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1. Is patchy reionization an obstacle in detecting the primordial gravitational wave signal?

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S. Paul, Suvodip Mukherjee, Tirthankar Roy Choudhury, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Lagrange de Paris, Sorbonne Université (SU), and Sorbonne Universités

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electron, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cosmic microwave background, first stars, Cosmic background radiation, halo, cosmic background radiation: polarization, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, B-mode: primordial, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, 0103 physical sciences, ionization, cosmic background radiation: power spectrum, dark ages, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Reionization, Physics, spatial distribution, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, gravitational radiation: primordial, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, recombination, observatory, Amplitude, frequency: low, Space and Planetary Science, efficiency, cosmology: observations, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Dark Ages, reionization, Halo, history, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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The large-scale CMB B-mode polarization is the direct probe to the low frequency primordial gravitational wave signal. However, unambiguous measurement of this signal requires a precise understanding of the possible contamination. One such potential contamination arises from the patchiness in the spatial distribution of free electrons during the epoch of reionization. We estimate the B-mode power spectrum due to patchy reionization using a combination of \emph{photon-conserving} semi-numerical simulation and analytical calculation, and compare its amplitude with the primordial B-mode signal. For a reionization history which is in agreement with several latest observations, we find that a stronger secondary B-mode polarization signal is produced when the reionization is driven by the sources in massive halos and its amplitude can be comparable to the recombination bump for tensor to scalar ratio $(r) \lesssim 5 \times 10^{-4}$. If contamination from patchy reionization is neglected in the analysis of B-mode polarization data, then for the models of reionization considered in this analysis, we find a maximum bias of about $30\%$ in the value of $r=\,10^{-3}$ when spatial modes between $\ell \in [50, 200]$ are used with a delensing efficiency of $50\%$. The inferred bias from patchy reionization is not a severe issue for the upcoming ground-based CMB experiment Simons Observatory, but can be a potential source of confusion for proposed CMB experiments which target to detect the value of $r< 10^{-3}$. However, this obstacle can be removed by utilizing the difference in the shape of the power spectrum from the primordial signal., 9 pages, 6 figures. Reference added

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2019
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2. PICO - the probe of inflation and cosmic origins

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Marcelo A. Alvarez, James J. Bock, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, J. Borrill, Nicholas Battaglia, Lloyd Knox, Christopher G. Paine, A. Trangsrud, Peter Shirron, Krzysztof M. Gorski, Daniel Green, David T. Chuss, Charles R. Lawrence, C. Pryke, Mattia Negrello, Laura M. Fissel, Tomotake Matsumura, W. C. Jones, Raphael Flauger, Johannes Hubmayr, Mark J. Devlin, Joelle Cooperrider, Matteo Bonato, Gianfranco De Zotti, B. P. Crill, Qi Wen, Bradley R. Johnson, Alan J. Kogut, Brian M. Sutin, Shaul Hanany, Roger O'Brient, Jeff McMahon, Karl Young, Jacques Delabrouille, Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP) (DAP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Lystrup, Makenzie, MacEwen, Howard A., Fazio, Giovanni G., Batalha, Natalie, Siegler, Nicholas, Tong, Edward C., Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), MacEwen, Howard A, Fazio, Giovanni G, and Tong, Edward C

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Cosmic microwave background, cosmic background radiation: polarization, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Polarization, Cosmic Microwave Background, B-modes, optical, neutrino: mass, Physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, star: formation, probe-class, cryocooling, B-Modes, frequency, astro-ph.CO, symbols, readout, dust, history, Neutrino, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, bolometers, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Big Bang, cosmic microwave background, scale: inflation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Dark matter, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, magnetic field: galaxy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect, space mission, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, symbols.namesake, bolometer, Probe-class, 0103 physical sciences, ionization, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Planck, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Reionization, polarization, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, synchrotron radiation, big bang, Astronomy, 13. Climate action, galaxy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], astro-ph.IM
Abstract

The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a NASA-funded study of a Probe-class mission concept. The top-level science objectives are to probe the physics of the Big Bang by measuring or constraining the energy scale of inflation, probe fundamental physics by measuring the number of light particles in the Universe and the sum of neutrino masses, to measure the reionization history of the Universe, and to understand the mechanisms driving the cosmic star formation history, and the physics of the galactic magnetic field. PICO would have multiple frequency bands between 21 and 799 GHz, and would survey the entire sky, producing maps of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation, of galactic dust, of synchrotron radiation, and of various populations of point sources. Several instrument configurations, optical systems, cooling architectures, and detector and readout technologies have been and continue to be considered in the development of the mission concept. We will present a snapshot of the baseline mission concept currently under development., 11 pages, 5 Figure, submitted to SPIE, Proceedings of the Conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2018

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2018
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3. QUBIC: Exploring the Primordial Universe with the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer

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Mennella, A, Ade, P, Amico, G, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Banfi, S, Barbaran, G, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Bau, A, Belier, B, Bennett, Dg, Berge, L, Bernard, Jp, Bersanelli, M, Sazy, Mab, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Buzzelli, A, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppi, G, Coppolecchia, A, D'Agostino, R, D'Aless, Giuseppe, R, De Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Di Donato, A, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, Mm, Garcia, B, Garrido, X, Gaspard, M, Gault, A, A, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Heraud, Yg, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Sire, L, Guerard, E, Hamilton, Jc, Harari, D, Haynes, V, Versille, Sh, Duc Thuong Hoang, Holtzer, N, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Korotkov, A, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Lowitz, A, Lukovic, V, Horacio Luterstein, R, Maffei, B, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Clementina Medina, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, Sj, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mariano Mundo, L, Murphy, Ja, Murphy, Jd, O'Sullivan, C, Olivieri, E, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Polenta, G, Prele, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, Ge, Salatino, M, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, Cg, Scully, Sp, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Suarez, F, Tartari, A, Thermeau, Jp, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, Sa, Tristram, M, Tucker, Ce, Tucker, Gs, Vanneste, S, Vigano, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Watson, R, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Mennella, A, Ade, P, Amico, G, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Banfi, S, Barbaràn, G, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Buzzelli, A, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppi, G, Coppolecchia, A, D’Agostino, R, D’Alessandro, G, Bernardis, P, Gasperis, G, Leo, M, Petris, M, Donato, A, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Franceschet, C, Lerena, M, Garcia, B, Garrido, X, Gaspard, M, Gault, A, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Héraud, Y, Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Guerard, E, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Haynes, V, Versillé, S, Hoang, D, Holtzer, N, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Korotkov, A, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Lowitz, A, Lukovic, V, Luterstein, R, Maffei, B, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Medina, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, O’Sullivan, C, Olivieri, E, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Suarez, F, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tristram, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Vanneste, S, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Watson, R, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, and Zullo, A

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[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], General Physics and Astronomy, cosmic background radiation: polarization, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], law, Cosmic Microwave Background, Astronomical interferometer, B-modes, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, media_common, Physics, bolometers, inflation, polarimetry, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, imaging, Interferometry, B-mode, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:QC793-793.5, Frequency band, media_common.quotation_subject, interferometer, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Radio spectrum, microwaves, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, Physics and Astronomy (all), Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, bolometer, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, lcsh:Elementary particle physics, Astronomy, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], polarization: monitoring, Spectral imaging, Astronomía, detector: sensitivity, Sky, engCORE - IT Carlow, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Bolometers, Inflation, Polarimetry
Abstract

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 detectors with the systematic effects control typical of interferometers. QUBIC’s unique features are the so-called “self-calibration”, a technique that allows us to clean the measured data from instrumental effects, and its spectral imaging power, i.e., the ability to separate the signal into various sub-bands within each frequency band. QUBIC will observe the sky in two main frequency bands: 150 GHz and 220 GHz. A technological demonstrator is currently under testing and will be deployed in Argentina during 2019, while the final instrument is expected to be installed during 2020., La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo., Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas

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2018
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4. Signatures of graviton masses on the CMB

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Anne-Christine Davis, Sebastian Cespedes, Philippe Brax, Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681 (IPHT), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), European Project: 690575,H2020,H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015,InvisiblesPlus(2016), De Laborderie, Emmanuelle, InvisiblesPlus - InvisiblesPlus - - H20202016-02-01 - 2020-01-31 - 690575 - VALID, Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681 ( IPHT ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)

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cosmological model, Physics::General Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmic background radiation: spectrum, Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, power spectrum, graviton: mass, 01 natural sciences, Instability, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, [ PHYS.GRQC ] Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], [PHYS] Physics [physics], cosmic background radiation: B-mode, High Energy Physics::Theory, 0103 physical sciences, bimetric, gravitation: massive, inflation, 010306 general physics, Inflation (cosmology), Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], graviton: signature, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, Graviton, gravitational radiation, Spectral density, tachyon: stability, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Massless particle, Massive gravity, 13. Climate action, [PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], mass: gravitation, [PHYS.ASTR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The impact of the existence of gravitons with non-vanishing masses on the B modes of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is investigated. We also focus on putative modifications to the speed of the gravitational waves. We find that a change of the graviton speed shifts the acoustic peaks of the CMB and then could be easily constrained. For the case of massive gravity, we show analytically how the B modes are sourced in a manner differing from the massless case leading to a plateau at low $l$ in the CMB spectrum. We also study the case when there are more than one graviton, and when pressure instabilities are present. The latter would occur in doubly coupled bigravity in the radiation era. We focus on the case where a massless graviton becomes tachyonic in the radiation era whilst a massive one remains stable. As the unstable mode decouples from matter in the radiation era, we find that the effects of the instability is largely reduced on the spectrum of B-modes as long as the unstable graviton does not grow into the non-linear regime. In all cases when both massless and massive gravitons are present, we find that the B-mode CMB spectrum is characterised by a low $l$ plateau together with a shifted position for the first few peaks compared to a purely massive graviton spectrum, a shift which depends on the mixing between the gravitons in their coupling to matter and could serve as a hint in favour of the existence of multiple gravitons., Instability section updated. Some references added

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2018
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5. Concept design of the LiteBIRD satellite for CMB B-mode polarization

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A. Cukierman, Makoto Hattori, Alessandro Gruppuso, Y. Kataoka, D. T. Hoang, Kam Arnold, Tucker Elleflot, Benjamin Westbrook, Eric V. Linder, Johannes Hubmayr, Toshiyuki Nishibori, Christopher Raum, T. Kikuchi, Luca Lamagna, S. Takakura, Shingo Kashima, Ryota Takaku, Ken Ganga, N. Katayama, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yutaro Sekimoto, A. Kibayashi, Hajime Sugai, H. K. Eriksen, Noah Kurinsky, F. Columbro, Gianluca Morgante, Toshiya Namikawa, Yuki Sakurai, B. Mot, E. Martínez-González, H. Nishino, G. Jaehnig, Hiroyuki Ohsaki, Shogo Nakamura, Peter A. R. Ade, L. Montier, T. Kawasaki, Giuseppe Puglisi, Charles A. Hill, H. Takakura, Masaaki Nagai, Anna Murphy, D. W. Curtis, M. Tristram, Adrian T. Lee, J. Grain, S. Realini, H. Ochi, Peter Charles Hargrave, Theodore Kisner, Maresuke Shiraishi, F. Boulanger, Y. Kobayashi, M. Tomasi, G. Signorelli, Y. Hirota, M. Tsuji, Graeme Smecher, F. Piacentini, K. Ebisawa, S. Beckman, Carlo Baccigalupi, E. Hivon, K. Mistuda, Haruyuki Sakurai, Soumen Basak, C. L. Kuo, G. Patanchon, Ingunn Kathrine Wehus, Masashi Hazumi, J. Aumont, Berend Winter, I. S. Ohta, Reijo Keskitalo, Bruno Maffei, Ryo Yamamoto, Marco Bersanelli, Mario Zannoni, P. Natoli, Junji Yumoto, Andrea Zonca, Erminia Calabrese, A. Ducout, Blake D. Sherwin, N. Trappe, U. Fuskeland, Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff, K. L. Thompson, M. A. Dobbs, F. Noviello, Anna Mangilli, Jun-ichi Suzuki, A. Kushino, Tadayasu Dotani, S. Sugiyama, H. Kanai, T. Yoshida, Silvia Masi, G. Polenta, M. Yanagisawa, N. Watanabe, R. Nagata, J. Austermann, Keisuke Shinozaki, Yasunori Terao, Davide Poletti, Cristian Franceschet, Michael L. Brown, Anthony Challinor, M. De Petris, Masaya Hasegawa, Yuto Minami, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, L. Duband, Créidhe O'Sullivan, Yasuhiro Murata, J. R. Gao, B. Thorne, Eiichiro Komatsu, P. de Bernardis, Kazunori Kohri, Hirokazu Ishino, Kuniaki Konishi, A. J. Banday, N. W. Halverson, A. Mennella, Kiyotomo Ichiki, T. Hasebe, Giorgio Savini, Julian Borrill, Yuji Chinone, Mathieu Remazeilles, Giampaolo Pisano, D. Molinari, Radek Stompor, M. Maki, H. Tomida, N. Okada, H. Imada, S. Uozumi, Nozomu Kogiso, R. Banerji, Tomotake Matsumura, Raphael Flauger, T. Ghigna, Josquin Errard, Shin Utsunomiya, M. Bucher, K. Komatsu, Hideo Ogawa, E. Taylor, Kimihiro Kimura, Sophie Henrot-Versille, Nicola Vittorio, Aritoki Suzuki, Realini, S, Patanchon, G, Kataoka, Y, Zonca, A, Zannoni, M, Yumoto, J, Yoshida, T, Yanagisawa, M, Yamasaki, N, Yamamoto, R, Westbrook, B, Wehus, I, Watanabe, N, Vittorio, N, Utsunomiya, S, Uozumi, S, Tsujimoto, M, Tsuji, M, Tristram, M, Trappe, N, Tomida, H, Tomasi, M, Thorne, B, Thompson, K, Terao, Y, Taylor, E, Takakura, S, Takakura, H, Takaku, R, Suzuki, J, Suzuki, A, Sugiyama, S, Sugai, H, Stompor, R, Smecher, G, Signorelli, G, Shiraishi, M, Shinozaki, K, Sherwin, B, Savini, G, Sakurai, Y, Sakurai, H, Remazeilles, M, Raum, C, Puglisi, G, Poletti, D, Polenta, G, Pisano, G, Piacentini, F, Okada, N, Ohsaki, H, Ogawa, H, Ochi, H, O'Sullivan, C, Nishino, H, Nishibori, T, Natoli, P, Namikawa, T, Nakamura, S, Nagata, R, Nagai, M, Murphy, A, Murata, Y, Mot, B, Morgante, G, Montier, L, Molinari, D, Mitsuda, K, Minami, Y, Mennella, A, Matsumura, T, Masi, S, Martinez-Gonzalez, E, Maki, M, Maffei, B, Linder, E, Lee, A, Lamagna, L, Kushino, A, Kurinsky, N, Kuo, C, Krachmalnicoff, N, Konishi, K, Komatsu, K, Komatsu, E, Kohri, K, Kogiso, N, Kobayashi, Y, Kisner, T, Kimura, K, Kikuchi, T, Kibayashi, A, Keskitalo, R, Kawasaki, T, Katayama, N, Kashima, S, Kanai, H, Arnold, K, Jaehnig, G, Ishino, H, Imada, H, Ichiki, K, Hubmayr, J, Hoang, D, Hivon, E, Hirota, Y, Hill, C, Henrot-Versille, S, Hazumi, M, Hattori, M, Hasegawa, M, Hasebe, T, Hargrave, P, Halverson, N, Gruppuso, A, Grain, J, Ghigna, T, Gao, J, Ganga, K, Fuskeland, U, Franceschet, C, Flauger, R, Errand, J, Eriksen, H, Elleflot, T, Ebisawa, K, Ducout, A, Duband, L, Dotani, T, Dobbs, M, de Petris, M, de Bernardis, P, Curtis, D, Cukierman, A, Columbro, F, Chinone, Y, Challinor, A, Calabrese, E, Bucher, M, Brown, M, Boulanger, F, Borill, J, Bersanelli, M, Beckman, S, Basak, S, Banerji, R, Banday, A, Baccigalupi, C, Austermann, J, Aumont, J, Mangilli, A, Ade, P, Winter, B, Ota, I, Noviello, F, Sekimoto, Y, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Service des Basses Températures (SBT ), Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and LiteBIRD

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Cosmic microwave background, Cryogenic telescope, Millimeter-wave polarization, Space program, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, media_common.quotation_subject, satellite, Lagrangian point, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, frequency: high, law.invention, NO, Telescope, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, law, 0103 physical sciences, Electronic, Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background, CMB, Polarimetry, Inflation, Instrumentation, structure, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Optical and Magnetic Materials, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, Physics, polarization, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, Settore FIS/05, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Polarization (waves), sensitivity, Superconducting detectors, frequency: low, angular resolution, Sky, cryogenics, Launch vehicle, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

LiteBIRD is a candidate for JAXA’s strategic large mission to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization over the full sky at large angular scales. It is planned to be launched in the 2020s with an H3 launch vehicle for three years of observations at a Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L2). The concept design has been studied by researchers from Japan, U.S., Canada and Europe during the ISAS Phase-A1. Large scale measurements of the CMB B-mode polarization are known as the best probe to detect primordial gravitational waves. The goal of LiteBIRD is to measure the tensor-to-scalar ratio (r) with precision of δr < 0.001. A 3-year full sky survey will be carried out with a low frequency (34 - 161 GHz) telescope (LFT) and a high frequency (89 - 448 GHz) telescope (HFT), which achieve a sensitivity of 2.5 µK-arcmin with an angular resolution of ∼ 30 arcminutes around 100 GHz. The concept design of LiteBIRD system, payload module (PLM), cryo-structure, LFT and verification plan is described in this paper. © 2018 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

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2018
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6. Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: B-mode component separation

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Remazeilles, M., Banday, A. J., Baccigalupi, C., Basak, S., Bonaldi, A., Zotti, G. De, Delabrouille, J., Dickinson, C., Eriksen, H. K., Errard, J., Fernandez-Cobos, R., Fuskeland, U., Hervías-Caimapo, C., López-Caniego, M., Martinez-González, E., Roman, M., Vielva, P., Wehus, I., Achucarro, A., Ade, P., Allison, R., Ashdown, M., Ballardini, M., Banerji, R., Bartlett, J., Bartolo, N., Baumann, D., Bersanelli, M., Bonato, M., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F., Boulanger, F., Brinckmann, T., Bucher, M., Burigana, C., Buzzelli, A., Cai, Z. -Y., Calvo, M., Carvalho, C. -S., Castellano, G., Challinor, A., Chluba, J., Clesse, S., Colantoni, I., Coppolecchia, A., Crook, M., D'Alessandro, G., De Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., Diego, J. -M., Valentino, E. Di, Feeney, S., Ferraro, S., Finelli, F., Forastieri, F., Galli, S., Genova-Santos, R., Gerbino, M., González-Nuevo, J., Grandis, S., Greenslade, J., Hagstotz, S., Hanany, S., Handley, W., Hernandez-Monteagudo, C., Hills, M., Hivon, E., Kiiveri, K., Kisner, T., Kitching, T., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lamagna, L., Lasenby, A., Lattanzi, M., Lesgourgues, J., Lewis, A., Liguori, M., Lindholm, V., Luzzi, G., Maffei, B., Martins, C. J. A. P., Masi, S., Matarrese, S., Mccarthy, D., Melin, J. -B., Melchiorri, A., Molinari, D., Monfardini, A., Natoli, P., Negrello, M., Notari, A., Paiella, A., Paoletti, D., Patanchon, G., Piat, M., Pisano, G., Polastri, L., Polenta, G., Pollo, A., Poulin, V., Quartin, M., Rubino-Martin, J. -A., Salvati, L., Tartari, A., Tomasi, M., Tramonte, D., Trappe, N., Trombetti, T., Tucker, C., Valiviita, J., De Weijgaert, R. Van, Tent, B. Van, Vennin, V., Vittorio, N., Young, K., Zannoni, M., D'Alessandro, Giuseppe, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Lagrange de Paris, Sorbonne Universités, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique (LAPTH), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Théorique d'Orsay [Orsay] (LPT), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CORE, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Remazeilles, M, Banday, A, Baccigalupi, C, Basak, S, Bonaldi, A, Zotti, G, Delabrouille, J, Dickinson, C, Eriksen, H, Errard, J, Fernandez-Cobos, R, Fuskeland, U, Hervías-Caimapo, C, López-Caniego, M, Martinez-González, E, Roman, M, Vielva, P, Wehus, I, Achucarro, A, Ade, P, Allison, R, Ashdown, M, Ballardini, M, Banerji, R, Bartlett, J, Bartolo, N, Baumann, D, Bersanelli, M, Bonato, M, Borrill, J, Bouchet, F, Boulanger, F, Brinckmann, T, Bucher, M, Burigana, C, Buzzelli, A, Cai, Z, Calvo, M, Carvalho, C, Castellano, G, Challinor, A, Chluba, J, Clesse, S, Colantoni, I, Coppolecchia, A, Crook, M, D'Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, de Gasperis, G, Diego, J, Valentino, E, Feeney, S, Ferraro, S, Finelli, F, Forastieri, F, Galli, S, Genova-Santos, R, Gerbino, M, González-Nuevo, J, Grandis, S, Greenslade, J, Hagstotz, S, Hanany, S, Handley, W, Hernandez-Monteagudo, C, Hills, M, Hivon, E, Kiiveri, K, Kisner, T, Kitching, T, Kunz, M, Kurki-Suonio, H, Lamagna, L, Lasenby, A, Lattanzi, M, Lesgourgues, J, Lewis, A, Liguori, M, Lindholm, V, Luzzi, G, Maffei, B, Martins, C, Masi, S, Matarrese, S, Mccarthy, D, Melin, J, Melchiorri, A, Molinari, D, Monfardini, A, Natoli, P, Negrello, M, Notari, A, Paiella, A, Paoletti, D, Patanchon, G, Piat, M, Pisano, G, Polastri, L, Polenta, G, Pollo, A, Poulin, V, Quartin, M, Rubino-Martin, J, Salvati, L, Tartari, A, Tomasi, M, Tramonte, D, Trappe, N, Trombetti, T, Tucker, C, Valiviita, J, de Weijgaert, R, Tent, B, Vennin, V, Vittorio, N, Young, K, Zannoni, M, String Theory (ITFA, IoP, FNWI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Helsinki Institute of Physics, Department of Physics, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), and Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA)

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Infrared, Cosmic microwave background, cosmic background radiation: polarization, Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, 01 natural sciences, B-mode: primordial, thermal, CMBR experiments, cosmological parameters from CMBR, gravitational waves and CMBR polarization, inflation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, gravitational waves and CMBR polarization, CMBR experiments, cosmological parameters from CMBR, inflation, Polarization, CMB POLARIZATION, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, media_common, Physics, COSMIC cancer database, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.IM, Cosmology: observations, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic variance, Polarization (waves), INTERNAL LINEAR COMBINATION, infrared, GALACTIC SYNCHROTRON EMISSION, CMBR experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, RADIO-SOURCES, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), satellite: Planck, ANGULAR POWER SPECTRUM, media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, hydrogen: recombination, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, parametric, NO, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, gravitation: lens, 0103 physical sciences, ionization, synchrotron, STAR-FORMING GALAXIES, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Reionization, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, POINT-SOURCE DETECTION, methods: data analysis, diffuse radiation, Gravitational lens, Sky, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), PROBE WMAP OBSERVATIONS, STATISTICAL PROPERTIES, microwaves: emission, spectral, galaxy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POLARIZATION
Abstract

We demonstrate that, for the baseline design of the CORE satellite mission, the polarized foregrounds can be controlled at the level required to allow the detection of the primordial cosmic microwave background (CMB) $B$-mode polarization with the desired accuracy at both reionization and recombination scales, for tensor-to-scalar ratio values of ${r\gtrsim 5\times 10^{-3}}$. We consider detailed sky simulations based on state-of-the-art CMB observations that consist of CMB polarization with $\tau=0.055$ and tensor-to-scalar values ranging from $r=10^{-2}$ to $10^{-3}$, Galactic synchrotron, and thermal dust polarization with variable spectral indices over the sky, polarized anomalous microwave emission, polarized infrared and radio sources, and gravitational lensing effects. Using both parametric and blind approaches, we perform full component separation and likelihood analysis of the simulations, allowing us to quantify both uncertainties and biases on the reconstructed primordial $B$-modes. Under the assumption of perfect control of lensing effects, CORE would measure an unbiased estimate of $r=\left(5 \pm 0.4\right)\times 10^{-3}$ after foreground cleaning. In the presence of both gravitational lensing effects and astrophysical foregrounds, the significance of the detection is lowered, with CORE achieving a $4\sigma$-measurement of $r=5\times 10^{-3}$ after foreground cleaning and $60$% delensing. For lower tensor-to-scalar ratios ($r=10^{-3}$) the overall uncertainty on $r$ is dominated by foreground residuals, not by the 40% residual of lensing cosmic variance. Moreover, the residual contribution of unprocessed polarized point-sources can be the dominant foreground contamination to primordial B-modes at this $r$ level, even on relatively large angular scales, $\ell \sim 50$. Finally, we report two sources of potential bias for the detection of the primordial $B$-modes.[abridged], Comment: 87 pages, 32 figures, 4 tables, expanded abstract. Updated to match version accepted by JCAP

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2018
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7. A new limit on CMB circular polarization from SPIDER

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Marzieh Farhang, Michael R. Nolta, H. K. Eriksen, T. A. Morford, Juan D. Soler, M. Galloway, Carole Tucker, K. Ganga, Alexandra S. Rahlin, Kent D. Irwin, Carlo R. Contaldi, Peter A. R. Ade, Lorenzo Moncelsi, W. Holmes, Marcus Runyan, Jon E. Gudmundsson, S. Li, Calvin B. Netterfield, Katherine Freese, H. C. Chiang, A. E. Gambrel, E. Y. Young, J. R. Bond, A. A. Fraisse, Olivier Doré, Viktor Hristov, B. Racine, Ivan L. Padilla, P. V. Mason, Gene C. Hilton, Carl D. Reintsema, Zigmund Kermish, K. G. Megerian, Laura M. Fissel, Adri Duivenvoorden, Matthew Hasselfield, Zhiqi Huang, Ingunn Kathrine Wehus, X. Song, Jamil A. Shariff, Mark Halpern, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Amy Trangsrud, R. Bihary, Donald V. Wiebe, J. E. Ruhl, A. C. Weber, R. S. Tucker, Mandana Amiri, W. C. Jones, T. M. Ruud, Chao-Lin Kuo, A. S. Bergman, James J. Bock, Johanna Nagy, J. F. van der List, A. D. Turner, Sean Bryan, J. Hartley, Natalie N. Gandilo, Steven J. Benton, AstroParticule et Cosmologie ( APC - UMR 7164 ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Observatoire de Paris-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ), Laboratoire AIM, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, SPIDER, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)

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0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural), [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Cosmic microwave background, cosmic background radiation: polarization, cosmic background radiation, 0305 Organic Chemistry, 01 natural sciences, Waveplate, law.invention, law, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], QC, QB, Physics, Linear polarization, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), SPIDER, Physical Sciences, astro-ph.CO, spectrum: thermal, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), SUBMILLIMETER INSTRUMENTS, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Electromagnetic radiation, Telescope, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, HALF-WAVE PLATE, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], cosmic background radiation: power spectrum, inflation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Circular polarization, polarization: linear, Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational physics, 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, Space and Planetary Science, MICROWAVE BACKGROUND ASTRONOMY, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], astro-ph.IM
Abstract

We present a new upper limit on CMB circular polarization from the 2015 flight of SPIDER, a balloon-borne telescope designed to search for $B$-mode linear polarization from cosmic inflation. Although the level of circular polarization in the CMB is predicted to be very small, experimental limits provide a valuable test of the underlying models. By exploiting the non-zero circular-to-linear polarization coupling of the HWP polarization modulators, data from SPIDER's 2015 Antarctic flight provide a constraint on Stokes $V$ at 95 and 150 GHz from $33, Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables - Updated to version accepted for publication in ApJ, modified acknowledgements

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2017
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8. Optimal scan strategies for future CMB satellite experiments

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Michael L. Brown, Christopher G. R. Wallis, Richard A. Battye, Jacques Delabrouille, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), AstroParticule et Cosmologie ( APC - UMR 7164 ), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Observatoire de Paris-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA )

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Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Differential gain, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Cosmic microwave background, satellite, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmic background radiation, Parameter space, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, temperature: fluctuation, Telescope, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, Optics, law, power spectrum: temperature, 0103 physical sciences, polarization: power spectrum, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], inflation, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, crossing, Polarization (waves), cosmic background radiation: temperature, Space and Planetary Science, cosmology: observations, methods: observational, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Algorithm, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The B-mode polarisation power spectrum in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is about four orders of magnitude fainter than the CMB temperature power spectrum. Any instrumental imperfections that couple temperature fluctuations to B-mode polarisation must therefore be carefully controlled and/or removed. We investigate the role that a scan strategy can have in mitigating certain common systematics by averaging systematic errors down with many crossing angles. We present approximate analytic forms for the error on the recovered B-mode power spectrum that would result from differential gain, differential pointing and differential ellipticity for the case where two detector pairs are used in a polarisation experiment. We use these analytic predictions to search the parameter space of common satellite scan strategies in order to identify those features of a scan strategy that have most impact in mitigating systematic effects. As an example we go on to identify a scan strategy suitable for the CMB satellite proposed for the ESA M5 call. considering the practical considerations of fuel requirement, data rate and the relative orientation of the telescope to the earth. Having chosen a scan strategy we then go on to investigate the suitability of the scan strategy., 21 pages, 11 figures, Comments welcome

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2017
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9. Statistical simulations of the dust foreground to cosmic microwave background polarization

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L. Montier, Tuhin Ghosh, Jonathan Aumont, Benjamin D. Wandelt, F. Vansyngel, François Levrier, Francois Boulanger, Andrea Bracco, Peter G. Martin, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP) (DAP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale ( IAS ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ), Institut Lagrange de Paris, Sorbonne Universités, Laboratoire AIM, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, CEA/DSM, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS ( LPTENS ), Fédération de recherche du Département de physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure - ENS Paris ( FRDPENS ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -École normale supérieure - Paris ( ENS Paris ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -École normale supérieure - Paris ( ENS Paris ) -Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie ( IRAP ), Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 ( UPS ) -Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées ( OMP ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA (UMR_8112)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Cergy Pontoise (UCP), Université Paris-Seine-Université Paris-Seine-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Sorbonne Université (SU), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CY Cergy Paris Université (CY), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)

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polarization: spectrum, satellite: Planck, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, cosmic background radiation: polarization, Astrophysics, magnetic field: galaxy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, power spectrum, 01 natural sciences, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, symbols.namesake, statistical analysis, 0103 physical sciences, Planck, numerical calculations, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, ISM: general, Physics, polarization, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, Computer Science::Information Retrieval, turbulence, gravitational radiation: primordial, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galactic plane, Galaxy: ISM, Polarization (waves), Interstellar medium, cosmology: comic background radiation, Space and Planetary Science, covariance, symbols, submillimeter: ISM, dispersion, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], cosmic background radiation: anisotropy
Abstract

The characterization of the dust polarization foreground to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a necessary step toward the detection of the B-mode signal associated with primordial gravitational waves. We present a method to simulate maps of polarized dust emission on the sphere that is similar to the approach used for CMB anisotropies. This method builds on the understanding of Galactic polarization stemming from the analysis of Planck data. It relates the dust polarization sky to the structure of the Galactic magnetic field and its coupling with interstellar matter and turbulence. The Galactic magnetic field is modeled as a superposition of a mean uniform field and a Gaussian random (turbulent) component with a power-law power spectrum of exponent αM. The integration along the line of sight carried out to compute Stokes maps is approximated by a sum over a small number of emitting layers with different realizations of the random component of the magnetic field. The model parameters are constrained to fit the power spectra of dust polarization EE, BB, and TE measured using Planck data. We find that the slopes of the E and B power spectra of dust polarization are matched for αM = −2.5, an exponent close to that measured for total dust intensity but larger than the Kolmogorov exponent − 11/3. The model allows us to compute multiple realizations of the Stokes Q and U maps for different realizations of the random component of the magnetic field, and to quantify the variance of dust polarization spectra for any given sky area outside of the Galactic plane. The simulations reproduce the scaling relation between the dust polarization power and the mean total dust intensity including the observed dispersion around the mean relation. We also propose a method to carry out multifrequency simulations, including the decorrelation measured recently by Planck, using a given covariance matrix of the polarization maps. These simulations are well suited to optimize component separation methods and to quantify the confidence with which the dust and CMB B-modes can be separated in present and future experiments. We also provide an astrophysical perspective on our phenomenological modeling of the dust polarization spectra.

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2017
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10. The Simons Array CMB polarization experiment

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N. Stebor, P. Ade, Y. Akiba, C. Aleman, K. Arnold, C. Baccigalupi, B. Barch, D. Barron, S. Beckman, A. Bender, D. Boettger, J. Borrill, S. Chapman, Y. Chinone, A. Cukierman, T. de Haan, M. Dobbs, A. Ducout, R. Dunner, T. Elleflot, J. Errard, G. Fabbian, S. Feeney, C. Feng, T. Fujino, G. Fuller, A. J. Gilbert, N. Goeckner-Wald, J. Groh, G. Hall, N. Halverson, T. Hamada, M. Hasegawa, K. Hattori, M. Hazumi, C. Hill, W. L. Holzapfel, Y. Hori, L. Howe, Y. Inoue, F. Irie, G. Jaehnig, A. Jaffe, O. Jeong, N. Katayama, J. P. Kaufman, K. Kazemzadeh, B. G. Keating, Z. Kermish, R. Keskitalo, T. Kisner, A. Kusaka, M. Le Jeune, A. T. Lee, D. Leon, E. V. Linder, L. Lowry, F. Matsuda, T. Matsumura, N. Miller, J. Montgomery, M. Navaroli, H. Nishino, H. Paar, J. Peloton, D. Poletti, G. Puglisi, C. R. Raum, G. M. Rebeiz, C. L. Reichardt, P. L. Richards, C. Ross, K. M. Rotermund, Y. Segawa, B. D. Sherwin, I. Shirley, P. Siritanasak, L. Steinmetz, R. Stompor, A. Suzuki, O. Tajima, S. Takada, S. Takatori, G. P. Teply, A. Tikhomirov, T. Tomaru, B. Westbrook, N. Whitehorn, A. Zahn, O. Zahn, Institut Lagrange de Paris, Sorbonne Universités, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Sorbonne Université (SU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Stebor, N, Ade, P, Akiba, Y, Aleman, C, Arnold, K, Baccigalupi, C, Barch, B, Barron, D, Beckman, S, Bender, A, Boettger, D, Borrill, J, Chapman, S, Chinone, Y, Cukierman, A, De Haan, T, Dobbs, M, Ducout, A, Dunner, R, Elleflot, T, Errard, J, Fabbian, G, Feeney, S, Feng, C, Fujino, T, Fuller, G, Gilbert, A, Goeckner-Wald, N, Groh, J, Hall, G, Halverson, N, Hamada, T, Hasegawa, M, Hattori, K, Hazumi, M, Hill, C, Holzapfel, W, Hori, Y, Howe, L, Inoue, Y, Irie, F, Jaehnig, G, Jaffe, A, Jeong, O, Katayama, N, Kaufman, J, Kazemzadeh, K, Keating, B, Kermish, Z, Keskitalo, R, Kisner, T, Kusaka, A, Le Jeune, M, Lee, A, Leon, D, Linder, E, Lowry, L, Matsuda, F, Matsumura, T, Miller, N, Montgomery, J, Navaroli, M, Nishino, H, Paar, H, Peloton, J, Poletti, D, Puglisi, G, Raum, C, Rebeiz, G, Reichardt, C, Richards, P, Ross, C, Rotermund, K, Segawa, Y, Sherwin, B, Shirley, I, Siritanasak, P, Steinmetz, L, Stompor, R, Suzuki, A, Tajima, O, Takada, S, Takatori, S, Teply, G, Tikhomirov, A, Tomaru, T, Westbrook, B, Whitehorn, N, Zahn, A, Zahn, O, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Holland, Wayne S, Zmuidzinas, Jonas, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)

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Gark energy, Cosmic microwave background, Observatories, cosmic background radiation: polarization, 01 natural sciences, Receivers, Multiplexing, law.invention, Cosmic microwave background radiation, law, Observatory, Polarization, Superconductors, dark energy, Physics, Settore FIS/05, precision measurement, superconductivity, polarimeters, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, neutrinos, Polarization (waves), Bolometers, cryogenics, amplifier, interference: quantum, Dark matter, gravitational lensing, Gravitational lensing, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, dark matter, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, bolometer, 0103 physical sciences, Neutrino, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], inflation, 010306 general physics, detector: design, activity report, cosmic microwave background radiation, polarization, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, Sensors, Bolometer, Astronomy, Polarimeter, Inflation, Amplifiers, Gravitational lens, Antennas, Transition edge sensor, Telescopes
Abstract

International audience; The Simons Array is a next generation cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment whose science target is a precision measurement of the B-mode polarization pattern produced both by inflation and by gravitational lensing. As a continuation and extension of the successful POLARBEAR experimental program, the Simons Array will consist of three cryogenic receivers each featuring multichroic bolometer arrays mounted onto separate 3.5m telescopes. The first of these, also called POLARBEAR-2A, will be the first to deploy in late 2016 and has a large diameter focal plane consisting of dual-polarization dichroic pixels sensitive at 95 GHz and 150 GHz. The POLARBEAR-2A focal plane will utilize 7,588 antenna-coupled superconducting transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers read out with SQUID amplifiers using frequency domain multiplexing techniques. The next two receivers that will make up the Simons Array will be nearly identical in overall design but will feature extended frequency capability. The combination of high sensitivity, multichroic frequency coverage and large sky area available from our mid-latitude Chilean observatory will allow Simons Array to produce high quality polarization sky maps over a wide range of angular scales and to separate out the CMB B-modes from other astrophysical sources with high fidelity. After accounting for galactic foreground separation, the Simons Array will detect the primordial gravitational wave B-mode signal to r > 0.01 with a significance of > 5σ and will constrain the sum of neutrino masses to 40 meV (1σ) when cross-correlated with galaxy surveys. We present the current status of this funded experiment, its future, and discuss its projected science return.© (2016) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

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2016
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11. QUBIC, a bolometric interferometer to measure the B-modes of the CMB

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J.-C. Hamilton, R. Charlassier, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), APC - Cosmologie, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Eds. L. Spinoglio, N. Epchtein, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie ( APC - UMR 7164 ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Observatoire de Paris-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)

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cosmological model, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], interferometer, Cosmic microwave background, Phase (waves), interference, cosmic background radiation: polarization, Interference (wave propagation), 01 natural sciences, Cosmology, law.invention, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], cosmic background radiation: B-mode, phase shift, Optics, bolometer, law, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Astronomical interferometer, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], inflation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Bolometer, General Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, sensitivity, Interferometry, Space and Planetary Science, business, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

International audience; 3rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at CONCORDIA (Dome C, Antarctica)L. Spinoglio and N. Epchtein (eds)EAS Publications Series, 40 (2010) 399-404QUBIC, a bolometric interferometer to measure the B-modes of the CMBJ.-C. Hamilton and R. CharlassierLaboratoire APC, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 7, CNRS, IN2P3, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris, France The quest for the B-modes in the CMB polarization is one of the main challenges of modern cosmology as it would allow to give sharp constraints on the inflationary period.One of the main challenges of B modes detection is the treatment of systematic errors. Comparison of observations subject to different systematics is crucial. Interferometers offer such an alternative to imagers. However, to obtain the required sensitivity, a very large number of baselines is needed, which is extremely difficult to achieve with heterodyne interferometry. Bolometric interferometry copes with this problem using a new technique: the interference pattern produced by a few hundred horns is imaged on a bolometer array, and a time modulation of phase shifts insures the separation of visibilities while coherently adding redundant ones. The QUBIC collaboration proposes to build such an instrument.

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2009
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