Publication
2024
- Ghigna, T. et al. 2024. The LiteBIRD mission to explore cosmic inflation. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Yokohama, Japan, 16-22 June 2024 Presented at Coyle, L. E., Matsuura, S. and Perrin, M. D. eds.Proceedings Volume 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave;. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, (10.1117/12.3021377)
- Leloup, C. et al. 2024. Impact of beam far side-lobe knowledge in the presence of foregrounds for LiteBIRD. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 6, article number: 11. (10.1088/1475-7516/2024/06/011)
2022
- Hasebe, T. et al. 2022. Sensitivity modeling for LiteBIRD. Journal of Low Temperature Physics (10.1007/s10909-022-02921-7)
- LiteBIRD Collaboration, . et al. 2022. Probing cosmic inflation with the LiteBIRD cosmic microwave background polarization survey. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (10.1093/ptep/ptac150)
2020
- Hazumi, M. et al. 2020. LiteBIRD satellite: JAXA's new strategic L-class mission for all-sky surveys of cosmic microwave background polarization. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, Vol. 11443. SPIE pp. 114432F., (10.1117/12.2563050)
- Lamagna, L. et al. 2020. The optical design of the Litebird Medium and High Frequency Telescope. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020 Presented at Lystrup, M. et al. eds.Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, Vol. 11443. SPIE pp. 1144370., (10.1117/12.2579233)
- Sugai, H. et al. 2020. Updated design of the CMB polarization experiment satellite LiteBIRD. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 199, pp. 1107-1117. (10.1007/s10909-019-02329-w)
2019
- Lee, A. et al. 2019. LiteBIRD: an all-sky cosmic microwave background probe of inflation. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 51(7)
2018
- Siegler, N. et al. 2018. Concept design of the LiteBIRD satellite for CMB B-mode polarization. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, USA, 10-15 June 2018 Presented at Lystrup, M., MacEwen, H. A. and Fazio, G. G. eds.Proceedings, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 106981Y (2018), Vol. 10698. Proceedings of SPIE Bellingham, Washington: SPIE pp. 68., (10.1117/12.2313432)
Articles
- Leloup, C. et al. 2024. Impact of beam far side-lobe knowledge in the presence of foregrounds for LiteBIRD. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 6, article number: 11. (10.1088/1475-7516/2024/06/011)
- Hasebe, T. et al. 2022. Sensitivity modeling for LiteBIRD. Journal of Low Temperature Physics (10.1007/s10909-022-02921-7)
- LiteBIRD Collaboration, . et al. 2022. Probing cosmic inflation with the LiteBIRD cosmic microwave background polarization survey. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (10.1093/ptep/ptac150)
- Sugai, H. et al. 2020. Updated design of the CMB polarization experiment satellite LiteBIRD. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 199, pp. 1107-1117. (10.1007/s10909-019-02329-w)
- Lee, A. et al. 2019. LiteBIRD: an all-sky cosmic microwave background probe of inflation. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 51(7)
Conferences
- Ghigna, T. et al. 2024. The LiteBIRD mission to explore cosmic inflation. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Yokohama, Japan, 16-22 June 2024 Presented at Coyle, L. E., Matsuura, S. and Perrin, M. D. eds.Proceedings Volume 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave;. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, (10.1117/12.3021377)
- Hazumi, M. et al. 2020. LiteBIRD satellite: JAXA's new strategic L-class mission for all-sky surveys of cosmic microwave background polarization. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, Vol. 11443. SPIE pp. 114432F., (10.1117/12.2563050)
- Lamagna, L. et al. 2020. The optical design of the Litebird Medium and High Frequency Telescope. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020, Virtual, 14-18 December 2020 Presented at Lystrup, M. et al. eds.Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, Vol. 11443. SPIE pp. 1144370., (10.1117/12.2579233)
- Siegler, N. et al. 2018. Concept design of the LiteBIRD satellite for CMB B-mode polarization. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, USA, 10-15 June 2018 Presented at Lystrup, M., MacEwen, H. A. and Fazio, G. G. eds.Proceedings, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 106981Y (2018), Vol. 10698. Proceedings of SPIE Bellingham, Washington: SPIE pp. 68., (10.1117/12.2313432)
Biography
I was awarded a PhD in Experimental Physics by Maynooth University, Ireland in Spring 2004, moving on to The Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) in Orsay, France, where I went on working on the ESA Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Planck mission as a posdoctoral researcher. At various times, I was responsible for simulating the optical beams of the High Frequency Instrument (HFI), working on various systematics, coordinating the optics working group, collaborating on the simulations/data analysis pipelines and, finally, working on the non-Gaussianity of the CMB.
In Spring 2012 I moved to the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA) at the University of Manchester. I continued working on Planck, while collaborating on the Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) CMB balloon experiment and various ESA contracts related to instrumentation relative to future CMB missions. I also was the project manager for the JBCA intrumentation group as well as for the BINGO hydrogen mapping experiment.
In Autumn 2015, I took on a position as Associate Patent Examiner at the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in Newport, progressing through the ranks to Senior Patent Examiner.. I work mainly in subject matter related to optics and image processing, am the Office's local "space expert", and have also been a member of the data analysis unit.
In my current incarnation as an honorary researcher, I continue pursuing my interests at the interface of astrostatistics, instrumentation and cosmology, mainly in view of upcoming and future CMB polarisation experiments.