New measurements of fine-scale CMB polarization power spectra from CAPMAP at both 40 and 90 GHz

  • C. Bischoff
  • , L. Hyatt
  • , J. J. McMahon
  • , G. W. Nixon
  • , D. Samtleben
  • , K. M. Smith
  • , K. Vanderlinde
  • , D. Barkats
  • , P. Farese
  • , T. Gaier
  • , J. O. Gundersen
  • , M. M. Hedman
  • , S. T. Staggs
  • , B. Winstein

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Abstract

We present new measurements of the CMB polarization from the final season of CAPMAP. The data set was obtained in winter 2004-2005 with the 7 m antenna in Crawford Hill, New Jersey, from 12 W-band (84-100 GHz) and four Q-band (36-45 GHz) correlation Polarimeters with 3.3′ and 6.5′ beam sizes, respectively. After selection criteria were applied, 956 (939) hr of data survived for analysis of W-band (Q-band) data. Two independent and complementary pipelines produced results in excellent agreement with each other. A broad suite of null tests, as well as extensive simulations, showed that systematic errors were minimal, and a comparison of the W-band and Q-band sky maps revealed no contamination from galactic foregrounds. We report the E-mode and B-mode power spectra in seven bands in the range 200 ≤ℓ ≤3000, extending the range of previous measurements to higher ℓ The E-mode spectrum, which is detected at 11 σ significance, is in agreement with cosmological predictions and with previous work at other frequencies and angular resolutions. The BB power spectrum provides one of the best limits to date on B-mode power at 4.8 μK2 (95% confidence).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)771-789
Number of pages19
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume684
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 10 2008

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • Cosmic microwave background
  • Cosmology: observations
  • Polarization

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