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astro-ph.IM2026

LiteBIRD Mission Overview after Mission Reformation

LiteBIRD Collaboration, K. Aizawa, H. Akamatsu +172

LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led space mission designed to produce all-sky microwave polarization maps. Its primary science goal is to test representative inflationary models by measuring th…

astro-ph.IM2026

Setting requirements on out-of-band rejection for next-generation CMB experiments. Application to the LiteBIRD instrument

L. Mousset, L. Montier, J. Aumont +15

Next-generation cosmic microwave background experiments have very stringent constraints to achieve the required sensitivity to target polarization modes. In this work, we inten…

astro-ph.IM2025

First release of LiteBIRD simulations from an end-to-end pipeline

M. Bortolami, N. Raffuzzi, L. Pagano +107

The LiteBIRD satellite mission aims at detecting Cosmic Microwave Background modes with unprecedented precision, targeting a total error on the tensor-to-scalar ratio of $δ…

astro-ph.IM2025

On the computational feasibility of Bayesian end-to-end analysis of LiteBIRD simulations within Cosmoglobe

R. Aurvik, M. Galloway, E. Gjerløw +107

We assess the computational feasibility of end-to-end Bayesian analysis of the JAXA-led LiteBIRD experiment by analysing simulated time ordered data (TOD) for a subset of detectors…

astro-ph.IM2025

A Simulation Framework for the LiteBIRD Instruments

M. Tomasi, L. Pagano, A. Anand +111

LiteBIRD, the Lite (Light) satellite for the study of -mode polarization and Inflation from cosmic background Radiation Detection, is a space mission focused on primordial cosmo…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 2 cited

On beam characterization of ground-based CMB radio telescopes using UAV-mounted sources: application to the QUIJOTE TFGI and plans for LSPE-Strip

Fabio Paonessa, Lorenzo Ciorba, Giuseppe Addamo +22

The Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) project, funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), includes the development of LSPE-Strip, a ground-based radio telescope for observing…

astro-ph.IM2025

A chemically etched D-band waveguide orthomode transducer for CMB measurements

E. Manzan, A. Mennella, F. Cavaliere +21

This study presents a prototype D-band waveguide orthomode transducer (OMT) fabricated using chemically etched brass platelets. This method offers a fast, cost-effective, and scala…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 2 cited

The LSPE-Strip Pointing Reconstruction and Star Tracker

Michele Maris, Maurizio Tomasi, Matteo Baratto +18

This paper aims to describe the Pointing Reconstruction Model (PRM) and the prototype Star Tracker, which will be mounted on LSPE-Strip, a microwave Q- and W-band CMB telescope pla…

astro-ph.IM2024

The European Low Frequency Survey on the Simons Array

Aniello Mennella, Kam Arnold, Susanna Azzoni +18

In this paper we present the European Low Frequency Survey (ELFS), a project that will enable foregrounds-free measurements of the primordial -mode polarization and a detection…

astro-ph.IM2024

Measuring the CMB spectral distortions with COSMO: the multi-mode antenna system

E. Manzan, L. Albano, C. Franceschet +29

In this work, we present the design and manufacturing of the two multi-mode antenna arrays of the COSMO experiment and the preliminary beam pattern measurements of their fundamenta…

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.IM2022

From BeyondPlanck to Cosmoglobe: Open Science, Reproducibility, and Data Longevity

S. Gerakakis, M. Brilenkov, M. Ieronymaki +39

The BeyondPlanck and Cosmoglobe collaborations have implemented the first integrated Bayesian end-to-end analysis pipeline for CMB experiments. The primary long-term motivation for…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 2 cited

BeyondPlanck V. Minimal ADC Corrections for Planck LFI

D. Herman, R. A. Watson, K. J. Andersen +36

We describe the correction procedure for Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) differential non-linearities (DNL) adopted in the Bayesian end-to-end BeyondPlanck analysis framework. Th…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 35 cited

Probing Cosmic Inflation with the LiteBIRD Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Survey

LiteBIRD Collaboration, E. Allys, K. Arnold +188

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…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 6 cited

Total power horn-coupled 150 GHz LEKID array for space applications

A. Paiella, A. Coppolecchia, P. de Bernardis +17

We have developed two arrays of lumped element kinetic inductance detectors working in the D-band, and optimised for the low radiative background conditions of a satellite mission…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 9 cited

The COSmic Monopole Observer (COSMO)

S. Masi, E. Battistelli, P. de Bernardis +24

The COSmic Monopole Observer (COSMO) is an experiment to measure low-level spectral distortions in the isotropic component of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Deviations from…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 4 cited

The LSPE-Strip beams

S. Realini, C. Franceschet, F. Villa +13

In this paper we describe the design and characterization of the optical system of LSPE/Strip, a coherent polarimeter array that will observe the microwave sky from the Teide Obser…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 8 cited

The LSPE-Strip feed horn array

C. Franceschet, F. Del Torto, F. Villa +15

In this paper we discuss the design, manufacturing and characterization of the feed horn array of the Strip instrument of the Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) experiment. S…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 143 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 12 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2021

The optical design of the LiteBIRD Middle and High Frequency Telescope

L. Lamagna, J. E. Gudmundsson, H. Imada +26

LiteBIRD is a JAXA strategic L-class mission devoted to the measurement of polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, searching for the signature of primordial gravitational…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 22 cited

QUBIC IV: Performance of TES Bolometers and Readout Electronics

M. Piat, G. Stankowiak, E. S. Battistelli +126

A prototype version of the Q & U bolometric interferometer for cosmology (QUBIC) underwent a campaign of testing in the laboratory at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology laboratory…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 45 cited

QUBIC I: Overview and ScienceProgram

J. -Ch. Hamilton, L. Mousset, E. S. Battistelli +127

The Q U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Backgro…