https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/ 2026-04-22T06:48:20+00:00 https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/ https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/lib/tpl/physics/images/favicon.ico text/html 2018-04-20T16:51:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20180420_pysm_smooth?rev=1524243078&do=diff Apr 20 2018, Clem Pryke We wish to use PySM maps for PICO sims. (See [<https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.02841> PySM paper] and [<https://github.com/bthorne93/PySM_public> git repo].) PySM can be run at any nside up to 512. What it does internally when asked for <512 I have not investigated. I suspect it downgrades the templates with which it is working. It can also be told to smooth the output maps to a given beam size. text/html 2019-01-18T20:38:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20180424_dc_maps?rev=1547843885&do=diff Data Challenge Maps I Apr 24 2018, Clem Pryke For CMB-S4 project we have made simulations using a number of different foreground models plus lensed-LCDM, noise and tensors. These are described at Data challenge summary page and in a series of logbook postings. I have exploited this work for PICO to make equivalent sims. text/html 2018-05-24T14:17:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20180524_sevem?rev=1527171423&do=diff text/html 2018-07-11T22:55:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20180629_full_focal_plane_noise_sims?rev=1531349748&do=diff PICO Sparse focal plane simulation of noise Software versions * TOAST: `119db6ae8204230aafbaf0cb1d46d84f8d36cbf3` * `pico-simulations`: Tag `201806_sparse_focal_plane_noise` Configuration * All 21 bands * pixels/wafer reduced to 7 for all bands text/html 2018-08-15T16:34:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20180815_sevem_model90?rev=1534350861&do=diff SEVEM results on model 90.00, no delensing We have produced cleaned frequency maps at 62, 75, 90, 108, 155 and 186 GHz for the simple 90.00 model (homogeneous foregrounds over the sky) produced by Clem using template fitting. We have considered the simulation number 0000, with no delensing. text/html 2018-09-14T18:33:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20180830_dc_maps2?rev=1536950015&do=diff Data Challenge Maps II Aug 29 2018, Clem Pryke This posting is an update to Data challenge maps I and introduces two additional foreground models: * 98=MKD multilayer dust model as described in arxiv/1706.04162. Since only dust is provided this is added to PySM a2f1s3 as per models 92 and 93. text/html 2018-09-14T20:22:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20180914_decorr?rev=1536956536&do=diff Decorrelation plots for foreground models Sept 14 2018, Clem Pryke Most of the foreground models we are considering for PICO implement spatial variation of the spectral behavior at some level - this produces “decorrelation” - i.e. the sky pattern for a given foreground component changes as a function of frequency. This potentially degrades the efficiency of the component separation algorithms. In this post I look at the decorrelation of the dust and sync patterns by comparing cross-spectra to … text/html 2018-10-25T10:38:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20180919_aps_sevem?rev=1540463891&do=diff Band Power Spectra and Parameters estimated from cleaned CMB maps G. Rocha, 2018 September 19th ---------- We report here the Band Power Spectra and parameters estimated for the component separation methods applied to Simulated data. For each method we estimate the full sky band power spectra with Xfaster, propagate to parameters with a Gaussian correlated Likelihood, and sample parameters with CosmoMC, marginalizing over tailored foreground residual templates. In addition we consider a hybr… text/html 2018-10-04T15:04:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181005_sevem_status?rev=1538665465&do=diff text/html 2018-10-11T14:45:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181011_sevem_mask?rev=1539269153&do=diff text/html 2018-11-22T16:04:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181025_aps_gnilc_m91-92-92a0p15_comb?rev=1542902692&do=diff Band Power Spectra and Parameters estimated from cleaned CMB maps G. Rocha, 2018 September 19th ---------- We report here the Band Power Spectra and parameters estimated for the component separation methods applied to Simulated data. For each method we estimate the full sky band power spectra with Xfaster, propagate to parameters with a Gaussian correlated Likelihood, and sample parameters with CosmoMC, marginalizing over tailored foreground residual templates. In addition we consider a hybr… text/html 2018-11-15T09:17:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181025_aps_nilc_m90_comb?rev=1542273433&do=diff Band Power Spectra and Parameters estimated from cleaned CMB maps G. Rocha, 2018 September 19th ---------- We report here the Band Power Spectra and parameters estimated for the component separation methods applied to Simulated data. For each method we estimate the full sky band power spectra with Xfaster, propagate to parameters with a Gaussian correlated Likelihood, and sample parameters with CosmoMC, marginalizing over tailored foreground residual templates. In addition we consider a hybr… text/html 2018-11-01T07:38:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181025_aps_sevem_m90_m91_m92?rev=1541057934&do=diff Band Power Spectra and Parameters estimated from cleaned CMB maps G. Rocha, 2018 October 31st ---------- We report here the Band Power Spectra and parameters estimated for the component separation methods applied to Simulated data. For each method we estimate the full sky band power spectra with Xfaster, propagate to parameters with a Gaussian correlated Likelihood, and sample parameters with CosmoMC, marginalizing over tailored foreground residual templates. In addition we consider a hybrid… text/html 2018-11-01T05:02:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181025_aps_sevem_m91?rev=1541048522&do=diff Band Power Spectra and Parameters estimated from cleaned CMB maps G. Rocha, 2018 October 25th ---------- We report here the Band Power Spectra and parameters estimated for the component separation methods applied to Simulated data. For each method we estimate the full sky band power spectra with Xfaster, propagate to parameters with a Gaussian correlated Likelihood, and sample parameters with CosmoMC, marginalizing over tailored foreground residual templates. In addition we consider a hybrid… text/html 2018-11-01T05:14:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181025_aps_sevem_m92?rev=1541049296&do=diff Band Power Spectra and Parameters estimated from cleaned CMB maps G. Rocha, 2018 October 31st ---------- We report here the Band Power Spectra and parameters estimated for the component separation methods applied to Simulated data. For each method we estimate the full sky band power spectra with Xfaster, propagate to parameters with a Gaussian correlated Likelihood, and sample parameters with CosmoMC, marginalizing over tailored foreground residual templates. In addition we consider a hybrid… text/html 2018-12-11T20:56:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181029_beam_sidelobes_conviqt_simulation?rev=1544561768&do=diff Beam sidelobes simulations with Conviqt Software versions See Simulation page on Github Configuration * 1 pixel in band 12 at 154.80 GHz * 4 detectors, 0,90,45,135 degrees * realistic beams with center masked (center_150GHz_mask400px5d_l720_alm.fits) * boresight pointing text/html 2018-12-20T15:55:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20181220_sevem?rev=1545321338&do=diff text/html 2019-02-21T15:00:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20190214_sevem?rev=1550761244&do=diff text/html 2021-04-22T02:29:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20210421_dc_maps?rev=1619058582&do=diff Data Challenge Maps for Commander Apr 21 2021, Clem Pryke In Data challenge maps I I introduced some simulated maps to be used for reanalysis to help determine PICO performance. These have been used successfully by Mathieu and others. The generation machinery was borrowed from CMB-S4 work where it was used at nside=512 for small aperture telescopes (and max frequency 270GHz). When I made the PICO maps nside=512 was kept but the beam sizes were taken at face value (arcminute at the highest fre… text/html 2021-10-12T01:48:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20211012_dc_maps?rev=1634003334&do=diff Data Challenge Maps for lensing reconstruction October 12 2021, Clem Pryke In Data challenge maps I I introduced some simulated maps to be used for reanalysis to help determine PICO performance. These have been used successfully by Mathieu and others. In this post I re-render exactly the same maps at nside=2048 for use in lensing reconstruction. I carefully use the exact same input alms - including noise up to ell=1024. I have made only bands from 52GHz and up since the large beams at lower f… text/html 2022-02-22T00:43:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/20211108_newfgmod?rev=1645490608&do=diff Plots for new nside=2048 foreground model 98 and 99 Nov 8 2021, Clem Pryke Recently Jacques and Flavien have provided new files updating their models to nside=2048 - which we can include when performing lensing reconstruction. The plots in this posting can be compared to the previous nside=512 versions shown in text/html 2018-08-28T03:30:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/baseline?rev=1535427034&do=diff The baseline mission configuration will evolve with time; this page records the baseline at any epoch. Latest Update: V4.0/4.1 - Aug. 1, 2018 The sheet with [band definitions and noise (4.0 and 4.1)] has both Required values (4.1) and Current Best Estimates (4.0). Provenance January 2018 - Based on the V3 focal plane considered by the first TeamX review, simplified to uniformly-sized single-pixel hexagonal wafers for initial simulation-based studies. text/html 2018-07-16T14:25:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/beams_and_cl_1?rev=1531751123&do=diff Beams and C(l) --- Eric Hivon 2018/07/16 09:09 Back to Systematics WG 2018/07/16 The beam computed at 150GHz, at a location offset by 10cm in the X (=co-scan) direction is now also available, on top of the central beam and Y=10cm beams generated earlier this month. Two different effects are now visible on the power spectra: text/html 2019-02-20T10:56:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/calibration_simulations?rev=1550660170&do=diff This page contains outdated information. Refer to the report «Simulating dipole calibration for PICO», by Maurizio Tomasi, for the most up-to-date information . Calibration simulations In this page we collect information and results about the simulation of the photometric calibration procedure. text/html 2017-04-05T15:12:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/cmbprobe2016proposal?rev=1491405165&do=diff 2016 Probe-Scale Mission Study * [ Submitted Proposal] * Many thanks to these individuals who contributed text and comments: Chuck Bennett, Jeff Booth, Julian Borrill, Jens Chluba, Brendan Crill, Olivier Dore, Josquin Errard, Raphael Flauger, Aurelien Fraisse, Ken Ganga, Kris Gorski, Daniel Green, Bill Jones, Al Kogut, Lloyd Knox, Charles Lawrence, Jeff McMahon, Peter Meinhold, Giles Novak, Lyman Page, Clem Pryke, Roger O'Brient, Paolo Serra, Christian Reichardt, Graca Rocha, Toki Suzuki, S… text/html 2018-02-14T23:27:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/datachallenge?rev=1518650830&do=diff Data Challenges These data challenges are in support of the study of the imager option for a Probe-class CMB mission. We will use it as a check on analytic forecasts, and to further optimize the baseline design. We are at the very beginning stages of defining this data challenge. Nothing written here should be understood as finalized. Please feel free to contribute to the definition of the data challenge. text/html 2018-02-21T14:34:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/extragalacticsciencewg?rev=1519223673&do=diff Extragalactic Science Working Group Telecon Information * Wednesday at 10 am ET, 9 am Central time, 7 am PT, as announced * Telecon connection Information: Connect to telecon here or call: +1 210 606 9466 US Toll +1 866 282 7366 US Toll Free Meeting number: 745 072 800 text/html 2018-02-21T15:53:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/feb._21_2017?rev=1519228433&do=diff Feb 21 2018 Attendees: Alex, Sebastian, Gianfranco, Jean-Baptiste, Nick, Jim Agenda: Imager v3 design updates (V3 located under imager options Frequency Bands and Noise: Specifications to Use)Lensing forecasts [CMB lensing update] Cluster forecasts With optical WL mass calibration with CV tau text/html 2018-11-20T18:28:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/forecasts_20181120?rev=1542738482&do=diff Cosmic Variance in E and Other Forecasts (Stephen) * Assuming that “cosmic variance limited” means the noise variance is 1/10 of the signal variance, I find PICO to be cosmic variance limited in EE out to ell = 2314. If I make that more conservative, requiring the noise variance to be 1/100 of the signal variance, I find ell = 1698. text/html 2022-07-21T14:46:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregrounds?rev=1658414782&do=diff Foregrounds & Data Challenges The focus of this group is to demonstrate the ability of PICO to meet its various science goals by setting up and analyzing data challenges that include representative galactic and extra-galactic foreground models. Telecon Information text/html 2018-02-05T17:42:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20171008?rev=1517852569&do=diff Oct. 8, 2017 Josquin's dropbox slides Josquin has been optimizing the bands for the probe. The input is r=0. We noticed (pg. 3) that the lowest r achievable was 0.008 (=substantial bias) and sigma(r)=8e-4. Questions: * why is the bias high? * why is sigma(r) not lower, like for S4? text/html 2018-02-05T17:42:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20171018?rev=1517852528&do=diff October 18, 2017 Josquin's dropbox slides Slide 9: JE reviews the action items from previous weeks. Slide 10: If remove 4 extreme frequencies bias goes down! Still 60% of sky, single dust, synch, spatially varying exponents. Why is it that the bias goes down with more information on foregrounds? Look at residuals in power spectrum domain, or map domain? text/html 2018-02-05T17:40:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20171106?rev=1517852414&do=diff November 6, 2017 Commander slides -- 6 Nov 2017, Mathieu Remazeilles text/html 2018-02-05T17:38:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20171122?rev=1517852333&do=diff November 22, 2017 Commander slides --22 Nov 2017, Mathieu Remazeilles Mathieu shows results after removal of two lowest and two highest frequency bands, and also further reduction of frequency bands. Bias in r increases, as well as sigmar. The distribution of parameters suggests that the issue is mostly with mis-estimating the dust temperature, so removal of the higher frequencies not the lower. text/html 2018-02-05T17:36:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180124?rev=1517852172&do=diff January 24, 2018 Commander slides --24 Jan 2018, Mathieu Remazeilles Updates: 0. Forecasts without foregrounds 1. Keeping high frequencies (> 400 GHz) while rejecting low frequencies (< 40 GHz): 43 -- 800 GHz 2. PICO v3 (improved sensitivities) versus PICO v2-1.4 text/html 2018-02-08T15:58:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180208?rev=1518105492&do=diff 20180208 Attendance: Agenda * Discussion on goals for the group and cadence of telecons (Julian) * Update on full sky maps (Brandon, Clem) * Brandon: Full sky maps based on MHD simulations from Chang-Goo Kim * If time permits: Commander r constraints with PICO specifications (Mathieu) text/html 2018-02-15T23:58:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180215?rev=1518739137&do=diff Agenda: * Baseline configuration & data synthesis plans (Julian) * Work to date (Mathieu, Josquin as available) * Discussion on approach moving forward (All) * Foreground complexity and band definition * Analysis targets, approaches & requirements text/html 2018-02-27T18:14:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180222?rev=1519755246&do=diff Telecon Notes, Feb. 22, 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Carlo, Chang-Goo, Brandon, Andrea, Matthieu, Clem + others Proposed Agenda: * Follow up on items from last week * MHD-based full sky foreground maps (Brandon) * What limits the MHD-based maps to l<100 (Chang-Goo) text/html 2018-03-08T16:08:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180301?rev=1520525288&do=diff Telecon Notes, March 1, 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Julian, Davide, Belen, Ken, Lloyd, Brandon, Charles, +.. Agenda: * Discussion of status of map analysis Notes (notes by Shaul) * Julian is running PICO noise. Should be available within few days. Running 1, 2, 4 years. Sky models are available. text/html 2018-03-15T03:08:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180308?rev=1521083295&do=diff Telecon Notes, March 8, 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Brandon, Enrique, Clem, Daniel, + ... Agenda: * Updates * Mathieu's Commander analysis with PSM Notes * Update from Brandon: * Julian said he/PySM will repixelate to Nside=16, which is needed by Mattieu et al. Matthieu/Shaul to catch up with Julian. text/html 2018-03-16T22:03:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180315?rev=1521237782&do=diff Telecon Notes, March 16, 2018 Attendance: Brandon, Daniel, Lloyd, Enrique, Belen, Charles, + ... Proposed Agenda: * Follow up on items from last week Notes * Shaul gives an update from Julian: maps for pico have not been made yet. Julian contacted Josquin (SMICA) and Carlo (NILC) and waiting to hear back. text/html 2018-04-04T15:42:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180329?rev=1522856562&do=diff Telecon Notes, March 29, 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Brandon, Daniel, Mathieu, Charles, Kevin, Clem, + ... Agenda: * Follow up maps (Clem) * Follow up on analysis (Mathieu, Belen) * Workshop Notes (Shaul) * Maps: * Action: Clem is proceeding to make maps parallel to those that have been made for S4 text/html 2018-04-06T22:42:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180405?rev=1523054570&do=diff Telecon Notes, April 5 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Brandon, Daniel, Clem, Charles, Mathieu, Belen, Agenda: * Follow up maps (Clem) * Follow up on analysis (Mathieu, Belen) * Workshop Notes (Shaul) * Clem constructed full sky maps using several PySM models. He didn't yet make the MHD maps. He is waiting for people to sort out the difficulties with the maps already made. text/html 2018-04-26T18:29:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180412?rev=1524767377&do=diff Telecon Notes, April 12 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Brandon, Daniel, Clem, Charles, Belen Agenda: * Update on maps + analysis Notes (Shaul) * Belen is making progress. * She is concerned about the step of producing power spectra from the cleaned map. She doesn't have the tools. For Planck she gave the maps to Graca. text/html 2018-04-26T18:20:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180419?rev=1524766831&do=diff Telecon Notes, April 19 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Brandon, Daniel, Clem, Charles, Mathieu, Soumen, Belen Agenda: * Update on maps + analysis * Workshop Notes (Shaul) Analysis * Clem was delayed by a proposal. Resolved to make progress this week. text/html 2018-04-26T16:56:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180426?rev=1524761780&do=diff Telecon Notes, April 26 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Brandon, Daniel, Clem, Charles Agenda: * Update on maps + analysis * Workshop Notes (Shaul) * Clem posted 5 full sky models. Details are given in the 4/24 logbook posting. * These maps replace the maps Soumen has been working on. text/html 2018-05-17T15:36:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180517?rev=1526571363&do=diff Telecon Notes, May 17 2018 Attendance: Clem, Brandon, Charles, Belen Agenda: * Status with maps and analysis (z.umn.edu/cmbprobe) * Soumen - explanation on the ILC approach Notes (Clem) * Soumen not on * Mathieu no no * Belen has done a little work, clear residuals in cleaned maps, could not get into wiki to post plots text/html 2018-05-31T15:37:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180531?rev=1527781070&do=diff Attendance: Brandon, Charles, Belen, Mathieu Progress on analysis, but no new results. To Do Mathieu: Get in touch with Clem to confirm a few details about maps. Brandon: Check in with Soumen on ILC analysis. text/html 2018-06-07T15:56:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180607?rev=1528387006&do=diff Attendance: Brandon, Soumen, Matheiu Notes: Results on 90.00 simulations with NILC and Commander pipelines (see slides posted on logbook). Both recover the input signal with high confidence as expected. To do: * Soumen will email Clem about data splits for other simulations. text/html 2018-06-28T16:39:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180621?rev=1530203940&do=diff Telecon Notes, June 21 2018 Attending: Shaul, Brandon, Matthieu Notes: * Recap of work over the last several weeks. * Matthieu and Soumen ran their analysis (Command and NILC, respectively) on Clem's model 90.00. Check the logbook for Clem's mapping between PySM and model numbers. They are recovering the input spectrum. But there are caveats. text/html 2018-06-28T17:57:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180628?rev=1530208632&do=diff Telecon Notes, June 28 2018 Attending: SH, Brandon, Jacques, Charles, Clem, Daniel, Graca Regrets: Belen, Mathieu Agenda: * Update on maps (Clem?, ...) * CO lines (Jacques) * [Report and Foregrounds] _ Notes: _ * Still waiting for results from the analyzers. text/html 2018-07-05T16:16:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180705?rev=1530807415&do=diff July 05, 2018 Telecon Notes Attendance: SH, Giuseppe, Soumen * [Giuseppe CO Slides] Notes * Soumen is back at work. He is running the analysis on the maps that Clem posted. He is checking the masks. He confirms that the previous results that he generated did not use a mask. text/html 2018-07-26T15:08:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180712?rev=1532617692&do=diff Telecon Notes July 12 2018 Attendance: SH, Charles, Brandon, Clem, Mathieu, Jacques Notes * MR reports on his work with Clem's model 90.91. He finds a strong bias. The cause: Clem makes the simulations with nside = 512. MR works with nside=16, so the averaging in the larger pixels strongly biases the result. text/html 2018-07-26T17:12:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180726?rev=1532625177&do=diff Telecon Notes July 26 2018 Attendance: SH, Charles, Brandon, Mathieu, Susan, Soumen Notes * MR says he tried Nside = 32. Doesn't converge. He still needs to do nside = 8. Plans to try by next week. He is worried that the increase in bias might be masked by an increase in sigma( r ) because there are less modes. text/html 2018-08-09T15:46:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180809?rev=1533829597&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug. 9 2018 Attendance: SH, Soumen, Susan, Brandon, Carlo, Aurelien Notes * [Soumen's latest presentation] * Soumen ran NILC with 4 lensing amplitudes and 6 foreground models. He finds the following consistent results: * For 90.99 the residual foreground is high across all \ells. text/html 2018-08-30T14:59:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180816?rev=1535641140&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug. 23 2018 Attendance: Charles, Graca, Clem, Aurelien Notes * Graca in touch with Belen - has foreground separated maps from Soumen (and Belen?) will analyze through to r this week * Belen has made a posting about results from SEVEM component separation but was not on the line so discussion was deferred text/html 2018-08-23T15:51:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180823?rev=1535039508&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug. 23 2018 Attendance: Clem, Brandon, Jacques (Belen, Mathieu, Ingunn sent emails saying they couldn't make it) Notes * [Mathieu psm presentation] * [Mathieu pysm presentation] * Clem promises to generate sim maps with Jacques et al dust model * Discussion of Soumen's results linked from Aug 9 telecon notes - The text/html 2018-08-30T16:07:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180830?rev=1535645243&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug. 30 2018 Attendance: Clem, Jacques, Charles, Graca, Brandon, Susan Clark. Mathieu, Notes * [Soumen's latest presentation] on NILC results. Results look good for 00-03 (Gaussian and PySM's), 96 marginal (MHD), 99 is quite bad (Vansyngel). AI's for Soumen: text/html 2018-09-20T14:54:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180912?rev=1537455291&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 13 2018 Attendance: Shaul, Clem, Soumen, Graca, Mathieu, ... Notes: Shaul Notes * Belen would like to have the foregrounds input models from Clem, to compare to her output. * Belen also needs the foreground smoothed by the beam. Will Clem do it, or would she? Clem agrees to provide (I think text/html 2018-09-27T14:25:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180920?rev=1538058302&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 20 2018 Attendance: Jacques, Josquin, Mathieu, Shaul, Graca, Kris, charles, ... Notes: Shaul Agenda * Updates * Belen * Graca + link to logbook * [Soumen] * [Josquin] * Status of Report + Posting of Memo that gives more details on work Notes text/html 2018-09-27T16:26:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20180927?rev=1538065578&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 27 2018 Attendance: SH, Mathieu, Brandon, Clem, Ingunn Regrets: Belen, Graca, Charles Notes: Shaul Agenda * Review of Report Schedule * Schedule (work backwards) * Submit 12/31/2018 = effectively Friday 12/21 * text/html 2018-10-04T14:57:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20181004?rev=1538665046&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 04 2018 Attendance: Regrets: Notes: Shaul Agenda * Review of Report Schedule * Schedule (work backwards) * Submit 12/31/2018 = effectively Friday 12/21 * 4 weeks to implement external review comments + final polish = 11/21 (11/21-26 - Thanksgiving) text/html 2018-10-11T14:58:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20181011?rev=1539269896&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 11 2018 Attendance: Regrets: Notes: Shaul Agenda * Report Schedule: * Deadline for nearly-final version is Nov. 1 * 'nearly-final' = all figures, all text, 50 pages; a version that 15 reviewers (current tally, likely more by Nov. 1) can read through a give constructive comments text/html 2018-10-18T16:11:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20181018?rev=1539879094&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 18 2018 Attendance: Kris, Graca, Soumen Regrets: Notes: Shaul Agenda * Status Updates Notes * Most important outcome: there will be another telecon on Monday at 10:15 am Central Time to discuss new results from Soumen. text/html 2018-11-29T17:37:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20181129?rev=1543513048&do=diff Telecon Notes Nov. 29 2018 Attendance: Graca, Mathieu, Shaul Regrets: Notes: Shaul Updates * Mathieu ran 20 simulations of 90.92 with r=0, 85% delensing, 36% sky coverage. The results are in the logbook. * We see significant residuals above lensing at \ell<20. Discussing what's going on. text/html 2020-11-02T02:50:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20200611?rev=1604285412&do=diff Telecon Notes June 11 2020 Link back to foreground telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Clem, Hans-Kristian, Ingunn, Mathieu, Jacques, Unni, Shaul Regrets: Notes: Shaul Updates * Shaul gives background: * Paul Hertz is moving with funding Probe development in FY2022. We want to kick off PICO work in preparation. text/html 2020-11-02T02:50:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20200625?rev=1604285425&do=diff Telecon Notes June 25 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Jacques, Mathieu, Ragnhild, Shaul Regrets: Notes: Shaul Updates * Ragnhild ran 7 simulations * all 90.92; all smoothed to 60' and nside = 256 * all have 100 lensing * Four with r=0.003, three with r=0. text/html 2020-11-02T02:50:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20200709?rev=1604285438&do=diff Telecon Notes July 9 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Clem, Mathieu, Shaul Regrets: Notes: Shaul * “r non-zero values”: * Raphael suggests r=0.003, and r=5e-4. Why? good for doing cross-checks. Action: SH will check whether there are other prevailing opinions. text/html 2020-11-02T02:50:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20200820?rev=1604285452&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug 20 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Ingunn, Hans-Kristian, Shaul Regrets: Notes: Shaul * Ragnhild shows [recent work on model 90.91]. Reminder: Ragnhild reported that when she used 90.92 she identified excess power at low \ell; so she is attempting to use a simpler model. 90.92 has two dust spectra; 90.91 has a single dust spectrum. text/html 2020-11-02T02:51:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20200903?rev=1604285467&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 3 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Mathieu, Jacques, Shaul Regrets: Notes: Shaul * Ragnhild shares [a new set of slides]. * She is working with 90.91, r=0 and r=1e-3. * Slide 3: r=0.003 (note typo), CMB map is much cleaner compared to last week. This is due to tweaking parameters of underlying foreground model. (compare to slide 3 of two weeks ago.) text/html 2020-11-02T14:03:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20200917?rev=1604325829&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 17 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Mathieu, Shaul Regrets: Notes: Shaul * [Ragnhild shares a new set of slides ] * slide 1: starts with 90.91, not fitting for synchrotron curvature (because it isn't in the sky; more on that later) * 2,3: Finds the best fit model; residual in many bands look very reasonable. text/html 2020-11-02T02:49:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20200929?rev=1604285355&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 29 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Mathieu, Charles, Kris, Graca, Shaul Regrets: Jacques Notes: Shaul text/html 2021-01-21T15:57:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20201029?rev=1611244627&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 29 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Mathieu, Charles, Kris, Graca, Shaul Regrets: Jacques Notes: Shaul Notes * Both Ragnhild and Mathieu have more results. Start with Ragnhild. * [Ragnhild reports on a new set of results] * After success with 90.91 she is working with 90.92 (SH in a follow up e-mail: how do we define success quantitatively?) text/html 2020-12-10T15:45:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20201112?rev=1607615148&do=diff Telecon Notes Nov. 12 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Mathieu, Jacques, Shaul Regrets: Notes: Shaul Notes * [MR shows recent results] * Reminder: 90.91 is Planck state-of-the-art; 90.92 has the Finkbeiner two dust model * Slide 3: complete r=0 and r=0.003 for both models, 10 realizations each text/html 2020-12-10T15:54:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20201210?rev=1607615697&do=diff Telecon Notes Dec. 10 2020 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Notes: Shaul Notes * [Commander Model (Ragnhild)] text/html 2021-01-21T15:43:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210107?rev=1611243819&do=diff Telecon Notes January 07 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * recap: where were we in 2020, what has happened since - Ragnhild and Mathieu * Paper Outline Notes: Shaul Notes * Ragnhild revised and posted an [updated Commander memo]. * She provided [ slides summarizing her work to date] * Discussion about slide 3, third and fourth bullet: with input 90.92, fitting 90.91 shows residuals and large chi^2, indicatin… text/html 2021-02-04T16:01:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210121?rev=1612454501&do=diff Telecon Notes January 21 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Mathieu, Ragnhild, Shaul, Jacques Regrets: Agenda: * Updates * Paper Outline Notes: Shaul Updates * NILC: No new updates. The plan is to run the analysis with 90.91 and 90.92 with restricted frequency coverage text/html 2021-02-18T04:41:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210204?rev=1613623292&do=diff Telecon Notes Feb 4 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Mathieu, Ragnhild, Shaul, Jacques Regrets: Agenda: * Updates Notes: Shaul Updates * Discussion of analysis of small patches of the sky. What are we doing about E/B separation? Action: Shaul will check with Clem what has been done for the S4 paper text/html 2021-03-04T15:49:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210218?rev=1614872957&do=diff Telecon Notes Feb 18 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * Updates * [Ragnhild] * [Mathieu] Notes: Shaul Updates Follow up email between Clem and SH regarding EB mixing issues: By “the S4 paper” I assume you mean <https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.12619.pdf> ? S4 studies so far do not include map filtering and hence can use the S2HAT library to take partial sky power spectra which have low E/B mixing. This is simply an… text/html 2021-03-18T14:19:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210304?rev=1616077191&do=diff Telecon Notes March 4, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Kris, Ragnhild, Clem, Mathieu Regrets: Agenda: * Update from Kris * Commander simulations - Oslo + Clem Notes: Shaul Updates * Kris gives an update on his work on low frequency foregrounds text/html 2021-04-01T03:02:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210318?rev=1617246176&do=diff Telecon Notes March 18, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Mathieu, Shaul, Clem Regrets: Agenda: * Updates Notes: Shaul Updates * Ragnhild shows work [done with Unni's simulations], and model 90.91 * The r likelihood (pgs. 6,7) shows a detection of r, for r=0. Why? And why is the likelihood so narrow? text/html 2021-04-01T14:25:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210401?rev=1617287133&do=diff Telecon Notes April 1, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * Updates * PICO noise - Reijo and Andrea Notes: Shaul Updates text/html 2021-04-29T14:27:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210415?rev=1619706459&do=diff Telecon Notes April 15, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild Aurlien, Charles Lawrence, Mathieu Remazeilles Regrets: Shaul Hanany, Jacques Delabrouille Agenda: * Updates === Notes (Mathieu) === No presentation today. Ragnhild is waiting for the new PICO sims by Clem to update the Commander results. Ragnhild reported on the status of email discussions with Clem about new PICO simulations for Commander: Clem is currently updating the N… text/html 2021-05-20T02:33:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210429?rev=1621478005&do=diff Telecon Notes April 29, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * New noise spectra from Reijo * Ragnhild+Clem * Kris * Mathieu === Notes (Shaul) === * SH shows noise spectra from Reijo. SH: Needs to find noise parameters and provide to MR and Commander. text/html 2021-05-20T22:47:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210520?rev=1621550855&do=diff Telecon Notes May 20, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Jacques Regrets: Ragnhild, Mathieu Agenda: * updates === Notes (Shaul) === * MR and RA have a conflict today. * SH + JD discuss MKD maps for PICO. SH will provide a list of central frequencies for which maps are needed, text/html 2021-06-03T14:44:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210527?rev=1622731460&do=diff Telecon Notes May 27, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Jacques, Mathieu, Ragnhild Regrets: Agenda: * updates === Notes (Shaul) === * MKD maps: JD clarifies that he has new MKD maps. Relative to the older version, which Clem used to make 90.98, the new maps have a new zero level for the T map (this affects the polarization maps), and the small scale structure is adjusted. If we do new maps, Clem will need to smooth with the beam and… text/html 2021-06-03T23:00:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210603?rev=1622761212&do=diff Telecon Notes June 3, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Mathieu, Ragnhild, Hans Kristian Regrets: Agenda: * [Mathieu updates] - removing frequencies from 90.91 (review results again for 90.92) * [Ragnhild updates] - Commander 2 * Kris update? * ApJ Paper template exists. The overleaf link is attached. * text/html 2021-06-24T02:32:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210617?rev=1624501927&do=diff Telecon Notes June 17, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Mathieu, Ragnhild Regrets: Agenda: * Updates Notes * Ragnhild still debugging code. She thinks she has solved the 'offset' problem with the power spectra. Will report more next week. * text/html 2021-07-01T14:44:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210624?rev=1625150689&do=diff Telecon Notes June 24, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Charles, Mathieu, Kris, Shaul Regrets: Agenda: * Ragnhild - progress with Commander * Mathieu - models 93, 96 * Kris - updates on small scale synchrotron === Notes (Shaul) === * Ragnhild is sick text/html 2021-08-19T16:36:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210701?rev=1629390993&do=diff Telecon Notes July 1, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Kris, Ragnhild, Mathieu, Shaul Regrets: Agenda: * Ragnhild * Mathieu [ MR Update] * Kris === Notes (Shaul) === * Ragnhild thinks that C2 estimation of CMB spectra is ok. Proceeding forward. * [ MR shows an update with results for model 96]. Kris suggests to integrate the likelihoods to get proper limits. text/html 2021-08-19T16:56:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210715?rev=1629392208&do=diff Telecon Notes July 15, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * Mathieu - [ Update] * Paper * Kris - updates on small scale synchrotron === Notes (Shaul) === * Ragnhild on vacation * [ MR is now reporting results for model 98!]. * There are foreground residuals that are significant relative to 5e-4, see pages 15 and 18 in the pdf. text/html 2021-08-19T14:41:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210812?rev=1629384081&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug 12, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul + Ragnhild Regrets: Agenda: * Ragnhild - [post break Update ] * Mathieu - Post break Update * Kris - updates on small scale synchrotron === Notes (Shaul) === * Ragnhild continues to debug Commander; see slides linked above. text/html 2021-08-19T16:09:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210819?rev=1629389371&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug. 19, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Jacques, Hans-Kristian, Ragnhild Regrets: Agenda: * Ragnhild - progress with Commander's Cl Estimator * Mathieu - Update with NILC * Kris - updates on small scale synchrotron === Notes (Shaul) === text/html 2021-09-09T01:47:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210826?rev=1631152055&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug. 26, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Mathieu, Julien, Charles, Jacques Regrets: Agenda: * Julien: delensing === Notes (Shaul) === DELENSING PLAN * get simulated maps at proper nside (2048), with PICO optical beam and noise. No point sources: Two options: PySM or PSM. To be discussed with Clem. text/html 2021-09-09T02:59:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210902?rev=1631156341&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 2, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Charles, Hans Kristian, Ingunn, Julien, Shaul, Jacques, Mathieu, Unni Regrets: Agenda: * Low frequencies for NASA Technology * Delensing * [Commander update] * NILC === Notes (Shaul) === * Charles and HK argue that we need to tell NASA that development of low frequency detectors is important for PICO, perhaps starting at 10 or so text/html 2021-09-10T16:33:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210909?rev=1631291600&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 9, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * Commander * NILC * Kris === Notes (Shaul) === * Ragnhild [compares Clem's and Unni's simulations] * Unni's simulations can do models 91, 92, and 93. Models 96 and 98 are not part of the PySM library and would be more difficult to implement. They are also like to be more difficult to account for with Commander and thus may require more time investment. text/html 2021-09-23T02:21:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210916?rev=1632363694&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 16, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Ragnhild, Jacques, Charles, Julien, Alex, Colin Regrets: Agenda: * Commander update * Delensing [Alex and Colin's delensing figure] * Paper Tasks === Notes (Shaul) === * Commander: * Unni has produced maps with nside=512 for 90.91, r=0 and r=0.003, 10 simulations for each. She is now doing 90.92. text/html 2021-09-30T14:52:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210923?rev=1633013532&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 23, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Jacques, Mathieu Regrets: Agenda: * Delensing * Paper Tasks Notes: * Delensing * MR sent noise to Alex. Alex should compare to the noise he got from Colin * MR updated his results to 73% delensing. text/html 2021-10-28T00:56:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20210930?rev=1635382593&do=diff Telecon Notes Sept. 30, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Jacques, Mathieu Regrets: Agenda: * Delensing * Commander update * Model 98 - smaller sky mask * Updating GNILC for 73% delensing Notes: text/html 2021-10-21T03:37:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20211013?rev=1634787477&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 13, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Jacques, Julien, Sebastian, Kris, Charles Regrets: Agenda: * Delensing * Paper * Tech gap * Commander update * NILC - smaller sky area Notes: * Julien + Sebastian: Clem produced maps but foreground information drops at \ell=1500. For S4 power does not drop for some models. **Shaul will check with Clem**. * JD: PySM is an nside=512 which gives \ell = 1500. They are workin… text/html 2021-10-28T00:47:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20211020?rev=1635382068&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 21, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * Delensing * model 98 - nonparametric small section of sky * Parametric update * Paper Figures * Small scale synchrotron? Notes: * Parametric update - Ragnhild is working on finding the right mask for the infilling in model 90.91. text/html 2021-11-04T03:15:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20211028?rev=1635995729&do=diff Telecon Notes Oct. 28, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Clem, Jacques, Mathieu, Julien, Sebastian, Shaul Regrets: Agenda: * Delensing * model 98 - nonparametric small section of sky * Parametric update * Paper * Small scale synchrotron? Notes: text/html 2022-01-20T04:30:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20211104?rev=1642653059&do=diff Telecon Notes Nov. 4, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * Decadal panel * model 98 - nonparametric small section of sky * [Parametric update] * Delensing * Paper text/html 2021-11-18T15:50:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20211111?rev=1637250640&do=diff Telecon Notes Nov. 11, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * model 98 - nonparametric small section of sky * Parametric update * Delensing * Paper Notes: * Commander/Parametric - Ragnhild says her simulations still don't produce reasonable results. text/html 2022-01-20T04:29:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20211118?rev=1642652994&do=diff Telecon Notes Nov 18, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * [Commander Update] * Paper Notes: text/html 2022-01-20T04:34:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20211202?rev=1642653282&do=diff Telecon Notes Dec. 02, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * [Commander Update] * Paper Notes: text/html 2022-01-20T04:25:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20211209?rev=1642652727&do=diff Telecon Notes Dec 09, 2021 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Ragnhild, Charles, Mathieu, Sebastian, Julien, Jacques Regrets: Agenda: * [Commander Update] * Paper Notes: Commander - Good progress. At the previous telecon the r-estimations seemed biased high. Ragnhild optimized priors. B-mode spectra show no clear indication of significant excess power at low ell on B-mode Cl plots. New priors reduce a bit the power at high galactic latitude. (note:… text/html 2022-01-20T04:19:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220113?rev=1642652354&do=diff Telecon Notes Jan 13, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: SH, Julien, Hans Kristian, Sebastian, Ragnhild Regrets: Agenda: * [Parametric update] * [Delensing] * Paper Notes: * [Ragnhild made progress on model 90.91]. This will be the only model in the paper. HK will need to finish the likelihood work. * Slide 10 'average' of Gaussian likelihoods text/html 2022-01-20T17:52:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220120?rev=1642701166&do=diff Telecon Notes Jan 20, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: SH, Kris, Charles, Julien, Sebastian Regrets: Agenda: * Commander * Delensing * Paper Notes: * Julien/Sebastian have been in contact with MR. They now have access to MR's E-maps and they can re-run the delensing analysis. The expectation is that it will be essentially the same as with their own E-maps. text/html 2022-02-10T15:47:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220127?rev=1644508074&do=diff Telecon Notes Jan 27, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda: * Commander * NILC * Delensing * Paper Notes: * Hans Kristian discusses results from Commander. * 10 realization of 90.91 - get what we expect. * HK: we can't get the limits we quoted because of the likelihood shape at low \ell. text/html 2022-02-10T15:44:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220203?rev=1644507841&do=diff Telecon Notes Feb. 3, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Sebastien, Hans Kristian, Mathieu, Mathew, Kris, Shaul, Julien, Charles Regrets: Agenda: * Commander * NILC * [Delensing presentation] * Paper Notes: * HK introduces Mathew Galloway who will be calculating the effects of the likelihood at low \ell. text/html 2022-02-17T15:41:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220210?rev=1645112471&do=diff Telecon Notes Feb. 10, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Sebastian, Jacques, Kris, Charles, Mathew, Mathieu, Clem, Shaul Regrets: Agenda: * Commander - insert Figures into paper * NILC - small patch - JD * Delensing - decision about paper? what else for the other paper? text/html 2022-02-21T22:27:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220217?rev=1645482477&do=diff Telecon Notes Feb. 17, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * Commander - Low \ell likelihood * * * Matthew show two simulations (above) one for r=0 and another for r=0.003, comparing the Gaussian likelihood to the correct low-ell approximation. The likelihood is only calculated for \ell 2-12; full sky, no masking or sky fraction. Not delensed. For next week: extend \ell range to \ell=200, and masked sky. text/html 2022-02-24T16:42:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220224?rev=1645720967&do=diff Telecon Notes Feb. 24, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Sebastian, Jacques, Mathieu, Kris, Clem, Charles Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * Commander - Low \ell likelihood * Matthew debugging the higher \ell * He needs access to NERSC to get masks (access granted) text/html 2022-03-03T16:52:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220303?rev=1646326376&do=diff Telecon Notes March 3, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Sebastian, Kris, Julien, Mathieu Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * Commander - Low \ell likelihood * NILC - small patch analysis * Delensing * Paper * Paper writers, please check compilation periodically text/html 2022-04-23T16:52:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220310?rev=1650732772&do=diff Telecon Notes March 10, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Hans Kristian, Sebastian, Mathieu, +? Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * Paper * Need to justify why are we using r=0.003. Perhaps check with Raphael Flauger? JD says, quote Starobinsky, and mention S4 text/html 2022-04-23T17:01:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220317?rev=1650733293&do=diff Telecon Notes March 17, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Sebastian, Kris, Julien, Mathieu Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * Commander - Low \ell likelihood * NILC - [small patch analysis] * Last week we selected patches based on Foregrounds. Now select patches based on level of foregrounds as measured at 555 text/html 2022-04-23T17:31:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220324?rev=1650735090&do=diff Telecon Notes March 24, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * Commander - [Low \ell likelihood] * Matthew shows low \ell likelihoods with different \ell cases for Gaussian and Bayesian, full sky * With Gaussian 95% is 1.91e-4; with exact it is 2.86e-4, factor of 1.5 between the two. text/html 2022-04-23T17:41:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220407?rev=1650735709&do=diff Telecon Notes April 7, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Sebastian, Kris, Julien, Mathieu Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * NILC - small patch analysis [ cleaner plot with r=0.003] * JD is concerned with scatter of data * Kris mentions paper from Bennett's group, again highlighting need for more synchrotron information. text/html 2022-07-07T14:56:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220623?rev=1657205774&do=diff Telecon Notes June 23, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Mathew, Mathieu, Charles, Jacques Regrets: Agenda + Notes: We discussed the paper draft. * A formula for L3 has been added by Mathieu in the appendix. This fomula explicitly writes the (residual) lensing term that is present in the formula, it was agreed that we should also include this term for the other two (L1 and L2), and clarify that the tests shown for illustration of the differences… text/html 2022-07-07T14:51:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220630?rev=1657205495&do=diff Telecon Notes June 30, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Kris, Sebastian, Mathieu, Jacques Regrets: Shaul Agenda + Notes: * Mathieu included a new figure in the draft to show spectra of foreground contamination at 22, 799 and 155 GHz for the various sky models, as compared to the level of B-modes (fig. 1) text/html 2022-07-14T14:57:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220707?rev=1657810671&do=diff Telecon Notes July 7, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Kris, Mathieu, Charles Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * Discussing various items from previous weeks * SH + Matthew - Still need to make L3 consistent with L1 and L2 (from June 23) * SH + Brandon - still need to add a table with foreground properties; also clarify the synchrotron `redundancy' between models at 21 text/html 2022-07-21T14:47:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220714?rev=1658414839&do=diff Telecon Notes July 14, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Sebastian, Mathieu, Kris Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * MR didn't have a chance to make changes for his Figures. Delayed for next week. * Discussed a bunch of Sebastian's Figures * Waiting for Mathew to fix the likelihood and his plots - Shaul will write to them again. text/html 2022-07-21T15:56:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/foregroundstelecon20220721?rev=1658419009&do=diff Telecon Notes July 21, 2022 Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook Attendance: Shaul, Charles, Kris, Sebastian, Mathieu Regrets: Agenda + Notes: * Sebastian: * Kris: Figure 9, why symmetric color bar? Change to regular Planck color plate * MR: Figure 9, add heading on text/html 2017-11-08T19:58:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/galacticsciencewg?rev=1510171116&do=diff Galactic Science * Updated draft STM for discussion on the next GSWG telecon. * [Galactic Science Trade-offs] Slides presented to the EC on Oct18 in connection with the small/large aperture trade-off. 2nd Telecon on STM Guidelines Wednesday, September 20th, 4:00 pm EDT text/html 2017-08-14T16:34:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imageractionitemlist?rev=1502728476&do=diff Action Items and Status * UMN to develop focal plane loading model including load from mirror(s) and cold stop as a function of temperature * Ongoing * JPL to develop scaling of cooling cost depending on what mass we cool to which temperature text/html 2018-10-18T16:18:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imageroptions?rev=1539879534&do=diff Imager Options Telecon Information * Weekly on Tuesday at 2 pm Central time, or as announced. First telecon is Monday July 17. * Telecon connection Information: Connect to WEBEX or call: +1 210 606 9466 US Toll +1 866 282 7366 US Toll Free Meeting number: 744 535 625 text/html 2017-07-31T00:30:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170718?rev=1501461034&do=diff Telecon Notes 20170718 Attending: Jamie, Julian, Shaul, Karl, Qi Notes: Karl + Shaul Action Items * UMN will investigate the Open Dragone (anyone else interested in exploring optical design?) * Shaul will communicate with Amy re: shields, including spherex shields. (complete) text/html 2017-07-31T00:10:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170724?rev=1501459836&do=diff Telecon + Notes 20170724 Attending: Shaul, Jamie, Al, Brad, Amy, Mike Notes: Qi Wen + Shaul Agenda: * Brief review of last week + [Packing of optical systems (UMN)] * Update on shields? (JPL) * [frequency bands + multi-chroics] Actions: * Brad will revisit EPIC-IM sidelobe analysis, will report next week on what is required to fire up the analysis for CMBP. text/html 2017-08-04T15:43:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170731?rev=1501861391&do=diff Telecon 20170731 Agenda: * Optics and Packing * [Update on packing of optical systems (UMN)] * Ray tracing examination of stray light and DLFOV comparison, [Optics Study 2017-07-31] (UMN) * Firing up far sidelobe analysis, [Tran et al. (2010)] (Brad) * Anyone at JPL to run GRASP? (Amy) * Are we using the right shield geometry? (Amy) text/html 2017-08-14T15:48:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170807?rev=1502725702&do=diff Telecon 20170807 Agenda: * [Optics in ppt (UMN)], [ Optics in pdf (UMN)] * Focal Plane Technologies (Jeff, Roger) Action Items * UMN to develop focal plane loading model including load from mirror(s) and cold stop as a function of temperature * JPL to develop scaling of cooling cost depending on what mass we cool to which temperature text/html 2017-08-14T14:54:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170814?rev=1502722494&do=diff Telecon 20170814 Agenda: * Update on outstanding action items (Shaul) * Analysis of scan parameters - Kris * Shields, spin + precession rates, reflector sizes - Amy * Cooling architecture + trade offs - JPL text/html 2017-09-11T19:28:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170828?rev=1505158114&do=diff Telecon 20170828 Agenda: * [Where we are (Shaul)] * [Scan Angles (Kris)] * Noise model [Noise model status](Karl) Notes: Attending: Shaul, Amy, Brian, Kris, Julian, Karl, Qi, Brad, Roger, Jacques, Bill pre meeting comments: * Roger working on getting FDM power consumption and 1/f characteristics from Matt Dobbs. text/html 2017-09-19T18:51:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170911?rev=1505847100&do=diff Telecon 20170911 Attending: Al, Shaul, Amy, Brad, Julian, Brian, Roger, Bill, Jacques, Jeff Agenda: * New Permanent Telecon Time: Tuesday 2 pm * White noise and focal plane model [Noise model status] (Karl) * Focal plane size comparison (Qi) * White noise comparison; 1/f noise (Roger, Jeff) text/html 2017-09-27T16:11:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170919?rev=1506528717&do=diff Telecon 20170919 Agenda: * Focal Plane Model + Noise (Young) [Slides] * [Optics: coma correction (Hills)] * Optics [Cross Dragone Designing](Wen) * [Trade matrix] Notes: Attending: Al, Brian, Roger, Jeff F., Julian, Shaul, Karl, Qi Noise and focal plane (Karl Young) * baseline polarization weight calculated. full sky, 4 yrs. text/html 2017-10-03T17:46:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20170926?rev=1507052816&do=diff Telecon 20170926 Attending: Julian, Brian, Kris, Shaul, Qi, Karl, ... Agenda: * optical system (Qi) * [Scan angles] (Gorski, Delabrouille) * [noise model and focal plane options (Young)] Notes: Attending: Brian, Jeff, Julian, Kris, Shaul, Qi Scanning rates * Brian will look into scanning speeds, possible limits etc. ( text/html 2017-10-10T17:55:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171003?rev=1507658107&do=diff Telecon 20171003 Attending: Al, Roger, Jacques, Jeff F., Shaul, Karl, Qi, Ranajoy, Brian Agenda: * Imager + Spectrometer (Karl) [Spectrometer Slides] * Focal plane + noise model (Karl) [Noise model slides] * optical system (Qi) * Scan parameters (Shaul (for Kris)) Notes: Imager + Spectrometer (Karl) text/html 2017-10-11T15:31:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171010?rev=1507735891&do=diff Telecon 20171010 Attending: Jamie, Brian, Julian, Kris, Shaul, Karl, Qi, Roger, Jeff F. Agenda: * [Large and small aperture presentation] * optical systems: large aperture and small aperture options (Qi) * noise model and focal plane options (for large and small apertures) (Young) text/html 2017-10-18T14:42:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171017?rev=1508337735&do=diff Telecon 20171017 Attending: Brian, Julian, Shaul, Karl, Qi, Roger, Kris, Jacques Agenda: * optical system + noise model + focal plane options (Young, Wen) * [ 1.4 m Open Dragone Options ] * [ 1.2 m Crossed Dragone] * TM rates for large/small aperture systems (??) * [Scan angles] * Scan angles + full sky scan simulations + integration with systematics (Gorski, Delabrouille, + all) text/html 2017-11-07T19:46:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171031?rev=1510083969&do=diff Telecon 20171031 Attending: Brian, Shaul, Karl, Brendon, Qi, Joy, Al, Jamie Agenda: * [Higher throughput optics, lower noise focal plane] (Young) * [Scan optimization + simulations] * Orbit radius issues: * Noise + systematics simulations Notes Higher throughput, lower noise optics and focal plane (Young) * correcting optics for coma text/html 2017-11-07T22:13:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171107?rev=1510092788&do=diff Telecon 20171107 Attending: Brian, Julian, Al, Roger, Jeff, Jacques, Jon G. Agenda: * Preparations for TeamX in Dec. * Finalizing optics with/out deployables + focal system (Karl, Qi) * [Comparing 1.2 m crossed and 1.4 m open] * Telescope: material, alignment, testing * text/html 2017-11-21T16:03:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171114?rev=1511280218&do=diff Telecon 20171114 Attending: Brian, Richard, Shaul, Karl, Qi, Roger, Jeff F, Joy, Graca, Jacques, Kris Agenda: * [Readout - drivers and open questions (Roger)] * [Cooling - drivers and open questions (Shaul)] * Cosmic Rays (Jeff) * [Grasp (Brad)] * [larger diffraction limited field of view (Hills)] Delayed to next week: * [Noise model updates](Young) * [Deployable trade-off] (Qi) * Scan angles (Gorski) Notes: New items to consider: Readout - drivers and open questions (Sh… text/html 2017-11-28T19:47:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171121?rev=1511898428&do=diff Telecon 20171121 Attending: Brian, Ranajoy, Shaul, Qi, Karl, Francois, Kris, Jeff, Richard, Jacques, Hannes, Tom Agenda: * [focal plane model and noise] (Young) * Readout Delayed: * [Study of deployable shields] (Qi) Notes: Roger's update on Readout: I've written some code that can accept a somewhat arbitrary number of detector channels. But I need input (from you guys?) on a final detector/color count. This code adds up the wires needed for TDM. text/html 2017-12-05T19:39:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171128?rev=1512502799&do=diff Telecon 20171128 Attending: Julian, Toki, Tom, Kris, Brian, Shaul, Qi, Karl, Jeff, Amy, + (...some who joined late) Notes by : Karl Agenda * [Focal Plane layout + Sensitivities] (Karl) * Initiating simulations (Julian) * Readout mux factor, wire count (Roger?) * Temperature stability from Planck? text/html 2017-12-05T20:47:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171205?rev=1512506830&do=diff Telecon 20171205 Attending: Kris, Tom, Roger, Qi, Karl, Shaul, Brian Notes by : Karl Agenda * New sun shields, new alpha/beta? (JPL, UMN) * [Last Week's Presentation] * [New approach] * Focal plane V3.0 (Karl) * [V3.0 status] * Update from JPL Notes: New sun shields, new alpha/beta? (JPL, UMN) text/html 2017-12-12T20:58:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20171212?rev=1513112329&do=diff Telecon 20171212 Attending: Tom, Joy, Brian, Shaul, Karl, Qi, Toki, Jeff, Julian, Al, Jacques Notes by : Karl Agenda * No telecon next week * Preparations for TeamX (JPL + UMN, led by Brian/Amy) * Cosmic Rays (Jeff Filippini) B-mode from Space slides * GRASP (Brad) text/html 2018-01-02T17:51:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180102?rev=1514915467&do=diff Telecon 20180102 Attending: Notes by : Agenda * Fill in doodle * [AAS Meeting Optics + Noise Poster] * Feedback from TeamX (Shaul, JPL) * [GRASP (Brad)] Notes: text/html 2018-01-17T22:17:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180117?rev=1516227428&do=diff Telecon 20180117 Attending: Toki, Brian, Al, Qi, Karl, Shaul, Tom, Kris, Graca, Ed Notes by : Karl Agenda * Priority items for the next 2 months (next TeamX) and 5 months (PICO workshop) (all) * review TeamX results, prep for next TeamX-I, M text/html 2018-02-01T17:29:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180124?rev=1517506145&do=diff Telecon 20180124 Attending: Notes by : Agenda * [Telescope I+T] (Tomo) * [GRASP status] (Karl, Brad) * Attitude control requirements Pointing Knowledge Pointing Control Pointing Stability (arcsec) (arcsec) (arcsec/sec) text/html 2018-02-01T19:40:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180131?rev=1517514013&do=diff Telecon 20180131 Attending: Brian, Julian, Hannes, Amy, Tom, Kris, Shaul, Karl, Qi, Roger, Graca Notes by : Karl/Qi Agenda * [Preparing the next Teamx-I] * Report about systematics work (delayed to next week) * Cleaned up focal plane [version 4] * GRASP [ status] Notes Preparing the next Teamx-I text/html 2018-02-07T21:54:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180206?rev=1518040447&do=diff Telecon 20180206 Attending: Brian, Roger, Jacques, Julian, Tom, Toki, Kris, Hannes, Shaul, Karl, Qi Notes by : Karl/Qi Agenda * Focal Plane Configuration (Kris, Karl, others) [focal plane slides] * including ADR and Readout boards * * ADR drawing:[PIPER ADR CAD] text/html 2018-02-21T18:38:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180214?rev=1519238324&do=diff Telecon 20180214 Attending: Brian, Amy, Roger, Al, Kris, Julian, Jacques, Karl, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * 2.5 day Workshop: May 1,2,3; in Minneapolis. * Telescope and instrument I+T (Tomo, Bill J) * [Telescope I+T] (Tomo) * [Receiver, Bill Jones] * Attitude control requirements (Jacques) * Images from Kris text/html 2018-02-22T17:34:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180221?rev=1519320895&do=diff Telecon 20180221 Attending: Tom, Tomo, Toki, Brian, Kris, Shaul, Karl, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * Attitude Control and Reconstruction Requirements (Wrap up) * Tentative baseline: control = 1' (3 sigma) over 1 spin period; reconstruction = 1 text/html 2018-02-28T22:27:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180228?rev=1519856834&do=diff Telecon 20180228 Attending: Bill, Tom, Kris, Hannes, Shaul, Karl, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * Telescope and Instrument I+T (Tomo and Bill) * [Tomo's slides] * [Receiver, Bill Jones] * [I&T, PICO specific, Bill] * Planck decontamination, cooling, and in-orbit checkout * Focal Plane configuration + ADR location + GRASP update (Karl) text/html 2018-03-23T18:25:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180314?rev=1521829555&do=diff Telecon 20180314 Attending:Brian, Roger, Toki, Shaul, Kris, Karl, Qi, Amy Notes by : Qi Agenda * TeamX studies (next two weeks) * [Calibration and performance verification] * Temperature Stability * Latest focal plane, instrument alpha, beta, ADR location, GRASP . . . * [Focal plane slides] * Adjusted system to alpha = 30, beta = 65. text/html 2018-04-04T20:43:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180405?rev=1522874595&do=diff Telecon 20180404 Attending: Kris，Brian, Toki, Tom, Jeff, Shaul, Karl, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * SPIE Papers * [Sutin Abstract] * [Young Abstract] * TeamX * [Final Focal Plane configuration] * [Latest noise budget V3.2] * Setting Margins * [PICO Noise Assumptions] * [Any suggestions for workshop?] Notes * SPIE * in June, mostly technical * Apr 9, deadline for finalizing the author list and material text/html 2018-04-12T04:54:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180411?rev=1523508889&do=diff Telecon 20180411 Attending: Brian, Roger, Jeff F., Shaul, Karl, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * [Update on Sidelobes] * Imager topics to discuss in the workshop/future * 1/f noise and modulator * ADR + Temperature stability Notes * Sidelobes * simulation in GRASP:only mirrors and stop; no sunshield, no baffle, no cold box text/html 2018-04-25T21:04:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180425?rev=1524690286&do=diff Telecon 20180425 Attending: Bill, Hannes, Shaul, Karl, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * Workshop next week * Comparing NETS: PICO, CORE, LiteBIRD * [Noise comparison and margins slides] Notes * link for workshop * Noise comparison (Karl) * page 2 * left is in log scale, right is just a zoom for low frequencies text/html 2018-05-10T19:19:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180509?rev=1525979993&do=diff Telecon 20180509 Attending: Toki, Shaul, Karl, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * Workshop Follow Up Items * Focal plane mechanical model (SH + UMN); 1/f; temperature stability; detailed cryogenic model; * Precession Speed (Kris, Jacques) * TDM/FDM noise comparisons (Karl, Roger) text/html 2018-05-16T20:49:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180516?rev=1526503797&do=diff Telecon 20180516 Attending: Brian, Tom, Kris, Hannes, Jacque, Shaul, Karl, Qi, Notes by : Qi Agenda * Precession Period (Kris, Jacques) * 10 hour precession period: * 48 hour precession period: * [More Slides] * [Noise/Bands Figure] * Noise Requirements vs Best Case Estimate (BCE) text/html 2018-05-23T22:20:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180523?rev=1527114008&do=diff Telecon 20180523 Attending: Al, Peter, Tom, Roger, Jacques, Shaul, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * Temperature Stability and effects on responsivity variations * [Shirron workshop presentation] * [noise/band Figure] and [Revised noise/band Figure] Notes Noise/band Figure Proposed Caption: “PICO polarization sensitivity (left ordinate and vertical bars), and expected RMS polarization signal intensity (right ordinate and lines) on angular scale of ~1 degree. For emission from Galactic s… text/html 2018-06-20T22:04:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180620?rev=1529532282&do=diff Telecon 20180620 Attending: Jamie, Brian, Tom, Shaul, Qi Notes by : Qi Agenda * [Mechanical design of focal plane ](Qi) * 2-year, 4 detector, simulated maps available - next steps? (Kris) * [Report Writing ] * Remaining key open areas: Thermal Design (JPL); Changing telecons to a lower cadence: two weeks? text/html 2018-07-17T18:24:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180711?rev=1531851867&do=diff Telecon Notes July 11, 2018 Attendance: Regrets: Agenda * Mechanical design of focal plane, (UMN) Notes PICO telecon, July 11, 2018 * Toki: 1) focus should be at top of lenslets; 2) require an absorbing layer below the antennas to ensure broad band and high efficiency. Conceptually, can think of an array of spider webs right below the antennas. text/html 2018-08-07T22:16:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180725?rev=1533680182&do=diff Telecon Notes July 25, 2018 Attendance: Roger, Bill, Jeff, Toki, Hannes, Jamie, Shaul, Qi Regrets: Agenda * Mechanical design of focal plane, (UMN) * Report - Technology Maturation Plan Notes * Focal Plane (Qi) * Jeff: beryllium could be something to consider as well, very light text/html 2018-08-08T21:19:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180807?rev=1533763156&do=diff Telecon Notes Aug 8, 2018 Attendance: Regrets: Agenda * Focal Plane - Wrap up of design + mass analysis (UMN) * [Focal Plane (Aug082018)] * Report - Technology Maturation Plan (Roger) * Report Writing Schedule * PICO Report GitHub (to get access send GitHub user name to Shaul) Notes PICO imager telecon - 8/8/2018 Participants: Kris, Qi, Roger, Tom, Jeff, Jacques, Toki text/html 2018-09-12T20:58:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/imagerteleconnotes20180912?rev=1536785900&do=diff Telecon Notes Sep 12, 2018 Attendance: Amy, Kris, Roger, Shaul, Karl, Qi Regrets: Agenda * Science descopes (Shaul, Amy) * Technology descopes (Shaul, Amy, Roger) * Technology implementation plan (Roger) Notes PICO imager telecon - 09/12/2018 text/html 2021-11-06T01:20:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/logbook?rev=1636161658&do=diff Group Logbook Back to Foregrounds Home Page Please add new entries to the top of the list below. * 2021 November 8 : Plots for new nside=2048 foreground model 98 and 99 (Clem Pryke) * 2021 October 12: Data challenge maps for lensing reconstruction (Clem Pryke) * 2021 April 21: Data challenge maps for Commander (Clem Pryke) * 2021 March 1: Commander Issues * 2021 January 7: [NILC slides from Nov. 12, 2020, without the 'full delensing' likelihoods.] * 2021 January 7: [ Updated Comm… text/html 2018-06-25T15:28:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/mcsim_angles?rev=1529940488&do=diff Impact of error on orientation angles Back to Systematics --- Eric Hivon 2017/10/18 10:22 * Scanning strategy generated with TOAST with the parameters (adapted from Ranajoy's post): * precession: 22 deg, 11.75hours * spin: 61 deg, 2mn * duration and sampling rate: 366 days, 85Hz text/html 2018-04-03T21:13:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/meetingwikipage?rev=1522790025&do=diff PICO Collaboration Science Meeting Location: University of Minnesota, Keller Hall, RM 3-180 Dates: May 1 - 3, 2018 Click Here for Interactive Campus Map [Program] [Venu/Directions] [Accommodations] text/html 2017-07-14T18:59:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/meeting_notes?rev=1500058777&do=diff Telecon Meeting Notes July 12, 2018 On the call: Brendan, Shaul, Ranajoy, Colin, Maurizio, Eric, Joy Actions for next time: * Brendan to review Planck low-ell paper at next call * Colin to review S4 tools at next call * Ranajoy to brief on the CORE systematics paper (though next week he's not available) text/html 2017-07-12T23:57:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/missionmodel0?rev=1499903823&do=diff Mission Model 0 MM0 is a basic mission model with bands chosen to match existing bandpassed skies and resolutions/sensitivities taken from the EPIC-IM studies. Center Width Resolution Sensitivity text/html 2017-11-22T15:15:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/nov._22_2017?rev=1511363747&do=diff Nov. 22 2017 Attendees: Agenda: Brief update on new specs for imager and PICO workshop (Shaul, Nick) Imager Options Use v2.7 under the heading Frequency Bands and Noise: Specifications to Use The resolution is the same, there are more detectors -> lower noise levels. text/html 2017-10-11T15:39:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/oct._11_2017?rev=1507736360&do=diff Oct. 11 2017 Attendees: Gianfranco, Sebastian, Shaul, Marcelo, Jim, Colin, Alex, Nick Agenda: Exgal sim updates (Marcelo) CMB halo lensing (Jim and Jean-Batiste) <https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/ipsig/_media/screen_shot_2017-10-10_at_3.46.49_pm.png> New Imager specs (Shaul) WG Update (Nick) <https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/ipsig/_media/cmb_probe_update.pdf> Minutes Marcelo Exgal simulated maps update (Marcelo). Peak patch method paper to come out soon , Fast but memory intensive 1/8 of sky out … text/html 2017-10-18T15:23:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/oct._18_2017?rev=1508340230&do=diff Oct. 18 2017 Attendees: Shaul, Jim, Gianfranco, Jean-Baptiste, Mathieu, Alex, Colin, Nick Agenda: CMB Probe simulations (Mathieu & Jacques) Located here README FILE Extragalactic Point source and CIB update (Gianfranco)Cluster lensing update (Jean-Baptiste & Jim) [CMB Halo lensing update] Component separation (Colin, Max, & Nick) text/html 2017-04-05T13:10:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/olderdocuments?rev=1491397856&do=diff [Link Back to Main Page] 2014 Planck Letter * [Latest Version of Planck Letter] 2014 White Paper * [ Final Version of White Paper (Aug. 27)] * [ Aug. 27 round of edits] July 11, 2014 Telecon * [Telecon Slides] April 10, 2014 Telecon * [April 10, 2014 Telecon Summary ] * [Hertz March SDT Slides] text/html 2020-12-10T15:50:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/paperoutline?rev=1607615449&do=diff Paper Outline Link to main foregrounds telecons page Link to logbook * Introduction * Methodology * Simulated skies (Clem) * Analysis * NILC (MR) * Parametric (RA) * Results * NILC (MR) * Parametric (RA) * Discussion text/html 2018-10-02T01:56:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/periodicupdates?rev=1538445370&do=diff Periodic Probe Updates Oct. 1, 2018 PICO Report Focus over the recent period has been on writing our 50 pg report. It is due to NASA by the end of Dec. 2018. NASA will forward this report to the Decadal Panel. If you would like to contribute by generating forecasts or writing sections of the report please contact one of the Sections' leaders listed below. We may also ask some of you to review specific sections. text/html 2018-04-13T13:15:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/pointing_error_1?rev=1523625306&do=diff Pointing error and T to B leakage * Eric Hivon 2018/02/22 12:05 Following the 2018-02-21 telecon, I enclose [a few slides] showing how the temperature signal affects the BB power spectrum measurement because of the reconstructed pointing error, which acts as an extra source of noise. It applies the formalism described in Appendix F of the QuickPol paper ( text/html 2017-08-30T15:50:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/polarisation_sensitivity_maps?rev=1504108247&do=diff Polarisation sensitivity Some preliminary scan parameters discussed in the "Imager" telecon 28/08/2017. In particular Kris plotted some hitcount maps and polarisation angle maps for the following configuration * alpha = 22 * beta = 73 * T_precession = 11.751 hours * $4$ text/html 2017-09-28T17:12:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/preliminary_list_of_systematic_effects_to_consider?rev=1506618772&do=diff Systematics Reference Papers Particular Experiments * ECO-Systematics 2017 * BICEP2 2015 * PB 2014 * SPIDER 2011 * Planck HFI 2010 * ECO-Mission 2017 * [LiteBIRD Scan Internal Memo] General Discussions * Keating et al 2012, Self Calibration of CMB Pol. Experiments * Hanson et al 2010, Asymmetric Beams and CMB Statistical Anisotropy * Shimon et al 2008, CMB Polarization Systematics Due to Beam Asymmetry: Impact on Inflationary Science (there is also one with impac… text/html 2017-10-17T14:01:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/probe_sim_readme?rev=1508248879&do=diff README - CMB-Probe 2017 intensity PSM simulation - M. Remazeilles 13-Oct-2017 The 21 observation maps are in: directories: observations/*GHz/ filenames: group1_map_*GHz.fitsNside=4096 l_max=6000 Units: microK_RJ (brightness temperature) 21 frequency bands [ text/html 2017-10-10T00:34:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/sept._13_2017?rev=1507595684&do=diff Minutes from Sept 13 2017 Attendees: Sebastian, Jean-Baptiste, Colin, Nick Introduction to the WG goals -Provide science cases for the CMB Probe -Inform the Executive Committee on the trade-off between science and design -Provide input into the STM text/html 2017-10-03T18:53:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/sept._20_2017?rev=1507056832&do=diff Sept. 20th 2017 Attendees: Alex, Lindsey, Jean-Baptiste, Shaul, Gianfranco, Max, Colin, Jacques Apologies: Jim Agenda: Nick - Working group overview, goals, and logistics Identify the primary Extragalactic science targets for the Probe, and how these science targets are affected by the Probe’s design Science targets include: Reionization, Galaxy formation at z > 2, Thermodynamics of Galaxy formation, Clusters, and Lensing, add your additional target here Address what are the science drivers… text/html 2017-09-27T14:46:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/sept._27_2017?rev=1506523586&do=diff Sept. 27 2017 Attendees: Alex, Jean-Baptiste, Mat M, Max, Jim, Jacques, Colin Agenda + Minutes: Component separation (Colin and Max) Pipeline is very transferable to Probe simulations, applicable to straight S/N estimates, tSZ, kSZ, lensing, etc. text/html 2017-07-13T00:04:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/skymodel0?rev=1499904245&do=diff Sky Model 0 SM0 comprises: * Unlensed scalar and tensor CMB with zero and non-zero r. * Galactic foregrounds from PySM (model a?d?f?s? - TBD). text/html 2017-10-15T19:16:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/spectrometeroptions?rev=1508094988&do=diff Spectrometer Options * [Colin H. Spectrometer Science Slides] * [Spectrometer White Paper] * [Spectrometer Contribution to Foregrounds Science] Group Coordinator: Al Kogut (alan.j.kogut@nasa.gov) text/html 2019-12-30T23:00:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/start?rev=1577746852&do=diff CMB Probe Mission Study Wiki * Periodic Updates * Executive Committee Private Area * Baseline Configuration Response to Decadal RFI * [Response to RFI - Dec. 23, 2019] Decadal APC White Paper * [PICO APC White paper - July 10, 4 pm CT] Mission Study Report Current Version * [Final Submitted PICO Report] * link to website (z.umn.edu/picomission) * Form to add yourself as Author or Endorser (z.umn.edu/picoendorse) Older Versions * [Version for Endorsement, 20181114] * … text/html 2018-11-26T17:22:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/systematicswg?rev=1543252977&do=diff Systematic Effects * Preliminary List of Systematic Effects to Consider * Google Doc with Effects to Simulate and Parametrization Telecons Mondays 11 am CDT Connection Information * WebEx: <https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=mb05705c4cdda2c61ae2b6e8999eaf10b> * Phone: +1-510-210-8882 Meeting number (access code): 908 232 232 * Global-call-in numbers <https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/globalcallin.php?serviceType=MC&ED=1920592&tollFree=0> Agenda / Minutes * Monday Nov 12, 11 am C… text/html 2017-08-16T16:11:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/systematics_wg_august_2_2017?rev=1502899893&do=diff 2017-08-16 On the call: Colin, Brendan, Ranajoy, Maurizo,Joy * Going through list of systematic effects text/html 2017-08-30T17:07:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/systematics_wg_august_30_2017?rev=1504112851&do=diff 2017-08-30 On the call: Brendan, Eric, Julian, Ranajoy, Jacques, Colin * S4 simulations: generation of map-based sims is ongoing. Validation of fisher forecasts looked fine in simplest cases. Now working on introducing effects that can't be done with a fisher forecast, such as more realistic foreground, more complicated noise. Eventually this effort might go to the time domain. Missing piece: way to scale from time domain to map domain to fisher (spectral) domain. Flauger is doing ILCs of… text/html 2017-07-19T16:47:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/systematics_wg_july_19_2017?rev=1500482823&do=diff Agenda/Notes from Systematics WG telecon July 19 2017 on the call: Brendan, Paolo, Colin, Julian, Shaul, Maurizio, Joy * S4 tools (Colin) * S4 doesn't yet have an instrument design, so at this point, they are considering generic “additive systematics text/html 2017-07-26T20:30:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/systematics_wg_july_26_2017?rev=1501101041&do=diff Agenda/Notes from Systematics WG telecon July 26 2017 on the call: Maurizio, Paolo, Brendan, Colin, Ranajoy, Shaul 1. Review CORE systematics paper (Paolo) <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1707.04224.pdf> * Used the LBL TOAST tools (Kisner, Keskitalo, Borrill et al): flexible tool for generating timestreams text/html 2017-09-18T21:17:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/tdmnoisemodel?rev=1505769457&do=diff Noise Modeling for CMB Probe Roger O'Brient This page summarizes work on TDM noise models. We should probably create one page for noise models of both TDM and FDM flavors, for one-stop-shopping. We could edit this page to add in FDM computations as well. text/html 2018-10-18T16:55:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/techmaturation?rev=1539881743&do=diff Technology Maturation Section of the PICO report. I have been tasked to draft the technology maturation section of the PICO report, a NASA probe study for a CMB polarimetry satellite that Shaul has been leading. I'm interested in feedback on what we have from people in the community outside the team at JPL. Since this may impact NASA funding decisions, you should all have incentive review this and offer feedback. text/html 2018-03-14T19:15:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/tempstability20180314?rev=1521054910&do=diff We are interested in temperature stability requirements, especially since we plan to use multiple ADRs. Several years ago, Shaul's student worked out the relationship between responsivity variations and focal plane heat bath variations for their thesis. text/html 2018-05-24T16:30:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!ipsig/workshoppostings?rev=1527179418&do=diff May 2018 Workshop Site * [Outline of Report] * [Issues to discuss] Tuesday, May 1 Talks AM * [Hanany] * [Flauger] * [Green] * [Pogosian] * [Meyers] * [De Gouvea] * [Ali-Haimoud] PM * [Grin] * [Green Discussion slides, Fundamental Physics] * [Discussion - Boddy] * [Discussion - Meerburg] * [Battaglia] * [ Alvarez] * [Melin] * [Bartlett] * [De Zotti] * [Hill] * [van Engelen] * [Schmittfull] Wednesday, May 2nd Talks AM * [Discussion - Furlanetto]…