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most citedCosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS): 90 GHz Telescope Pointing, Beam Profile, Window Function, and Polarization Performance

7 citations · 9 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.CO2026

Improved Constraints on Cosmic Microwave Background Circular Polarization with CLASS

Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Caleigh Ryan, Yunyang Li +25

We present improved constraints on circular polarization in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) experiment using data at 9…

astro-ph.IM2026

Detectors for CLASS-W2: The second 90 GHz telescope of the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

John W. Appel, Kyuyoung Bae, Charles L. Bennett +26

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is measuring the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization anisotropy on the largest angular scales (>1 degree) to probe the…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

High-Efficiency and Low-Noise Detectors for the Upgraded CLASS 90 GHz Focal Plane

Carolina Núñez, John W. Appel, Rahul Datta +22

We present the in-lab and on-sky performance for the upgraded 90 GHz focal plane of the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS), which had four of its seven detector wafers…

astro-ph.IM2024

Design and characterization of a 60-cm reflective half-wave plate for the CLASS 90 GHz band telescope

Rui Shi, Michael K. Brewer, Carol Yan Yan Chan +14

Front-end polarization modulation enables improved polarization measurement stability by modulating the targeted signal above the low-frequency drifts associated with atmosph…

astro-ph.CO2024

Sensitivity-Improved Polarization Maps at 40 GHz with CLASS and WMAP data

Rui Shi, John W. Appel, Charles L. Bennett +18

Improved polarization measurements at frequencies below 70 GHz with degree-level angular resolution are crucial for advancing our understanding of the Galactic synchrotron radiatio…

astro-ph.IM2023

CLASS Observations of Atmospheric Cloud Polarization at Millimeter Wavelengths

Yunyang Li, John W. Appel, Charles L. Bennett +21

The dynamic atmosphere imposes challenges to ground-based cosmic microwave background observation, especially for measurements on large angular scales. The hydrometeors in the atmo…

astro-ph.CO2023★ 1 cited

CLASS Angular Power Spectra and Map-Component Analysis for 40 GHz Observations through 2022

Joseph R. Eimer, Yunyang Li, Michael K. Brewer +31

Measurement of the largest angular scale () features of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization is a powerful way to constrain the optical depth to reionizati…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 7 cited

Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS): 90 GHz Telescope Pointing, Beam Profile, Window Function, and Polarization Performance

Rahul Datta, Michael K. Brewer, Jullianna Denes Couto +31

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a telescope array that observes the cosmic microwave background (CMB) over ~75% of the sky from the Atacama Desert, Chile, at…

astro-ph.IM2022

Construction of a Large Diameter Reflective Half-Wave Plate Modulator for Millimeter Wave Applications

Joseph R. Eimer, Michael K. Brewer, David T. Chuss +14

Polarization modulation is a powerful technique to increase the stability of measurements by enabling the distinction of a polarized signal from dominant slow system drifts and unp…

astro-ph.IM2022

Design and characterization of new 90 GHz detectors for the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS)

Carolina Núñez, John W. Appel, Sarah Marie Bruno +20

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a polarization-sensitive telescope array located at an altitude of 5,200 m in the Chilean Atacama Desert. CLASS is designed to…

astro-ph.IM2022

Long-Timescale Stability in CMB Observations at Multiple Frequencies using Front-End Polarization Modulation

Joseph Cleary, Rahul Datta, John W. Appel +17

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) is a telescope array observing the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at frequency bands centered near 40, 90, 150, and 220 GHz. C…