Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Author "Church, S."
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Cosmological Parameters From the Quad Cmb Polarization Experiment
Castro, P. G.; Ade, P.; Bock, J.; Bowden, M.; Brown, M. L.; Cahill, G.; Church, S.; Culverhouse, T.; Friedman, R. B.; Ganga, K.; Gear, W. K.; Gupta, S.; Hinderks, J.; Kovac, John M; Lange, A. E.; Leitch, E.; Melhuish, S. J.; Memari, Y.; Murphy, J. A.; Orlando, A.; Pryke, Clement L.; Schwarz, R.; O, C.; Piccirillo, L.; Rajguru, N.; Rusholme, B.; Taylor, A. N.; Thompson, K. L.; Turner, A. H.; Wu, E. Y. S.; Zemcov, M. (IOP Publishing, 2009)In this paper, we present a parameter estimation analysis of the polarization and temperature power spectra from the second and third season of observations with the QUaD experiment. QUaD has for the first time detected ... -
First Season QUaD CMB Temperature and Polarization Power Spectra
Ade, P.; Bock, J.; Bowden, M.; Brown, M. L.; Cahill, G.; Carlstrom, J. E.; Castro, P. G.; Church, S.; Culverhouse, T.; Friedman, R.; Ganga, K.; Gear, W. K.; Hinderks, J.; Kovac, John M; Lange, A. E.; Leitch, E.; Melhuish, S. J.; Murphy, J. A.; Orlando, A.; Schwarz, R.; O’Sullivan, C.; Piccirillo, L.; Pryke, C.; Rajguru, N.; Rusholme, B.; Taylor, A. N.; Thompson, K. L.; Wu, E. Y. S.; Zemcov, M. (IOP Publishing, 2008)QUaD is a bolometric CMB polarimeter sited at the South Pole, operating at frequencies of 100 and 150 GHz. In this paper we report preliminary results from the first season of operation (austral winter 2005). All six CMB ... -
Improved Measurements of the Temperature and Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from QUaD
Brown, M. L.; Ade, P.; Bock, J.; Bowden, M.; Cahill, G.; Castro, P. G.; Church, S.; Culverhouse, T.; Friedman, R. B.; Ganga, K.; Gear, W. K.; Gupta, S.; Hinderks, J.; Kovac, John M; Lange, A. E.; Leitch, E.; Melhuish, S. J.; Memari, Y.; Murphy, J. A.; Orlando, A.; Sullivan, C. O; Piccirillo, L.; Pryke, Clement L.; Rajguru, N.; Rusholme, B.; Schwarz, R.; Taylor, A. N.; Thompson, K. L.; Turner, A. H.; Wu, E. Y. S.; Zemcov, M. (IOP Publishing, 2009)We present an improved analysis of the final data set from the QUaD experiment. Using an improved technique to remove ground contamination, we double the effective sky area and hence increase the precision of our cosmic ... -
Inflation Physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure
Abazajian, K. N.; Arnold, K.; Austermann, J.; Benson, B. A.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J.; Bond, J. R.; Borrill, J.; Buder, Immanuel D.; Burke, D. L.; Calabrese, E.; Carlstrom, J. E.; Carvalho, C. S.; Chang, C. L.; Chiang, H. C.; Church, S.; Cooray, A.; Crawford, T. M.; Crill, B. P.; Dawson, K. S.; Das, S.; Devlin, M. J.; Dobbs, M.; Dodelson, S.; Doré, O.; Dunkley, J.; Feng, J. L.; Fraisse, A.; Gallicchio, J.; Giddings, S. B.; Green, D.; Halverson, N. W.; Hanany, S.; Hanson, D.; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hincks, A.; Hlozek, R.; Holder, G.; Holzapfel, W. L.; Honscheid, K.; Horowitz, G.; Hu, W.; Hubmayr, J.; Irwin, K.; Jackson, M.; Jones, W. C.; Kallosh, R.; Kamionkowski, M.; Keating, B.; Keisler, R.; Kinney, W.; Knox, L.; Komatsu, E.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C.-L.; Kusaka, A.; Lawrence, C.; Lee, A. T.; Leitch, E.; Linde, A.; Linder, E.; Lubin, P.; Maldacena, J.; Martinec, E.; McMahon, J.; Miller, A.; Mukhanov, V.; Newburgh, L.; Niemack, M. D.; Nguyen, H.; Nguyen, H. T.; Page, L.; Pryke, C.; Reichardt, C. L.; Ruhl, J. E.; Sehgal, N.; Seljak, U.; Senatore, L.; Sievers, J.; Silverstein, E.; Slosar, A.; Smith, K. M.; Spergel, D.; Staggs, S. T.; Stark, Antony A.; Stompor, R.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wang, G.; Watson, S.; Wollack, E. J.; Wu, W. L. K.; Yoon, K. W.; Zahn, O.; Zaldarriaga, M. (The Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, 2013)Fluctuations in the intensity and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the large-scale distribution of matter in the universe each contain clues about the nature of the earliest moments of time. The ... -
Neutrino Physics from the Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure
Abazajian, K. N.; Arnold, K.; Austermann, J.; Benson, B. A.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J.; Bond, J. R.; Borrill, J.; Calabrese, E.; Carlstrom, J. E.; Carvalho, C. S.; Chang, C. L.; Chiang, H. C.; Church, S.; Cooray, A.; Crawford, T. M.; Dawson, K. S.; Das, S.; Devlin, M. J.; Dobbs, M.; Dodelson, S.; Doré, O.; Dunkley, J.; Errard, J.; Fraisse, A.; Gallicchio, J.; Halverson, N. W.; Hanany, S.; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hincks, A.; Hlozek, R.; Holder, G.; Holzapfel, W. L.; Honscheid, K.; Hu, W.; Hubmayr, J.; Irwin, K.; Jones, W. C.; Kamionkowski, M.; Keating, B.; Keisler, R.; Knox, L.; Komatsu, E.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C.-L.; Lawrence, C.; Lee, A. T.; Leitch, E.; Linder, E.; Lubin, P.; McMahon, J.; Miller, A.; Newburgh, L.; Niemack, M. D.; Nguyen, H.; Nguyen, H. T.; Page, L.; Pryke, C.; Reichardt, C. L.; Ruhl, J. E.; Sehgal, N.; Seljak, U.; Sievers, J.; Silverstein, E.; Slosar, A.; Smith, K. M.; Spergel, D.; Staggs, S. T.; Stark, Antony A.; Stompor, R.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wang, G.; Watson, S.; Wollack, E. J.; Wu, W. L. K.; Yoon, K. W.; Zahn, O. (The Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, 2013)This is a report on the status and prospects of the quantification of neutrino properties through the cosmological neutrino background for the Cosmic Frontier of the Division of Particles and Fields Community Summer Study ... -
The Origin of the Universe as Revealed Through the Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background
Dodelson, S.; Easther, R.; Hanany, S.; McAllister, L.; Meyer, S.; Page, L.; Ade, P.; Amblard, A.; Ashoorioon, A.; Balbi, C.; Bartlett, J.; Bartolo, N.; Baumann, D.; Beltran, M.; Benford, D.; Birkinshaw, M.; Bock, J.; Bond, D.; Borrill, J.; Bouchet, F.; Bridges, M.; Bunn, E.; Calabrese, E.; Cantalupo, C.; Caramete, A.; Carbone, C.; Carroll, S.; Chatterjee, S.; Chen, Xingang; Church, S.; Chuss, D.; Contaldi, C.; Cooray, A.; Creminelli, P.; Das, S.; De Bernardis, F.; Delabrouille, J.; Desert, F.; Devlin, M.; Dickinson, C.; Dicker, S.; DiPirro, M.; Dobbs, M.; Dore, O.; Dotson, J.; Dunkley, J.; Dvorkin, Cora; Eriksen, H.; Falvella, M.; Finley, D.; Finkbeiner, Douglas; Fixsen, D.; Flauger, R.; Fossalba, P.; Fowler, J.; Galli, S.; Gates, E.; Gear, W.; Giraud-Heraud, Y.; Krzysztof, G.; Greene, B.; Gruppuso, A.; Gundersen, J.; Halpern, M.; Hamilton, J.; Hazumi, M.; Hernandez-Monteagudo, C.; Hertzberg, M.; Hinshaw, G.; Hirata, C.; Hivon, E.; Holman, R.; Holmes, W.; Hu, W.; Hubmayr, J.; Huffenberger, K.; Hui, H.; Hui, L.; Irwin, K.; Jackson, M.; Jaffe, A.; Johnson, B.; Johnson, D.; Jones, W.; Kachru, S.; Kadota, K.; Kaplan, J.; Kaplinghat, W.; Keating, B.; Keskitalo, R.; Khoury, J.; Kinney, W.; Kisner, T.; Knox, T.; Kodama, H.; Kogut, A.; Komatsu, E.; Kosowsky, A.; Kovac, John M; Krauss, L.; Kurki-Suonio, H.; Lamarre, J.; Landau, S.; Lawrenece, C.; Leach, S.; Leblond, L.; Lee, A.; Leitch, E.; Leonardi, R.; Lesgourgues, J.; Liddle, A.; Lim, E.; Limon, M.; LoVerde, M.; Lubin, P.; Lunghi, E.; Lykken, J.; MacTavish, C.; Magalhaes, A.; Maino, D.; Martin, V.; Matarrese, S.; Mather, J.; Mathur, H.; Matsumura, T.; Meerburg, P.; Melchiorri, A.; Mersini-Houghton, L.; Miller, A.; Milligan, M.; Moodley, K.; Neimack, M.; Nguyen, H.; Nicolis, A.; O'Dwyer, I.; Olinto, A.; Pagano, L.; Paher, E.; Partridge, B.; Pearson, T.; Peiris, H.; Peloso, M.; Piacentini, F.; Piat, M.; Piccirillo, L.; Pierpaoli, E.; Pietrobon, D.; Pisano, G.; Pogosian, L.; Pogosyan, D.; Ponthieu, N.; Popa, L.; Pryke, Clement L.; Raeth, C.; Ray, S.; Reichardt, C.; Riccardi, S.; Richards, P.; Riotto, A.; Rocha, G.; Ruhl, J.; Rusholme, B.; Scherrer, R.; Scoccola, C.; Scott, D.; Sealfon, C.; Sefusatti, E.; Sehgal, N.; Seiffert, M.; Senatore, L.; Serra, P.; Shandera, S.; Shimon, M.; Shirron, P.; Sievers, J.; Silk, J.; Sigurdson, K.; Silverberg, R.; Silverstein, E.; Staggs, S.; Starkman, G.; Stebbins, A.; Stivoli, F.; Stompor, R.; Sugiyama, N.; Swetz, D.; Tegmark, M.; Tartari, A.; Timbie, P.; Titov, M.; Tristram, M.; Trodden, M.; Tucker, G.; Urrestilla, J.; Veneziani, M.; Verde, L.; Vieira, J.; Walker, T.; Wands, D.; Watson, S.; Weinberg, S.; Weiss, R.; Wandelt, B.; Winstein, B.; Wollack, E.; Wyman, M.; Yadav, A.; Won Yoon, K.; Zahn, O.; Zaldarriaga, M.; Zemcov, M.; Zwart, J. (2009)Modern cosmology has sharpened questions posed for millennia about the origin of our cosmic habitat. The age-old questions have been transformed into two pressing issues primed for attack in the coming decade: • How did ... -
Parity Violation Constraints Using Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Spectra from 2006 and 2007 Observations by the QUaD Polarimeter
Wu, E.Y.S.; Ade, P.; Bowden, M.; Brown, M.L.; Cahill, G.; Castro, P.G.; Church, S.; Culverhouse, T.; Ganga, K.; Gear, W.K.; Gupta, S.; Hinderks, J.; Kovac, John M; Lange, A.E.; Leitch, E.; Melhusish, S.J.; Memari, Y.; Murphy, J.A.; Orlando, A.; Piccirillo, L.; Pryke, C.; Rajguru, N.; Rusholme, B.; Schwarz, R.; O'Sullivan, C.; Taylor, A.N.; Thompson, K.L.; Turner, A.H.; Zemcov, M.; Bock, J.; Friedman, R B (American Physical Society, 2009)We constrain parity-violating interactions to the surface of last scattering using spectra from the QUaD experiment’s second and third seasons of observations by searching for a possible systematic rotation of the polarization ... -
The QUaD Galactic Plane Survey 1: Maps And Analysis of Diffuse Emission
Culverhouse, T.; Ade, P.; Bock, J.; Bowden, M.; Brown, M.; Cahill, G.; Castro, P.; Church, S.; Friedman, R.; Ganga, K.; Gear, W.; Gupta, S.; Hinderks, J.; Kovac, John M; Lange, A.; Leitch, E.; Melhuish, S.; Memari, Y.; Murphy, J.; Orlando, A.; Schwarz, R.; O'Sullivan, C.; Piccirillo, L.; Pryke, C; Rajguru, N.; Rusholme, B.; Taylor, A.; Thompson, K.; Turner, A.; Wu, E.; Zemcov, M. (IOP Publishing, 2010)We present a survey of ∼ 800 square degrees of the galactic plane observed with the QUaD telescope. The primary product of the survey are maps of Stokes I, Q and U parameters at 100 and 150 GHz, with spatial resolution 5 ... -
The QUaD Galactic Plane Survey. II. A Compact Source Catalog
Culverhouse, T.; Ade, P.; Bock, J.; Bowden, M.; Brown, M. L.; Cahill, G.; Castro, P. G.; Church, S.; Friedman, R.; Ganga, K.; Gear, W. K.; Gupta, S.; Hinderks, J.; Kovac, John M; Lange, A. E.; Leitch, E.; Melhuish, S. J.; Memari, Y.; Murphy, J. A.; Orlando, A.; Pryke, C.; Schwarz, R.; O, C.; Piccirillo, L.; Rajguru, N.; Rusholme, B.; Taylor, A. N.; Thompson, K. L.; Turner, A. H.; Wu, E. Y. S.; Zemcov, M. (The American Astronomical Society, 2011)We present a catalog of compact sources derived from the QUaD Galactic Plane Survey. The survey covers ~800 deg2 of the inner galaxy (|b| < 4°) in Stokes I, Q, and U parameters at 100 and 150 GHz, with angular resolutions ... -
Small angular scale measurements of the cosmic microwave background temperature power spectrum from QUaD
Friedman, R. B.; Ade, P.; Bock, J.; Bowden, M.; Brown, M. L.; Cahill, G.; Castro, P. G.; Church, S.; Culverhouse, T.; Ganga, K.; Gear, W. K.; Gupta, S.; Hinderks, J.; Kovac, John M; Lange, A. E.; Leitch, E.; Melhuish, S. J.; Memari, Y.; Murphy, J. A.; Orlando, A.; O'Sullivan, C.; Piccirillo, L.; Pryke, Clement L.; Rajguru, N.; Rusholme, B.; Schwarz, R.; Taylor, A. N.; Thompson, K. L.; Turner, A. H.; Wu, E. Y. S.; Zemcov, M. (IOP Publishing, 2009)We present measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation temperature anisotropy in the multipole range 2000 << 3000 from the QUaD telescope’s second and third observing seasons. After masking the brightest ...