The quest for B modes from inflationary gravitational waves

M Kamionkowski, ED Kovetz - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The search for the curl component (B mode) in the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
polarization induced by inflationary gravitational waves is described. The canonical single …

A critical review of classical bouncing cosmologies

D Battefeld, P Peter - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Given the proliferation of bouncing models in recent years, we gather and critically assess
these proposals in a comprehensive review. The PLANCK data shows an unmistakably red …

Improved Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves using Planck, WMAP, and BICEP/Keck Observations through the 2018 Observing Season

PAR Ade, Z Ahmed, M Amiri, D Barkats, RB Thakur… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2, Keck Array, and
BICEP3 CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2018 observing season. We …

New extraction of the cosmic birefringence from the Planck 2018 polarization data

Y Minami, E Komatsu - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We search for evidence of parity-violating physics in the Planck 2018 polarization data and
report on a new measurement of the cosmic birefringence angle β. The previous …

Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves Using , WMAP, and New BICEP2/ Observations through the 2015 Season

PAR Ade, Z Ahmed, RW Aikin, KD Alexander… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the bicep2/Keck CMB polarization
experiments up to and including the 2015 observing season. This includes the first Keck …

Planck 2015 results-XX. Constraints on inflation

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, F Arroja… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We present the implications for cosmic inflation of the Planck measurements of the cosmic
microwave background (CMB) anisotropies in both temperature and polarization based on …

[图书][B] Inflation and string theory

D Baumann, L McAllister - 2015 - books.google.com
The past two decades have seen transformative advances in cosmology and string theory.
Observations of the cosmic microwave background have revealed strong evidence for …

Advanced ACTPol cryogenic detector arrays and readout

SW Henderson, R Allison, J Austermann… - Journal of Low …, 2016 - Springer
Advanced ACTPol is a polarization-sensitive upgrade for the 6 m aperture Atacama
Cosmology Telescope, adding new frequencies and increasing sensitivity over the previous …

Planck intermediate results-XXX. The angular power spectrum of polarized dust emission at intermediate and high Galactic latitudes

R Adam, PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
The polarized thermal emission from diffuse Galactic dust is the main foreground present in
measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at …

SPT-3G: a next-generation cosmic microwave background polarization experiment on the South Pole telescope

BA Benson, PAR Ade, Z Ahmed… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We describe the design of a new polarization sensitive receiver, spt-3g, for the 10-meter
South Pole Telescope (spt). The spt-3g receiver will deliver a factor of~ 20 improvement in …