F. Couchot

Publication List Details

Period

1983 - 2009

Number

671

Co-Authors

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results (2009)

Rahal, Y. R., Afonso, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

The EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to maximize the microlensing...

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results (2009)

Rahal, Y.R., Afonso, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

the EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to maximize the microlensing...

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results (2009)

Rahal, Y.R., Afonso, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

the EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to maximize the microlensing...

The EROS2 search for microlensing events towards the spiral arms: the complete seven season results (2009)

Rahal, Y.R., Afonso, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

the EROS-2 project has been designed to search for microlensing events towards any dense stellar field. The densest parts of the Galactic spiral arms have been monitored to maximize the microlensing...

Destriping Polarised data (2007)

Revenu Couchot, Destriping Polarised Data, B. Revenu, F. Couchot, J. Delabrouille, J. Kaplan, ...

We show how to take advantage of a circle scanning strategy, such as that planned for the Planck mission, to get rid of low frequency noises for polarised data. KEYWORDS: 1. INTRODUCTION Polarisation...

Astronomy And Astrophysics (2007)

Optimised Polarimeter, F. Couchot, J. Delabrouille, J. Kaplan

. We present configurations of polarimeters which measure the three Stokes parameters I, Q and U of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation with a nearly diagonal error matrix, independent of the...

The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2007)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...

The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2007)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...

The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2007)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...

Characterisation of pulsed Carbon fiber illuminators for FIR instrument calibration (2007)

Henrot-Versille, S., Cizeron, R., Couchot, F.

We manufactured pulsed illuminators emitting in the far infrared for the Planck-HFI bolometric instrument ground calibrations. Specific measurements have been conducted on these light sources, based...

Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2007)

Macias-Perez, J.F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...

Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2007)

Macias-Perez, J.F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...

Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2007)

Macias-Perez, J.F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...

Archeops: A High Resolution, Large Sky Coverage Balloon Experiment for Mapping CMB Anisotropies (2007)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bartlett, J., ...

Archeops is a balloon-borne instrument dedicated to measuring cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies at high angular resolution (8 arcminutes) over a large fraction (25%) of the...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2007)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2007)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2007)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

Temperature and polarization angular power spectra of Galactic dust radiation at 353 GHz as measured by Archeops (2007)

Ponthieu, N., Macias-Perez, J.F., Tristram, M., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present the first measurement of temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the diffuse emission of Galactic dust at 353 GHz as seen by Archeops on 20% of the sky. The temperature...

Temperature and polarization angular power spectra of Galactic dust radiation at 353 GHz as measured by Archeops (2007)

Ponthieu, N., Macias-Perez, J.F., Tristram, M., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present the first measurement of temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the diffuse emission of Galactic dust at 353 GHz as seen by Archeops on 20% of the sky. The temperature...

Temperature and polarization angular power spectra of Galactic dust radiation at 353 GHz as measured by Archeops (2007)

Ponthieu, N., Macias-Perez, J.F., Tristram, M., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present the first measurement of temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the diffuse emission of Galactic dust at 353 GHz as seen by Archeops on 20% of the sky. The temperature...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2007)

Benoit, A., Rosset, C., Patanchon, G., Bargot, S., Ade, P., Amblard, A., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2007)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

A slope variation in the Period-Luminosity relation for short period SMC Cepheids (2006)

Bauer, F., Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present the Period-Luminosity relations from 290 Cepheids towards the LMC and 590 Cepheids towards the SMC. The two data sets were obtained using the two wide field CCD cameras of the EROS 2...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2006)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2006)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2006)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

The CMB temperature power spectrum from an improved analysis of the Archeops data (2006)

Tristram, M., Patanchon, G., Macias-Perez, J.F., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present improved results on the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies using the data from the last Archeops flight. This...

The CMB temperature power spectrum from an improved analysis of the Archeops data (2006)

Tristram, M., Patanchon, G., Macias-Perez, J.F., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present improved results on the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies using the data from the last Archeops flight. This...

The CMB temperature power spectrum from an improved analysis of the Archeops data (2006)

Tristram, M., Patanchon, G., Macias-Perez, J.F., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present improved results on the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies using the data from the last Archeops flight. This...

Observational Limits on Machos in the Galactic Halo (2006)

Renault, C., Afonso, C., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., Bauer, F., Brehin, S., ...

We present final results from the first phase of the EROS search for gravitational microlensing of stars in the Magellanic Clouds by unseen deflectors (machos: MAssive Compact Halo Objects). The...

Destriping of polarized data in a CMB mission with a circular scanning strategy (2006)

Revenu, B., Kim, A., Ansari, R., Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J.

A major problem in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy mapping, especially in a total-power mode, is the presence of low-frequency noise in the data streams. If unproperly processed, such...

AGAPEROS: Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method - 1, Data treatment and pixel light curves production (2006)

Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...

Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...

Optimised polarimeter configurations for measuring the Stokes parameters of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (2006)

Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J., Revenu, B.

We present configurations of polarimeters which measure the three Stokes parameters I, Q and U of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation with a nearly diagonal error matrix, independent of the...

AGAPEROS: Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method - 1, Data treatment and pixel light curves production (2006)

Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...

Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...

Optimised polarimeter configurations for measuring the Stokes parameters of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (2006)

Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J., Revenu, B.

We present configurations of polarimeters which measure the three Stokes parameters I, Q and U of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation with a nearly diagonal error matrix, independent of the...

Destriping of polarized data in a CMB mission with a circular scanning strategy (2006)

Revenu, B., Kim, A., Ansari, R., Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J.

A major problem in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy mapping, especially in a total-power mode, is the presence of low-frequency noise in the data streams. If unproperly processed, such...

AGAPEROS: Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method - 1, Data treatment and pixel light curves production (2006)

Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...

Recent surveys monitoring millions of light curves of resolved stars in the LMC have discovered several microlensing events. Unresolved stars could however significantly contribute to the...

Optimised polarimeter configurations for measuring the Stokes parameters of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (2006)

Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J., Revenu, B.

We present configurations of polarimeters which measure the three Stokes parameters I, Q and U of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation with a nearly diagonal error matrix, independent of the...

Destriping of polarized data in a CMB mission with a circular scanning strategy (2006)

Revenu, B., Kim, A., Ansari, R., Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J.

A major problem in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy mapping, especially in a total-power mode, is the presence of low-frequency noise in the data streams. If unproperly processed, such...

Photometric constraints on microlens spectroscopy of EROS-BLG-2000-5 (2006)

Afonso, C., Albert, J-N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply EROS photometric data to interpret previously published Keck and VLT spectra of the binary-microlens caustic-crossing event EROS-BLG-2000-5. We show that the VLT data imply that the outer...

AGAPEROS : Searches for microlensing in the LMC with the Pixel Method - 2, Selection of possible microlensing events (2006)

Melchior, A L., Afonso, C., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Baillon, P., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply the pixel method of analysis (sometimes called ``pixel lensing'') to a small subset of the EROS-1\ microlensing observations of the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The pixel method...

Observation of periodic variable stars towards the galactic spiral arms by EROS II (2006)

Derue, F., Lupone, S., Afonso, C., Alard, C., ...

We present the results of a massive variability search based on a photometric survey of a six square degree region along the Galactic plane at ($l = 305^\circ$, $b = -0.8^\circ$) and ($l =...

About the connection between the $C_{\ell}$ power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background and the $\gamma_{m}$ Fourier spectrum of rings on the sky (2006)

Ansari, R., Bargot, S., Bourrachot, A., Couchot, F., Haïssinski, J., Henrot-Versillé, S., ...

In this article we present and study a scaling law of the $m\\Gamma_m$ CMB Fourier spectrum on rings which allows us (i) to combine spectra corresponding to different colatitude angles (e.g. several...

Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2006)

Macias-Perez, J. F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...

Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2006)

Macias-Perez, J.F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...

Archeops In-flight Performance, Data Processing and Map Making (2006)

Macias-Perez, J.F., Lagache, G., Maffei, B., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

Archeops is a balloon--borne experiment widely inspired by the Planck satellite and by its High Frequency Instrument (HFI). It is mainly dedicated to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)...

HFI L2 DPC destripping and mapmaking modules (2006)

Couchot, F., Le Meur, G., Perdereau, O., Plaszczynski, S., Rosset, C., Touze, F., ...

The data processing of the data from the High Frequency Instrument (HFI) of the Planck mission will use several modules. Destriping is expected to play a central role in the mapmaking stage. This...

HFI L2 DPC destripping and mapmaking modules (2006)

Couchot, F., Le Meur, G., Perdereau, O., Plaszczynski, S., Rosset, C., Touze, F., ...

The data processing of the data from the High Frequency Instrument (HFI) of the Planck mission will use several modules. Destriping is expected to play a central role in the mapmaking stage. This...

HFI L2 DPC destripping and mapmaking modules (2006)

Couchot, F., Le Meur, G., Perdereau, O., Plaszczynski, S., Rosset, C., Touze, F., ...

The data processing of the data from the High Frequency Instrument (HFI) of the Planck mission will use several modules. Destriping is expected to play a central role in the mapmaking stage. This...

Photometric Constraints on Microlens Spectroscopy of EROS-BLG-2000-5 (2005)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply EROS photometric data to interpret previously published Keck and VLT spectra of the binary-microlens caustic-crossing event EROS-BLG-2000-5. We show that the VLT data imply that the outer 4...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2005)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

Temperature and polarization angular power spectra of Galactic dust radiation at 353 GHz as measured by Archeops (2005)

Ponthieu, N., Tristram, M., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present the first measurement of temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the diffuse emission of Galactic dust at 353 GHz as seen by Archeops on 20% of the sky. The temperature...

Temperature and polarization angular power spectra of Galactic dust radiation at 353 GHz as measured by Archeops (2005)

Ponthieu, N., Macias-Perez, J.F., Tristram, M., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present the first measurement of temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the diffuse emission of Galactic dust at 353 GHz as seen by Archeops on 20% of the sky. The temperature...

The CMB temperature power spectrum from an improved analysis of the Archeops data (2005)

Tristram, M., Patanchon, G., Macias-Perez, J.F., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present improved results on the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies using the data from the last Archeops flight. This...

Temperature and polarization angular power spectra of Galactic dust radiation at 353 GHz as measured by Archeops (2005)

Ponthieu, N., Macias-Perez, J.F., Tristram, M., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present the first measurement of temperature and polarization angular power spectra of the diffuse emission of Galactic dust at 353 GHz as seen by Archeops on 20% of the sky. The temperature...

The CMB temperature power spectrum from an improved analysis of the Archeops data (2005)

Tristram, M., Patanchon, G., Macias-Perez, J.F., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present improved results on the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies using the data from the last Archeops flight. This...

The CMB temperature power spectrum from an improved analysis of the Archeops data (2004)

Tristram, M., Patanchon, G., Macias-Perez, J. F., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., ...

We present improved results on the measurement of the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) temperature anisotropies using the data from the last Archeops flight. This...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2004)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

b-tagging in DELPHI at LEP (2004)

Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Adzic, P., Albrecht, T., Alderweireld, T., ...

The standard method used for tagging b-hadrons in the DELPHI experiment at the CERN LEP Collider is discussed in detail. The main ingredient of b-tagging is the impact parameters of tracks, which...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2004)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

b-tagging in DELPHI at LEP (2004)

Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Adzic, P., Albrecht, T., Alderweireld, T., ...

The standard method used for tagging b-hadrons in the DELPHI experiment at the CERN LEP Collider is discussed in detail. The main ingredient of b-tagging is the impact parameters of tracks, which...

b-tagging in DELPHI at LEP (2004)

Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Adzic, P., Albrecht, T., Alderweireld, T., ...

The standard method used for tagging b-hadrons in the DELPHI experiment at the CERN LEP Collider is discussed in detail. The main ingredient of b-tagging is the impact parameters of tracks, which...

b-tagging in DELPHI at LEP (2004)

Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Adzic, P., Albrecht, T., Alderweireld, T., ...

The standard method used for tagging b-hadrons in the DELPHI experiment at the CERN LEP Collider is discussed in detail. The main ingredient of b-tagging is the impact parameters of tracks, which...

b-tagging in DELPHI at LEP (2004)

Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Adzic, P., Albrecht, T., Alderweireld, T., ...

The standard method used for tagging b-hadrons in the DELPHI experiment at the CERN LEP Collider is discussed in detail. The main ingredient of b-tagging is the impact parameters of tracks, which...

b-tagging in DELPHI at LEP (2004)

Abdallah, J., Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Adzic, P., Albrecht, T., ...

The standard method used for tagging b-hadrons in the DELPHI experiment at the CERN LEP Collider is discussed in detail. The main ingredient of b-tagging is the impact parameters of tracks, which...

b-tagging in DELPHI at LEP (2003)

Abdallah, J, Abreu, P, Adam, W, Adye, T, Adzic, P, Albrecht, T, ...

The standard method used for tagging b-hadrons in the DELPHI experiment at the CERN LEP Collider is discussed in detail. The main ingredient of b-tagging is the impact parameters of tracks, which...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (2003)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (2003)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (2003)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

Generic description of CMB power spectra (2003)

Plaszczynski, S., Couchot, F.

Taking advantage of the smoothness of CMB Cl power spectra, we derive a simple and model-independent parameterization of their measurement. It allows to describe completely the spectrum, ie. provide...

The Planck High Frequency Instrument, a 3rd generation CMB experiment, and a full sky submillimeter survey (2003)

Lamarre, J. M., Puget, J. L., Bouchet, F., Ade, P. A. R., Benoit, A., Bernard, J. P., ...

The High Frequency Instrument (HFI) of Planck is the most sensitive CMB experiment ever planned. Statistical fluctuations (photon noise) of the CMB itself will be the major limitation to the...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

Discovery and photometry of the binary-lensing caustic-crossing event eros-blg-2000-5 (2003)

Jung, J.M, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

The EROS collaboration has developed a real time alert system, which was operational in 1999 and 2000. A very long binary-lensing caustic crossing event, EROS-BLG-2000-5, was found in the 2000 season...

About the connection between the $C_{\ell}$ power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background and the $\Gamma_{m}$ Fourier spectrum of rings on the sky (2003)

Ansari, R., Bargot, S., Bourrachot, A., Couchot, F., Haïssinski, J., Henrot-Versillé, S., ...

In this article we present and study a scaling law of the $m\Gamma_m$ CMB Fourier spectrum on rings which allows us (i) to combine spectra corresponding to different colatitude angles (e.g. several...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...

About the connection between the $C_{\\ell}$ power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background and the $\\Gamma_{m}$ Fourier spectrum of rings on the sky (2003)

Ansari, R., Bargot, S., Bourrachot, A., Couchot, F., Haïssinski, J., Henrot-Versillé, S., ...

In this article we present and study a scaling law of the $m\\Gamma_m$ CMB Fourier spectrum on rings which allows us (i) to combine spectra corresponding to different colatitude angles (e.g. several...

About the connection between the $C_{\ell}$ power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background and the $\gamma_{m}$ Fourier spectrum of rings on the sky (2003)

Ansari, R., Bargot, S., Bourrachot, A., Couchot, F., Haissinski, J., Henrot-Versille, S., ...

In this article we present and study a scaling law of the $m\Gamma_m$ CMB Fourier spectrum on rings which allows us (i) to combine spectra corresponding to different colatitude angles (e.g. several...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2003)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, Eric., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2003)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Discovery and photometry of the binary-lensing caustic-crossing event eros-blg-2000-5 (2003)

Jung, J.M, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

The EROS collaboration has developed a real time alert system, which was operational in 1999 and 2000. A very long binary-lensing caustic crossing event, EROS-BLG-2000-5, was found in the 2000 season...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Rosset, C., Patanchon, G., Bargot, S., Ade, P., Amblard, A., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

The cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum measured by Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R, Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...

About the connection between the $C_{\ell}$ power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background and the $\gamma_{m}$ Fourier spectrum of rings on the sky (2003)

Ansari, R., Bargot, S., Bourrachot, A., Couchot, F., Haissinski, J., Henrot-Versille, S., ...

In this article we present and study a scaling law of the $m\Gamma_m$ CMB Fourier spectrum on rings which allows us (i) to combine spectra corresponding to different colatitude angles (e.g. several...

Limits on Galactic Dark Matter with 5 Years of EROS SMC Data (2003)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, Eric., Bareyre, P., ...

Five years of EROS data towards the Small Magellanic Cloud have been searched for gravitational microlensing events, using a new, more accurate method to assess the impact of stellar blending on the...

Bulge Microlensing Optical Depth from EROS 2 observations (2003)

Afonso, C., Albert, J N., Alard, C., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., ...

We present a measurement of the microlensing optical depth toward the Galactic bulge based on the analysis of 15 contiguous1 square degrees fields centered on (l=2.5 deg, b=-4.0 deg) and containing...

Discovery and photometry of the binary-lensing caustic-crossing event eros-blg-2000-5 (2003)

Jung, J.M, Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

The EROS collaboration has developed a real time alert system, which was operational in 1999 and 2000. A very long binary-lensing caustic crossing event, EROS-BLG-2000-5, was found in the 2000 season...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Rosset, C., Patanchon, G., Bargot, S., Ade, P., Amblard, A., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

The cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum measured by Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R, Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...

First Detection of Polarization of the Submillimetre Diffuse Galactic Dust Emission by Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present the first determination of the Galactic polarized emission at 353 GHz by Archeops. The data were taken during the Arctic night of February 7, 2002 after the balloon--borne instrument was...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2003)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...

About the connection between the $C_{\ell}$ power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background and the $\gamma_{m}$ Fourier spectrum of rings on the sky (2003)

Ansari, R., Bargot, S., Bourrachot, A., Couchot, F., Haïssinski, J., Henrot-Versillé, S., ...

In this article we present and study a scaling law of the $m\\Gamma_m$ CMB Fourier spectrum on rings which allows us (i) to combine spectra corresponding to different colatitude angles (e.g. several...

The Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum measured by Archeops (2002)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We present a determination by the Archeops experiment of the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background anisotropy in 16 bins over the multipole range l=15-350. Archeops was conceived...

Cosmological constraints from Archeops (2002)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bargot, S., ...

We analyze the cosmological constraints that Archeops places on adiabatic cold dark matter models with passive power-law initial fluctuations. Because its angular power spectrum has small bins in l...

Archeops : a high resolution, large sky coverage balloon experiment for mapping cosmic microwave background anisotropies (2002)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bartlett, J., ...

Archeops is a balloon-borne instrument dedicated to measuring cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies at high angular resolution (8 arcminutes) over a large fraction (25%) of the...

Archeops : a high resolution, large sky coverage balloon experiment for mapping cosmic microwave background anisotropies (2002)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bartlett, J., ...

Archeops is a balloon-borne instrument dedicated to measuring cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies at high angular resolution (8 arcminutes) over a large fraction (25%) of the...

Archeops: A High Resolution, Large Sky Coverage Balloon Experiment for Mapping CMB Anisotropies (2002)

Benoit, A., Ade, P., Amblard, A., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bartlett, J., ...

Archeops is a balloon-borne instrument dedicated to measuring cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature anisotropies at high angular resolution (8 arcminutes) over a large fraction (25%) of the...

Type Ia supernova rate at $z \sim 0.1$ (2001)

Hardin, D P., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J N., Amadon, A., Andersen, J., ...

We present the EROS nearby supernova ($z \sim 0.02 - 0.2$) search and the analysis of the first year of data (1997). A total of 80 square degrees were surveyed. Eight supernov{\ae} were detected,...

EROS 2 proper motion survey for halo white dwarfs (2001)

Goldman, B., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J-N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Since 1996 EROS 2 has surveyed 440 square degrees at high Galactic latitude in order to search for high proper motion stars in the Solar neighbourhood. We present here the analysis of 250 square...

Photometric Constraints on Microlens Spectroscopy of EROS-BLG-2000-5 (2001)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply EROS photometric data to interpret previously published Keck and VLT spectra of the binary-microlens caustic-crossing event EROS-BLG-2000-5. We show that the VLT data imply that the outer 4...

Photometric Constraints on Microlens Spectroscopy of EROS-BLG-2000-5 (2001)

Afonso, C., Albert, J.N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., ...

We apply EROS photometric data to interpret previously published Keck and VLT spectra of the binary-microlens caustic-crossing event EROS-BLG-2000-5. We show that the VLT data imply that the outer 4...

Type Ia supernova rate at $z \sim 0.1$ (2000)

Hardin, D., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J. N., Amadon, A., Andersen, J., ...

We present the EROS nearby supernova ($z \sim 0.02 - 0.2$) search and the analysis of the first year of data (1997). A total of 80 square degrees were surveyed. Eight supernov{\ae} were detected,...

Type Ia supernova rate at $z \sim 0.1$ (2000)

Hardin, D P., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J N., Amadon, A., Andersen, J., ...

We present the EROS nearby supernova ($z \sim 0.02 - 0.2$) search and the analysis of the first year of data (1997). A total of 80 square degrees were surveyed. Eight supernov{\ae} were detected,...

EROS 2 proper motion survey for halo white dwarfs (2000)

Goldman, B., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J-N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Since 1996 EROS 2 has surveyed 440 square degrees at high Galactic latitude in order to search for high proper motion stars in the Solar neighbourhood. We present here the analysis of 250 square...

Type Ia supernova rate at $z \sim 0.1$ (2000)

Hardin, D P., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J N., Amadon, A., Andersen, J., ...

We present the EROS nearby supernova ($z \sim 0.02 - 0.2$) search and the analysis of the first year of data (1997). A total of 80 square degrees were surveyed. Eight supernov{\ae} were detected,...

EROS 2 proper motion survey for halo white dwarfs (2000)

Goldman, B., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J-N., Andersen, J., Ansari, R., ...

Since 1996 EROS 2 has surveyed 440 square degrees at high Galactic latitude in order to search for high proper motion stars in the Solar neighbourhood. We present here the analysis of 250 square...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (1999)

Goldman, B, Delfosse, X, Forveille, T, Afonso, C, Alard, C, Albert, J N, ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

Destriping of Polarized Data in a CMB Mission with a Circular Scanning Strategy (1999)

Revenu, B., Kim, A., Ansari, R., Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J.

A major problem in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy mapping, especially in a total-power mode, is the presence of low-frequency noise in the data streams. If unproperly processed, such...

Observation of Microlensing towards the Galactic Spiral Arms: EROS II 2 year survey (1999)

Derue, F, Afonso, C, Alard, C, Albert, J N, Andersen, J, Ansari, R, ...

We present the analysis of the light curves of 8.5 million stars observed during two seasons by EROS (Experience de Recherche d'Objets Sombres), in the galactic plane away from the bulge. Three stars...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (1999)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

EROS 2 proper motion survey: a field brown dwarf and an L dwarf companion to LHS 102 (1999)

Goldman, B., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Afonso, C., Alard, C., Albert, J.N., ...

We report the discovery of two L dwarfs (the new spectral class defined for dwarfs cooler than the M type) in a two-epoch CCD proper motion survey of 413 square degrees, complemented by infrared...

Destriping Polarised data (1998)

Revenu, B., Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J.

We show how to take advantage of a circle scanning strategy, such as that planned for the Planck mission, to get rid of low frequency noises for polarised data.

Optimised polarimeter configurations for measuring the Stokes parameters of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (1998)

Couchot, F., Delabrouille, J., Kaplan, J., Revenu, B.

We present configurations of polarimeters which measure the three linear Stokes parameters of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation with a nearly diagonal error matrix, independent of the global...

The DELPHI Silicon Tracker at LEP2 (1998)

Chochula, P, Rosinsky, P, Andreazza, A, Barker, G, Chabaud, V, Collins, P, ...

The DELPHI Silicon Tracker, an ensemble of microstrips, ministrips and pixels, was completed in 1997 and has accumulated over $70~{\rm pb^{-1}}$ of high energy data. The Tracker is optimised for the...

Astronomy And Astrophysics (1998)

Optimised Polarimeter, F. Couchot, J. Delabrouille, J. Kaplan

. We present configurations of polarimeters which measure the three linear Stokes parameters of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation with a nearly diagonal error matrix, independent of the...

Observational Limits on Machos in the Galactic Halo (1996)

Renault, EROS Collaboration: C., Afonso, C., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., Bauer, F., Brehin, S., ...

We present final results from the first phase of the EROS search for gravitational microlensing of stars in the Magellanic Clouds by unseen deflectors (machos: MAssive Compact Halo Objects). The...

Observational Limits on Machos in the Galactic Halo (1996)

Renault, C., Afonso, C., Aubourg, E., Bareyre, P., Bauer, F., Brehin, S., ...

We present final results from the first phase of the EROS search for gravitational microlensing of stars in the Magellanic Clouds by unseen deflectors (machos: MAssive Compact Halo Objects). The...

The DELPHI microvertex detector (1992)

Caccia, M, Borner, H, Chabaud, V, Dijkstra, H, Eerola, P, Gross, E, ...

In *Dallas 1992, Proceedings, High energy physics, vol. 2* 1714-1720