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Author Hamilton J-Ch, Charlassier R, Cressiot C, Kaplan J, Piat M, Rosset C, pdf  doi
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  Title Sensitivity of a bolometric interferometer to the cosmic microwave backgroud power spectrum Type Journal Article
  Year 2008 Publication A&A Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 491 Issue 3 Pages 923-927  
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  Abstract Context. The search for B-mode polarization fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background is one of the main challenges of modern cosmology. The expected level of the B-mode signal is very low and therefore requires the development of highly sensitive instruments with low systematic errors. An appealing possibility is bolometric interferometry. Aims. We compare in this article the sensitivity on the CMB angular power spectrum achieved with direct imaging, heterodyne and bolometric interferometry. Methods. Using a simple power spectrum estimator, we calculate its variance leading to the counterpart for bolometric interferometry of the well known Knox formula for direct imaging. Results. We find that bolometric interferometry is less sensitive than direct imaging. However, as expected, it is finally more sensitive than heterodyne interferometry due to the low noise of the bolometers. It therefore appears as an alternative to direct imagers with different and possibly lower systematic errors, mainly due to the absence of an optical setup in front of the horns.  
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  ISSN 0004-6361 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 120  
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Author openurl 
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  Year 2009 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Programme 139;905  
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  Call Number Serial 128  
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  Title QUBIC: the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology Type Journal Article
  Year 2009 Publication JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 167 Issue 5-6 Pages 872-878  
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  Abstract The primordial B-mode polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background is the imprints of the gravitational wave background generated by inflation. Observing the B-mode is up to now the most direct way to constrain the physics of the primordial Universe, especially inflation. To detect these B-modes, high sensitivity is required as well as an exquisite control of systematics effects. To comply with these requirements, we propose a new instrument called QUBIC (Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) based on bolometric interferometry. The control of systematics is obtained with a close-packed interferometer while bolometers cooled to very low temperature allow for high sensitivity. We present the architecture of this new instrument, the status of the project and the self-calibration technique which allows accurate measurement of the instrumental systematic effects.  
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  ISSN 0022-2291 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 231  
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Author R. Charlassier, E.F. Bunn, J.-Ch. Hamilton, J. Kaplan, S. Malu. pdf  doi
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  Title Bandwidth in bolometric interferometry. Type Journal Article
  Year 2010 Publication ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 514 Issue Pages  
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  Abstract Context. Bolometric interferometry is a promising new technology with potential applications to the detection of B-mode polarization fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). A bolometric interferometer will have to take advantage of the wide spectral detection band of its bolometers to be competitive with imaging experiments. A crucial concern is that interferometers are assumed to be significantly affected by a spoiling effect known as bandwidth smearing. Aims: We investigate how the bandwidth modifies the work principle of a bolometric interferometer and affects its sensitivity to the CMB angular power spectra. Methods: We obtain analytical expressions for the broadband visibilities measured by broadband heterodyne and bolometric interferometers. We investigate how the visibilities must be reconstructed in a broadband bolometric interferometer and show that this critically depends on hardware properties of the modulation phase shifters. If the phase shifters produce shifts that are constant with respect to frequency, the instrument works like its monochromatic version (the modulation matrix is not modified), while if they vary (linearly or otherwise) with respect to frequency, one has to perform a special reconstruction scheme, which allows the visibilities to be reconstructed in frequency subbands. Using an angular power spectrum estimator that accounts for the bandwidth, we finally calculate the sensitivity of a broadband bolometric interferometer. A numerical simulation is performed that confirms the analytical results. Results: We conclude that (i) broadband bolometric interferometers allow broadband visibilities to be reconstructed regardless of the type of phase shifters used and (ii) for dedicated B-mode bolometric interferometers, the sensitivity loss caused by bandwidth smearing is quite acceptable, even for wideband instruments (a factor of 2 loss for a typical 20% bandwidth experiment).  
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  Call Number Serial 465  
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Author doi  openurl
  Title Quality Assessment of the First Measurements of Tropospheric Water Vapor and Temperature by the HAMSTRAD Radiometer Over Concordia Station, Antarctica Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Abbreviated Journal 0196-2892  
  Volume PP Issue 99 Pages 1-23  
  Keywords Extraterrestrial measurements, Instruments, Microwave radiometry, Ocean temperature, Temperature measurement, Terrestrial atmosphere, Water, Antarctica, atmospheric measurements, humidity measurements, least squares methods, microwave measurements, microwave radiometry, temperature measurements, time series analysis,  
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  Programme 910,1013  
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  ISSN 0196-2892 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes Approved yes  
  Call Number Serial 660  
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Author isbn  openurl
  Title Type Book Chapter
  Year 2011 Publication Omniscience Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
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  Programme 133  
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  Corporate Author Thesis Bachelor's thesis  
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  Series Volume (down) Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN ISBN 978-2-916097-25-1 Medium  
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  Notes Approved yes  
  Call Number Serial 885  
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Author openurl 
  Title Foraging habitats of top predators, and areas of ecological significance, on the Kerguelen Plateau Type Book Chapter
  Year 2011 Publication CYBIUM Abbreviated Journal 0399-0974  
  Volume Issue Pages 203-2015  
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  Abstract  
  Programme 109  
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  Corporate Author Thesis Bachelor's thesis  
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  ISSN 0399-0974 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes Approved yes  
  Call Number Serial 949  
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Author Cotte C., Delord K, Peron C., Bost C.a., Duhamel G., Pruvost P., Gasco N., Martin A., Weimerskirch H. openurl 
  Title Interactions between seabirds and fisheries in the French EEZs: implications for conservation and management Type Book Chapter
  Year 2011 Publication CYBIUM Abbreviated Journal Cybium  
  Volume Issue Pages 291-292  
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  Programme 109  
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  Corporate Author Thesis Bachelor's thesis  
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  Notes Approved yes  
  Call Number Serial 953  
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Author Dragon A.c., Marchand S., Authier M., Cotte C., Blain S., Guinet C. openurl 
  Title Insights into the spatio-temporal productivity distribution in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean provided by satellite observations Type Book Chapter
  Year 2011 Publication CYBIUM Abbreviated Journal Cybium  
  Volume Issue Pages 57-67  
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  Programme 109  
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  Notes Approved yes  
  Call Number Serial 957  
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Author Martin C, Bentaleb I, Steelandt S, Guinet C, pdf  openurl
  Title Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope variations in canine dentine growth layers of Kerguelen southern elephant seals Type Journal Article
  Year 2011 Publication MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES Abbreviated Journal 0171-8630  
  Volume 439 Issue Pages 295-305  
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  Programme 109  
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  ISSN 0171-8630 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Serial 972  
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