Thermal architecture for a cryogenic super-pressure balloon payload: design and development of the Taurus flight cryostat

Authors: Tartakovsky, Simon, Adler, Alexandre E., Austermann, Jason E., Benton, Steven J., Bihary, Rick, Durking, Malcolm, Duff, Shannon M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gascard, Thomas J. L. J., Gibbs, Sho M., Gourapura, Suren, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hartley, John W., Hubmayr, Johannes, Jones, William C., Li, Steven, May, Jared L., Nagy, Johanna M., Okun, Kate, Padilla, Ivan L., Romualdez, L. Javier, Vissers, Michael R.

Source: SPIE 2024 Conference 13094, Paper 13094-112

Subject Terms: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.18150

SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere

Authors: Gill, Ajay S., Benton, Steven J., Damaren, Christopher J., Everett, Spencer W., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Hartley, John W., Harvey, David, Holder, Bradley, Huff, Eric M., Jauzac, Mathilde, Jones, William C., Lagattuta, David, Leung, Jason S. -Y., Li, Lun, Luu, Thuy Vy T., Massey, Richard, McCleary, Jacqueline E., Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, Paracha, Emaad, Redmond, Susan F., Rhodes, Jason D., Robertson, Andrew, Romualdez, L. Javier, Schmoll, Jürgen, Shaaban, Mohamed M., Sirks, Ellen L., Vassilakis, Georgios N., Vitorelliand, André Z.

Source: Volume 168, Number 2, Pages 85, 2024, Astronomical Journal

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01847

From SuperBIT to GigaBIT: Informing next-generation balloon-borne telescope design with Fine Guidance System flight data

Authors: Voyer, Philippe, Benton, Steven J., Damaren, Christopher J., Everett, Spencer W., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gill, Ajay S., Hartley, John W., Harvey, David, Henderson, Michael, Holder, Bradley, Huff, Eric M., Jauzac, Mathilde, Jones, William C., Lagattuta, David, Leung, Jason S. -Y., Li, Lun, Luu, Thuy Vy T., Massey, Richard, McCleary, Jacqueline E., Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, Paracha, Emaad, Redmond, Susan F., Rhodes, Jason D., Robertson, Andrew, Romualdez, L. Javier, Schmoll, Jürgen, Shaaban, Mohamed M., Sirks, Ellen L., Vassilakis, Georgios N., Vitorelli, André Z.

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10103

Instrument Overview of Taurus: A Balloon-borne CMB and Dust Polarization Experiment

Authors: May, Jared L., Adler, Alexandre E., Austermann, Jason E., Benton, Steven J., Bihary, Rick, Durkin, Malcolm, Duff, Shannon M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gascard, Thomas J. L. J., Gibbs, Sho M., Gourapura, Suren, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hartley, John W., Hubmayr, Johannes, Jones, William C., Li, Steven, Nagy, Johanna M., Okun, Kate, Padilla, Ivan L., Romualdez, L. Javier, Tartakovsky, Simon, Vissers, Michael R.

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.01438

Design and Validation of a Cold Load for Characterization of CMB-S4 Detectors

Authors: King, Cesiley L., Gullet, Ian, Anderson, Adam J., Benson, Bradford A., Bihary, Rick, Fan, Haichen, Nagy, Johanna M., Nguyen, Hogan, Ruhl, John E., Simon, Sara M.

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17695

Overview of the Optical Design of the CMB-S4 Large Aperture Telescopes and Camera Optics

Authors: Gallardo, Patricio A., Harrington, Kathleen, Puddu, Roberto, Benson, Bradford, Carlstrom, John, Emerson, Nick, McMahon, Jeff, Natoli, Tyler, Nagy, Johanna M., Niemack, Michael D., Ruhl, John

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13854

Modeling optical systematics for the Taurus CMB experiment

Authors: Adler, Alexandre E., Austermann, Jason E., Benton, Steven J., Duff, Shannon M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gascard, Thomas, Gibbs, Sho M., Gourapura, Suren, Hubmayr, Johannes, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Jones, William C., May, Jared L., Nagy, Johanna M., Okun, Kate, Padilla, Ivan, Rooney, Christopher, Tartakovsky, Simon, Vissers, Michael R.

Source: JCAP09(2024)061

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11992

Data downloaded via parachute from a NASA super-pressure balloon

Authors: Sirks, Ellen L., Massey, Richard, Gill, Ajay S., Anderson, Jason, Benton, Steven J., Brown, Anthony M., Clark, Paul, English, Joshua, Everett, Spencer W., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Franco, Hugo, Hartley, John W., Harvey, David, Holder, Bradley, Hunter, Andrew, Huff, Eric M., Hynous, Andrew, Jauzac, Mathilde, Jones, William C., Joyce, Nikky, Kennedy, Duncan, Lagattuta, David, Leung, Jason S. -Y., Li, Lun, Lishman, Stephen, Luu, Thuy Vy T., McCleary, Jacqueline E., Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, Paracha, Emaad, Purcaru, Robert, Redmond, Susan F., Rhodes, Jason D., Robertson, Andrew, Romualdez, L. Javier, Roth, Sarah, Salter, Robert, Schmoll, Jurgen, Shaaban, Mohamed M., Smith, Roger, Smith, Russell, Tam, Sut Ieng, Vassilakis, Georgios N.

Source: Aerospace 2023, 10, 960

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.08602

Evidence for Spatial Separation of Galactic Dust Populations

Authors: Shiu, Corwin, Benton, Steven J., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurélien A., Jones, William C., Nagy, Johanna M., Padilla, Ivan L., Soler, Juan D.

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.04410

Freeform three-mirror anastigmatic large-aperture telescope and receiver optics for CMB-S4

Authors: Gallardo, Patricio A., Puddu, Roberto, Harrington, Kathleen, Benson, Bradford, Carlstrom, John, Dicker, Simon R., Emerson, Nick, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Limon, Michele, McMahon, Jeff, Nagy, Johanna M., Natoli, Tyler, Niemack, Michael D., Padin, Stephen, Ruhl, John, Simon, Sara M., collaboration, the CMB-S4

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12931

Lensing in the Blue II: Estimating the Sensitivity of Stratospheric Balloons to Weak Gravitational Lensing

Authors: McCleary, Jacqueline E., Everett, Spencer W., Shaaban, Mohamed M., Gill, Ajay S., Vassilakis, Georgios N., Huff, Eric M., Massey, Richard J., Benton, Steven J., Brown, Anthony M., Clark, Paul, Holder, Bradley, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Jauzac, Mathilde, Jones, William C., Lagattuta, David, Leung, Jason S. -Y., Li, Lun, Luu, Thuy Vy T., Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, Paracha, Emaad, Redmond, Susan F., Rhodes, Jason D., Schmoll, J\''urgen, Sirks, Ellen, Tam, Sut Ieng

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.03295

Sidelobe Modeling and Mitigation for a Three Mirror Anastigmat Cosmic Microwave Background Telescope

Authors: Gullett, Ian, Benson, Bradford, Besuner, Robert, Bihary, Richard, Carlstrom, John, Emerson, Nick, Gallardo, Patricio A., Gomez, Jillian, King, Cesiley L., Mcmahon, Jeff, May, Jared L., Nagy, Johanna M., Natoli, Tyler, Niemack, Michael D., Okun, Kate, Padin, Stephen, Ruhl, John E., Wollack, Edward J., Zivick, Jeff

Source: Appl. Opt. 62, 4334-4341 (2023)

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2302.10971

Optical design concept of the CMB-S4 large-aperture telescopes and cameras

Authors: Gallardo, Patricio A., Benson, Bradford, Carlstrom, John, Dicker, Simon R., Emerson, Nick, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hills, Richard, Limon, Michele, McMahon, Jeff, Niemack, Michael D., Nagy, Johanna M., Padin, Stephen, Ruhl, John, Simon, Sara M., collaboration, the CMB-S4

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics - Optics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2207.10012

Optical night sky brightness measurements from the stratosphere

Authors: Gill, Ajay, Benton, Steven J., Brown, Anthony M., Clark, Paul, Damaren, Christopher J., Eifler, Tim, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Galloway, Mathew N., Hartley, John W., Holder, Bradley, Huff, Eric M., Jauzac, Mathilde, Jones, William C., Lagattuta, David, Leung, Jason S. -Y, Li, Lun, Luu, Thuy Vy T., Massey, Richard J., McCleary, Jacqueline, Mullaney, James, Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, Redmond, Susan, Rhodes, Jason D., Romualdez, L. Javier, Schmoll, Jurgen, Shaaban, Mohamed M., Sirks, Ellen, Sivanandam, Suresh, Tam, Sut-Ieng

Source: The Astronomical Journal, Volume 160, Number 6, 2020

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.05145

Hemispherical Variance Anomaly and Reionization Optical Depth

Authors: O'Dwyer, Marcio, Copi, Craig J., Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, Ruhl, John, Starkman, Glenn D.

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1912.02376

Robust diffraction-limited NIR-to-NUV wide-field imaging from stratospheric balloon-borne platforms -- SuperBIT science telescope commissioning flight & performance

Authors: Romualdez, L. Javier, Benton, Steven J., Brown, Anthony M., Clark, Paul, Damaren, Christopher J., Eifler, Tim, Fraisse, Aurelien A., Galloway, Mathew N., Gill, Ajay, Hartley, John W., Holder, Bradley, Huff, Eric M., Jauzac, Mathilde, Jones, William C., Lagattuta, David, Leung, Jason S. -Y., Li, Lun, Luu, Thuy Vy T., Massey, Richard J., McCleary, Jacqueline, Mullaney, James, Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, Redmond, Susan, Rhodes, Jason D., Schmoll, Jürgen, Shaaban, Mohamed M., Sirks, Ellen, Tam, Sut-Ieng

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1911.11210

CMB-S4 Technology Book, First Edition

Authors: Abitbol, Maximilian H., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Barron, Darcy, Thakur, Ritoban Basu, Bender, Amy N., Benson, Bradford A., Bischoff, Colin A., Bryan, Sean A., Carlstrom, John E., Chang, Clarence L., Chuss, David T., Crowley, Kevin T., Cukierman, Ari, de Haan, Tijmen, Dobbs, Matt, Essinger-Hileman, Tom, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Ganga, Ken, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Halverson, Nils W., Hanany, Shaul, Henderson, Shawn W., Hill, Charles A., Ho, Shuay-Pwu P., Hubmayr, Johannes, Irwin, Kent, Jeong, Oliver, Johnson, Bradley R., Kernasovskiy, Sarah A., Kovac, John M., Kusaka, Akito, Lee, Adrian T., Maria, Salatino, Mauskopf, Philip, McMahon, Jeff J., Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Nadolski, Andrew W., Nagy, Johanna M., Niemack, Michael D., O'Brient, Roger C., Padin, Stephen, Parshley, Stephen C., Pryke, Clement, Roe, Natalie A., Rostem, Karwan, Ruhl, John, Simon, Sara M., Staggs, Suzanne T., Suzuki, Aritoki, Switzer, Eric R., Tajima, Osamu, Thompson, Keith L., Timbie, Peter, Tucker, Gregory S., Vieira, Joaquin D., Vieregg, Abigail G., Westbrook, Benjamin, Wollack, Edward J., Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Karl S., Young, Edward Y.

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1706.02464

Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER

Authors: Hubmayr, Johannes, Austermann, Jason E., Beall, James A., Becker, Daniel T., Benton, Steven J., Bergman, A. Stevie, Bond, J. Richard, Bryan, Sean, Duff, Shannon M., Duivenvoorden, Adri J., Eriksen, H. K., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Galloway, Mathew, Gambrel, Anne E., Ganga, K., Grigorian, Arpi L., Gualtieri, Riccardo, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hartley, John W., Halpern, M., Hilton, Gene C., Jones, William C., McMahon, Jeffrey J., Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. B., Osherson, Benjamin, Padilla, Ivan, Rahlin, Alexandra S., Racine, B., Ruhl, John, Ruud, T. M., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Song, Xue, Ullom, Joel N., Van Lanen, Jeff, Vissers, Michael R., Wehus, I. K., Wen, Shyang, Wiebe, D. V., Young, Edward

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.09396

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

Authors: Shariff, Jamil A., Ade, Peter A. R., Amiri, Mandana, Benton, Steven J., Bock, Jamie J., Bond, J. Richard, Bryan, Sean A., Chiang, H. Cynthia, Contaldi, Carlo R., Crill, Brendan P., Doré, Olivier P., Farhang, Marzieh, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fissel, Laura M., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gambrel, Anne E., Gandilo, Natalie N., Golwala, Sunil R., Gudmundsson, Jon E., Halpern, Mark, Hasselfield, Matthew, Hilton, Gene C., Holmes, Warren A., Hristov, Viktor V., Irwin, Kent D., Jones, William C., Kermish, Zigmund D., Kuo, Chao-Lin, MacTavish, Carolyn J., Mason, Peter V., Megerian, Krikor G., Moncelsi, Lorenzo, Morford, Tracy A., Nagy, Johanna M., Netterfield, C. Barth, O'Brient, Roger, Rahlin, Alexandra S., Reintsema, Carl D., Ruhl, John E., Runyan, Marcus C., Soler, Juan D., Trangsrud, Amy, Tucker, Carole E., Tucker, Rebecca S., Turner, Anthony D., Weber, Alexis C., Wiebe, Donald V., Young, Edward Y.

Subject Terms: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.1880

Thermal architecture for a cryogenic super-pressure balloon payload: design and development of the Taurus flight cryostat

Authors: Marshall, Heather K., Spyromilio, Jason, Usuda, Tomonori, Tartakovsky, Simon, Adler, Alexandre E., Austermann, Jason E., Benton, Steven J., Bihary, Rick, Durkin, Malcolm, Duff, Shannon M., Filippini, Jeffrey P., Fraisse, Aurelien A., Gascard, Thomas J. L. J., Gibbs, Sho M., Gourapura, Suren, Gudmundsson, Jon E., Hartley, John W., Hubmayr, Johannes, Jones, William C., Li, Steven, May, Jared L., Nagy, Johanna M., Okun, Kate, Padilla, Ivan L., Romualdez, L. Javier, Vissers, Michael R.

Source: Proceedings of SPIE; August 2024, Vol. 13094 Issue: 1 p130944B-130944B-9, 1178506p