Scientific optimization of a ground-based CMB polarization experiment

• Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Main Authors: Bowden, M., Taylor, A. N., Ganga, K. M., Ade, P. A. R., Bock, J. J., Cahill, G., Carlstrom, J. E., Church, S. E., Gear, W. K., Hinderks, J. R., Hu, W., Keating, B. G., Kovac, J., Lange, A. E., Leitch, E. M., Maffei, B., Mallie, O. E., Melhuish, S. J., Murphy, J. A., Pisano, G., Piccirillo, L., Pryke, C., Rusholme, B. A., O'Sullivan, C., Thompson, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2004
• Subjects: South Pole; Wilkinson; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/100998/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/100998/1/349-1-321.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/100998/2/0309610.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200130-075505900

We investigate the science goals achievable with the upcoming generation of ground-based cosmic microwave background polarization experiments, focusing on one particular experiment, QUaD [QUEST (Q and U Extragalactic Submillimetre Telescope) and DASI (Degree Angular Scale Interferometer)], a propose...