Bibcode
de Bernardis, P.; Ade, P. A. R.; Baselmans, J. J. A.; Battistelli, E. S.; Benoit, A.; Bersanelli, M.; Bideaud, A.; Calvo, M.; Casas, F. J.; Castellano, M. G.; Catalano, A.; Charles, I.; Colantoni, I.; Columbro, F.; Coppolecchia, A.; Crook, M.; D'Alessandro, G.; De Petris, M.; Delabrouille, J.; Doyle, S.; Franceschet, C.; Gomez, A.; Goupy, J.; Hanany, S.; Hills, M.; Lamagna, L.; Macias-Perez, J.; Maffei, B.; Martin, S.; Martinez-Gonzalez, E.; Masi, S.; McCarthy, D.; Mennella, A.; Monfardini, A.; Noviello, F.; Paiella, A.; Piacentini, F.; Piat, M.; Pisano, G.; Signorelli, G.; Tan, C. Y.; Tartari, A.; Trappe, N.; Triqueneaux, S.; Tucker, C.; Vermeulen, G.; Young, K.; Zannoni, M.; Achúcarro, A.; Allison, R.; Artall, E.; Ashdown, M.; Ballardini, M.; Banday, A. J.; Banerji, R.; Bartlett, J.; Bartolo, N.; Basak, S.; Bonaldi, A.; Bonato, M.; Borrill, J.; Bouchet, F.; Boulanger, F.; Brinckmann, T.; Bucher, M.; Burigana, C.; Buzzelli, A.; Cai, Z. Y.; Carvalho, C. S.; Challinor, A.; Chluba, J.; Clesse, S.; De Gasperis, G.; De Zotti, G.; Di Valentino, E.; Diego, J. M.; Errard, J.; Feeney, S.; Fernandez-Cobos, R.; Finelli, F.; Forastieri, F.; Galli, S.; Génova-Santos, R.; Gerbino, M.; González-Nuevo, J.; Hagstotz, S.; Greenslade, J.; Handley, W.; Hernández-Monteagudo, C.; Hervias-Caimapo, C.; Hivon, E.; Kiiveri, K.; Kisner, T.; Kitching, T.; Kunz, M.; Kurki-Suonio, H.; Lasenby, A.; Lattanzi, M.; Lesgourgues, J.; Lewis, A. et al.
Bibliographical reference
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 04, article id. 015 (2018).
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2018
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Description
We describe a space-borne, multi-band, multi-beam polarimeter aiming at
a precise and accurate measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic
Microwave Background. The instrument is optimized to be compatible with
the strict budget requirements of a medium-size space mission within the
Cosmic Vision Programme of the European Space Agency. The instrument has
no moving parts, and uses arrays of diffraction-limited Kinetic
Inductance Detectors to cover the frequency range from 60 GHz to 600 GHz
in 19 wide bands, in the focal plane of a 1.2 m aperture telescope
cooled at 40 K, allowing for an accurate extraction of the CMB signal
from polarized foreground emission. The projected CMB polarization
survey sensitivity of this instrument, after foregrounds removal, is 1.7
μKṡarcmin. The design is robust enough to allow, if needed, a
downscoped version of the instrument covering the 100 GHz to 600 GHz
range with a 0.8 m aperture telescope cooled at 85 K, with a projected
CMB polarization survey sensitivity of 3.2 μKṡarcmin.
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The general goal of this project is to determine and characterize the spatial and spectral variations in the temperature and polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background in angular scales from several arcminutes to several degrees. The primordial matter density fluctuations which originated the structure in the matter distribution of the present
Rafael
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