AK
Akito Kusaka
astro-ph.IMastro-ph.COphysics.ins-detastro-ph.GAhep-exgr-qchep-phhep-thphysics.opticsastro-ph
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CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition
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Preprints & journals
65 papers in the corpus · 2002–2026Development and characterization of a millimeter-wave circular polarization observation method using a quarter-wave plate with Simons Array2610.19621v1 · Kana Sakaguri, Darcy R. Barron, Yuji Chinone et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Simons Observatory: Overview of the Cryogenic Half-wave Plate Polarization Modulators2607.00265v1 · Junna Sugiyama, Kyohei Yamada, Bryce Bixler et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Simons Observatory: Rotation Performance of Cryogenic Half-Wave Plate Polarization Modulators2605.27056v2 · Kyohei Yamada, Bryce Bixler, Junna Sugiyama et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Simons Observatory: on-sky performance of radio-transparent multi-layer insulation using Styroace-II styrofoam.41842043 · Day-Weiss, Samuel, Galitzki, Nicholas, Takeuchi, Atsuto et al.2026 · 0 citationsApplied optics. 2026;65(5):1614-1619
The Simons Observatory: Detector Polarization Angle Calibration using Sparse Wire Grid with Initial Data Sets of the Small Aperture Telescope2512.19102v1 · Hironobu Nakata, Shunsuke Adachi, Kyohei Yamada et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Constraints on the polarization angle oscillations of the Crab Nebula with the Simons Array and its applications to the search for axion-like particles2512.18882v1 · Tylor Adkins, Shahed Shayan Arani, Kam Arnold et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
The Simons Observatory: forecasted constraints on primordial gravitational waves with the expanded array of Small Aperture Telescopes2512.15833v1 · I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi, P. Ade et al.2025 · 3 citationsarXiv
The Simons Observatory: Large diameter and large load-capacity superconducting magnetic bearing for a millimeter-wave polarization modulator.40874847 · Sasaki, Daichi, Sugiyama, Junna, Yamada, Kyohei et al.2025 · 1 citationThe Review of scientific instruments. 2025;96(8)
The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope2503.00636v3 · M. Abitbol, I. Abril-Cabezas, S. Adachi et al.2025 · 70 citationsarXiv
Erratum: "The Simons Observatory: Cryogenic half wave plate rotation mechanism for the small aperture telescopes" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 95, 024504 (2024)].39821390 · Yamada, K, Bixler, B, Sakurai, Y et al.2025 · 0 citationsThe Review of scientific instruments. 2025;96(1)
A measurement of atmospheric circular polarization with POLARBEAR2410.18154v2 · Takuro Fujino, Satoru Takakura, Shahed Shayan Arani et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
The Simons Observatory: Design, integration, and testing of the small aperture telescopes2405.05550v2 · Nicholas Galitzki, Tran Tsan, Jake Spisak et al.2024 · 33 citationsarXiv
Exploration of the polarization angle variability of the Crab Nebula with POLARBEAR and its application to the search for axion-like particles2403.02096v2 · Shunsuke Adachi, Tylor Adkins, Carlo Baccigalupi et al.2024 · 12 citationsarXiv
Photon noise correlations in millimeter-wave telescopes.38437265 · Hill, Charles A, Kusaka, Akito2024 · 5 citationsApplied optics. 2024;63(7):1654-1675
Anti-reflection coating with mullite and Duroid for large-diameter cryogenic sapphire and alumina optics.38437377 · Sakaguri, Kana, Hasegawa, Masaya, Sakurai, Yuki et al.2024 · 3 citationsApplied optics. 2024;63(6):1618-1627
The Simons Observatory: Development and Optical Evaluation of Achromatic Half-Wave Plates2402.09620v1 · Junna Sugiyama, Tomoki Terasaki, Kana Sakaguri et al.2024 · 12 citationsJ Low Temp Phys (2024)
The Simons Observatory: Cryogenic half wave plate rotation mechanism for the small aperture telescopes.38385955 · Yamada, K, Bixler, B, Sakurai, Y et al.2024 · 26 citationsThe Review of scientific instruments. 2024;95(2)
The Simons Observatory: A fully remote controlled calibration system with a sparse wire grid for cosmic microwave background telescopes.38109472 · Murata, Masaaki, Nakata, Hironobu, Iijima, Kengo et al.2023 · 14 citationsThe Review of scientific instruments. 2023;94(12)
Precipitable water vapour measurement using GNSS data in the Atacama Desert for millimetre and submillimetre astronomical observations2308.12632v2 · Junna Sugiyama, Haruki Nishino, Akito Kusaka2023 · 9 citationsMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 528, Issue 3, March 2024, Pages 4582-4590
Constraints on axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background with POLARBEAR2303.08410v2 · Shunsuke Adachi, Tylor Adkins, Kam Arnold et al.2023 · 19 citationsPhys. Rev. D 108, 043017 (2023)
The POLARBEAR-2 and Simons Array Focal Plane Fabrication Status2210.04117v1 · B. Westbrook, P. A. R. Ade, M. Aguilar et al.2022 · 35 citationsJournal Low Temperature Physics 2018
Development of the characterization methods without electrothermal feedback for TES bolometers for CMB measurements2208.14159v1 · Yume Nishinomiya, Akito Kusaka, Kenji Kiuchi et al.2022 · 1 citationarXiv
Broadband multi-layer anti-reflection coatings with mullite and duroid for half-wave plates and alumina filters for CMB polarimetry2208.09209v1 · Kana Sakaguri, Masaya Hasegawa, Yuki Sakurai et al.2022 · 4 citationsJournal of Low Temperature Physics 209, 1264-1271 (2022)
The Simons Observatory: A large-diameter truss for a refracting telescope cooled to 1 K.35649759 · Crowley, Kevin D, Dow, Peter, Shroyer, Jordan E et al.2022 · 2 citationsThe Review of scientific instruments. 2022;93(5):055106
Improved upper limit on degree-scale CMB B-mode polarization power from the 670 square-degree POLARBEAR survey2203.02495v2 · S. Adachi, T. Adkins, M. A. O. Aguilar Fa'undez et al.2022 · 28 citationsThe POLARBEAR Collaboration 2022 ApJ 931 101
A cryogenic continuously rotating half-wave plate mechanism for the POLARBEAR-2b cosmic microwave background receiver.33380005 · Hill, C A, Kusaka, A, Ashton, P et al.2020 · 22 citationsThe Review of scientific instruments. 2020;91(12):124503
The Simons Observatory: gain, bandpass and polarization-angle calibration requirements for B-mode searches2011.02449v2 · Maximilian H. Abitbol, David Alonso, Sara M. Simon et al.2020 · 35 citationshttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/05/032/meta
CMB-S4: Forecasting Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves2008.12619v1 · Kevork Abazajian, Graeme E. Addison, Peter Adshead et al.2020 · 258 citationsarXiv
A measurement of the CMB E-mode angular power spectrum at subdegree scales from 670 square degrees of POLARBEAR data2005.06168v1 · S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Fa'undez, K. Arnold et al.2020 · 38 citationsApJ 904, 65 (2020)
Internal Delensing of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization B-Modes with the POLARBEAR Experiment.32302154 · Adachi, S, Aguilar Faúndez, M A O, Akiba, Y et al.2020 · 38 citationsPhysical review letters. 2020;124(13):131301
Simons Observatory Microwave SQUID Multiplexing Readout -- Cryogenic RF Amplifier and Coaxial Chain Design2003.08949v1 · Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Maximiliano Silva-Feaver, Aamir Ali et al.2020 · 22 citationsJournal of Low Temperature Physics, (2020), 1-10
The cross correlation of the ABS and ACT maps2002.05717v2 · Zack Li, Sigurd Naess, Simone Aiola et al.2020 · 3 citationsJournal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Volume 2020, September 2020
A Measurement of the Degree Scale CMB B-mode Angular Power Spectrum with POLARBEAR1910.02608v1 · S. Adachi, M. A. O. Aguilar Fa'undez, K. Arnold et al.2019 · 71 citationsApJ 897, 55 (2020)
CMB-S4 Decadal Survey APC White Paper1908.01062v1 · Kevork Abazajian, Graeme Addison, Peter Adshead et al.2019 · 65 citationsarXiv
The Simons Observatory: Astro2020 Decadal Project Whitepaper1907.08284v1 · Maximilian H. Abitbol, Shunsuke Adachi, Peter Ade et al.2019 · 78 citationsBull. Am. Astron. Soc. 51 (2019) 147
CMB-S4 Science Case, Reference Design, and Project Plan1907.04473v1 · Kevork Abazajian, Graeme Addison, Peter Adshead et al.2019 · 395 citationsarXiv
Evidence for the Cross-correlation between Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing from POLARBEAR and Cosmic Shear from Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam1904.02116v2 · Toshiya Namikawa, Yuji Chinone, Hironao Miyatake et al.2019 · 27 citationsarXiv
Measurements of tropospheric ice clouds with a ground-based CMB polarization experiment, POLARBEAR1809.06556v1 · Satoru Takakura, Mario A. O. Aguilar-Fa'undez, Yoshiki Akiba et al.2018 · 20 citationsarXiv
Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Detector Array Effects1808.10491v2 · Kevin T. Crowley, Sara M. Simon, Max Silva-Feaver et al.2018 · 17 citationsProceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 10708, id. 107083Z (2018)
Studies of Systematic Uncertainties for Simons Observatory: Polarization Modulator Related Effects1808.07442v1 · Maria Salatino, Jacob Lashner, Martina Gerbino et al.2018 · 17 citationsarXiv
The Simons Observatory: Science goals and forecasts1808.07445v2 · Peter Ade, James Aguirre, Zeeshan Ahmed et al.2018 · 1,528 citationsJCAP 1902 (2019) 056
A large-diameter cryogenic rotation stage for half-wave plate polarization modulation on the POLARBEAR-2 experiment1805.10403v1 · Charles A. Hill, Akito Kusaka, Paul Barton et al.2018 · 14 citationsarXiv
Quantum Sensing for High Energy Physics1803.11306v1 · Zeeshan Ahmed, Yuri Alexeev, Giorgio Apollinari et al.2018 · 22 citationsarXiv
The LiteBIRD Satellite Mission - Sub-Kelvin Instrument1801.06987v3 · A. Suzuki, P. A.R. Ade, Y. Akiba et al.2018 · 134 citationsarXiv
Commercialization of micro-fabrication of antenna-coupled Transition Edge Sensor bolometer detectors for studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background1801.06991v1 · Aritoki Suzuki, Chris Bebek, Maurice Garcia-Sciveres et al.2018 · 7 citationsarXiv
CMB-S4 Technology Book, First Edition1706.02464v2 · Maximilian H. Abitbol, Zeeshan Ahmed, Darcy Barron et al.2017 · 90 citationsarXiv
Optimization Study for the Experimental Configuration of CMB-S41702.07467v2 · Darcy Barron, Yuji Chinone, Akito Kusaka et al.2017 · 20 citationsarXiv
Performance of a continuously rotating half-wave plate on the POLARBEAR telescope1702.07111v2 · Satoru Takakura, Mario Aguilar, Yoshiki Akiba et al.2017 · 62 citationsJCAP 05 (2017) 008
CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition1610.02743v1 · Kevork N. Abazajian, Peter Adshead, Zeeshan Ahmed et al.2016 · 588 citationsarXivon Valency
Making maps of Cosmic Microwave Background polarization for B-mode studies: the POLARBEAR example1608.01624v2 · Davide Poletti, Giulio Fabbian, Maude Le Jeune et al.2016 · 17 citationsA&A 600, A60 (2017)
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