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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…
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…
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…
QUBIC II: Spectro-Polarimetry with Bolometric Interferometry
L. Mousset, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, E. S. Battistelli +128
Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that has the ability to perform spectral imaging. A bolometric interferometer observes the sky in a wide frequency band and can recon…
QUBIC VII: The feedhorn-switch system of the technological demonstrator
F. Cavaliere, A. Mennella, M. Zannoni +128
We present the design, manufacturing and performance of the horn-switch system developed for the technological demonstrator of QUBIC (the \& Bolometric Interferometer for Cos…
The large scale polarization explorer (LSPE) for CMB measurements: performance forecast
The LSPE collaboration, G. Addamo, P. A. R. Ade +102
[Abridged] The measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is one of the current frontiers in cosmology. In particular, the detection of the primor…
QUBIC VI: cryogenic half wave plate rotator, design and performances
G. D'Alessandro, L. Mele, F. Columbro +126
Inflation Gravity Waves B-Modes polarization detection is the ultimate goal of modern large angular scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments around the world. A big effo…
QUBIC V: Cryogenic system design and performance
S. Masi, E. S. Battistelli, P. de Bernardis +126
Current experiments aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) use cryogenic detector arrays and cold optical systems to boost the mapping speed o…
QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance
C. O'Sullivan, M. De Petris, G. Amico +126
The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarisation anisotropies in the CMB at angular scales around th…
QUBIC III: Laboratory Characterization
S. A. Torchinsky, J. -Ch. Hamilton, M. Piat +125
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 in Paris.…
Progress report on the Large Scale Polarization Explorer
L. Lamagna, G. Addamo, P. A. R. Ade +96
The Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) is a cosmology program for the measurement of large scale curl-like features (B-modes) in the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Back…
QUBIC: using NbSi TESs with a bolometric interferometer to characterize the polarisation of the CMB
M. Piat, B. Bélier, L. Bergé +135
QUBIC (Q \& U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) is an international ground-based experiment dedicated in the measurement of the polarized fluctuations of the Cosmic Microwav…
The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper
The Simons Observatory Collaboration, Maximilian H. Abitbol, Shunsuke Adachi +280
The Simons Observatory (SO) is a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment sited on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in Chile that promises to provide breakthrough…
QUBIC: Exploring the primordial Universe with the Q\&U Bolometric Interferometer
Aniello Mennella, Peter Ade, Giorgio Amico +127
In this paper we describe QUBIC, an experiment that will observe the polarized microwave sky with a novel approach, which combines the sensitivity of state-of-the art bolometric de…
Thermal architecture for the QUBIC cryogenic receiver
A. J. May, C. Chapron, G. Coppi +127
QUBIC, the QU Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, is a novel forthcoming instrument to measure the B-mode polarization anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The detec…
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…
Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope Receiver Design Overview
Ningfeng Zhu, John L. Orlowski-Scherer, Zhilei Xu +31
The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precision temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover ang…
Cooldown Strategies and Transient Thermal Simulations for the Simons Observatory
Gabriele Coppi, Zhilei Xu, Aamir Ali +19
The Simons Observatory (SO) will provide precision polarimetry of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover angular scales from arc-minute…
Simons Observatory large aperture receiver simulation overview
John L. Orlowski-Scherer, Ningfeng Zhu, Zhilei Xu +22
The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precision temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a series of telescopes which will cover ang…
The Simons Observatory: Instrument Overview
Nicholas Galitzki, Aamir Ali, Kam S. Arnold +75
The Simons Observatory (SO) will make precise temperature and polarization measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) using a set of telescopes which will cover angular…
Design and characterization of the POLARBEAR-2b and POLARBEAR-2c cosmic microwave background cryogenic receivers
Logan Howe, Calvin Tsai, Lindsay Lowry +10
The POLARBEAR-2/Simons Array Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is an upgrade and expansion of the existing POLARBEAR-1 (PB-1) experiment, located in the Ata…
QUBIC - The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology - A novel way to look at the polarized Cosmic Microwave Background
A. Mennella, P. A. R. Ade, J. Aumont +105
In this paper we describe QUBIC, an experiment that takes up the challenge posed by the detection of primordial gravitational waves with a novel approach, that combines the sensiti…
QUBIC Technical Design Report
J. Aumont, S. Banfi, P. Battaglia +96
QUBIC is an instrument aiming at measuring the B mode polarisation anisotropies at medium scales angular scales (30-200 multipoles). The search for the primordial CMB B-mode polari…