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 …

New physics from the polarized light of the cosmic microwave background

E Komatsu - Nature Reviews Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The current cosmological model requires new physics beyond the standard model of
elementary particles and fields, such as dark matter and dark energy. Their nature is …

Inflation: theory and observations

A Achúcarro, M Biagetti, M Braglia, G Cabass… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Cosmic inflation provides a window to the highest energy densities accessible in nature, far
beyond those achievable in any realistic terrestrial experiment. Theoretical insights into the …

Impact of half-wave plate systematics on the measurement of cosmic birefringence from CMB polarization

M Monelli, E Komatsu, AE Adler, M Billi… - … of Cosmology and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) can probe new parity-violating
physics such as cosmic birefringence (CB), which requires exquisite control over …

Impact of half-wave plate systematics on the measurement of CMB B-mode polarization

M Monelli, E Komatsu, T Ghigna… - … of Cosmology and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) can help probe the fundamental
physics behind cosmic inflation via the measurement of primordial B modes. As this requires …

Effect of instrumental polarization with a half-wave plate on the B-mode signal: prediction and correction

G Patanchon, H Imada, H Ishino… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the effect of incident unpolarized signal converted to polarized light produced by a
realistic half-wave plate (HWP) and evaluate the impact of the effect in the measurement of …

Wide-field polarization angle measurements of a LiteBIRD low-frequency telescope scaled antenna

H Takakura, Y Sekimoto, J Inatani… - Journal of …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
LiteBIRD is a space mission intended for the late 2020s that aims to observe the large-
angular-scale polarization pattern of the cosmic microwave background. The low-frequency …

Requirements on the gain calibration for LiteBIRD polarisation data with blind component separation

F Carralot, A Carones, N Krachmalnicoff… - … of Cosmology and …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
The detection of primordial B modes of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) could
provide information about the early stages of the Universe's evolution. The faintness of this …

CMB polarization signal demodulation with a rotating half-wave plate

M Rashid, ML Brown, DB Thomas - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Several forthcoming Cosmic Microwave Background polarization experiments
will employ a Continuously Rotating Half-Wave Plate (CRHWP), the primary purpose of …

Effect of Instrumental Polarization with a Half-Wave Plate on the -Mode Signal: Prediction and Correction

G Patanchon, H Imada, H Ishino… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We evaluate the effect of half-wave plate (HWP) imperfections inducing intensity leakage to
the measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) $ B $-mode polarization signal …