Three-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations: implications for cosmology

DN Spergel, R Bean, O Doré, MR Nolta… - The astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
A simple cosmological model with only six parameters (matter density, Ω mh 2, baryon
density, Ω bh 2, Hubble constant, H 0, amplitude of fluctuations, σ 8, optical depth, τ, and a …

Optical design of the Atacama cosmology telescope and the millimeter bolometric array camera

JW Fowler, MD Niemack, SR Dicker, AM Aboobaker… - Applied …, 2007 - opg.optica.org
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope is a 6 m telescope designed to map the cosmic
microwave background simultaneously at 145, 215, and 280 GHz with arcminute resolution …

Unbiased estimation of an angular power spectrum

G Polenta, D Marinucci, A Balbi… - … of Cosmology and …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss the derivation of the analytic properties of the cross-power spectrum estimator
from multi-detector CMB anisotropy maps. The method is computationally convenient and it …

A map of the cosmic microwave background from the BEAST experiment

PR Meinhold, M Bersanelli, J Childers… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first sky maps from the BEAST (Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning
Telescope) experiment. BEAST consists of a 2.2 m off-axis Gregorian telescope fed by a …

The 2.3 GHz continuum survey of the GEM project

C Tello, T Villela, S Torres, M Bersanelli… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Context. Determining the spectral and spatial characteristics of the radio continuum of our
Galaxy is an experimentally challenging endeavour for improving our understanding of the …

Testing the analytical blind separation method in simulated CMB polarization maps

L Santos, J Yao, L Zhang, S Ghosh, P Zhang… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Multi-frequency observations are needed to separate the cosmic microwave
background (CMB) from foreground emission and accurately extract cosmological …

The background emission anisotropy scanning telescope (BEAST) instrument description and performances

J Childers, M Bersanelli, N Figueiredo… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope (BEAST) is a millimeter
wavelength experiment designed to generate maps of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave …

Galactic foreground contribution to the BEAST cosmic microwave background anisotropy maps

J Mejía, M Bersanelli, C Burigana… - The Astrophysical …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
We report limits on the Galactic foreground emission contribution to the Background
Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope (BEAST) Ka-and Q-band CMB anisotropy maps …

Angular power spectrum of the fastica cosmic microwave background component from Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope data

S Donzelli, D Maino, M Bersanelli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We present the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
component extracted with fastica from the Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning …

The Cosmic Foreground Explorer (COFE): A balloon-borne microwave polarimeter to characterize polarized foregrounds

R Leonardi, B Williams, M Bersanelli, I Ferreira… - New Astronomy …, 2006 - Elsevier
The COsmic Foreground Explorer (COFE) is a balloon-borne microwave polarimeter
designed to measure the low-frequency and low-ℓ characteristics of dominant diffuse …