A measurement of the CMS 〈EE〉 spectrum from the 2003 flight of Boomerang

T. E. Montroy; P. A.R. Ade; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; J. Borrill; A. Boscaleri; P. Cabella; C. R. Contaldi; B. P. Crill; P. De Bernardis; G. De Gasperis; A. De Oliveira-Costa; G. De Troia; G. D.I. Stefano; E. Hivon; A. H. Jaffe; T. S. Kisner; W. C. Jones; A. E. Lange; S. Masi; P. D. Mauskopf; C. J. MacTavish; A. Melchiorri; P. Natoli; C. B. Netterfield; E. Pascale; F. Piacentini; D. Pogosyan; G. Polenta; S. Prunet; S. Ricciardi; G. Romeo; J. E. Ruhl; P. Santini; M. Tegmark; M. Veneziani; N. Vittorio

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A measurement of the CMS 〈EE〉 spectrum from the 2003 flight of Boomerang

T. E. Montroy, P. A.R. Ade, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, J. Borrill, A. Boscaleri, P. Cabella, C. R. Contaldi, B. P. Crill, P. De Bernardis, G. De Gasperis, A. De Oliveira-Costa, G. De Troia, G. D.I. Stefano, E. Hivon, A. H. Jaffe, T. S. Kisner, W. C. Jones, A. E. Lange, S. MasiP. D. Mauskopf, C. J. MacTavish, A. Melchiorri, P. Natoli, C. B. Netterfield, E. Pascale, F. Piacentini, D. Pogosyan, G. Polenta, S. Prunet, S. Ricciardi, G. Romeo, J. E. Ruhl, P. Santini, M. Tegmark, M. Veneziani, N. Vittorio

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We report measurements of the CMB polarization power spectra from the 2003 January Antarctic flight of BOOMERANG. The primary results come from 6 days of observation of a patch covering 0.22% of the sky centered near R.A. = 82°.5, decl. = -45°. The observations were made using four pairs of polarization-sensitive bolometers operating in bands centered at 145 GHz. Using two independent analysis pipelines, we measure a nonzero 〈EE〉 signal in the range 201 < l < 1000 with a significance of 4.8 σ, a 2 σ upper limit of 8.6 μK² for any 〈BB〉 contribution, and a 2 σ upper limit of 7.0 μK² for the 〈EB〉 spectrum. Estimates of foreground intensity fluctuations and the non-detection of 〈BB〉 and 〈EB〉 signals rule out any significant contribution from Galactic foregrounds. The results are consistent with a ΛCDM cosmology seeded by adiabatic perturbations. We note that this is the first detection of CMB polarization with bolometric detectors.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	813-822
Number of pages	10
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	647
Issue number	2 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/505560
State	Published - Aug 20 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Space and Planetary Science

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Cosmic microwave background
Instrumentation: detectors

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Montroy, T. E., Ade, P. A. R., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Borrill, J., Boscaleri, A., Cabella, P., Contaldi, C. R., Crill, B. P., De Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Oliveira-Costa, A., De Troia, G., Stefano, G. D. I., Hivon, E., Jaffe, A. H., Kisner, T. S., Jones, W. C., Lange, A. E., ... Vittorio, N. (2006). A measurement of the CMS 〈EE〉 spectrum from the 2003 flight of Boomerang. Astrophysical Journal, 647(2 I), 813-822. https://doi.org/10.1086/505560

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