SPIDER: a balloon-borne large-scale CMB polarimeter

B. P. Crill; P. A. R. Ade; E. S. Battistelli; S. Benton; R. Bihary; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; J. Brevik; S. Bryan; C. R. Contaldi; O. Doré; M. Farhang; L. Fissel; S. R. Golwala; M. Halpern; G. Hilton; W. Holmes; V. V. Hristov; K. Irwin; W. C. Jones; C. L. Kuo; A. E. Lange; C. Lawrie; C. J. MacTavish; T. G. Martin; P. Mason; T. E. Montroy; C. B. Netterfield; E. Pascale; D. Riley; J. E. Ruhl; M. C. Runyan; A. Trangsrud; C. Tucker; A. Turner; M. Viero; D. Wiebe

doi:10.1117/12.787446

12 July 2008 SPIDER: a balloon-borne large-scale CMB polarimeter

B. P. Crill, P. A. R. Ade, E. S. Battistelli, S. Benton, R. Bihary, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, J. Brevik, S. Bryan, C. R. Contaldi, O. Doré, M. Farhang, L. Fissel, S. R. Golwala, M. Halpern, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, K. Irwin, W. C. Jones, C. L. Kuo, A. E. Lange, C. Lawrie, C. J. MacTavish, T. G. Martin, P. Mason, T. E. Montroy, C. B. Netterfield, E. Pascale, D. Riley, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, A. Turner, M. Viero, D. Wiebe

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Proceedings Volume 7010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter; 70102P (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787446
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

Spider is a balloon-borne experiment that will measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background over a large fraction of a sky at ~ 1° resolution. Six monochromatic refracting millimeter-wave telescopes with large arrays of antenna-coupled transition-edge superconducting bolometers will provide system sensitivities of 4.2 and 3.1 μKcmb√s at 100 and 150 GHz, respectively. A rotating half-wave plate will modulate the polarization sensitivity of each telescope, controlling systematics. Bolometer arrays operating at 225 GHz and 275 GHz will allow removal of polarized galactic foregrounds. In a 2-6 day first flight from Alice Springs, Australia in 2010, Spider will map 50% of the sky to a depth necessary to improve our knowledge of the reionization optical depth by a large factor.

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B. P. Crill, P. A. R. Ade, E. S. Battistelli, S. Benton, R. Bihary, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, J. Brevik, S. Bryan, C. R. Contaldi, O. Doré, M. Farhang, L. Fissel, S. R. Golwala, M. Halpern, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, K. Irwin, W. C. Jones, C. L. Kuo, A. E. Lange, C. Lawrie, C. J. MacTavish, T. G. Martin, P. Mason, T. E. Montroy, C. B. Netterfield, E. Pascale, D. Riley, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, A. Turner, M. Viero, and D. Wiebe "SPIDER: a balloon-borne large-scale CMB polarimeter", Proc. SPIE 7010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter, 70102P (12 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787446

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