A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER
International audience We present a new upper limit on cosmic microwave background (CMB) circular polarization from the 2015 flight of Spider, a balloon-borne telescope designed to search for B-mode linear polarization from cosmic inflation. Although the level of circular polarization in the CMB is...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-01645531v1 2023-05-15T13:40:46+02:00 A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER Nagy, J.M. Ade, P.A.R. Amiri, M. Benton, S.J. Bergman, A.S. Bihary, R. Bock, J.J. Bond, J.R. Bryan, S.A. Chiang, H.C. Contaldi, C.R. Doré, O. Duivenvoorden, A.J. Eriksen, H.K. Farhang, M. Filippini, J.P. Fissel, L.M. Fraisse, A.A. Freese, K. Galloway, M. Gambrel, A.E. Gandilo, N.N. Ganga, K. Gudmundsson, J.E. Halpern, M. Hartley, J. Hasselfield, M. Hilton, G. Holmes, W. Hristov, V.V. Huang, Z. Irwin, K.D. Jones, W.C. Kuo, C.L. Kermish, Z.D. Li, S. Mason, P.V. Megerian, K. Moncelsi, L. Morford, T.A. Netterfield, C.B. Nolta, M. Padilla, I.L. Racine, B. Rahlin, A.S. Reintsema, C. Ruhl, J.E. Runyan, M.C. Ruud, T.M. Shariff, J.A. AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) SPIDER 2017 https://hal.science/hal-01645531 https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7cfd en eng HAL CCSD info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/1704.00215 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7cfd hal-01645531 https://hal.science/hal-01645531 ARXIV: 1704.00215 doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa7cfd INSPIRE: 1589235 Astrophys.J. https://hal.science/hal-01645531 Astrophys.J., 2017, 844 (2), pp.151. ⟨10.3847/1538-4357/aa7cfd⟩ cosmic background radiation cosmic background radiation: polarization polarization: linear cosmic background radiation: power spectrum SPIDER inflation cosmic background radiation: B-mode spectrum: thermal [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2017 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7cfd 2023-03-08T06:34:22Z International audience We present a new upper limit on cosmic microwave background (CMB) circular polarization from the 2015 flight of Spider, a balloon-borne telescope designed to search for B-mode linear polarization from cosmic inflation. Although the level of circular polarization in the CMB is predicted to be very small, experimental limits provide a valuable test of the underlying models. By exploiting the nonzero circular-to-linear polarization coupling of the half-wave plate polarization modulators, data from Spider's 2015 Antarctic flight provide a constraint on Stokes V at 95 and 150 GHz in the range $33\lt {\ell }\lt 307$. No other limits exist over this full range of angular scales, and Spider improves on the previous limit by several orders of magnitude, providing 95% C.L. constraints on ${\ell }({\ell }+1){C}_{{\ell }}^{{VV}}/(2\pi )$ ranging from 141 to 255 μK(2) at 150 GHz for a thermal CMB spectrum. As linear CMB polarization experiments become increasingly sensitive, the techniques described in this paper can be applied to obtain even stronger constraints on circular polarization. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Antarctic The Astrophysical Journal 844 2 151 |
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cosmic background radiation cosmic background radiation: polarization polarization: linear cosmic background radiation: power spectrum SPIDER inflation cosmic background radiation: B-mode spectrum: thermal [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] |
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cosmic background radiation cosmic background radiation: polarization polarization: linear cosmic background radiation: power spectrum SPIDER inflation cosmic background radiation: B-mode spectrum: thermal [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] Nagy, J.M. Ade, P.A.R. Amiri, M. Benton, S.J. Bergman, A.S. Bihary, R. Bock, J.J. Bond, J.R. Bryan, S.A. Chiang, H.C. Contaldi, C.R. Doré, O. Duivenvoorden, A.J. Eriksen, H.K. Farhang, M. Filippini, J.P. Fissel, L.M. Fraisse, A.A. Freese, K. Galloway, M. Gambrel, A.E. Gandilo, N.N. Ganga, K. Gudmundsson, J.E. Halpern, M. Hartley, J. Hasselfield, M. Hilton, G. Holmes, W. Hristov, V.V. Huang, Z. Irwin, K.D. Jones, W.C. Kuo, C.L. Kermish, Z.D. Li, S. Mason, P.V. Megerian, K. Moncelsi, L. Morford, T.A. Netterfield, C.B. Nolta, M. Padilla, I.L. Racine, B. Rahlin, A.S. Reintsema, C. Ruhl, J.E. Runyan, M.C. Ruud, T.M. Shariff, J.A. A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER |
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cosmic background radiation cosmic background radiation: polarization polarization: linear cosmic background radiation: power spectrum SPIDER inflation cosmic background radiation: B-mode spectrum: thermal [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] |
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International audience We present a new upper limit on cosmic microwave background (CMB) circular polarization from the 2015 flight of Spider, a balloon-borne telescope designed to search for B-mode linear polarization from cosmic inflation. Although the level of circular polarization in the CMB is predicted to be very small, experimental limits provide a valuable test of the underlying models. By exploiting the nonzero circular-to-linear polarization coupling of the half-wave plate polarization modulators, data from Spider's 2015 Antarctic flight provide a constraint on Stokes V at 95 and 150 GHz in the range $33\lt {\ell }\lt 307$. No other limits exist over this full range of angular scales, and Spider improves on the previous limit by several orders of magnitude, providing 95% C.L. constraints on ${\ell }({\ell }+1){C}_{{\ell }}^{{VV}}/(2\pi )$ ranging from 141 to 255 μK(2) at 150 GHz for a thermal CMB spectrum. As linear CMB polarization experiments become increasingly sensitive, the techniques described in this paper can be applied to obtain even stronger constraints on circular polarization. |
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AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) SPIDER |
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Nagy, J.M. Ade, P.A.R. Amiri, M. Benton, S.J. Bergman, A.S. Bihary, R. Bock, J.J. Bond, J.R. Bryan, S.A. Chiang, H.C. Contaldi, C.R. Doré, O. Duivenvoorden, A.J. Eriksen, H.K. Farhang, M. Filippini, J.P. Fissel, L.M. Fraisse, A.A. Freese, K. Galloway, M. Gambrel, A.E. Gandilo, N.N. Ganga, K. Gudmundsson, J.E. Halpern, M. Hartley, J. Hasselfield, M. Hilton, G. Holmes, W. Hristov, V.V. Huang, Z. Irwin, K.D. Jones, W.C. Kuo, C.L. Kermish, Z.D. Li, S. Mason, P.V. Megerian, K. Moncelsi, L. Morford, T.A. Netterfield, C.B. Nolta, M. Padilla, I.L. Racine, B. Rahlin, A.S. Reintsema, C. Ruhl, J.E. Runyan, M.C. Ruud, T.M. Shariff, J.A. |
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Nagy, J.M. Ade, P.A.R. Amiri, M. Benton, S.J. Bergman, A.S. Bihary, R. Bock, J.J. Bond, J.R. Bryan, S.A. Chiang, H.C. Contaldi, C.R. Doré, O. Duivenvoorden, A.J. Eriksen, H.K. Farhang, M. Filippini, J.P. Fissel, L.M. Fraisse, A.A. Freese, K. Galloway, M. Gambrel, A.E. Gandilo, N.N. Ganga, K. Gudmundsson, J.E. Halpern, M. Hartley, J. Hasselfield, M. Hilton, G. Holmes, W. Hristov, V.V. Huang, Z. Irwin, K.D. Jones, W.C. Kuo, C.L. Kermish, Z.D. Li, S. Mason, P.V. Megerian, K. Moncelsi, L. Morford, T.A. Netterfield, C.B. Nolta, M. Padilla, I.L. Racine, B. Rahlin, A.S. Reintsema, C. Ruhl, J.E. Runyan, M.C. Ruud, T.M. Shariff, J.A. |
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A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER |
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A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER |
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A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER |
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A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER |
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A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER |
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