Brendan P Crill Publications - Science - NASA

Brendan P Crill
Curriculum Vitae
August 2012
Education
Address: Mail Stop 169-237, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Phone: +1 818 354 5416
Email: Brendan.P.Crill@jpl.nasa.gov
2001 PhD Physics California Institute of Technology.
Thesis title: A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave
Background with a Long Duration Balloon-Borne Receiver.
Adviser: Andrew Lange
1995 Sc.B. Physics Brown University, honors, magna cum laude.
Employment History
2008 – Staff Scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2007 – 2008 Visiting Professor Astronomy Department, University of Toronto
2004 – 2006 Staff Scientist Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, Caltech
2002 – 2004 Physics Professor California State University, Domingues Hills
Research Interests
Cryogenic instrumentation design. Cosmology: particularly Cosmic Microwave Background
(CMB) anisotropies and CMB polarization. Algorithm development for analysis of CMB
data. Millimeter- and submillimeter-wave optical design. Bolometric receiver design.
Awards
2011 JPL Ranger award
2004 NASA Faculty Fellowship
1999 Everhart Lectureship, Caltech
1995 R. Bruce Lindsay Prize, Brown University
1991 National Scholarship, Brown University
Professional Affiliation
American Astronomical Society
Collaboration Membership
• Planck High Frequency Instrument Core Team
• Planck Scientist
• SPIDER experiment
• BOOMERANG experiment
Publications
Papers in conference proceedings
1. Crill, B. P. et al. (Aug. 2008). SPIDER: a balloon-borne large-scale CMB polarimeter. In: Society
of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series. Vol. 7010. Society of Photo-
Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series. doi: 10.1117/12.787446. arXiv:080
7.1548.
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Refereed papers
1. Bhatia, R. S., J. J. Bock, P. A. R. Ade, A. Benoit, T. W. Bradshaw, B. P. Crill, M. J. Griffin, I. D. Hepburn,
V. V. Hristov, A. E. Lange, P. V. Mason, A. G. Murray, A. H. Orlowska, and A. D. Turner
(Aug. 1999). The susceptibility of incoherent detector systems to cryocooler microphonics. Cryogenics
39, 701–715.
2. de Bernardis, P. et al. (Apr. 2000). A flat Universe from high-resolution maps of the cosmic microwave
background radiation. Nature 404, 955–959. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0004404.
3. Mauskopf, P. D. et al. (June 2000). Measurement of a Peak in the Cosmic Microwave Background
Power Spectrum from the North American Test Flight of Boomerang. ApJ 536, L59–L62. eprint:
arXiv:astro-ph/9911444.
4. Melchiorri, A. et al. (June 2000). A Measurement of Ω from the North American Test Flight of
Boomerang. ApJ 536, L63–L66. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/9911445.
5. Prunet, S., C. B. Netterfield, E. Hivon, and B. P. Crill (June 2000). Iterative map-making for scanning
experiments. ArXiv Astrophysics e-prints. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0006052.
6. Jaffe, A. H. et al. (Apr. 2001). Cosmology from MAXIMA-1, BOOMERANG, and COBE DMR
Cosmic Microwave Background Observations. Physical Review Letters 86, 3475–3479. eprint:
arXiv:astro-ph/0007333.
7. Lange, A. E. et al. (Feb. 2001). Cosmological parameters from the first results of Boomerang.
Phys. Rev. D 63(4), 042001, 042001. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0005004.
8. Masi, S., P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, A. Boscaleri, B. P. Crill, P. de Bernardis, M. Giacometti, E. Hivon,
V. V. Hristov, A. E. Lange, P. D. Mauskopf, T. Montroy, C. B. Netterfield, E. Pascale, F. Piacentini,
S. Prunet, and J. Ruhl (June 2001). High-Latitude Galactic Dust Emission in the BOOMERANG
Maps. ApJ 553, L93–L96. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0101539.
9. de Bernardis, P. et al. (Jan. 2002). Multiple Peaks in the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic
Microwave Background: Significance and Consequences for Cosmology. ApJ 564, 559–566. eprint:
arXiv:astro-ph/0105296.
10. Hivon, E., K. M. Gorski, C. B. Netterfield, B. P. Crill, S. Prunet, and F. Hansen (Mar. 2002). MAS-
TER of the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectrum: A Fast Method for Statistical
Analysis of Large and Complex Cosmic Microwave Background Data Sets. ApJ 567, 2–17.
eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0105302.
11. Netterfield, C. B. et al. (June 2002). A Measurement by BOOMERANG of Multiple Peaks in the
Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background. ApJ 571, 604–614. eprint: ar
Xiv:astro-ph/0104460.
12. Piacentini, F. et al. (Feb. 2002). The BOOMERANG North America Instrument: A Balloonborne
Bolometric Radiometer Optimized for Measurements of Cosmic Background Radiation
Anisotropies from 0.3d to 4 ◦ . ApJS 138, 315–336. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0105148.
13. Polenta, G. et al. (June 2002). Search for Non-Gaussian Signals in the BOOMERANG Maps: Pixel-
Space Analysis. ApJ 572, L27–L31. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0201133.
14. Crill, B. P. et al. (Oct. 2003). BOOMERANG: A Balloon-borne Millimeter-Wave Telescope and Total
Power Receiver for Mapping Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background. ApJS 148,
527–541. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0206254.
15. De Troia, G. et al. (July 2003). The trispectrum of the cosmic microwave background on subdegree
angular scales: an analysis of the BOOMERanG data. MNRAS 343, 284–292. eprint:
arXiv:astro-ph/0301294.
16. Ruhl, J. E. et al. (Dec. 2003). Improved Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of Temperature
Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background from Two New Analyses of BOOMERANG
Observations. ApJ 599, 786–805. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0212229.
17. Jones, W. C. et al. (Aug. 2006). A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the CMB
Temperature Anisotropy from the 2003 Flight of BOOMERANG. ApJ 647, 823–832. eprint:
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18. MacTavish, C. J. et al. (Aug. 2006). Cosmological Parameters from the 2003 Flight of
BOOMERANG. ApJ 647, 799–812. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0507503.
19. Masi, S. et al. (Nov. 2006). Instrument, method, brightness, and polarization maps from the 2003
flight of BOOMERanG. A&A 458, 687–716. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0507509.
20. Montroy, T. E. et al. (Aug. 2006). A Measurement of the CMB Spectrum from the 2003
Flight of BOOMERANG. ApJ 647, 813–822. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0507514.
21. Piacentini, F. et al. (Aug. 2006). A Measurement of the Polarization-Temperature Angular Cross-
Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background from the 2003 Flight of BOOMERANG.
ApJ 647, 833–839. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0507507.
22. De Troia, G. et al. (Dec. 2007). Searching for Non-Gaussian Signals in the BOOMERANG 2003
CMB Maps. ApJ 670, L73–L76.
23. Jones, W. C., T. E. Montroy, B. P. Crill, C. R. Contaldi, T. S. Kisner, A. E. Lange, C. J. MacTavish,
C. B. Netterfield, and J. E. Ruhl (Aug. 2007). Instrumental and analytic methods for bolometric
polarimetry. A&A 470, 771–785. eprint: arXiv:astro-ph/0606606.
24. Holmes, W. A., J. J. Bock, B. P. Crill, T. C. Koch, W. C. Jones, A. E. Lange, and C. G. Paine (Nov.
2008). Initial test results on bolometers for the Planck high frequency instrument. Appl. Opt. 47,
5996.
25. MacTavish, C. J. et al. (Dec. 2008). Spider Optimization: Probing the Systematics of a Large-Scale
B-Mode Experiment. ApJ 689, 655–665. arXiv:0710.0375.
26. Veneziani, M. et al. (Sept. 2009). Subdegree Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Signal from Multifrequency
BOOMERANG Observations. ApJ 702, L61–L65. arXiv:0904.4313.
27. Huffenberger, K. M., B. P. Crill, A. E. Lange, K. M. Górski, and C. R. Lawrence (Feb. 2010). Measuring
Planck beams with planets. A&A 510, A58+. arXiv:1007.3468.
28. Lamarre, J.-M. et al. (Sept. 2010). Planck pre-launch status: The HFI instrument, from specification
to actual performance. A&A 520, A9, A9.
29. Natoli, P. et al. (Nov. 2010). BOOMERanG constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from analytical
Minkowski functionals. MNRAS 408, 1658–1665. arXiv:0905.4301.
30. Pajot, F. et al. (Sept. 2010). Planck pre-launch status: HFI ground calibration. A&A 520, A10, A10.
31. Rosset, C. et al. (Sept. 2010). Planck pre-launch status: High Frequency Instrument polarization
calibration. A&A 520, A13, A13. arXiv:1004.2595.
32. Tauber, J. A., N. Mandolesi, J.-L. Puget, T. Banos, M. Bersanelli, F. R. Bouchet, R. C. Butler, J.
Charra, G. Crone, J. Dodsworth, and et al. (Sept. 2010). Planck pre-launch status: The Planck
mission. A&A 520, A1, A1.
33. Tauber, J. A. et al. (Sept. 2010). Planck pre-launch status: The optical system. A&A 520, A2, A2.
34. Veneziani, M. et al. (Apr. 2010). Properties of Galactic Cirrus Clouds Observed by
BOOMERANG. ApJ 713, 959–969. arXiv:0907.5012.
35. Fraisse, A. A. et al. (June 2011). SPIDER: Probing the Early Universe with a Suborbital Polarimeter.
ArXiv e-prints. arXiv:1106.3087.
36. O’Dea, D. T. et al. (Sept. 2011). SPIDER Optimization. II. Optical, Magnetic, and Foreground Effects.
ApJ 738, 63, 63. arXiv:1102.0559.
37. Planck Collaboration, A. Abergel, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont,
C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XXIV. Dust in
the diffuse interstellar medium and the Galactic halo. A&A 536, A24, A24. arXiv:1101.2036.
38. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, E. Angelakis, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont,
C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XIV.
ERCSC validation and extreme radio sources. A&A 536, A14, A14. arXiv:1101.1721.
39. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, F. Argüeso, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont,
C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XIII. Statistical
properties of extragalactic radio sources in the Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalogue.
A&A 536, A13, A13. arXiv:1101.2044.

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40. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
M. Baker, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. I. The Planck
mission. A&A 536, A1, A1. arXiv:1101.2022 [astro-ph.IM].
41. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
M. Baker, A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. II. The thermal
performance of Planck. A&A 536, A2, A2. arXiv:1101.2023.
42. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. VII. The
Early Release Compact Source Catalogue. A&A 536, A7, A7. arXiv:1101.2041.
43. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. VIII. The
all-sky early Sunyaev-Zeldovich cluster sample. A&A 536, A8, A8. arXiv:1101.2024.
44. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XI.
Calibration of the local galaxy cluster Sunyaev-Zeldovich scaling relations. A&A 536, A11, A11.
arXiv:1101.2026.
45. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XIX.
All-sky temperature and dust optical depth from Planck and IRAS. Constraints on the ”dark gas”
in our Galaxy. A&A 536, A19, A19. arXiv:1101.2029.
46. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results.
XVIII. The power spectrum of cosmic infrared background anisotropies. A&A 536, A18, A18.
arXiv:1101.2028.
47. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XX.
New light on anomalous microwave emission from spinning dust grains. A&A 536, A20, A20.
arXiv:1101.2031.
48. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results.
XXII. The submillimetre properties of a sample of Galactic cold clumps. A&A 536, A22, A22.
arXiv:1101.2034.
49. Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi,
A. Balbi, A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XXIII.
The first all-sky survey of Galactic cold clumps. A&A 536, A23, A23.
50. Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi,
A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, M. Bartelmann, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. IX. XMM-
Newton follow-up for validation of Planck cluster candidates. A&A 536, A9, A9. arXiv:1101.202
5.
51. Planck Collaboration, N. Aghanim, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A. Balbi,
A. J. Banday, R. B. Barreiro, M. Bartelmann, and et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XII. Cluster
Sunyaev-Zeldovich optical scaling relations. A&A 536, A12, A12. arXiv:1101.2027.
52. Planck Collaboration et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. X. Statistical analysis of Sunyaev-
Zeldovich scaling relations for X-ray galaxy clusters. A&A 536, A10, A10. arXiv:1101.2043.
53. Planck Collaboration et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XVI. The Planck view of nearby
galaxies. A&A 536, A16, A16. arXiv:1101.2045.
54. Planck Collaboration et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XVII. Origin of the submillimetre
excess dust emission in the Magellanic Clouds. A&A 536, A17, A17. arXiv:1101.2046.
55. Planck Collaboration et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XXI. Properties of the interstellar
medium in the Galactic plane. A&A 536, A21, A21. arXiv:1101.2032.
56. Planck Collaboration et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XXV. Thermal dust in nearby molecular
clouds. A&A 536, A25, A25. arXiv:1101.2037.

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57. Planck Collaboration et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. XXVI. Detection with Planck and
confirmation by XMM-Newton of PLCK G266.6-27.3, an exceptionally X-ray luminous and massive
galaxy cluster at z ˜ 1. A&A 536, A26, A26. arXiv:1106.1376.
58. Planck HFI Core Team et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. IV. First assessment of the High
Frequency Instrument in-flight performance. A&A 536, A4, A4.
59. Planck HFI Core Team et al. (Dec. 2011). Planck early results. VI. The High Frequency Instrument
data processing. A&A 536, A6, A6. arXiv:1101.2048.