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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).…
Constraints on the polarization angle oscillations of the Crab Nebula with the Simons Array and its applications to the search for axion-like particles
Tylor Adkins, Shahed Shayan Arani, Kam Arnold +27
We present a search for polarization oscillation of the Crab Nebula, also known as Tau A, at millimeter wavelengths using observations with the Simons Array, the successor experime…
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…
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)…
Exploration of the polarization angle variability of the Crab Nebula with POLARBEAR and its application to the search for axion-like particles
Shunsuke Adachi, Tylor Adkins, Carlo Baccigalupi +23
The Crab Nebula, also known as Tau A, is a polarized astronomical source at millimeter wavelengths. It has been used as a stable light source for polarization angle calibration in…
Predictive power of daily viscacha and vicuña sightings on Simons Array site work results
Praween Siritanasak, Ian Birdwell, Lindsay Lowry +2
We studied the predictive power of daily animal sightings on site work outcomes at the Polarbear and Simons Array experiment site in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Specifically, we obs…
Constraints on axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background with POLARBEAR
The POLARBEAR Collaboration, Shunsuke Adachi, Tylor Adkins +29
Very light pseudoscalar fields, often referred to as axions, are compelling dark matter candidates and can potentially be detected through their coupling to the electromagnetic fie…
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…
Improved upper limit on degree-scale CMB B-mode polarization power from the 670 square-degree POLARBEAR survey
The POLARBEAR Collaboration, S. Adachi, T. Adkins +51
We report an improved measurement of the degree-scale cosmic microwave background -mode angular-power spectrum over 670 square-degree sky area at 150 GHz with POLARBEAR. In the…
A measurement of the CMB E-mode angular power spectrum at subdegree scales from 670 square degrees of POLARBEAR data
S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, K. Arnold +53
We report a measurement of the E-mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using 150 GHz data taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBE…
Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing Power Spectrum from Two Years of POLARBEAR Data
Mario Aguilar Faúndez, Kam Arnold, Carlo Baccigalupi +48
We present a measurement of the gravitational lensing deflection power spectrum reconstructed with two seasons cosmic microwave background polarization data from the POLARBEAR expe…
A Measurement of the Degree Scale CMB B-mode Angular Power Spectrum with POLARBEAR
S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, K. Arnold +69
We present a measurement of the -mode polarization power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using taken from July 2014 to December 2016 with the POLARBEAR experim…
Internal delensing of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization B-modes with the POLARBEAR experiment
S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Faúndez, Y. Akiba +51
Using only cosmic microwave background polarization data from the POLARBEAR experiment, we measure -mode polarization delensing on subdegree scales at more than significanc…
The POLARBEAR Fourier Transform Spectrometer Calibrator and Spectroscopic Characterization of the POLARBEAR Instrument
Frederick Matsuda, Lindsay Lowry, Aritoki Suzuki +25
We describe the Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) used for in-field testing of the POLARBEAR receiver, an experiment located in the Atacama Desert of Chile which measures the co…
Evidence for the Cross-correlation between Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing from POLARBEAR and Cosmic Shear from Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam
Toshiya Namikawa, Yuji Chinone, Hironao Miyatake +72
We present the first measurement of cross-correlation between the lensing potential, reconstructed from cosmic microwave background (CMB) {\it polarization} data, and the cosmic sh…
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…
Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Detector Array Effects
Kevin T. Crowley, Sara M. Simon, Max Silva-Feaver +36
In this proceeding, we present studies of instrumental systematic effects for the Simons Obsevatory (SO) that are associated with the detector system and its interaction with the f…
The Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Peter Ade, James Aguirre +247
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a new cosmic microwave background experiment being built on Cerro Toco in Chile, due to begin observations in the early 2020s. We describe the scient…
A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background -Mode Polarization Power Spectrum at Sub-Degree Scales from 2 years of POLARBEAR Data
The POLARBEAR Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar +79
We report an improved measurement of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) -mode polarization power spectrum with the POLARBEAR experiment at 150 GHz. By adding new data collect…
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…
POLARBEAR-2: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements
Y. Inoue, P. Ade, Y. Akiba +83
POLARBEAR-2 (PB-2) is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment that will be located in the Atacama highland in Chile at an altitude of 5200 m. Its science goals…
Making maps of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization for B-mode studies: the POLARBEAR example
Davide Poletti, Giulio Fabbian, Maude Le Jeune +46
Analysis of cosmic microwave background (CMB) datasets typically requires some filtering of the raw time-ordered data. Filtering is frequently used to minimize the impact of low fr…
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…
POLARBEAR Constraints on Cosmic Birefringence and Primordial Magnetic Fields
POLARBEAR Collaboration, Peter A. R. Ade, Kam Arnold +84
We constrain anisotropic cosmic birefringence using four-point correlations of even-parity -mode and odd-parity -mode polarization in the cosmic microwave background measurem…