CMB-S4: Forecasting constraints on primordial gravitational waves

K Abazajian, GE Addison, P Adshead… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Determining the origin of structure in the universe is one of the most important open
problems in cosmology. CMB anisotropies sourced by early-universe density perturbations …

Unavoidable CMB spectral features and blackbody photosphere of our Universe

RA Sunyaev, R Khatri - International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2013 - World Scientific
Spectral features in the CMB energy spectrum contain a wealth of information about the
physical processes in the early Universe, z≲ 2× 106. The CMB spectral distortions are …

Axion dark matter detection with CMB polarization

MA Fedderke, PW Graham, S Rajendran - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
We point out two ways to search for low-mass axion dark matter using cosmic microwave
background (CMB) polarization measurements. These appear, in particular, to be some of …

The evolution of CMB spectral distortions in the early Universe

J Chluba, RA Sunyaev - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The energy spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allows us to constrain
episodes of energy release in the early Universe. In this paper, we revisit and refine …

PRISM (Polarized Radiation Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission): an extended white paper

P André, C Baccigalupi, A Banday… - … of Cosmology and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract PRISM (Polarized Radiation Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) was proposed to
ESA in May 2013 as a large-class mission for investigating within the framework of the ESA …

A measurement of gravitational lensing of the microwave background using South Pole Telescope data

A Van Engelen, R Keisler, O Zahn, KA Aird… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We use South Pole Telescope data from 2008 and 2009 to detect the non-
Gaussian signature in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) produced by gravitational …

An 84 pixel all-silicon corrugated feedhorn for CMB measurements

JP Nibarger, JA Beall, D Becker, J Britton… - Journal of Low …, 2012 - Springer
Silicon platelet corrugated feedhorn arrays for cosmic microwave background (CMB)
measurements at millimeter wavelengths (130 GHz to 170 GHz) have been developed for …

ACTPol: a polarization-sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

MD Niemack, PAR Ade, J Aguirre… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The six-meter Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile was built to measure the
cosmic microwave background (CMB) at arcminute angular scales. We are building a new …

CMB anisotropy science: a review

A Challinor - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2012 - cambridge.org
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides us with our most direct observational
window to the early universe. Observations of the temperature and polarization anisotropies …

THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: COSMOLOGY FROM GALAXY CLUSTERS DETECTED VIA THE SUNYAEV–ZEL'DOVICH EFFECT

N Sehgal, H Trac, V Acquaviva, PAR Ade… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present constraints on cosmological parameters based on a sample of Sunyaev–
Zel'dovich-selected (SZ-selected) galaxy clusters detected in a millimeter-wave survey by …