from the Abundance of SPT Clusters and DES Galaxy Clustering and Weak Lensing

S. Bocquet, S. Grandis, E. Krause +216

Cosmic shear, galaxy clustering, and the abundance of massive halos each probe the large-scale structure of the Universe in complementary ways. We present cosmological constraints…

astro-ph.IM2024

BICEP/Keck XIX: Extremely Thin Composite Polymer Vacuum Windows for BICEP and Other High Throughput Millimeter Wave Telescopes

Keck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +90

Millimeter-wave refracting telescopes targeting the degree-scale structure of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) have recently grown to diffraction-limited apertures of over 0.5…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

BICEP/Keck XVIII: Measurement of BICEP3 polarization angles and consequences for constraining cosmic birefringence and inflation

Keck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

We use a custom-made calibrator to measure individual detectors' polarization angles of BICEP3, a small aperture telescope observing the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95GHz…

astro-ph.IM2024

Development of the 220/270 GHz Receiver of BICEP Array

Keck Collaboration, Y. Nakato, P. A. R. Ade +82

Measurements of B-mode polarization in the CMB sourced from primordial gravitational waves would provide information on the energy scale of inflation and its potential form. To ach…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 9 cited

Analysis of Polarized Dust Emission Using Data from the First Flight of SPIDER

SPIDER Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri +67

Using data from the first flight of SPIDER and from Planck HFI, we probe the properties of polarized emission from interstellar dust in the SPIDER observing region. Component separ…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 7 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2024

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…

astro-ph.CO2024

Constraining Inflation with the BICEP/Keck CMB Polarization Experiments

Keck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +84

The BICEP/ (BK) series of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiments has, over the past decade and a half, produced a series of field-leading constra…

astro-ph.CO2024

Mass calibration of DES Year-3 clusters via SPT-3G CMB cluster lensing

B. Ansarinejad, S. Raghunathan, T. M. C. Abbott +142

We measure the stacked lensing signal in the direction of galaxy clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (DES Y3) redMaPPer sample, using cosmic microwave background (CMB) temper…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 1 cited

Testing the CDM Cosmological Model with Forthcoming Measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background with SPT-3G

K. Prabhu, S. Raghunathan, M. Millea +98

We forecast constraints on cosmological parameters enabled by three surveys conducted with SPT-3G, the third-generation camera on the South Pole Telescope. The surveys cover separa…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 25 cited

First Constraints on the Epoch of Reionization Using the non-Gaussianity of the Kinematic Sunyaev-Zel{'}dovich Effect from the South Pole Telescope and {\it Herschel}-SPIRE Observations

S. Raghunathan, P. A. R. Ade, A. J. Anderson +121

We report results from an analysis aimed at detecting the trispectrum of the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel{'}dovich (kSZ) effect by combining data from the South Pole Telescope (SPT) and {…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 12 cited

Flaring Stars in a Non-targeted mm-wave Survey with SPT-3G

C. Tandoi, S. Guns, A. Foster +96

We present a flare star catalog from four years of non-targeted millimeter-wave survey data from the South Pole Telescope (SPT). The data were taken with the SPT-3G camera and cove…

astro-ph.CO2024★ 7 cited

SPT Clusters with DES and HST Weak Lensing. II. Cosmological Constraints from the Abundance of Massive Halos

S. Bocquet, S. Grandis, L. E. Bleem +193

We present cosmological constraints from the abundance of galaxy clusters selected via the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in South Pole Telescope (SPT) data with a simultan…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 9 cited

A Measurement of the CMB Temperature Power Spectrum and Constraints on Cosmology from the SPT-3G 2018 TT/TE/EE Data Set

L. Balkenhol, D. Dutcher, A. Spurio Mancini +84

We present a sample-variance-limited measurement of the temperature power spectrum () of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using observations of a $\sim\! 1500 \,\mathrm{de…

astro-ph.CO2021★ 4 cited

The XFaster Power Spectrum and Likelihood Estimator for the Analysis of Cosmic Microwave Background Maps

A. E. Gambrel, A. S. Rahlin, X. Song +64

We present the XFaster analysis package. XFaster is a fast, iterative angular power spectrum estimator based on a diagonal approximation to the quadratic Fisher matrix estimator. X…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 195 cited

Measurements of the Temperature and E-Mode Polarization of the CMB from 500 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data

J. W. Henning, J. T. Sayre, C. L. Reichardt +64

We present measurements of the -mode polarization angular auto-power spectrum () and temperature--mode cross-power spectrum () of the cosmic microwave background (CMB…