ACTPol: on-sky performance and characterization

E. Grace; J. Beall; J. R. Bond; H. M. Cho; R. Datta; M. J. Devlin; R. Dünner; A. E. Fox; P. Gallardo; M. Hasselfield; S. Henderson; G. C. Hilton; A. D. Hincks; R. Hlozek; J. Hubmayr; K. Irwin; J. Klein; B. Koopman; D. Li; M. Lungu; L. Newburgh; Jo. P. Nibarger; M. D. Niemack; L. Maurin; J. McMahon; S. Naess; L. A. Page; C. Pappas; B. L. Schmitt; J. Sievers; S. T. Staggs; R. Thornton; J. Van Lanen; E. J. Wollack

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19 August 2014 ACTPol: on-sky performance and characterization

E. Grace, J. Beall, J. R. Bond, H. M. Cho, R. Datta, M. J. Devlin, R. Dünner , A. E. Fox, P. Gallardo, M. Hasselfield, S. Henderson, G. C. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, R. Hlozek, J. Hubmayr, K. Irwin, J. Klein, B. Koopman, D. Li, M. Lungu, L. Newburgh, Jo. P. Nibarger, M. D. Niemack, L. Maurin, J. McMahon, S. Naess, L. A. Page, C. Pappas, B. L. Schmitt, J. Sievers, S. T. Staggs, R. Thornton, J. Van Lanen, E. J. Wollack

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Proceedings Volume 9153, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; 915310 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057243
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

ACTPol is the polarization-sensitive receiver on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. ACTPol enables sensitive millimeter wavelength measurements of the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at arcminute angular scales. These measurements are designed to explore the process of cosmic structure formation, constrain or determine the sum of the neutrino masses, probe dark energy, and provide a foundation for a host of other cosmological tests. We present an overview of the first season of ACTPol observations focusing on the optimization and calibration of the first detector array as well as detailing the on-sky performance.

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E. Grace, J. Beall, J. R. Bond, H. M. Cho, R. Datta, M. J. Devlin, R. Dünner , A. E. Fox, P. Gallardo, M. Hasselfield, S. Henderson, G. C. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, R. Hlozek, J. Hubmayr, K. Irwin, J. Klein, B. Koopman, D. Li, M. Lungu, L. Newburgh, Jo. P. Nibarger, M. D. Niemack, L. Maurin, J. McMahon, S. Naess, L. A. Page, C. Pappas, B. L. Schmitt, J. Sievers, S. T. Staggs, R. Thornton, J. Van Lanen, and E. J. Wollack "ACTPol: on-sky performance and characterization", Proc. SPIE 9153, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 915310 (19 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057243

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