Browsing by Keyword "polarimeters"

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    • Characterization of the BICEP Telescope for High-precision Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry 

      Takahashi, Yuki D.; Ade, Peter; Barkats, Denis; Battle, John O.; Bierman, Evan M.; Bock, James; Chiang, H. Cynthia; Dowell, C. Darren; Duband, Lionel; Hivon, Eric F.; Holzapfel, William L.; Hristov, Victor V.; Jones, William C.; Keating, Brian G.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, Chao-Lin; Lange, Andrew E.; Leitch, Erik M.; Mason, Peter V.; Matsumura, Tomotake; Nguyen, Hien T.; Ponthieu, N.; Pryke, Clement; Richter, Steffen; Rocha, Graca M.; Yoon, Ki Won (IOP Publishing, 2010)
      The Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) experiment was designed specifically to search for the signature of inflationary gravitational waves in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background ...

    • Characterization of the Millimeter-Wave Polarization of Centaurus A with QUaD 

      Zemcov, Michael B.; Ade, Peter; Bock, James; Bowden, Melanie; Brown, Michael L.; Cahill, Gary; Castro, Patricia G.; Church, Sarah; Culverhouse, Thomas; Friedman, Robert B.; Ganga, Ken; Gear, Walter K.; Gupta, Sujata; Hinderks, James; Kovac, John M; Lange, Andrew E.; Leitch, Erik; Melhuish, Simon J.; Memari, Yasin; Murphy, J. Anthony; Orlando, Angiola; O’ Sullivan, Creidhe; Piccirillo, Lucio; Pryke, Clem; Rajguru, Nutan; Rusholme, Ben; Schwarz, Robert; Taylor, Andrew N.; Thompson, Keith L.; Turner, Abigail H.; Wu, Ed Y. S. (IOP Publishing, 2010)
      Centaurus (Cen) A represents one of the best candidates for an isolated, compact, highly polarized source that is bright at typical cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment frequencies. We present measurements of the ...

    • QUaD: A High-Resolution Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter 

      Hinderks, James R.; Ade, Peter; Bock, James; Bowden, Melanie; Brown, Michael L.; Cahill, Gary; Carlstrom, John E.; Castro, Patricia G.; Church, Sarah; Culverhouse, Thomas; Friedman, Robert; Ganga, Ken; Gear, Walter K.; Gupta, Sujata; Harris, J.; Haynes, V.; Keating, Brian G.; Kovac, John M; Kirby, E.; Lange, Andrew E.; Leitch, Erik; Mallie, Olivier E.; Melhuish, Simon J.; Memari, Yasin; Murphy, J. Anthony; Orlando, Angiola; Schwarz, Robert; O'Sullivan, Creidhe; Piccirillo, Lucio; Pryke, Clement; Rajguru, Nutan; Rusholme, Ben; Taylor, Andrew N.; Thompson, Keith L.; Tucker, Carole; Turner, Abigail H.; Wu, Ed Y. S.; Zemcov, Michael (IOP Publishing, 2009)
      We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain telescope equipped ...

    • Scientific Verification Of Faraday Rotation Modulators: Detection Of Diffuse Polarized Galactic Emission 

      Moyerman, S.; Bierman, E.; Ade, P. A. R.; Aiken, R.; Barkats, D.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Chiang, H. C.; Dowell, C. D.; Duband, L.; Hivon, E. F.; Holzapfel, W. L.; Hristov, V. V.; Jones, W. C.; Kaufman, J.; Keating, B. G.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Mason, P. V.; Matsumura, T.; Nguyen, H. T.; Ponthieu, N.; Pryke, C.; Richter, S.; Rocha, G.; Sheehy, C.; Takahashi, Y. D.; Tolan, J. E.; Wollack, E.; Yoon, K. W. (American Astronomical Society, 2013)
      The design and performance of a wide bandwidth linear polarization modulator based on the Faraday effect is described. Faraday Rotation Modulators (FRMs) are solid-state polarization switches that are capable of modulation ...