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1. Cosmic ray susceptibility of the Terahertz Intensity Mapper detector arrays

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Liu, Lun-Jun, Janssen, Reinier M. J., Bumble, Bruce, Kane, Elijah, Foote, Logan M., Bradford, Charles M., Hailey-Dunsheath, Steven, Agrawal, Shubh, Aguirre, James E., Athreya, Hrushi, Bracks, Justin S., Brendal, Brockton S., Corso, Anthony J., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fu, Jianyang, Groppi, Christopher E., Joralmon, Dylan, Keenan, Ryan P., Kowalik, Mikolaj, Lowe, Ian N., Manduca, Alex, Marrone, Daniel P., Mauskopf, Philip D., Mayer, Evan C., Nie, Rong, Razavimaleki, Vesal, Saeid, Talia, Trumper, Isaac, and Vieira, Joaquin D.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Applied Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We report on the effects of cosmic ray interactions with the Kinetic Inductance Detector (KID) based focal plane array for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM). TIM is a NASA-funded balloon-borne experiment designed to probe the peak of the star formation in the Universe. It employs two spectroscopic bands, each equipped with a focal plane of four $\sim\,$900-pixel, KID-based array chips. Measurements of an 864-pixel TIM array shows 791 resonators in a 0.5$\,$GHz bandwidth. We discuss challenges with resonator calibration caused by this high multiplexing density. We robustly identify the physical positions of 788 (99.6$\,$%) detectors using a custom LED-based identification scheme. Using this information we show that cosmic ray events occur at a rate of 2.1$\,\mathrm{events/min/cm^2}$ in our array. 66$\,$% of the events affect a single pixel, and another 33$\,$% affect $<\,$5 KIDs per event spread over a 0.66$\,\mathrm{cm^2}$ region (2 pixel pitches in radius). We observe a total cosmic ray dead fraction of 0.0011$\,$%, and predict that the maximum possible in-flight dead fraction is $\sim\,$0.165$\,$%, which demonstrates our design will be robust against these high-energy events., Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for the publication in Journal of Low Temperature Physics (2024)

Published
2024
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2. Instrument Overview of Taurus: A Balloon-borne CMB and Dust Polarization Experiment

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May, Jared L., Adler, Alexandre E., Austermann, Jason E., Benton, Steven J., Bihary, Rick, Durkin, Malcolm, Duff, Shannon M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gascard, Thomas J. L. J., Gibbs, Sho M., Gourapura, Suren, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hartley, John W., Hubmayr, Johannes, Jones, William C., Li, Steven, Nagy, Johanna M., Okun, Kate, Padilla, Ivan L., Romualdez, L. Javier, Tartakovsky, Simon, and Vissers, Michael R.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

Taurus is a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment optimized to map the E-mode polarization and Galactic foregrounds at the largest angular scales ($\ell$ $\lt$ 30) and improve measurements of the optical depth to reionization ($\tau$). This will pave the way for improved measurements of the sum of neutrino masses in combination with high-resolution CMB data while also testing the $\Lambda CDM$ model on large angular scales and providing high-frequency maps of polarized dust foregrounds to the CMB community. These measurements take advantage of the low-loading environment found in the stratosphere and are enabled by NASA's super-pressure balloon platform, which provides access to 70% of the sky with a launch from Wanaka, New Zealand. Here we describe a general overview of Taurus, with an emphasis on the instrument design. Taurus will employ more than 10,000 100 mK transition edge sensor bolometers distributed across two low-frequency (150, 220 GHz) and one high-frequency (280, 350 GHz) dichroic receivers. The liquid helium cryostat housing the detectors and optics is supported by a lightweight gondola. The payload is designed to meet the challenges in mass, power, and thermal control posed by the super-pressure platform. The instrument and scan strategy are optimized for rigorous control of instrumental systematics, enabling high-fidelity linear polarization measurements on the largest angular scales.

Published
2024

3. Modeling optical systematics for the Taurus CMB experiment

Author

Adler, Alexandre E., Austermann, Jason E., Benton, Steven J., Duff, Shannon M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gascard, Thomas, Gibbs, Sho M., Gourapura, Suren, Hubmayr, Johannes, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Jones, William C., May, Jared L., Nagy, Johanna M., Okun, Kate, Padilla, Ivan, Rooney, Christopher, Tartakovsky, Simon, and Vissers, Michael R.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

We simulate a variety of optical systematics for Taurus, a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarisation experiment, to assess their impact on large-scale E-mode polarisation measurements and constraints of the optical depth to reionisation {\tau}. We model a one-month flight of Taurus from Wanaka, New Zealand aboard a super-pressure balloon (SPB). We simulate night-time scans of both the CMB and dust foregrounds in the 150GHz band, one of Taurus's four observing bands. We consider a variety of possible systematics that may affect Taurus's observations, including non-gaussian beams, pointing reconstruction error, and half-wave plate (HWP) non-idealities. For each of these, we evaluate the residual power in the difference between maps simulated with and without the systematic, and compare this to the expected signal level corresponding to Taurus's science goals. Our results indicate that most of the HWP-related systematics can be mitigated to be smaller than sample variance by calibrating with Planck's TT spectrum and using an achromatic HWP model, with a preference for five layers of sapphire to ensure good systematic control. However, additional beam characterization will be required to mitigate far-sidelobe pickup from dust on larger scales., Comment: 21 pages, 6 tables, 7 figures, this version as published in JCAP after minor revisions to v1

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2024
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4. End-to-End Modeling of the TDM Readout System for CMB-S4

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Goldfinger, David C., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Barron, Darcy R., Doriese, W. Bertrand, Durkin, Malcolm, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Haller, Gunther, Henderson, Shawn W., Herbst, Ryan, Hubmayr, Johannes, Irwin, Kent, Reese, Ben, Sapozhnikov, Leonid, Thompson, Keith L., Ullom, Joel, and Vissers, Michael R.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The CMB-S4 experiment is developing next-generation ground-based microwave telescopes to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background with unprecedented sensitivity. This will require an order of magnitude increase in the 100 mK detector count, which in turn increases the demands on the readout system. The CMB-S4 readout will use time division multiplexing (TDM), taking advantage of faster switches and amplifiers in order to achieve an increased multiplexing factor. To facilitate the design of the new readout system, we have developed a model that predicts the bandwidth and noise performance of this circuity and its interconnections. This is then used to set requirements on individual components in order to meet the performance necessary for the full system. We present an overview of this model and compare the model results to the performance of both legacy and prototype readout hardware., Comment: This manuscript was submitted to the Journal of Low Temperature Physics as part of the special issue "LTD20", supporting the conference contribution RP-005

Published
2023

6. Evidence for Spatial Separation of Galactic Dust Populations

Author

Shiu, Corwin, Benton, Steven J., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurélien A., Jones, William C., Nagy, Johanna M., Padilla, Ivan L., and Soler, Juan D.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We present an implementation of a Bayesian mixture model using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) techniques to search for spatial separation of Galactic dust populations. Utilizing intensity measurements from Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI), we apply this model to high-latitude Galactic dust emission. Our analysis reveals a strong preference for a spatially-varying two-population dust model over a one-population dust model, when the latter must capture the total variance in the sky. Each dust population is well characterized by a single-component spectral energy distribution (SED) and accommodates small variations. These populations could signify two distinct components, or may originate from a one-component model with different temperatures resulting in different SED scalings. While no spatial information is built into the likelihood, our investigation unveils large-scale spatially coherent structures with high significance, pointing to a physical origin for the observed spatial variation. These results are robust to our choice of likelihood and of input data. Furthermore, this spatially varying two-population model is the most favored from Bayesian evidence calculations. Incorporating IRAS 100 $\mu$m to constrain the Wein-side of the blackbody function, we find the dust populations differ at the 2.5$\sigma$ level in the spectral index ($\beta_d$) vs. temperature ($T_d$) plane. The presence of multiple dust populations has implications for component separation techniques frequently employed in the recovery of the cosmic microwave background., Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ

Published
2023

7. Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements White Paper

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Chang, Clarence L., Huffenberger, Kevin M., Benson, Bradford A., Bianchini, Federico, Chluba, Jens, Delabrouille, Jacques, Flauger, Raphael, Hanany, Shaul, Jones, William C., Kogut, Alan J., McMahon, Jeffrey J., Meyers, Joel, Sehgal, Neelima, Simon, Sara M., Umilta, Caterina, Abazajian, Kevork N., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Akrami, Yashar, Anderson, Adam J., Ansarinejad, Behzad, Austermann, Jason, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S., Battaglia, Nicholas, Baxter, Eric, Beck, Dominic, Bender, Amy N., Bennett, Charles, Beringue, Benjamin, Bischoff, Colin, Bleem, Lindsey, Bock, James, Bolliet, Boris, Bond, J Richard, Borrill, Julian, Brinckmann, Thejs, Brown, Michael L., Calabrese, Erminia, Carlstrom, John, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Chihway, Chinone, Yuji, Clark, Susan E., Coulton, William, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, Duff, Shannon M., Dvorkin, Cora, van Engelen, Alexander, Errard, Josquin, Eskilt, Johannes R., Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey, Freese, Katherine, Galitzki, Nicholas, Gawiser, Eric, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gruppuso, Alessandro, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Halverson, Nils W., Hamilton, Jean-Christophe, Harrington, Kathleen, Henrot-Versillé, Sophie, Hensley, Brandon, Hill, J. Colin, Hincks, Adam D., Hlozek, Renee, Holzapfel, William, Hotinli, Selim C., Hui, Howard, Ibitoye, Ayodeji, Johnson, Matthew, Johnson, Bradley R., Kang, Jae Hwan, Karkare, Kirit S., Knox, Lloyd, Kovac, John, Lau, Kenny, Legrand, Louis, Loverde, Marilena, Lubin, Philip, Ma, Yin-Zhe, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Münchmeyer, Moritz, Nagai, Daisuke, Nagy, Johanna, Niemack, Michael, Novosad, Valentine, Omori, Yuuki, Orlando, Giorgio, Pan, Zhaodi, Perotto, Laurence, Petroff, Matthew A., Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clem, Rahlin, Alexandra, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rephaeli, Yoel, Ruhl, John, Schaan, Emmanuel, Shandera, Sarah, Shimon, Meir, Soliman, Ahmed, Stark, Antony A., Starkman, Glenn D., Stompor, Radek, Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Trendafilova, Cynthia, Tristram, Matthieu, Trivedi, Pranjal, Tucker, Gregory, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Vieira, Joaquin, Vieregg, Abigail, Wang, Gensheng, Watson, Scott, Wenzl, Lukas, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Xu, Zhilei, Zegeye, David, and Zhang, Cheng

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

This is a solicited whitepaper for the Snowmass 2021 community planning exercise. The paper focuses on measurements and science with the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The CMB is foundational to our understanding of modern physics and continues to be a powerful tool driving our understanding of cosmology and particle physics. In this paper, we outline the broad and unique impact of CMB science for the High Energy Cosmic Frontier in the upcoming decade. We also describe the progression of ground-based CMB experiments, which shows that the community is prepared to develop the key capabilities and facilities needed to achieve these transformative CMB measurements., Comment: contribution to Snowmass 2021

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2022

8. Snowmass 2021 CMB-S4 White Paper

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Abazajian, Kevork, Abdulghafour, Arwa, Addison, Graeme E., Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Ajello, Marco, Akerib, Daniel, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Amin, Mustafa A., Amiri, Mandana, Anderson, Adam, Ansarinejad, Behzad, Archipley, Melanie, Arnold, Kam S., Ashby, Matt, Aung, Han, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Baker, Carina, Bakshi, Abhishek, Bard, Debbie, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S., Bartlett, James G., Barton, Paul, Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Beall, Jim, Bean, Rachel, Beck, Dominic, Belkner, Sebastian, Benabed, Karim, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Besuner, Bobby, Bethermin, Matthieu, Bhimani, Sanah, Bianchini, Federico, Biquard, Simon, Birdwell, Ian, Bischoff, Colin A., Bleem, Lindsey, Bocaz, Paulina, Bock, James J., Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly K., Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, Francois R., Brinckmann, Thejs, Brown, Michael L., Bryan, Sean, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chan, Victor, Chang, Clarence L., Chapman, Scott, Charles, Eric, Chauvin, Eric, Cheng, Cheng, Chesmore, Grace, Cheung, Kolen, Chinone, Yuji, Chluba, Jens, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Choi, Steve, Clancy, Justin, Clark, Susan, Cooray, Asantha, Coppi, Gabriele, Corlett, John, Coulton, Will, Crawford, Thomas M., Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, Dai, Wei-Ming, Daley, Cail, Dart, Eli, Daues, Gregorg, de Haan, Tijmen, Deaconu, Cosmin, Delabrouille, Jacques, Derylo, Greg, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dierickx, Marion, Dober, Brad, Doriese, Randy, Duff, Shannon, Dutcher, Daniel, Dvorkin, Cora, Dünner, Rolando, Eftekhari, Tarraneh, Eimer, Joseph, Bouhargani, Hamza El, Elleflot, Tucker, Emerson, Nick, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Fanfani, Valentina, Fasano, Alessandro, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Frisch, Josef, Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Gallardo, Patricio A., Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Giannakopoulos, Christos, Gilchriese, Murdock, Gluscevic, Vera, Goeckner-Wald, Neil, Goldfinger, David, Green, Daniel, Grimes, Paul, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Guarino, Vic, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Gullett, Ian, Guns, Sam, Habib, Salman, Haller, Gunther, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Hand, Emma, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Heitmann, Katrin, Henderson, Shawn, Hensley, Brandon, Herbst, Ryan, Hervias-Caimapo, Carlos, Hill, J. Colin, Hills, Richard, Hivon, Eric, Hlozek, Renée, Ho, Anna, Holder, Gil, Hollister, Matt, Holzapfel, William, Hood, John, Hotinli, Selim, Hryciuk, Alec, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hui, Howard, nez, Roberto Ibá, Ibitoye, Ayodeji, Ikape, Margaret, Irwin, Kent, Jacobus, Cooper, Jeong, Oliver, Johnson, Bradley R., Johnstone, Doug, Jones, William C., Joseph, John, Jost, Baptiste, Kang, Jae Hwan, Kaplan, Ari, Karkare, Kirit S., Katayama, Nobuhiko, Keskitalo, Reijo, King, Cesiley, Kisner, Theodore, Klein, Matthias, Knox, Lloyd, Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Krolewski, Alex, Kubik, Donna, Kuhlmann, Steve, Kuo, Chao-Lin, Kusaka, Akito, Lähteenmäki, Anne, Lau, Kenny, Lawrence, Charles R., Lee, Adrian T., Legrand, Louis, Leitner, Matthaeus, Leloup, Clément, Lewis, Antony, Li, Dale, Linder, Eric, Liodakis, Ioannis, Liu, Jia, Long, Kevin, Louis, Thibaut, Loverde, Marilena, Lowry, Lindsay, Lu, Chunyu, Lubin, Phil, Ma, Yin-Zhe, Maccarone, Thomas, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Maldonado, Felipe, Mantz, Adam, Marques, Gabriela, Matsuda, Frederick, Mauskopf, Philip, May, Jared, McCarrick, Heather, McCracken, Ken, McMahon, Jeffrey, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Menanteau, Felipe, Meyers, Joel, Millea, Marius, Miranda, Vivian, Mitchell, Don, Mohr, Joseph, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Monzani, Maria Elena, Moshed, Magdy, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Münchmeyer, Moritz, Nagai, Daisuke, Nagarajappa, Chandan, Nagy, Johanna, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Natoli, Tyler, Nerval, Simran, Newburgh, Laura, Nguyen, Hogan, Nichols, Erik, Nicola, Andrina, Niemack, Michael D., Nord, Brian, Norton, Tim, Novosad, Valentine, O'Brient, Roger, Omori, Yuuki, Orlando, Giorgio, Osherson, Benjamin, Osten, Rachel, Padin, Stephen, Paine, Scott, Partridge, Bruce, Patil, Sanjaykumar, Petravick, Don, Petroff, Matthew, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pilleux, Mauricio, Pogosian, Levon, Prabhu, Karthik, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Raghunathan, Srinivasan, Rahlin, Alexandra, Raveri, Marco, Reese, Ben, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rizzieri, Arianna, Rocha, Graca, Roe, Natalie A., Rotermund, Kaja, Roy, Anirban, Ruhl, John E., Saba, Joe, Sailer, Noah, Salatino, Maria, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Sapozhnikov, Leonid, Rao, Mayuri Sathyanarayana, Saunders, Lauren, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmitt, Benjamin, Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sherwin, Blake D., Shirokoff, Erik, Shiu, Corwin, Simon, Sara M., Singari, Baibhav, Slosar, Anze, Spergel, David, Germaine, Tyler St., Staggs, Suzanne T., Stark, Antony A., Starkman, Glenn D., Steinbach, Bryan, Stompor, Radek, Stoughton, Chris, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Tandoi, Chris, Teply, Grant P., Thayer, Gregg, Thompson, Keith, Thorne, Ben, Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Trendafilova, Cynthia, Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Carole, Tucker, Gregory, Umiltà, Caterina, van Engelen, Alexander, van Marrewijk, Joshiwa, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Vergès, Clara, Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Wagoner, Kasey, Wallisch, Benjamin, Wang, Gensheng, Wang, Guo-Jian, Watson, Scott, Watts, Duncan, Weaver, Chris, Wenzl, Lukas, Westbrook, Ben, White, Martin, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wiedlea, Andrew, Williams, Paul, Wilson, Robert, Winch, Harrison, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Xu, Zhilei, Yefremenko, Volodymyr G., Yu, Cyndia, Zegeye, David, Zivick, Jeff, and Zonca, Andrea

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

This Snowmass 2021 White Paper describes the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project CMB-S4, which is designed to cross critical thresholds in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe, from the highest energies at the dawn of time through the growth of structure to the present day. We provide an overview of the science case, the technical design, and project plan., Comment: Contribution to Snowmass 2021. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1908.01062, arXiv:1907.04473

Published
2022

9. CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves

Author

Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme E, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Akerib, Daniel, Ali, Aamir, Allen, Steven W, Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Amin, Mustafa A, Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S, Ashton, Peter, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bard, Debbie, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S, Bartlett, James G, Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Bean, Rachel, Bebek, Chris, Bender, Amy N, Benson, Bradford A, Bianchini, Federico, Bischoff, Colin A, Bleem, Lindsey, Bock, James J, Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly K, Bond, J Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R, Brinckmann, Thejs, Brown, Michael L, Bryan, Sean, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Caimapo, Carlos Hervias, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E, Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L, Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Coulton, Will, Crawford, Thomas M, Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Haan, Tijmen, Delabrouille, Jacques, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dierickx, Marion, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Dvorkin, Cora, Eimer, Joseph, Elleflot, Tucker, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P, Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A, Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Gallardo, Patricio A, Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Goeckner-Wald, Neil, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Gudmundsson, Jon E, Gullett, Ian, Gupta, Nikhel, Habib, Salman, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W, Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Heitmann, Katrin, and Henderson, Shawn

Subjects
Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics, Space sciences
Abstract

CMB-S4 - the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment - is set to significantly advance the sensitivity of CMB measurements and enhance our understanding of the origin and evolution of the universe. Among the science cases pursued with CMB-S4, the quest for detecting primordial gravitational waves is a central driver of the experimental design. This work details the development of a forecasting framework that includes a power-spectrum-based semianalytic projection tool, targeted explicitly toward optimizing constraints on the tensor-to-scalar ratio, r, in the presence of Galactic foregrounds and gravitational lensing of the CMB. This framework is unique in its direct use of information from the achieved performance of current Stage 2-3 CMB experiments to robustly forecast the science reach of upcoming CMB-polarization endeavors. The methodology allows for rapid iteration over experimental configurations and offers a flexible way to optimize the design of future experiments, given a desired scientific goal. To form a closed-loop process, we couple this semianalytic tool with map-based validation studies, which allow for the injection of additional complexity and verification of our forecasts with several independent analysis methods. We document multiple rounds of forecasts for CMB-S4 using this process and the resulting establishment of the current reference design of the primordial gravitational-wave component of the Stage-4 experiment, optimized to achieve our science goals of detecting primordial gravitational waves for r > 0.003 at greater than 5σ, or in the absence of a detection, of reaching an upper limit of r < 0.001 at 95% CL.

Published
2022

10. The Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM): a Next-Generation Experiment for Galaxy Evolution Studies

Author

Vieira, Joaquin, Aguirre, James, Bradford, C. Matt, Filippini, Jeffrey, Groppi, Christopher, Marrone, Dan, Bethermin, Matthieu, Chang, Tzu-Ching, Devlin, Mark, Dore, Oliver, Fu, Jianyang Frank, Dunsheath, Steven Hailey, Holder, Gilbert, Keating, Garrett, Keenan, Ryan, Kovetz, Ely, Lagache, Guilaine, Mauskopf, Philip, Narayanan, Desika, Popping, Gergo, Shirokoff, Erik, Somerville, Rachel, Trumper, Isaac, Uzgil, Bade, and Zmuidzinas, Jonas

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

Understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies over cosmic time is one of the foremost goals of astrophysics and cosmology today. The cosmic star formation rate has undergone a dramatic evolution over the course of the last 14 billion years, and dust obscured star forming galaxies (DSFGs) are a crucial component of this evolution. A variety of important, bright, and unextincted diagnostic lines are present in the far-infrared (FIR) which can provide crucial insight into the physical conditions of galaxy evolution, including the instantaneous star formation rate, the effect of AGN feedback on star formation, the mass function of the stars, metallicities, and the spectrum of their ionizing radiation. FIR spectroscopy is technically difficult but scientifically crucial. Stratospheric balloons offer a platform which can outperform current instrument sensitivities and are the only way to provide large-area, wide bandwidth spatial/spectral mapping at FIR wavelengths. NASA recently selected TIM, the Terahertz Intensity Mapper, with the goal of demonstrating the key technical milestones necessary for FIR spectroscopy. The TIM instrument consists of an integral-field spectrometer from 240-420 microns with 3600 kinetic-inductance detectors (KIDs) coupled to a 2-meter low-emissivity carbon fiber telescope. In this paper, we will summarize plans for the TIM experiment's development, test and deployment for a planned flight from Antarctica., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, published in the 30th International Symposium on Space THz Technology (ISSTT2019), Gothenburg, Sweden, April 15-17, 2019

Published
2020

11. CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves

Author

Collaboration, CMB-S4, Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme E., Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Akerib, Daniel, Ali, Aamir, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Amin, Mustafa A., Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S., Ashton, Peter, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bard, Debbie, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S., Bartlett, James G., Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Bean, Rachel, Bebek, Chris, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Bianchini, Federico, Bischoff, Colin A., Bleem, Lindsey, Bock, James J., Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly K., Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R., Brinckmann, Thejs, Brown, Michael L., Bryan, Sean, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Caimapo, Carlos Hervias, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L., Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Coulton, Will, Crawford, Thomas M., Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Haan, Tijmen, Delabrouille, Jacques, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dierickx, Marion, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Dunkley, Jo, Dvorkin, Cora, Eimer, Joseph, Elleflot, Tucker, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Gallardo, Patricio A., Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Goeckner-Wald, Neil, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Gullett, Ian, Gupta, Nikhel, Habib, Salman, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Heitmann, Katrin, Henderson, Shawn, Hensley, Brandon, Hill, Charles, Hill, J. Colin, Hlozek, Renée, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Hoang, Thuong, Holder, Gil, Holzapfel, William, Hood, John, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hui, Howard, Irwin, Kent, Jeong, Oliver, Johnson, Bradley R., Jones, William C., Kang, Jae Hwan, Karkare, Kirit S., Katayama, Nobuhiko, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Knox, Lloyd, Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Kuhlmann, Steve, Kuo, Chao-lin, Kusaka, Akito, Lähteenmäki, Anne, Lawrence, Charles R., Lee, Adrian T., Lewis, Antony, Li, Dale, Linder, Eric, Loverde, Marilena, Lowitz, Amy, Lubin, Phil, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Mantz, Adam, Marques, Gabriela, Matsuda, Frederick, Mauskopf, Philip, McCarrick, Heather, McMahon, Jeffrey, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Menanteau, Felipe, Meyers, Joel, Millea, Marius, Mohr, Joseph, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Monzani, Maria, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Nagy, Johanna, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Natoli, Tyler, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nishino, Haruki, Nord, Brian, Novosad, Valentine, O'Brient, Roger, Padin, Stephen, Palladino, Steven, Partridge, Bruce, Petravick, Don, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Prabhu, Karthik, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Rahlin, Alexandra, Rao, Mayuri Sathyanarayana, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Roe, Natalie A., Roy, Anirban, Ruhl, John E., Salatino, Maria, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmitt, Benjamin, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sherwin, Blake D., Shirokoff, Erik, Simon, Sara M., Slosar, Anze, Spergel, David, Germaine, Tyler St., Staggs, Suzanne T., Stark, Antony, Starkman, Glenn D., Stompor, Radek, Stoughton, Chris, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Teply, Grant P., Thompson, Keith, Thorne, Ben, Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Gregory, Umiltà, Caterina, van Engelen, Alexander, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Wagoner, Kasey, Wallisch, Benjamin, Wang, Gensheng, Watson, Scott, Westbrook, Ben, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Xu, Zhilei, Yang, H. Y. Eric, Yasini, Siavash, Yefremenko, Volodymyr G., Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Edward, Yu, Cyndia, and Zonca, Andrea

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

CMB-S4---the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment---is set to significantly advance the sensitivity of CMB measurements and enhance our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe, from the highest energies at the dawn of time through the growth of structure to the present day. Among the science cases pursued with CMB-S4, the quest for detecting primordial gravitational waves is a central driver of the experimental design. This work details the development of a forecasting framework that includes a power-spectrum-based semi-analytic projection tool, targeted explicitly towards optimizing constraints on the tensor-to-scalar ratio, $r$, in the presence of Galactic foregrounds and gravitational lensing of the CMB. This framework is unique in its direct use of information from the achieved performance of current Stage 2--3 CMB experiments to robustly forecast the science reach of upcoming CMB-polarization endeavors. The methodology allows for rapid iteration over experimental configurations and offers a flexible way to optimize the design of future experiments given a desired scientific goal. To form a closed-loop process, we couple this semi-analytic tool with map-based validation studies, which allow for the injection of additional complexity and verification of our forecasts with several independent analysis methods. We document multiple rounds of forecasts for CMB-S4 using this process and the resulting establishment of the current reference design of the primordial gravitational-wave component of the Stage-4 experiment, optimized to achieve our science goals of detecting primordial gravitational waves for $r > 0.003$ at greater than $5\sigma$, or, in the absence of a detection, of reaching an upper limit of $r < 0.001$ at $95\%$ CL., Comment: 24 pages, 8 figures, 9 tables, submitted to ApJ. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1907.04473

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2020
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12. Searching for low mass dark matter via phonon creation in superfluid 4He

Author

Baym, Gordon, Beck, D. H., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Pethick, C. J., and Shelton, Jessie

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter, Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
Abstract

We consider the scattering of dark matter particles from superfluid liquid $^4$He, which has been proposed as a target for their direct detection. Focusing on dark matter masses below ~1 MeV, we demonstrate from sum-rule arguments the importance of the production of single phonons with energies $\omega \lesssim 1$ meV. We show further that the anomalous dispersion of phonons in liquid $^4$He at low pressures [i.e., $d^2\omega(q)/dq^2>0$, where $q$ and $\omega(q)$ are the phonon momentum and energy] has the important consequence that a single phonon will decay over a relatively short distance into a shower of lower energy phonons centered on the direction of the original phonon. Thus the experimental challenge in this regime is to detect a shower of low energy phonons, not just a single phonon. Additional information from the distribution of phonons in such a shower could enhance the determination of the dark matter mass., Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures; Updated with correction to 2-phonon integration limits, Equations 55-59

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2020
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13. CMB-S4 Decadal Survey APC White Paper

Author

Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Amin, Mustafa A., Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S., Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bailey, Kathy, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S., Bartlett, James G., Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Baxter, Eric, Bean, Rachel, Bebek, Chris, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Berger, Edo, Bhimani, Sanah, Bischoff, Colin A., Bleem, Lindsey, Bock, James J., Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly, Bonato, Matteo, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R., Brown, Michael L., Bryan, Sean, Burkhart, Blakesley, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L., Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Crawford, Thomas M., Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Haan, Tijmen, de Zotti, Gianfranco, Delabrouille, Jacques, Demarteau, Marcel, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Duivenvoorden, Adriaan, Dvorkin, Cora, Edwards, William, Eimer, Joseph, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gilchriese, Murdock, Gluscevic, Vera, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Guarino, Victor, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Habib, Salman, Haller, Gunther, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Heitmann, Katrin, Henderson, Shawn, Henning, Jason W., Hill, J. Colin, Hlozek, Renée, Holder, Gil, Holzapfel, William, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Huffer, Michael, Hui, Howard, Irwin, Kent, Johnson, Bradley R., Johnstone, Doug, Jones, William C., Karkare, Kirit, Katayama, Nobuhiko, Kerby, James, Kernovsky, Sarah, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Knox, Lloyd, Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Kuhlmann, Steve, Kuo, Chao-lin, Kurita, Nadine, Kusaka, Akito, Lahteenmaki, Anne, Lawrence, Charles R., Lee, Adrian T., Lewis, Antony, Li, Dale, Linder, Eric, Loverde, Marilena, Lowitz, Amy, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Mantz, Adam, Matsuda, Frederick, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Meyers, Joel, Millea, Marius, Mohr, Joseph, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Münchmeyer, Moritz, Nagai, Daisuke, Nagy, Johanna, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Natoli, Tyler, Negrello, Mattia, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nishino, Haruki, Nordby, Martin, Novosad, Valentine, O'Connor, Paul, Obied, Georges, Padin, Stephen, Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Raghunathan, Srinivasan, Rahlin, Alexandra, Rajagopalan, Srini, Raveri, Marco, Reichanadter, Mark, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Roe, Natalie A., Roy, Anirban, Ruhl, John, Salatino, Maria, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sheehy, Christopher, Sherwin, Blake D., Shirokoff, Erik, Simon, Sara M., Slosar, Anze, Somerville, Rachel, Staggs, Suzanne T., Stark, Antony, Stompor, Radek, Story, Kyle T., Stoughton, Chris, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Teply, Grant P., Thompson, Keith, Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Treu, Jesse I., Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Gregory, Umiltà, Caterina, van Engelen, Alexander, Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Vogelsberger, Mark, Wang, Gensheng, Watson, Scott, White, Martin, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Yeck, James, Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Edward, and Zonca, Andrea

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract

We provide an overview of the science case, instrument configuration and project plan for the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4, for consideration by the 2020 Decadal Survey., Comment: Project White Paper submitted to the 2020 Decadal Survey, 10 pages plus references. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1907.04473

Published
2019

14. CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan

Author

Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S., Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bailey, Kathy, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S., Bartlett, James G., Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Baxter, Eric, Bean, Rachel, Bebek, Chris, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Berger, Edo, Bhimani, Sanah, Bischoff, Colin A., Bleem, Lindsey, Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly, Bonato, Matteo, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R., Brown, Michael L., Bryan, Sean, Burkhart, Blakesley, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L., Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Crawford, Thomas M., Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Haan, Tijmen, de Zotti, Gianfranco, Delabrouille, Jacques, Demarteau, Marcel, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Duivenvoorden, Adriaan, Dvorkin, Cora, Edwards, William, Eimer, Joseph, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gilchriese, Murdock, Gluscevic, Vera, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Guarino, Victor, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Habib, Salman, Haller, Gunther, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Heitmann, Katrin, Henderson, Shawn, Henning, Jason W., Hill, J. Colin, Hlozek, Renée, Holder, Gil, Holzapfel, William, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Huffer, Michael, Hui, Howard, Irwin, Kent, Johnson, Bradley R., Johnstone, Doug, Jones, William C., Karkare, Kirit, Katayama, Nobuhiko, Kerby, James, Kernovsky, Sarah, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Knox, Lloyd, Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Kuhlmann, Steve, Kuo, Chao-lin, Kurita, Nadine, Kusaka, Akito, Lahteenmaki, Anne, Lawrence, Charles R., Lee, Adrian T., Lewis, Antony, Li, Dale, Linder, Eric, Loverde, Marilena, Lowitz, Amy, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Mantz, Adam, Matsuda, Frederick, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff, McQuinn, Matthew, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Meyers, Joel, Millea, Marius, Mohr, Joseph, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Münchmeyer, Moritz, Nagai, Daisuke, Nagy, Johanna, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Natoli, Tyler, Negrello, Mattia, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nishino, Haruki, Nordby, Martin, Novosad, Valentine, O'Connor, Paul, Obied, Georges, Padin, Stephen, Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Raghunathan, Srinivasan, Rahlin, Alexandra, Rajagopalan, Srini, Raveri, Marco, Reichanadter, Mark, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Roe, Natalie A., Roy, Anirban, Ruhl, John, Salatino, Maria, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sheehy, Christopher, Sherwin, Blake D., Shirokoff, Erik, Simon, Sara M., Slosar, Anze, Somerville, Rachel, Spergel, David, Staggs, Suzanne T., Stark, Antony, Stompor, Radek, Story, Kyle T., Stoughton, Chris, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Teply, Grant P., Thompson, Keith, Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Treu, Jesse I., Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Gregory, Umiltà, Caterina, van Engelen, Alexander, Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Vogelsberger, Mark, Wang, Gensheng, Watson, Scott, White, Martin, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Yeck, James, Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Edward, and Zonca, Andrea

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We present the science case, reference design, and project plan for the Stage-4 ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4., Comment: 287 pages, 82 figures

Published
2019

15. Messengers from the Early Universe: Cosmic Neutrinos and Other Light Relics

Author

Green, Daniel, Amin, Mustafa A., Meyers, Joel, Wallisch, Benjamin, Abazajian, Kevork N., Abidi, Muntazir, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Ansarinejad, Behzad, Armstrong, Robert, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bandura, Kevin, Barron, Darcy, Battaglia, Nicholas, Baumann, Daniel, Bechtol, Keith, Bennett, Charles, Benson, Bradford, Beutler, Florian, Bischoff, Colin, Bleem, Lindsey, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Buckley-Geer, Elizabeth, Burgess, Cliff, Carlstrom, John E., Castorina, Emanuele, Challinor, Anthony, Chen, Xingang, Cooray, Asantha, Coulton, William, Craig, Nathaniel, Crawford, Thomas, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, D'Amico, Guido, Demarteau, Marcel, Doré, Olivier, Yutong, Duan, Dunkley, Joanna, Dvorkin, Cora, Ellison, John, van Engelen, Alexander, Escoffier, Stephanie, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Fabbian, Giulio, Filippini, Jeffrey, Flauger, Raphael, Foreman, Simon, Fuller, George, Garcia, Marcos A. G., García-Bellido, Juan, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Gontcho, Satya Gontcho A, Górski, Krzysztof M., Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hanany, Shaul, Handley, Will, Hill, J. Colin, Hirata, Christopher M., Hložek, Renée, Holder, Gilbert, Horiuchi, Shunsaku, Huterer, Dragan, Kadota, Kenji, Kamionkowski, Marc, Keeley, Ryan E., Khatri, Rishi, Kisner, Theodore, Kneib, Jean-Paul, Knox, Lloyd, Koushiappas, Savvas M., Kovetz, Ely D., L'Huillier, Benjamin, Lahav, Ofer, Lattanzi, Massimiliano, Lee, Hayden, Liguori, Michele, Lin, Tongyan, Loverde, Marilena, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Masui, Kiyoshi, McMahon, Jeff, McQuinn, Matthew, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Mirbabayi, Mehrdad, Motloch, Pavel, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Munõz, Julian B., Nagy, Johanna, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nomerotski, Andrei, Page, Lyman, Piacentni, Francesco, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Stompor, Radek, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L., Rose, Benjamin, Rossi, Graziano, Ruhl, John, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schubnell, Michael, Schutz, Katelin, Sehgal, Neelima, Senatore, Leonardo, Seo, Hee-Jong, Sherwin, Blake D., Simon, Sara, Slosar, Anže, Staggs, Suzanne, Stebbins, Albert, Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Timbie, Peter, Tristram, Matthieu, Trodden, Mark, Tsai, Yu-Dai, Umiltà, Caterina, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Vargas-Magaña, M., Vieregg, Abigail, Watson, Scott, Weiler, Thomas, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wu, W. L. K., Xu, Weishuang, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Zaldarriaga, Matias, Zhao, Gong-Bo, Zhu, Ningfeng, and Zuntz, Joe

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The hot dense environment of the early universe is known to have produced large numbers of baryons, photons, and neutrinos. These extreme conditions may have also produced other long-lived species, including new light particles (such as axions or sterile neutrinos) or gravitational waves. The gravitational effects of any such light relics can be observed through their unique imprint in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), the large-scale structure, and the primordial light element abundances, and are important in determining the initial conditions of the universe. We argue that future cosmological observations, in particular improved maps of the CMB on small angular scales, can be orders of magnitude more sensitive for probing the thermal history of the early universe than current experiments. These observations offer a unique and broad discovery space for new physics in the dark sector and beyond, even when its effects would not be visible in terrestrial experiments or in astrophysical environments. A detection of an excess light relic abundance would be a clear indication of new physics and would provide the first direct information about the universe between the times of reheating and neutrino decoupling one second later., Comment: 5 pages + references; 1 figure; science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 decadal survey

Published
2019

16. PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins

Author

Hanany, Shaul, Alvarez, Marcelo, Artis, Emmanuel, Ashton, Peter, Aumont, Jonathan, Aurlien, Ragnhild, Banerji, Ranajoy, Barreiro, R. Belen, Bartlett, James G., Basak, Soumen, Battaglia, Nick, Bock, Jamie, Boddy, Kimberly K., Bonato, Matteo, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François, Boulanger, François, Burkhart, Blakesley, Chluba, Jens, Chuss, David, Clark, Susan E., Cooperrider, Joelle, Crill, Brendan P., De Zotti, Gianfranco, Delabrouille, Jacques, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Didier, Joy, Doré, Olivier, Eriksen, Hans K., Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Feeney, Stephen, Filippini, Jeffrey, Fissel, Laura, Flauger, Raphael, Fuskeland, Unni, Gluscevic, Vera, Gorski, Krzysztof M., Green, Dan, Hensley, Brandon, Herranz, Diego, Hill, J. Colin, Hivon, Eric, Hložek, Renée, Hubmayr, Johannes, Johnson, Bradley R., Jones, William, Jones, Terry, Knox, Lloyd, Kogut, Al, López-Caniego, Marcos, Lawrence, Charles, Lazarian, Alex, Li, Zack, Madhavacheril, Mathew, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Meyers, Joel, Murray, Calum, Negrello, Mattia, Novak, Giles, O'Brient, Roger, Paine, Christopher, Pearson, Tim, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clem, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Schmittfull, Marcel, Scott, Douglas, Shirron, Peter, Stephens, Ian, Sutin, Brian, Tomasi, Maurizio, Trangsrud, Amy, van Engelen, Alexander, Vansyngel, Flavien, Wehus, Ingunn K., Wen, Qi, Xu, Siyao, Young, Karl, and Zonca, Andrea

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract

The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is an imaging polarimeter that will scan the sky for 5 years in 21 frequency bands spread between 21 and 799 GHz. It will produce full-sky surveys of intensity and polarization with a final combined-map noise level of 0.87 $\mu$K arcmin for the required specifications, equivalent to 3300 Planck missions, and with our current best-estimate would have a noise level of 0.61 $\mu$K arcmin (6400 Planck missions). PICO will either determine the energy scale of inflation by detecting the tensor to scalar ratio at a level $r=5\times 10^{-4}~(5\sigma)$, or will rule out with more than $5\sigma$ all inflation models for which the characteristic scale in the potential is the Planck scale. With LSST's data it could rule out all models of slow-roll inflation. PICO will detect the sum of neutrino masses at $>4\sigma$, constrain the effective number of light particle species with $\Delta N_{\rm eff}<0.06~(2\sigma)$, and elucidate processes affecting the evolution of cosmic structures by measuring the optical depth to reionization with errors limited by cosmic variance and by constraining the evolution of the amplitude of linear fluctuations $\sigma_{8}(z)$ with sub-percent accuracy. Cross-correlating PICO's map of the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect with LSST's gold sample of galaxies will precisely trace the evolution of thermal pressure with $z$. PICO's maps of the Milky Way will be used to determine the make up of galactic dust and the role of magnetic fields in star formation efficiency. With 21 full sky legacy maps in intensity and polarization, which cannot be obtained in any other way, the mission will enrich many areas of astrophysics. PICO is the only single-platform instrument with the combination of sensitivity, angular resolution, frequency bands, and control of systematic effects that can deliver this compelling, timely, and broad science., Comment: Probe class mission study submitted to NASA and 2020 Decadal Panel. Executive summary: 2.5 pages; Science: 28 pages; Total: 50 pages, 36 figures

Published
2019

17. CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves

Author

Collaboration, The CMB-S4, :, Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme E, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Akerib, Daniel, Ali, Aamir, Allen, Steven W, Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Amin, Mustafa A, Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S, Ashton, Peter, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bard, Debbie, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S, Bartlett, James G, Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Bean, Rachel, Bebek, Chris, Bender, Amy N, Benson, Bradford A, Bianchini, Federico, Bischoff, Colin A, Bleem, Lindsey, Bock, James J, Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly K, Bond, J Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R, Brinckmann, Thejs, Brown, Michael L, Bryan, Sean, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Caimapo, Carlos Hervias, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E, Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L, Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Coulton, Will, Crawford, Thomas M, Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Haan, Tijmen, Delabrouille, Jacques, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dierickx, Marion, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Dunkley, Jo, Dvorkin, Cora, Eimer, Joseph, Elleflot, Tucker, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P, Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A, Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Gallardo, Patricio A, Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Goeckner-Wald, Neil, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Gudmundsson, Jon E, Gullett, Ian, Gupta, Nikhel, Habib, Salman, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W, Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, and Hasselfield, Matthew

Subjects
astro-ph.CO
Abstract

CMB-S4---the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB)experiment---is set to significantly advance the sensitivity of CMBmeasurements and enhance our understanding of the origin and evolution of theUniverse, from the highest energies at the dawn of time through the growth ofstructure to the present day. Among the science cases pursued with CMB-S4, thequest for detecting primordial gravitational waves is a central driver of theexperimental design. This work details the development of a forecastingframework that includes a power-spectrum-based semi-analytic projection tool,targeted explicitly towards optimizing constraints on the tensor-to-scalarratio, $r$, in the presence of Galactic foregrounds and gravitational lensingof the CMB. This framework is unique in its direct use of information from theachieved performance of current Stage 2--3 CMB experiments to robustly forecastthe science reach of upcoming CMB-polarization endeavors. The methodologyallows for rapid iteration over experimental configurations and offers aflexible way to optimize the design of future experiments given a desiredscientific goal. To form a closed-loop process, we couple this semi-analytictool with map-based validation studies, which allow for the injection ofadditional complexity and verification of our forecasts with severalindependent analysis methods. We document multiple rounds of forecasts forCMB-S4 using this process and the resulting establishment of the currentreference design of the primordial gravitational-wave component of the Stage-4experiment, optimized to achieve our science goals of detecting primordialgravitational waves for $r > 0.003$ at greater than $5\sigma$, or, in theabsence of a detection, of reaching an upper limit of $r < 0.001$ at $95\%$ CL.

Published
2020

18. BFORE: A CMB Balloon Payload to Measure Reionization, Neutrino Mass, and Cosmic Inflation

Author

Bryan, Sean, Ade, Peter, Bond, J. Richard, Boulanger, Francois, Devlin, Mark, Doyle, Simon, Filippini, Jeffrey, Fissell, Laura, Groppi, Christopher, Holder, Gilbert, Hubmayr, Johannes, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff, Nagy, Johanna, Netterfield, C. Barth, Niemack, Michael, Novak, Giles, Pascale, Enzo, Pisano, Giampaolo, Ruhl, John, Scott, Douglas, Soler, Juan, Tucker, Carole, and Vieira, Joaquin

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

BFORE is a high-altitude ultra-long-duration balloon mission to map the cosmic microwave background (CMB). During a 28-day mid-latitude flight launched from Wanaka, New Zealand, the instrument will map half the sky to improve measurements of the optical depth to reionization tau. This will break parameter degeneracies needed to detect neutrino mass. BFORE will also hunt for the gravitational wave B-mode signal, and map Galactic dust foregrounds. The mission will be the first near-space use of TES/mSQUID multichroic detectors (150/217 GHz and 280/353 GHz bands) with low-power readout electronics., Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, Submitted to SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation

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2018
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19. Measuring Reionization, Neutrino Mass, and Cosmic Inflation with BFORE

Author

Bryan, Sean, Ade, Peter, Bond, J. Richard, Boulanger, Francois, Devlin, Mark, Doyle, Simon, Filippini, Jeffrey, Fissel, Laura, Groppi, Christopher, Holder, Gilbert, Hubmayr, Johannes, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeffrey, Nagy, Johanna, Netterfield, C. Barth, Niemack, Michael, Novak, Giles, Pascale, Enzo, Pisano, Giampaolo, Ruhl, John, Scott, Douglas, Soler, Juan, Tucker, Carole, and Vieira, Joaquin

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

BFORE is a NASA high-altitude ultra-long-duration balloon mission proposed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) across half the sky during a 28-day mid-latitude flight launched from Wanaka, New Zealand. With the unique access to large angular scales and high frequencies provided by the balloon platform, BFORE will significantly improve measurements of the optical depth to reionization tau, breaking parameter degeneracies needed for a measurement of neutrino mass with the CMB. The large angular scale data will enable BFORE to hunt for the large-scale gravitational wave B-mode signal, as well as the degree-scale signal, each at the r~0.01 level. The balloon platform allows BFORE to map Galactic dust foregrounds at frequencies where they dominate, in order to robustly separate them from CMB signals measured by BFORE, in addition to complementing data from ground-based telescopes. The combination of frequencies will also lead to velocity measurements for thousands of galaxy clusters, as well as probing how star-forming galaxies populate dark matter halos. The mission will be the first near-space use of TES multichroic detectors (150/217 GHz and 280/353 GHz bands) using highly-multiplexed mSQUID microwave readout, raising the technical readiness level of both technologies., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Proceedings of Low Temperature Detectors 17

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2017
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20. CMB-S4 Technology Book, First Edition

Author

Abitbol, Maximilian H., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Barron, Darcy, Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Bischoff, Colin A., Bryan, Sean A., Carlstrom, John E., Chang, Clarence L., Chuss, David T., Crowley, Kevin T., Cukierman, Ari, de Haan, Tijmen, Dobbs, Matt, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Ganga, Ken, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Henderson, Shawn W., Hill, Charles A., Ho, Shuay-Pwu P., Hubmayr, Johannes, Irwin, Kent, Jeong, Oliver, Johnson, Bradley R., Kernasovskiy, Sarah A., Kovac, John M., Kusaka, Akito, Lee, Adrian T., Maria, Salatino, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff J., Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Nadolski, Andrew W., Nagy, Johanna M., Niemack, Michael D., O'Brient, Roger C., Padin, Stephen, Parshley, Stephen C., Pryke, Clement, Roe, Natalie A., Rostem, Karwan, Ruhl, John, Simon, Sara M., Staggs, Suzanne T., Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Tajima, Osamu, Thompson, Keith L., Timbie, Peter, Tucker, Gregory S., Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Westbrook, Benjamin, Wollack, Edward J., Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Karl S., and Young, Edward Y.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

CMB-S4 is a proposed experiment to map the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to nearly the cosmic variance limit for angular scales that are accessible from the ground. The science goals and capabilities of CMB-S4 in illuminating cosmic inflation, measuring the sum of neutrino masses, searching for relativistic relics in the early universe, characterizing dark energy and dark matter, and mapping the matter distribution in the universe have been described in the CMB-S4 Science Book. This Technology Book is a companion volume to the Science Book. The ambitious science goals of CMB-S4, a "Stage-4" experiment, require a step forward in experimental capability from the current Stage=II experiments. To guide this process, we summarize the current state of CMB instrumentation technology, and identify R&D efforts necessary to advance it for use in CMB-S4. The book focuses on technical challenges in four broad areas: Telescope Design; Receiver Optics; Focal-Plane Optical Coupling; and Focal-Plane Sensor and Readout., Comment: 191 pages

Published
2017

21. CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition

Author

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Arnold, Kam S., Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bartlett, James G., Battaglia, Nicholas, Benson, Bradford A., Bischoff, Colin A., Borrill, Julian, Buza, Victor, Calabrese, Erminia, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Chang, Clarence L., Crawford, Thomas M., Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, De Bernardis, Francesco, de Haan, Tijmen, Alighieri, Sperello di Serego, Dunkley, Joanna, Dvorkin, Cora, Errard, Josquin, Fabbian, Giulio, Feeney, Stephen, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Fuller, George M., Gluscevic, Vera, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Henning, Jason W., Hill, J. Colin, Hlozek, Renee, Holder, Gilbert, Holzapfel, William, Hu, Wayne, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Keskitalo, Reijo, Knox, Lloyd, Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Kuo, Chao-Lin, Kusaka, Akito, Jeune, Maude Le, Lee, Adrian T., Lilley, Marc, Loverde, Marilena, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Mantz, Adam, Marsh, David J. E., McMahon, Jeffrey, Meerburg, Pieter Daniel, Meyers, Joel, Miller, Amber D., Munoz, Julian B., Nguyen, Ho Nam, Niemack, Michael D., Peloso, Marco, Peloton, Julien, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L., Rocha, Graca, Rotti, Aditya, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sherwin, Blake D., Smith, Tristan L., Sorbo, Lorenzo, Starkman, Glenn D., Story, Kyle T., van Engelen, Alexander, Vieira, Joaquin D., Watson, Scott, Whitehorn, Nathan, and Wu, W. L. Kimmy

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract

This book lays out the scientific goals to be addressed by the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment, CMB-S4, envisioned to consist of dedicated telescopes at the South Pole, the high Chilean Atacama plateau and possibly a northern hemisphere site, all equipped with new superconducting cameras. CMB-S4 will dramatically advance cosmological studies by crossing critical thresholds in the search for the B-mode polarization signature of primordial gravitational waves, in the determination of the number and masses of the neutrinos, in the search for evidence of new light relics, in constraining the nature of dark energy, and in testing general relativity on large scales.

Published
2016

22. Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER

Author

Hubmayr, Johannes, Austermann, Jason E., Beall, James A., Becker, Daniel T., Benton, Steven J., Bergman, A. Stevie, Bond, J. Richard, Bryan, Sean, Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adri J., Eriksen, H. K., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Galloway, Mathew, Gambrel, Anne E., Ganga, K., Grigorian, Arpi L., Gualtieri, Riccardo, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hartley, John W., Halpern, M., Hilton, Gene C., Jones, William C., McMahon, Jeffrey J., Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. B., Osherson, Benjamin, Padilla, Ivan, Rahlin, Alexandra S., Racine, B., Ruhl, John, Ruud, T. M., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Song, Xue, Ullom, Joel N., Van Lanen, Jeff, Vissers, Michael R., Wehus, I. K., Wen, Shyang, Wiebe, D. V., and Young, Edward

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

We describe 280 GHz bolometric detector arrays that instrument the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER. A primary science goal of SPIDER is to measure the large-scale B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background in search of the cosmic-inflation, gravitational-wave signature. 280 GHz channels aid this science goal by constraining the level of B-mode contamination from galactic dust emission. We present the focal plane unit design, which consists of a 16$\times$16 array of conical, corrugated feedhorns coupled to a monolithic detector array fabricated on a 150 mm diameter silicon wafer. Detector arrays are capable of polarimetric sensing via waveguide probe-coupling to a multiplexed array of transition-edge-sensor (TES) bolometers. The SPIDER receiver has three focal plane units at 280 GHz, which in total contains 765 spatial pixels and 1,530 polarization sensitive bolometers. By fabrication and measurement of single feedhorns, we demonstrate 14.7$^{\circ}$ FHWM Gaussian-shaped beams with $<$1% ellipticity in a 30% fractional bandwidth centered at 280 GHz. We present electromagnetic simulations of the detection circuit, which show 94% band-averaged, single-polarization coupling efficiency, 3% reflection and 3% radiative loss. Lastly, we demonstrate a low thermal conductance bolometer, which is well-described by a simple TES model and exhibits an electrical noise equivalent power (NEP) = 2.6 $\times$ 10$^{-17}$ W/$\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}$, consistent with the phonon noise prediction., Comment: Proceedings of SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2016

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2016
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23. Thermal architecture for a cryogenic super-pressure balloon payload: design and development of the Taurus flight cryostat

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Marshall, Heather K., Spyromilio, Jason, Usuda, Tomonori, Tartakovsky, Simon, Adler, Alexandre E., Austermann, Jason E., Benton, Steven J., Bihary, Rick, Durkin, Malcolm, Duff, Shannon M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gascard, Thomas J. L. J., Gibbs, Sho M., Gourapura, Suren, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hartley, John W., Hubmayr, Johannes, Jones, William C., Li, Steven, May, Jared L., Nagy, Johanna M., Okun, Kate, Padilla, Ivan L., Romualdez, L. Javier, and Vissers, Michael R.

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2024
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24. A cryogenic rotation stage with a large clear aperture for the half-wave plates in the Spider instrument

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Bryan, Sean, Ade, Peter, Amiri, Mandana, Benton, Steven, Bihary, Richard, Bock, James, Bond, J. Richard, Chiang, H. Cynthia, Contaldi, Carlo, Crill, Brendan, Dore, Olivier, Elder, Benjamin, Filippini, Jeffrey, Fraisse, Aurelien, Gambrel, Anne, Gandilo, Natalie, Gudmundsson, Jon, Hasselfield, Matthew, Halpern, Mark, Hilton, Gene, Holmes, Warren, Hristov, Viktor, Irwin, Kent, Jones, William, Kermish, Zigmund, Lawrie, Craig, MacTavish, Carrie, Mason, Peter, Megerian, Krikor, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Montroy, Thomas, Morford, Tracy, Nagy, Johanna, Netterfield, C. Barth, Padilla, Ivan, Rahlin, Alexandra S., Reintsema, Carl, Riley, Daniel C., Ruhl, John, Runyan, Marcus, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Shariff, Jamil, Soler, Juan, Trangsrud, Amy, Tucker, Carole, Tucker, Rebecca, Turner, Anthony, Wen, Shyang, Wiebe, Donald, and Young, Edward

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We describe the cryogenic half-wave plate rotation mechanisms built for and used in Spider, a polarization-sensitive balloon-borne telescope array that observed the Cosmic Microwave Background at 95 GHz and 150 GHz during a stratospheric balloon flight from Antarctica in January 2015. The mechanisms operate at liquid helium temperature in flight. A three-point contact design keeps the mechanical bearings relatively small but allows for a large (305 mm) diameter clear aperture. A worm gear driven by a cryogenic stepper motor allows for precise positioning and prevents undesired rotation when the motors are depowered. A custom-built optical encoder system monitors the bearing angle to an absolute accuracy of +/- 0.1 degrees. The system performed well in Spider during its successful 16 day flight., Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, Published in Review of Scientific Instruments. v2 includes reviewer changes and longer literature review

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2015
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25. CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition

Author

Abazajian, Kevork N, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Allen, Steven W, Alonso, David, Arnold, Kam S, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bartlett, James G, Battaglia, Nicholas, Benson, Bradford A, Bischoff, Colin A, Borrill, Julian, Buza, Victor, Calabrese, Erminia, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E, Chang, Clarence L, Crawford, Thomas M, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, Bernardis, Francesco De, Haan, Tijmen de, Alighieri, Sperello di Serego, Dunkley, Joanna, Dvorkin, Cora, Errard, Josquin, Fabbian, Giulio, Feeney, Stephen, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P, Flauger, Raphael, Fuller, George M, Gluscevic, Vera, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Henning, Jason W, Hill, J Colin, Hlozek, Renee, Holder, Gilbert, Holzapfel, William, Hu, Wayne, Huffenberger, Kevin M, Keskitalo, Reijo, Knox, Lloyd, Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D, Kuo, Chao-Lin, Kusaka, Akito, Jeune, Maude Le, Lee, Adrian T, Lilley, Marc, Loverde, Marilena, Madhavacheril, Mathew S, Mantz, Adam, Marsh, David JE, McMahon, Jeffrey, Meerburg, Pieter Daniel, Meyers, Joel, Miller, Amber D, Munoz, Julian B, Nguyen, Ho Nam, Niemack, Michael D, Peloso, Marco, Peloton, Julien, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L, Rocha, Graca, Rotti, Aditya, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmittfull, Marcel M, Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sherwin, Blake D, Smith, Tristan L, Sorbo, Lorenzo, Starkman, Glenn D, Story, Kyle T, Engelen, Alexander van, Vieira, Joaquin D, Watson, Scott, Whitehorn, Nathan, and Wu, WL Kimmy

Subjects
astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ph, hep-th
Abstract

This book lays out the scientific goals to be addressed by thenext-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment, CMB-S4,envisioned to consist of dedicated telescopes at the South Pole, the highChilean Atacama plateau and possibly a northern hemisphere site, all equippedwith new superconducting cameras. CMB-S4 will dramatically advance cosmologicalstudies by crossing critical thresholds in the search for the B-modepolarization signature of primordial gravitational waves, in the determinationof the number and masses of the neutrinos, in the search for evidence of newlight relics, in constraining the nature of dark energy, and in testing generalrelativity on large scales.

Published
2016

26. Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

Author

Shariff, Jamil A., Ade, Peter A. R., Amiri, Mandana, Benton, Steven J., Bock, Jamie J., Bond, J. Richard, Bryan, Sean A., Chiang, H. Cynthia, Contaldi, Carlo R., Crill, Brendan P., Doré, Olivier P., Farhang, Marzieh, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fissel, Laura M., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gambrel, Anne E., Gandilo, Natalie N., Golwala, Sunil R., Gudmundsson, Jon E., Halpern, Mark, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hilton, Gene C., Holmes, Warren A., Hristov, Viktor V., Irwin, Kent D., Jones, William C., Kermish, Zigmund D., Kuo, Chao-Lin, MacTavish, Carolyn J., Mason, Peter V., Megerian, Krikor G., Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Morford, Tracy A., Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, O'Brient, Roger, Rahlin, Alexandra S., Reintsema, Carl D., Ruhl, John E., Runyan, Marcus C., Soler, Juan D., Trangsrud, Amy, Tucker, Carole E., Tucker, Rebecca S., Turner, Anthony D., Weber, Alexis C., Wiebe, Donald V., and Young, Edward Y.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

We present the technology and control methods developed for the pointing system of the SPIDER experiment. SPIDER is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to detect the imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. We describe the two main components of the telescope's azimuth drive: the reaction wheel and the motorized pivot. A 13 kHz PI control loop runs on a digital signal processor, with feedback from fibre optic rate gyroscopes. This system can control azimuthal speed with < 0.02 deg/s RMS error. To control elevation, SPIDER uses stepper-motor-driven linear actuators to rotate the cryostat, which houses the optical instruments, relative to the outer frame. With the velocity in each axis controlled in this way, higher-level control loops on the onboard flight computers can implement the pointing and scanning observation modes required for the experiment. We have accomplished the non-trivial task of scanning a 5000 lb payload sinusoidally in azimuth at a peak acceleration of 0.8 deg/s$^2$, and a peak speed of 6 deg/s. We can do so while reliably achieving sub-arcminute pointing control accuracy., Comment: 20 pages, 12 figures, Presented at SPIE Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V, June 23, 2014. To be published in Proceedings of SPIE Volume 9145

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2014
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27. Modeling and characterization of the SPIDER half-wave plate

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Bryan, Sean A., Ade, Peter A. R., Amiri, Mandana, Benton, Steve, Bihary, Richard, Bock, James J., Bond, J. Richard, Bonetti, Joseph A., Chiang, H. Cynthia, Contaldi, Carlo R., Crill, Brendan P., O'Dea, Daniel, Dore, Olivier, Farhang, Marzieh, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fissel, Laura, Gandilo, Natalie, Golwala, Sunil, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hasselfield, Matthew, Halpern, Mark, Helson, Kyle R., Hilton, Gene, Holmes, Warren, Hristov, Viktor V., Irwin, Kent D., Jones, William C., Kuo, Chao Lin, MacTavish, Carrie J., Mason, Peter, Morford, Tracy, Montroy, Thomas E., Netterfield, C. Barth, Rahlin, Alexandra S., Reintsema, Carl D., Riley, Daniel, Ruhl, John E., Runyan, Marcus C., Schenker, Matthew A., Shariff, Jamil, Soler, Juan Diego, Trangsrud, Amy, Tucker, Rebecca, Tucker, Carole, and Turner, Anthony

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Spider is a balloon-borne array of six telescopes that will observe the Cosmic Microwave Background. The 2624 antenna-coupled bolometers in the instrument will make a polarization map of the CMB with approximately one-half degree resolution at 145 GHz. Polarization modulation is achieved via a cryogenic sapphire half-wave plate (HWP) skyward of the primary optic. We have measured millimeter-wave transmission spectra of the sapphire at room and cryogenic temperatures. The spectra are consistent with our physical optics model, and the data gives excellent measurements of the indices of A-cut sapphire. We have also taken preliminary spectra of the integrated HWP, optical system, and detectors in the prototype Spider receiver. We calculate the variation in response of the HWP between observing the CMB and foreground spectra, and estimate that it should not limit the Spider constraints on inflation.

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2010
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28. Measuring Reionization, Neutrino Mass, and Cosmic Inflation with BFORE

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Bryan, Sean, Ade, Peter, Bond, J. Richard, Boulanger, Francois, Devlin, Mark, Doyle, Simon, Filippini, Jeffrey, Fissel, Laura, Groppi, Christopher, Holder, Gilbert, Hubmayr, Johannes, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeffrey, Nagy, Johanna, Netterfield, C. Barth, Niemack, Michael, Novak, Giles, Pascale, Enzo, Pisano, Giampaolo, Ruhl, John, Scott, Douglas, Soler, Juan, Tucker, Carole, and Vieira, Joaquin

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2018
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29. Absorber Optimization Study for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM)

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Nie, Rong, Janssen, Reinier M.J, Bradford, Charles M, Filippini, Jeffrey P, and Hailey-Dunsheath, Steven

Abstract

We discuss the design and optimization of the absorber for the long-wavelength arm of the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM), a balloon-borne spectrometer employing Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs). Electromagnetic simulations of our design indicate in-band absorption efficiency over 80% in both linear polarization modes. By developing custom transmission line model and mode-matching calculations, we find the absorption efficiency is affected by the absorber’s reactive part and overall shape. These insights into the operation of this design provide guidance for its optimization for low-resistance absorber. materials.

Published
2020

30. Evidence for Spatial Separation of Galactic Dust Components

Author

Shiu, Corwin, Benton, Steven J., Jones, William C., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurélien A., Nagy, Johanna M., Padilla, Ivan L., Soler, Juan D., Shiu, Corwin, Benton, Steven J., Jones, William C., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurélien A., Nagy, Johanna M., Padilla, Ivan L., and Soler, Juan D.

Abstract

We present an implementation of a Bayesian mixture model using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) techniques to search for spatial separation of Galactic dust components. Utilizing intensity measurements from \Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI), we apply this model to high-latitude Galactic dust emission. Our analysis reveals a strong preference for a spatially-varying two-population dust model in intensity, with each population being well characterized by a single-component dust spectral-energy distribution (SED). While no spatial information is built into the likelihood, our investigation unveils spatially coherent structures with high significance, pointing to a physical origin for the observed spatial separation. These results are robust to our choice of likelihood and of input data. Furthermore, they are favored over a single-component dust model by Bayesian evidence calculations. Incorporating \IRAS 100\,$\mu m$ to constrain the Wein-side of the blackbody function, we find the dust populations differ at the $2.5\sigma$ level on the spectral index ($\beta_d$) vs. temperature $(T_d)$ plane. The presence of a multi-population dust has implications for component separation techniques frequently employed in the recovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background., Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures. Submitted to ApJ

Published
2023

31. The terahertz intensity mapper: a balloon-borne imaging spectrometer for galaxy evolution

Author

Marrone, Daniel P., primary, Aguirre, James E., additional, Bracks, Justin S., additional, Bradford, Charles M., additional, Brendal, Brock, additional, Bumble, Bruce, additional, Corso, Anthony J., additional, Devlin, Mark J., additional, Emerson, Nick, additional, Filippini, Jeffrey P., additional, Fu, Jianyang, additional, Gasho, Victor, additional, Groppi, Christopher E., additional, Hailey-Dunsheath, Steven, additional, Hoh, Jonathan R., additional, Hollister, Matthew I., additional, Janssen, Reinier M. J., additional, Joralmon, Dylan, additional, Keenan, Ryan P., additional, Liu, Lun-Jun, additional, Lowe, Ian N., additional, Mauskopf, Philip D., additional, Mayer, Evan C., additional, Nie, Rong, additional, Razavimaleki, Vesal, additional, Redford, Joseph G., additional, Saeid, Talia, additional, Trumper, Isaac L., additional, and Vieira, Joaquin D., additional

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2022
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33. Design and testing of kinetic inductance detector package for the Terahertz Intensity Mapper

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Liu, Lun-Jun, primary, Janssen, Reinier M. J., additional, Bradford, Charles M., additional, Hailey-Dunsheath, Steven, additional, Filippini, Jeffrey P., additional, Aguirre, James E., additional, Bracks, Justin S., additional, Corso, Anthony J., additional, Fu, Jianyang, additional, Groppi, Christopher E., additional, Hoh, Jonathan R., additional, Keenan, Ryan P., additional, Lowe, Ian N., additional, Marrone, Daniel P., additional, Mauskopf, Philip D., additional, Nie, Rong, additional, Redford, Joseph G., additional, Trumper, Isaac L., additional, and Vieira, Joaquin D., additional

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2022
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34. CMB-S4

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Collaboration, The CMB-S4, Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme E., Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Akerib, Daniel, Ali, Aamir, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Amin, Mustafa A., Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S., Ashton, Peter, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bard, Debbie, Barkats, Denis, Barron, Darcy, Barry, Peter S., Bartlett, James G., Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Battaglia, Nicholas, Bean, Rachel, Bebek, Chris, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Bianchini, Federico, Bischoff, Colin A., Bleem, Lindsey, Bock, James J., Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly K., Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R., Brinckmann, Thejs, Brown, Michael L., Bryan, Sean, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Caimapo, Carlos Hervias, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L., Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Coulton, Will, Crawford, Thomas M., Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Haan, Tijmen, Delabrouille, Jacques, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dierickx, Marion, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Dunkley, Jo, Dvorkin, Cora, Eimer, Joseph, Elleflot, Tucker, Errard, Josquin, Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Gallardo, Patricio A., Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gluscevic, Vera, Goeckner-Wald, Neil, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Gullett, Ian, Gupta, Nikhel, Habib, Salman, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Heitmann, Katrin, Henderson, Shawn, Hensley, Brandon, Hill, Charles, Hill, J. Colin, Hlozek, Renée, Ho, Shuay-Pwu Patty, Hoang, Thuong, Holder, Gil, Holzapfel, William, Hood, John, Hubmayr, Johannes, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Hui, Howard, Irwin, Kent, Jeong, Oliver, Johnson, Bradley R., Jones, William C., Kang, Jae Hwan, Karkare, Kirit S., Katayama, Nobuhiko, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Knox, Lloyd, Koopman, Brian J., Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Kuhlmann, Steve, Kuo, Chao-lin, Kusaka, Akito, Lähteenmäki, Anne, Lawrence, Charles R., Lee, Adrian T., Lewis, Antony, Li, Dale, Linder, Eric, Loverde, Marilena, Lowitz, Amy, Lubin, Phil, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Mantz, Adam, Marques, Gabriela, Matsuda, Frederick, Mauskopf, Philip, McCarrick, Heather, McMahon, Jeffrey, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Melin, Jean-Baptiste, Menanteau, Felipe, Meyers, Joel, Millea, Marius, Mohr, Joseph, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Monzani, Maria, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Nagy, Johanna, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nati, Federico, Natoli, Tyler, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nishino, Haruki, Nord, Brian, Novosad, Valentine, O'Brient, Roger, Padin, Stephen, Palladino, Steven, Partridge, Bruce, Petravick, Don, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Prabhu, Karthik, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Rahlin, Alexandra, Rao, Mayuri Sathyanarayana, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Roe, Natalie A., Roy, Anirban, Ruhl, John E., Salatino, Maria, Saliwanchik, Benjamin, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmitt, Benjamin, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sherwin, Blake D., Shirokoff, Erik, Simon, Sara M., Slosar, Anze, Spergel, David, Germaine, Tyler St., Staggs, Suzanne T., Stark, Antony, Starkman, Glenn D., Stompor, Radek, Stoughton, Chris, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Teply, Grant P., Thompson, Keith, Thorne, Ben, Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Gregory, Umiltà, Caterina, van Engelen, Alexander, Vavagiakis, Eve M., Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Wagoner, Kasey, Wallisch, Benjamin, Wang, Gensheng, Watson, Scott, Westbrook, Ben, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Xu, Zhilei, Yang, H. Y. Eric, Yasini, Siavash, Yefremenko, Volodymyr G., Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Edward, Yu, Cyndia, Zonca, Andrea, 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), 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 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), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CMB-S4, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and G, Cosmic Frontier, Abazajian, K, Addison, G, Adshead, P, Ahmed, Z, Akerib, D, Ali, A, Allen, S, Alonso, D, Alvarez, M, Amin, M, Anderson, A, Arnold, K, Ashton, P, Baccigalupi, C, Bard, D, Barkats, D, Barron, D, Barry, P, Bartlett, J, Basu Thakur, R, Battaglia, N, Bean, R, Bebek, C, Bender, A, Benson, B, Bianchini, F, Bischoff, C, Bleem, L, Bock, J, Bocquet, S, Boddy, K, Richard Bond, J, Borrill, J, Bouchet, F, Brinckmann, T, Brown, M, Bryan, S, Buza, V, Byrum, K, Hervias Caimapo, C, Calabrese, E, Calafut, V, Caldwell, R, Carlstrom, J, Carron, J, Cecil, T, Challinor, A, Chang, C, Chinone, Y, Sherry Cho, H, Cooray, A, Coulton, W, Crawford, T, Crites, A, Cukierman, A, Cyr-Racine, F, De Haan, T, Delabrouille, J, Devlin, M, Di Valentino, E, Dierickx, M, Dobbs, M, Duff, S, Dvorkin, C, Eimer, J, Elleflot, T, Errard, J, Essinger-Hileman, T, Fabbian, G, Feng, C, Ferraro, S, Filippini, J, Flauger, R, Flaugher, B, Fraisse, A, Frolov, A, Galitzki, N, Gallardo, P, Galli, S, Ganga, K, Gerbino, M, Gluscevic, V, Goeckner-Wald, N, Green, D, Grin, D, Grohs, E, Gualtieri, R, Gudmundsson, J, Gullett, I, Gupta, N, Habib, S, Halpern, M, Halverson, N, Hanany, S, Harrington, K, Hasegawa, M, Hasselfield, M, Hazumi, M, Heitmann, K, Henderson, S, Hensley, B, Hill, C, Colin Hill, J, Hlozek, R, Patty Ho, S, Hoang, T, Holder, G, Holzapfel, W, Hood, J, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hui, H, Irwin, K, Jeong, O, Johnson, B, Jones, W, Hwan Kang, J, Karkare, K, Katayama, N, Keskitalo, R, Kisner, T, Knox, L, Koopman, B, Kosowsky, A, Kovac, J, Kovetz, E, Kuhlmann, S, Kuo, C, Kusaka, A, Lahteenmaki, A, Lawrence, C, Lee, A, Lewis, A, Li, D, Linder, E, Loverde, M, Lowitz, A, Lubin, P, Madhavacheril, M, Mantz, A, Marques, G, Matsuda, F, Mauskopf, P, Mccarrick, H, Mcmahon, J, Daniel Meerburg, P, Melin, J, Menanteau, F, Meyers, J, Millea, M, Mohr, J, Moncelsi, L, Monzani, M, Mroczkowski, T, Mukherjee, S, Nagy, J, Namikawa, T, Nati, F, Natoli, T, Newburgh, L, Niemack, M, Nishino, H, Nord, B, Novosad, V, O'Brient, R, Padin, S, Palladino, S, Partridge, B, Petravick, D, Pierpaoli, E, Pogosian, L, Prabhu, K, Pryke, C, Puglisi, G, Racine, B, Rahlin, A, Sathyanarayana Rao, M, Raveri, M, Reichardt, C, Remazeilles, M, Rocha, G, Roe, N, Roy, A, Ruhl, J, Salatino, M, Saliwanchik, B, Schaan, E, Schillaci, A, Schmitt, B, Schmittfull, M, Scott, D, Sehgal, N, Shandera, S, Sherwin, B, Shirokoff, E, Simon, S, Slosar, A, Spergel, D, S, T, Staggs, S, Stark, A, Starkman, G, Stompor, R, Stoughton, C, Suzuki, A, Tajima, O, Teply, G, Thompson, K, Thorne, B, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tristram, M, Tucker, G, Umilta, C, Van Engelen, A, Vavagiakis, E, Vieira, J, Vieregg, A, Wagoner, K, Wallisch, B, Wang, G, Watson, S, Westbrook, B, Whitehorn, N, Wollack, E, Kimmy Wu, W, Xu, Z, Eric Yang, H, Yasini, S, Yefremenko, V, Won Yoon, K, Young, E, Yu, C, Zonca, A, University of California Irvine, Johns Hopkins University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Stanford University, University of Oxford, Rice University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, University of California San Diego, International School for Advanced Studies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Harvard University, University of New Mexico, Argonne National Laboratory, Université Paris-Diderot, California Institute of Technology, Cornell University, University of Melbourne, University of Cincinnati, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Toronto, UMR7095, Stony Brook University, University of Manchester, Arizona State University, Florida State University, Cardiff University, Dartmouth College, University of Geneva, University of Cambridge, The University of Tokyo, University of Groningen, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, McGill University, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Sussex, Princeton University, Simon Fraser University, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Haverford College, Stockholm University, Case Western Reserve University, University of British Columbia, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Simons Foundation, Columbia University, University of Virginia, University of California Davis, Yale University, University of Pittsburgh, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of California Santa Barbara, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Service d'Astrophysique CEA, European Southern Observatory, Washington University St. Louis, University of Milan - Bicocca, University of Southern California, Institute for Advanced Studies, Pennsylvania State University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Kyoto University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Milano, Université Paris-Saclay, Brown University, Syracuse University, University of California Los Angeles, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

Subjects
Astrophysics and Astronomy, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cosmology, CMB, Settore FIS/05, Space and Planetary Science, astro-ph.CO, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Galaxies and Cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

CMB-S4---the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment---is set to significantly advance the sensitivity of CMB measurements and enhance our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe, from the highest energies at the dawn of time through the growth of structure to the present day. Among the science cases pursued with CMB-S4, the quest for detecting primordial gravitational waves is a central driver of the experimental design. This work details the development of a forecasting framework that includes a power-spectrum-based semi-analytic projection tool, targeted explicitly towards optimizing constraints on the tensor-to-scalar ratio, $r$, in the presence of Galactic foregrounds and gravitational lensing of the CMB. This framework is unique in its direct use of information from the achieved performance of current Stage 2--3 CMB experiments to robustly forecast the science reach of upcoming CMB-polarization endeavors. The methodology allows for rapid iteration over experimental configurations and offers a flexible way to optimize the design of future experiments given a desired scientific goal. To form a closed-loop process, we couple this semi-analytic tool with map-based validation studies, which allow for the injection of additional complexity and verification of our forecasts with several independent analysis methods. We document multiple rounds of forecasts for CMB-S4 using this process and the resulting establishment of the current reference design of the primordial gravitational-wave component of the Stage-4 experiment, optimized to achieve our science goals of detecting primordial gravitational waves for $r > 0.003$ at greater than $5��$, or, in the absence of a detection, of reaching an upper limit of $r < 0.001$ at $95\%$ CL., 24 pages, 8 figures, 9 tables, submitted to ApJ. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1907.04473

Published
2022

36. Instrument overview of Taurus: a balloon-borne CMB and dust polarization experiment

Author

Marshall, Heather K., Spyromilio, Jason, Usuda, Tomonori, May, Jared L., Adler, Alexandre E., Austermann, Jason E., Benton, Steven J., Bihary, Rick, Durkin, Malcolm, Duff, Shannon M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gascard, Thomas J. L. J., Gibbs, Sho M., Gourapura, Suren, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hartley, John W., Hubmayr, Johannes, Jones, William C., Li, Steven, Nagy, Johanna M., Okun, Kate, Padilla, Ivan L., Romualdez, L. Javier, Tartakovsky, Simon, and Vissers, Michael R.

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2024
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37. Searching for low mass dark matter via phonon creation in superfluid <math><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi>He</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math>

Author

Baym, Gordon, Beck, D. H., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Pethick, C. J., and Shelton, Jessie

Abstract

We consider the scattering of dark matter particles from superfluid liquid He4, which has been proposed as a target for their direct detection. Focusing on dark matter masses below ∼1 MeV, we demonstrate from sum-rule arguments the importance of the production of single phonons with energies ω≲1 meV. We show further that the anomalous dispersion of phonons in liquid He4 at low pressures [i.e., d2ω(q)/dq2>0, where q and ω(q) are the phonon momentum and energy] has the important consequence that a single phonon will decay over a relatively short distance into a shower of lower-energy phonons centered on the direction of the original phonon. Thus, the experimental challenge in this regime is to detect a shower of low-energy phonons, not just a single phonon. Additional information from the distribution of phonons in such a shower could enhance the determination of the dark matter mass.

Published
2020

38. Searching for low mass dark matter via phonon creation in superfluid He-4

Author

Baym, Gordon, Beck, D. H., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Pethick, Christopher, Shelton, Jessie, Baym, Gordon, Beck, D. H., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Pethick, Christopher, and Shelton, Jessie

Abstract

We consider the scattering of dark matter particles from superfluid liquid He-4, which has been proposed as a target for their direct detection. Focusing on dark matter masses below similar to 1 MeV, we demonstrate from sum-rule arguments the importance of the production of single phonons with energies. omega less than or similar to 1 meV. We show further that the anomalous dispersion of phonons in liquid He-4 at low pressures [i.e., d(2)omega(q)/dq(2) > 0, where q and omega(q) are the phonon momentum and energy] has the important consequence that a single phonon will decay over a relatively short distance into a shower of lower-energy phonons centered on the direction of the original phonon. Thus, the experimental challenge in this regime is to detect a shower of low-energy phonons, not just a single phonon. Additional information from the distribution of phonons in such a shower could enhance the determination of the dark matter mass., QC 20200915

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2020
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39. Terahertz intensity mapper focal plane and array design

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Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Gao, Jian-Rong, Janssen, Reinier M. J., Liu, Lunjun, Nie, Rong, Fu, Jianyang, Trumper, Isaac, Hailey-Dunsheath, Steve, Bradford, Charles M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Gao, Jian-Rong, Janssen, Reinier M. J., Liu, Lunjun, Nie, Rong, Fu, Jianyang, Trumper, Isaac, Hailey-Dunsheath, Steve, Bradford, Charles M., and Filippini, Jeffrey P.

Abstract

TIM, the Terahertz Intensity Mapper, is a NASA balloon mission designed to perform [CII] intensity mapping of the peak of cosmic star formation. To achieve this, TIM has two longslit (1 degree slit length) grating spectrometers covering the 240-317 um and 317-420 um wavelength bands at R~250, respectively. We will present the design of the ~4000 pixel, horn-coupled kinetic inductance detector arrays servicing each of the spectrometer arms. Each pixel is a lumped-element superconducting resonator made from a 20 nm thick aluminum film, designed to achieve photon noise limited performance at 100 fW of loading. The inductor is a meandered narrow wire, designed to mimic a metal mesh grid at THz frequencies; it is optimized for absorption of both polarizations delivered by the circular waveguide. Each array will consist of four quadrants containing ~1000 pixels on a single microstrip readout line and will be mounted such that critical parameters of the absorber design are maintained.

Published
2020

40. CMB-S4 Technology Book, First Edition

Author

Abitbol, Maximilian H., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Barron, Darcy, Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Bischoff, Colin A., Bryan, Sean A., Carlstrom, John E., Chang, Clarence L., Chuss, David T., Crowley, Kevin T., Cukierman, Ari, de Haan, Tijmen, Dobbs, Matt, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Ganga, Ken, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Henderson, Shawn W., Hill, Charles A., Ho, Shuay-Pwu P., Hubmayr, Johannes, Irwin, Kent, Jeong, Oliver, Johnson, Bradley R., Kernasovskiy, Sarah A., Kovac, John M., Kusaka, Akito, Lee, Adrian T., Maria, Salatino, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff J., Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Nadolski, Andrew W., Nagy, Johanna M., Niemack, Michael D., O'Brient, Roger C., Padin, Stephen, Parshley, Stephen C., Pryke, Clement, Roe, Natalie A., Rostem, Karwan, Ruhl, John, Simon, Sara M., Staggs, Suzanne T., Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Tajima, Osamu, Thompson, Keith L., Timbie, Peter, Tucker, Gregory S., Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Westbrook, Benjamin, Wollack, Edward J., Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Karl S., Young, Edward Y., 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), CMB-S4, 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), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)

Subjects
detector: technology, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, electronics: readout, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), optics, detector: design, activity report
Abstract

CMB-S4 is a proposed experiment to map the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to nearly the cosmic variance limit for angular scales that are accessible from the ground. The science goals and capabilities of CMB-S4 in illuminating cosmic inflation, measuring the sum of neutrino masses, searching for relativistic relics in the early universe, characterizing dark energy and dark matter, and mapping the matter distribution in the universe have been described in the CMB-S4 Science Book. This Technology Book is a companion volume to the Science Book. The ambitious science goals of CMB-S4, a "Stage-4" experiment, require a step forward in experimental capability from the current Stage=II experiments. To guide this process, we summarize the current state of CMB instrumentation technology, and identify R&D efforts necessary to advance it for use in CMB-S4. The book focuses on technical challenges in four broad areas: Telescope Design; Receiver Optics; Focal-Plane Optical Coupling; and Focal-Plane Sensor and Readout., 191 pages

Published
2019

42. Receiver development for BICEP Array, a next-generation CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

Author

Moncelsi, Lorenzo, primary, Ade, Peter A., additional, Ahmed, Zeeshan, additional, Amiri, Mandana, additional, Barkats, Denis, additional, Basu Thakur, Ritoban, additional, Bischoff, Colin A., additional, Bock, Jamie J., additional, Buza, Victor, additional, Cheshire, James R., additional, Connors, Jake, additional, Cornelison, James, additional, Crumrine, Michael, additional, Cukierman, Ari J., additional, Denison, Edward, additional, Dierickx, Marion, additional, Duband, Lionel, additional, Eiben, Miranda, additional, Fatigoni, Sofia, additional, Filippini, Jeffrey P., additional, Goeckner-Wald, Neil, additional, Goldfinger, David, additional, Grayson, James A., additional, Grimes, Paul, additional, Hall, Grantland, additional, Halpern, Mark, additional, Harrison, Samuel A., additional, Henderson, Shawn, additional, Hildebrandt, Sergi, additional, Hilton, Gene, additional, Hubmayr, Johannes, additional, Hui, Howard, additional, Irwin, Kent D., additional, Kang, Jae Hwan, additional, Karkare, Kirit S., additional, Kefeli, Sinan, additional, Kovac, John M., additional, Kuo, Chao-Lin, additional, Lau, Kenny, additional, Leitch, Erik M., additional, Megerian, Krikor G., additional, Minutolo, Lorenzo, additional, Nakato, Yuka, additional, Namikawa, Toshiya, additional, Nguyen, Hien T., additional, O'brient, Roger C., additional, Palladino, Steven, additional, Precup, Nathan, additional, Prouve, Thomas, additional, Pryke, Clement, additional, Racine, Benjamin, additional, Reintsema, Carl D., additional, Schillaci, Alessandro, additional, Schmitt, Benjamin, additional, Soliman, Ahmed, additional, St. Germaine, Tyler, additional, Steinbach, Bryan, additional, R.Sudiwala@astro.cf.ac.uk, Rashmi, additional, Thompson, Keith L., additional, Tucker, Carole, additional, Turner, Anthony D., additional, Umiltà, Caterina, additional, Vieregg, Abigail G., additional, Wandui, Albert, additional, Weber, Alexis C., additional, Wiebe, Don V., additional, Willmert, Justin, additional, Wu, Wai Ling K., additional, Yang, Hung-I E., additional, Yoon, Ki Won, additional, Young, Edward Y., additional, Yu, Cyndia, additional, Zeng, Lingzhen, additional, Zhang, Cheng, additional, and Zhang, Silvia, additional

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2020
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46. CMB-S4

Author

Carlstrom, John, Abazajian, Kevork, Addison, Graeme, Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Alvarez, Marcelo, Anderson, Adam, Arnold, Kam S., Baccigalupi, Carlo, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schillaci, Alessandro, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sheehy, Christopher, Sherwin, Blake D., Shirokoff, Erik, Bean, Rachel, Hložek, Renee, Simon, Sara M., Slosar, Anze, Somerville, Rachel, Staggs, Suzanne T., Stark, Antony, Stompor, Radek, Story, Kyle T., Stoughton, Chris, Suzuki, Aritoki, Tajima, Osamu, Holder, Gil, Bebek, Chris, Teply, Grant P., Thompson, Keith, Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Treu, Jesse I., Tristram, Matthieu, Tucker, Gregory, Umilta, Caterina, van Engelen, Alexander, Holzapfel, William, Vieira, Joaquin D., Bender, Amy N., Vieregg, Abigail G., Vogelsberger, Mark, Wang, Gensheng, Watson, Scott, White, Martin, Whitehorn, Nathan, Wollack, Edward J., Wu, W. L. Kimmy, Hubmayr, Johannes, Xu, Zhilei, Yasini, Siavash, Benson, Bradford A., Yeck, James, Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Edward, Zonca, Andrea, Berger, Edo, Bhimani, Sanah, Bischoff, Colin A., Huffenberger, Kevin M., Bleem, Lindsey, Bocquet, Sebastian, Boddy, Kimberly, BONATO, MATTEO, Bond, J. Richard, Borrill, Julian, Bouchet, François R., Brown, Michael L., Bryan, Sean, Burkhart, Blakesley, Huffer, Michael, Buza, Victor, Byrum, Karen, Calabrese, Erminia, Calafut, Victoria, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Carron, Julien, Cecil, Thomas, Challinor, Anthony, Chang, Clarence L., Hui, Howard, Chinone, Yuji, Cho, Hsiao-Mei Sherry, Cooray, Asantha, Crawford, Thomas M., Crites, Abigail, Cukierman, Ari, Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan, de Haan, Tijmen, DE ZOTTI, Gianfranco, Delabrouille, Jacques, Irwin, Kent, Demarteau, Marcel, Devlin, Mark, Di Valentino, Eleonora, Dobbs, Matt, Duff, Shannon, Duivenvoorden, Adriaan, Dvorkin, Cora, Edwards, William, Eimer, Joseph, Errard, Josquin, Johnson, Bradley R., Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Fabbian, Giulio, Feng, Chang, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Flaugher, Brenna, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Frolov, Andrei, Galitzki, Nicholas, Johnstone, Doug, Galli, Silvia, Ganga, Ken, Gerbino, Martina, Gilchriese, Murdock, Gluscevic, Vera, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Gualtieri, Riccardo, Guarino, Victor, Bailey, Kathy, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Habib, Salman, Haller, Gunther, Halpern, Mark, Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Harrington, Kathleen, Hasegawa, Masaya, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hazumi, Masashi, Jones, William C., Heitmann, Katrin, Henderson, Shawn, Henning, Jason W., Hill, J. Colin, Karkare, Kirit, Katayama, Nobuhiko, Kerby, James, Kernovsky, Sarah, Keskitalo, Reijo, Kisner, Theodore, Knox, Lloyd, Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Barkats, Denis, Kovetz, Ely D., Kuhlmann, Steve, Kuo, Chao-lin, Kurita, Nadine, Kusaka, Akito, Lahteenmaki, Anne, Lawrence, Charles R., Lee, Adrian T., Lewis, Antony, Li, Dale, Barron, Darcy, Linder, Eric, Loverde, Marilena, Lowitz, Amy, Madhavacheril, Mathew S., Mantz, Adam, Matsuda, Frederick, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff, Meerburg, P. Daniel, Melin, JeanBaptiste, Barry, Peter S., Meyers, Joel, Millea, Marius, Mohr, Joseph, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Mroczkowski, Tony, Mukherjee, Suvodip, Munchmeyer, Moritz, Nagai, Daisuke, Nagy, Johanna, Namikawa, Toshiya, Bartlett, James G., Nati, Federico, Natoli, Tyler, Negrello, Mattia, Newburgh, Laura, Niemack, Michael D., Nishino, Haruki, Nordby, Martin, Novosad, Valentine, O'Connor, Paul, Obied, Georges, Basu Thakur, Ritoban, Padin, Stephen, Pandey, Shivam, Partridge, Bruce, Pierpaoli, Elena, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Puglisi, Giuseppe, Racine, Benjamin, Raghunathan, Srinivasan, Rahlin, Alexandra, Battaglia, Nicholas, Rajagopalan, Srini, Raveri, Marco, Reichanadter, Mark, Reichardt, Christian L., Remazeilles, Mathieu, Rocha, Graca, Roe, Natalie A., Roy, Anirban, Ruhl, John, Salatino, Maria, Baxter, Eric, and Saliwanchik, Benjamin

Subjects
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We describe the stage 4 cosmic microwave background ground-based experiment CMB-S4.

Published
2019

47. CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition

Author

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adshead, Peter, Ahmed, Zeeshan, Allen, Steven W., Alonso, David, Arnold, Kam S., Baccigalupi, Carlo, Bartlett, James G., Battaglia, Nicholas, Benson, Bradford A., Bischoff, Colin A., Borrill, Julian, Buza, Victor, Calabrese, Erminia, Caldwell, Robert, Carlstrom, John E., Chang, Clarence L., Crawford, Thomas M., Francis-Yan, Cyr-Racine, Francesco, Bernardis, Haan, Tijmen, Di Serego Alighieri, Sperello, Dunkley, Joanna, Dvorkin, Cora, Errard, Josquin, Fabbian, Giulio, Feeney, Stephen, Ferraro, Simone, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Flauger, Raphael, Fuller, George M., Gluscevic, Vera, Green, Daniel, Grin, Daniel, Grohs, Evan, Henning, Jason W., Colin Hill, J., Hložek, Renée, Holder, Gilbert, Holzapfel, William, Hu, Wayne, Huffenberger, Kevin M., Keskitalo, Reijo, Knox, Lloyd, Kosowsky, Arthur, Kovac, John, Kovetz, Ely D., Chao-Lin, Kuo, Kusaka, Akito, Maude Le, Jeune, Lee, Adrian T., Lilley, Marc, Loverde, Marilena, Mathew Madhavacheril, Mantz, Adam, Marsh, David J. E., Jeffrey, Mcmahon, Pieter Daniel, Meerburg, Meyers, Joel, Miller, Amber D., Munoz, Julian B., Nguyen, Ho Nam, Niemack, Michael D., Peloso, Marco, Peloton, Julien, Pogosian, Levon, Pryke, Clement, Raveri, Marco, Reichardt, Christian L., Rocha, Graca, Rotti, Aditya, Schaan, Emmanuel, Schmittfull, Marcel M., Scott, Douglas, Sehgal, Neelima, Shandera, Sarah, Sherwin, Blake D., Smith, Tristan L., Sorbo, Lorenzo, Starkman, Glenn D., Story, Kyle T., Engelen, Alexander, Vieira, Joaquin D., Watson, Scott, Whitehorn, Nathan, and Wu, W. L. Kimmy

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Theory, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), gr-qc, hep-th, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, hep-ph, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), astro-ph.CO, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

This book lays out the scientific goals to be addressed by the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment, CMB-S4, envisioned to consist of dedicated telescopes at the South Pole, the high Chilean Atacama plateau and possibly a northern hemisphere site, all equipped with new superconducting cameras. CMB-S4 will dramatically advance cosmological studies by crossing critical thresholds in the search for the B-mode polarization signature of primordial gravitational waves, in the determination of the number and masses of the neutrinos, in the search for evidence of new light relics, in constraining the nature of dark energy, and in testing general relativity on large scales.

Published
2017

48. Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER

Author

Hubmayr, Johannes, additional, Austermann, Jason E., additional, Beall, James A., additional, Becker, Daniel T., additional, Benton, Steven J., additional, Bergman, A. Stevie, additional, Bond, J. Richard, additional, Bryan, Sean, additional, Duff, Shannon M., additional, Duivenvoorden, Adri J., additional, Eriksen, H. K., additional, Filippini, Jeffrey P., additional, Fraisse, A., additional, Galloway, Mathew, additional, Gambrel, Anne E., additional, Ganga, K., additional, Grigorian, Arpi L., additional, Gualtieri, Riccardo, additional, Gudmundsson, Jon E., additional, Hartley, John W., additional, Halpern, M., additional, Hilton, Gene C., additional, Jones, William C., additional, McMahon, Jeffrey J., additional, Moncelsi, Lorenzo, additional, Nagy, Johanna M., additional, Netterfield, C. B., additional, Osherson, Benjamin, additional, Padilla, Ivan, additional, Rahlin, Alexandra S., additional, Racine, B., additional, Ruhl, John, additional, Rudd, T. M., additional, Shariff, J. A., additional, Soler, J. D., additional, Song, Xue, additional, Ullom, Joel N., additional, Van Lanen, Jeff, additional, Vissers, Michael R., additional, Wehus, I. K., additional, Wen, Shyang, additional, Wiebe, D. V., additional, and Young, Edward, additional

Published
2016
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49. Design and construction of a carbon fiber gondola for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

Author

Soler, J. D., additional, Ade, P. A. R., additional, Amiri, M., additional, Benton, S. J., additional, Bock, J. J., additional, Bond, J. R., additional, Bryan, S. A., additional, Chiang, C., additional, Contaldi, C. C., additional, Crill, B. P., additional, Doré, O. P., additional, Farhang, M., additional, Filippini, Jeffrey P., additional, Fissel, L. M., additional, Fraisse, A. A., additional, Gambrel, A. E., additional, Gandilo, N. N., additional, Golwala, S., additional, Gudmundsson, J. E., additional, Halpern, M., additional, Hasselfield, M., additional, Hilton, G. C., additional, Holmes, W. A., additional, Hristov, V. V., additional, Irwin, K. D., additional, Jones, W. C., additional, Kermish, Z. K., additional, Kuo, C.-L., additional, MacTavish, C. J., additional, Mason, P. V., additional, Megerian, K. G., additional, Moncelsi, L., additional, Morford, T., additional, Nagy, J. M., additional, Netterfield, C. B., additional, Rahlin, A. S., additional, Reintsema, C. D., additional, Ruhl, J. E., additional, Runyan, M. C., additional, Shariff, J. A., additional, Trangsrud, A., additional, Tucker, C., additional, Tucker, R. S., additional, Turner, A. D., additional, Weber, A. C., additional, Wiebe, D. V., additional, and Young, E. Y., additional

Published
2014
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50. Modeling and characterization of the SPIDER half-wave plate

Author

Holland, Wayne S., Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Bryan, Sean A., Bock, James J., Crill, Brendan P., Dore, Olivier, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Golwala, Sunil, Hristov, Viktor V., Mason, Peter, Morford, Tracy, Runyan, Marcus C., Schenker, Matthew A., Trangsrud, Amy, Tucker, Rebecca, Holland, Wayne S., Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Bryan, Sean A., Bock, James J., Crill, Brendan P., Dore, Olivier, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Golwala, Sunil, Hristov, Viktor V., Mason, Peter, Morford, Tracy, Runyan, Marcus C., Schenker, Matthew A., Trangsrud, Amy, and Tucker, Rebecca

Abstract

Spider is a balloon-borne array of six telescopes that will observe the Cosmic Microwave Background. The 2624 antenna-coupled bolometers in the instrument will make a polarization map of the CMB with approximately one-half degree resolution at 145 GHz. Polarization modulation is achieved via a cryogenic sapphire half-wave plate (HWP) skyward of the primary optic. We have measured millimeter-wave transmission spectra of the sapphire at room and cryogenic temperatures. The spectra are consistent with our physical optics model, and the data gives excellent measurements of the indices of A-cut sapphire. We have also taken preliminary spectra of the integrated HWP, optical system, and detectors in the prototype Spider receiver. We calculate the variation in response of the HWP between observing the CMB and foreground spectra, and estimate that it should not limit the Spider constraints on inflation.

Published
2010

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