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Analysis and Measurement of Horn Antennas for CMB Experiments
Analysis and Measurement of Horn Antennas for CMB Experiments Ian Mc Auley (M.Sc. B.Sc.) A thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Maynooth University Department of Experimental Physics, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. October 2015 Head of Department Professor J.A. Murphy Research Supervisor Professor J.A. Murphy Abstract In this thesis the author's work on the computational modelling and the experimental measurement of millimetre and sub-millimetre wave horn antennas for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments is presented. This computational work particularly concerns the analysis of the multimode channels of the High Frequency Instrument (HFI) of the European Space Agency (ESA) Planck satellite using mode matching techniques to model their farfield beam patterns. To undertake this analysis the existing in-house software was upgraded to address issues associated with the stability of the simulations and to introduce additional functionality through the application of Single Value Decomposition in order to recover the true hybrid eigenfields for complex corrugated waveguide and horn structures. The farfield beam patterns of the two highest frequency channels of HFI (857 GHz and 545 GHz) were computed at a large number of spot frequencies across their operational bands in order to extract the broadband beams. The attributes of the multimode nature of these channels are discussed including the number of propagating modes as a function of frequency. A detailed analysis of the possible effects of manufacturing tolerances of the long corrugated triple horn structures on the farfield beam patterns of the 857 GHz horn antennas is described in the context of the higher than expected sidelobe levels detected in some of the 857 GHz channels during flight. -
CMB S4 Stage-4 CMB Experiment
Cosmic Microwave Background past and future June 3rd, 2016 28th Rencontres de Blois Akito KUSAKA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Light New TeV Particle? Higgs 5th force? Yukawa Inflation n Dark Dark Energy 퐵 /퐵 Matter My summary of “Snowmass Questions” 2014 2.7K blackbody What is CMB? Light from Last Scattering Surface LSS: Boundary between plasma and neutral H COBE/FIRAS Mather et. al. (1990) Planck Collaboration (2014) The Universe was 1100 times smaller Fluctuations seeding “us” 2015 Planck Collaboration (2015) Wk = 0 0.005 (w/ BAO) Gaussian Planck Collaboration (2014) Polarization Quadrupole anisotropy creates linear polarization via Thomson scattering http://background.uchicago.edu/~whu/polar/webversion/polar.html Polarization – E modes and B modes E modes: curl free component 푘 B modes: divergence free component 푘 CMB Polarization Science Inflation / Gravitational Waves Gravitational Lensing / Neutrino Mass Light Relativistic Species And more… B-mode from Inflation It’s about the stuff here A probe into the Early Universe Hot High Energy ~3000K (~0.25eV) Photons 1016 GeV ? ~1010K (~1MeV) Neutrinos Gravitational waves Sound waves Source of GW? : inflation Inflation › Rapid expansion of universe Quantum fluctuation of metric during inflation › Off diagonal component (T) primordial gravitational waves Unique probe into gravity quantum mechanics connection Ratio to S (on-diagonal): r=T/S Lensing B-mode Deflection by lensing (Nearly) Gaussian Non-Gaussian (Nearly) pure E modes Non-zero B modes It’s about the stuff here Lensing B-mode Abazajian et. al. (2014) Deflection by lensing (Nearly) Gaussian Non-Gaussian (Nearly) pure E modes Non-zero B modes Accurate mass measurement may resolve neutrino mass hierarchy. -
Clover: Measuring Gravitational-Waves from Inflation
ClOVER: Measuring gravitational-waves from Inflation Executive Summary The existence of primordial gravitational waves in the Universe is a fundamental prediction of the inflationary cosmological paradigm, and determination of the level of this tensor contribution to primordial fluctuations is a uniquely powerful test of inflationary models. We propose an experiment called ClOVER (ClObserVER) to measure this tensor contribution via its effect on the geometric properties (the so-called B-mode) of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) down to a sensitivity limited by the foreground contamination due to lensing. In order to achieve this sensitivity ClOVER is designed with an unprecedented degree of systematic control, and will be deployed in Antarctica. The experiment will consist of three independent telescopes, operating at 90, 150 or 220 GHz respectively, and each of which consists of four separate optical assemblies feeding feedhorn arrays arrays of superconducting detectors with phase as well as intensity modulation allowing the measurement of all three Stokes parameters I, Q and U in every pixel. This project is a combination of the extensive technical expertise and experience of CMB measurements in the Cardiff Instrumentation Group (Gear) and Cavendish Astrophysics Group (Lasenby) in UK, the Rome “La Sapienza” (de Bernardis and Masi) and Milan “Bicocca” (Sironi) CMB groups in Italy, and the Paris College de France Cosmology group (Giraud-Heraud) in France. This document is based on the proposal submitted to PPARC by the UK groups (and funded with 4.6ML), integrated with additional information on the Dome-C site selected for the operations. This document has been prepared to obtain an endorsement from the INAF (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) on the scientific quality of the proposed experiment to be operated in the Italian-French base of Dome-C, and to be submitted to the Commissione Scientifica Nazionale Antartica and to the French INSU and IPEV. -
Searching for the Missing Baryons in Clusters
Searching for the missing baryons in clusters Bilhuda Rasheed, Neta Bahcall1, and Paul Bode Department of Astrophysical Sciences, 4 Ivy Lane, Peyton Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 Edited by Marc Davis, University of California, Berkeley, CA, and approved January 10, 2011 (received for review July 8, 2010) Observations of clusters of galaxies suggest that they contain few- fraction in the richest clusters, it is still systematically below er baryons (gas plus stars) than the cosmic baryon fraction. This the cosmic value. This baryon discrepancy, especially the gas frac- “missing baryon” puzzle is especially surprising for the most mas- tion, is observed to increase with decreasing cluster mass (14, 15). sive clusters, which are expected to be representative of the cosmic This raises the questions: Where are the missing baryons? Why matter content of the universe (baryons and dark matter). Here we are they “missing”? show that the baryons may not actually be missing from clusters, Attempted explanations for the missing baryons in clusters but rather are extended to larger radii than typically observed. The range from preheating or other energy inputs that expel gas from baryon deficiency is typically observed in the central regions of the system (16–22, and references therein), to the suggestion of clusters (∼0.5 the virial radius). However, the observed gas-density additional baryonic components not yet detected [e.g., cool gas, profile is significantly shallower than the mass-density profile, faint stars (10, 23)]. Simulations, which do suggest a depletion of implying that the gas is more extended than the mass and that cluster gas in the inner regions of clusters, do not yet contain all the gas fraction increases with radius. -
Calibration of a Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Using a Double Directional Coupler
remote sensing Article Calibration of a Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Using a Double Directional Coupler Luisa de la Fuente 1,* , Beatriz Aja 1 , Enrique Villa 2 and Eduardo Artal 1 1 Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain; [email protected] (B.A.); [email protected] (E.A.) 2 IACTEC, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, 38205 La Laguna, Spain; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: This paper presents a built-in calibration procedure of a 10-to-20 GHz polarimeter aimed at measuring the I, Q, U Stokes parameters of cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation. A full-band square waveguide double directional coupler, mounted in the antenna-feed system, is used to inject differently polarized reference waves. A brief description of the polarimetric microwave radiometer and the system calibration injector is also reported. A fully polarimetric calibration is also possible using the designed double directional coupler, although the presented calibration method in this paper is proposed to obtain three of the four Stokes parameters with the introduced microwave receiver, since V parameter is expected to be zero for the CMB radiation. Experimental results are presented for linearly polarized input waves in order to validate the built-in calibration system. Keywords: radiometer; polarimeter calibration; microwave polarimeter; radiometer calibration; radio astronomy receiver; cosmic microwave background receiver; Stokes parameters Citation: de la Fuente, L.; Aja, B.; Villa, E.; Artal, E. Calibration of a 1. Introduction Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Remote sensing applications employ sensitive instruments to fulfill the scientific goals Using a Double Directional Coupler. of dedicated missions or projects, either space or terrestrial. -
Wide-Survey of the QUIJOTE CMB Experiment Presented By: Federica Guidi (IAC, ULL), on Behalf of the QUIJOTE Collaboration
Wide-survey of the QUIJOTE CMB experiment Presented by: Federica Guidi (IAC, ULL), on behalf of the QUIJOTE collaboration. I present the status and the recent results of the QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) experiment. QUIJOTE is a project that operates from the Teide Observatory, with the aim to characterize the emission of the galactic foregrounds at microwave wavelengths, and to study the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, targeting the detection of the primordial gravitational waves, the so called ”B-modes”, down to a value of the tensor to scalar ratio of r = 0.05. Recently, one of the two instruments of QUIJOTE, the Multi Frequency Instrument (MFI), concluded a wide-survey campaign, during which we observed the full northern sky, at 11, 13, 17 and 19 GHz. The wide survey maps of QUIJOTE will be delivered soon to the community. Here I present the current status of the maps, and I summarize few scientific results related to them, with special emphasis on the low frequency Galactic foregrounds, such as the Synchrotron and the Anomalous Microwave Emission. XIV.0 Reunión Científica 13-15 julio 2020 Context of the research: QUIJOTE: a polarimetric CMB experiment for the characterization of the low frequency galactic foregrounds ● CMB polarization experiments are searching for the polarization pattern imprinted by primordial gravitational waves: the “B-modes”. ● QUIJOTE is a polarimetric CMB experiment installed at the Teide observatory since 2012. ● QUIJOTE extends the Planck and WMAP coverage to low frequency, with two instruments: ○ Multi Frequency Instrument (MFI): 11, 13, 17, 19 GHz; ○ Thirty and Forty GHz Instrument (TFGI): Q Q Q Q J J 30-40 GHz. -
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (Act): Beam Profiles and First Sz Cluster Maps
ApJS, 191 :423-438, 20 I 0 DECEMBER Preprint typeset using ""TEX style emulateapj v. 11/10/09 THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE (ACT): BEAM PROFILES AND FIRST SZ CLUSTER MAPS A, D, HINCKS I, V, ACQUAVIVA 2,3, p, A, R, ADE4, p, AGUIRRES, M, AMIRI6, J, W, ApPEL I, L. F, BARRIENTOS5, E, S, BATTISTELU7,6, 9 6 IO I I2 12 13 J, R, BONDs, B, BROWN , B, BURGER , 1. CHERVENAK , S, DAS I.I.3, M, J. DEVLIN , S. R. DICKER , W, B, DORIESE , I4 1 3 5 I I s 6 J. DUNKLEy . , R. DONNER , T. ESSINGER-HILEMAN , R. P. FISHER , J. W. FOWLER I , A. HAJIAN ,3.1, M. HALPERN , 6 I5 13 I6 17 I4 I8 M. HASSELFIELD , C, HERNANDEZ-MONTEAGUDO , G, C. HILTON , M. HILTON . , R. HLOZEK , K, M. HUFFENBERGER , I9 2 5 I3 20 5 I2 I2 D. H. HUGHES , J. P. HUGHES , L. INFANTE , K. D. IRWIN , R, JIMENEZ , J. B. JUIN , M. KAUL , J. KLEIN , A. KOSOWSKy9, 23 12 24 3 25 3 I2 26 4 J. M, LAU21.22.1 , M, LIMON . ,! , Y-T. LIN . .5, R, H. LUPTON), T. A. MARRIAGE . , D. MARSDEN , K, MARTOCCI ), p, MAUSKOPF , 2 27 8 F. MENANTEAU , K. MOODLEyI6.I7, H. MOSELEYIO, C. B. NETTERFIELD , M. D. NIEMACK 13.1, M. R. NOLTA , L, A. PAGE I, I 28 5 20 1 21 8 I L. PARKER , B. PARTRIDGE , H, QUINTANA , B. REID . , N. SEHGAL , J. SIEVERS , D. N. SPERGEL 3, S. T. STAGGS , 0. STRYZAK I, I2 13 26 I2 29 30 20 I6 31 D. -
Delft University of Technology Groundbird Observation of CMB
Delft University of Technology GroundBIRD Observation of CMB Polarization with a Rapid Scanning and MKIDs Nagasaki, T.; Choi, J.; Génova-Santos, R. T.; Karatsu, K.; Lee, K.; Naruse, M.; Suzuki, J.; Taino, T.; Tomita, N.; More Authors DOI 10.1007/s10909-018-2077-y Publication date 2018 Document Version Accepted author manuscript Published in Journal of Low Temperature Physics Citation (APA) Nagasaki, T., Choi, J., Génova-Santos, R. T., Karatsu, K., Lee, K., Naruse, M., Suzuki, J., Taino, T., Tomita, N., & More Authors (2018). GroundBIRD: Observation of CMB Polarization with a Rapid Scanning and MKIDs. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 193(5-6), 1066-1074. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018- 2077-y Important note To cite this publication, please use the final published version (if applicable). Please check the document version above. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons. Takedown policy Please contact us and provide details if you believe this document breaches copyrights. We will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. This work is downloaded from Delft University of Technology. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to a maximum of 10. Journal of Low Temperature Physics manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor) GroundBIRD - Observation of CMB polarization with a rapid scanning and MKIDs T. -
Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the OLIMPO Experiment: In–Flight Operation and Performance
Prepared for submission to JCAP Kinetic Inductance Detectors for the OLIMPO experiment: in–flight operation and performance S. Masi,a;b;1 P. de Bernardis,a;b A. Paiella,a;b F. Piacentini,a;b L. Lamagna,a;b A. Coppolecchia,a;b P. A. R. Ade,c E. S. Battistelli,a;b M. G. Castellano,d I. Colantoni,d;e F. Columbro,a;b G. D’Alessandro,a;b M. De Petris,a;b S. Gordon, f C. Magneville,g P. Mauskopf, f;h G. Pettinari,d G. Pisano,c G. Polenta,i G. Presta,a;b E. Tommasi,i C. Tucker,c V. Vdovin,l;m A. Volpei and D. Yvong aDipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy bIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma, P.le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy cSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3YB, UK dIstituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - CNR, Via Cineto Romano 42, 00156 Roma, Italy ecurrent address: CNR-Nanotech, Institute of Nanotechnology c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy f School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA gIRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif sur Yvette, France hDepartment of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85257, USA iItalian Space Agency, Roma, Italy lInstitute of Applied Physics RAS, State Technical University, Nizhnij Novgorov, Russia mASC Lebedev PI RAS, Moscow, Russia E-mail: [email protected] Abstract. We report on the performance of lumped–elements Kinetic Inductance Detector (KID) arrays for mm and sub–mm wavelengths, operated at 0:3 K during the stratospheric flight of the OLIMPO payload, at an altitude of 37:8 km. -