QUBIC I: Overview and science program

JC Hamilton, L Mousset, ES Battistelli… - … of Cosmology and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of
polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic …

Physics of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy

M Bucher - International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2015 - World Scientific
Observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), especially of its frequency
spectrum and its anisotropies, both in temperature and in polarization, have played a key …

Multiclustering needlet ILC for CMB B-mode component separation

A Carones, M Migliaccio, G Puglisi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) primordial B-mode signal is
predicted to be much lower than the polarized Galactic emission (foregrounds) in any region …

Characterization of foreground emission on degree angular scales for CMB B-mode observations-Thermal dust and synchrotron signal from Planck and WMAP data

N Krachmalnicoff, C Baccigalupi, J Aumont… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We quantify the contamination from polarized diffuse Galactic synchrotron and thermal dust
emissions to the B modes of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies on the …

Analysis of Needlet Internal Linear Combination performance on B-mode data from sub-orbital experiments

A Carones, M Migliaccio, D Marinucci… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The observation of primordial B modes in cosmic microwave background (CMB)
polarisation data represents the main scientific goal of most of the future CMB experiments …

Suitability of magnetic microbolometers based on paramagnetic temperature sensors for CMB polarization measurements

JM Geria, MR Hampel, S Kempf… - Journal of …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
High-resolution maps of polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background
(CMB) are in high demand, since the discovery of primordial B-modes in the polarization …

QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance

C O'Sullivan, M De Petris, G Amico… - … of Cosmology and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based
experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarization anisotropies [1] in the CMB at angular …

QUBIC II: Spectral polarimetry with bolometric interferometry

L Mousset, MMG Lerena, ES Battistelli… - … of Cosmology and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that has the ability to perform spectral
imaging. A bolometric interferometer observes the sky in a wide frequency band and can …

QUBIC VII: The feedhorn-switch system of the technological demonstrator

F Cavaliere, A Mennella, M Zannoni… - … of Cosmology and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the design, manufacturing and performance of the horn-switch system
developed for the technological demonstrator of QUBIC (the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer …

QUBIC: exploring the Primordial Universe with the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer

A Mennella, P Ade, G Amico, D Auguste, J Aumont… - Universe, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we describe QUBIC, an experiment that will observe the polarized microwave
sky with a novel approach, which combines the sensitivity of state-of-the-art bolometric …