3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Map Multi-Tool: A Map-Based Approach to Modeling Beam Systematics for Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments
Cesiley L. King, Alec Hryciuk, Jeff McMahon +2
Cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments use simulations of instrumental systematic effects to ensure high-fidelity measurements of cosmological parameters. Quantifying the ex…
astro-ph.IM2025
In-Flight Performance of Spider's 280 GHz Receivers
Elle C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers +84
SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the cosmic microwave background at degree-angular scales in the presence of Galactic foregrounds. SPIDER has mapped a large sky…
astro-ph.IM2025
Design and Validation of a Cold Load for Characterization of CMB-S4 Detectors
Cesiley L. King, Ian Gullet, Adam J. Anderson +7
We present the design and validation of a variable temperature cryogenic blackbody source, hereinafter called a cold load, that will be used to characterize detectors to be deploye…