Probing cosmic inflation with the LiteBIRD cosmic microwave background polarization survey

LiteBIRD Collaboration, E Allys, K Arnold… - … of Theoretical and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract LiteBIRD, the Lite (Light) satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and Inflation
from cosmic background Radiation Detection, is a space mission for primordial cosmology …

[HTML][HTML] Transition edge sensors: Physics and applications

M De Lucia, P Dal Bo, E Di Giorgi, T Lari, C Puglia… - Instruments, 2024 - mdpi.com
Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) are amongst the most sensitive cryogenic detectors and
can be easily optimized for the detection of massive particles or photons ranging from X-rays …

The large scale polarization explorer (LSPE) for CMB measurements: performance forecast

G Addamo, PAR Ade, C Baccigalupi… - … of Cosmology and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation
is one of the current frontiers in cosmology. In particular, the detection of the primordial …

QUIJOTE scientific results–VIII. Diffuse polarized foregrounds from component separation with QUIJOTE-MFI

E de la Hoz, RB Barreiro, P Vielva… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We derive linearly polarized astrophysical component maps in the Northern Sky from the
QUIJOTE-MFI data at 11 and 13 GHz in combination with the Wilkinson Microwave …

QUBIC V: Cryogenic system design and performance

S Masi, ES Battistelli, P De Bernardis… - … of Cosmology and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Current experiments aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave
Background (CMB) use cryogenic detector arrays with cold optical systems to boost their …

QUBIC VI: Cryogenic half wave plate rotator, design and performance

G d'Alessandro, L Mele, F Columbro… - … of Cosmology and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Setting an upper limit or detection of B-mode polarization imprinted by gravitational
waves from Inflation is one goal of modern large angular scale cosmic microwave …

A bunch of YBCO Josephson generators for the analysis of resonant cold-electron bolometers

LS Revin, DV Masterov, AE Parafin, SA Pavlov… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The resonant properties of Cold-Electron Bolometers (CEBs) located at a 0.3 K cryostat plate
are measured using a 50 μm long high-temperature YBa2Cu3O 7− δ (YBCO) Josephson …

Frequency shift algorithm: Application to a frequency-domain multiplexing readout of x-ray transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters

D Vaccaro, H Akamatsu, J Van Der Kuur… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In the frequency-domain multiplexing (FDM) scheme, transition-edge sensors (TESs) are
individually coupled to superconducting LC filters and AC biased at MHz frequencies …

A simple method to measure the temperature and levitation height of devices rotating at cryogenic temperatures

P de Bernardis, F Columbro, S Masi… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
We describe a simple system to measure the temperature and levitation height of levitating
cryogenic devices in rotation. Devices of this kind are the half-wave-plates rotating on …

The optical design of the Litebird middle and high frequency telescope

L Lamagna, JE Gudmundsson, H Imada… - Space Telescopes …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
LiteBIRD is a JAXA strategic L-class mission devoted to the measurement of polarization of
the Cosmic Microwave Background, searching for the signature of primordial gravitational …