Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER

• Published in: SPIE Proceedings, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
• Main Authors: Hubmayr, Johannes, Moncelsi, Lorenzo
• Other Authors: Holland, Wayne S., Zmuidzinas, Jonas
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2016
• Subjects: CMB; polarimetry; TES; bolometer; feedhorn; Antarctic; The Antarctic; The Baker; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231896

We describe 280 GHz bolometric detector arrays that instrument the balloon-borne polarimeter spider. A primary science goal of spider is to measure the large-scale B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (cmb) in search of the cosmic-inflation, gravitational-wave signature. 280 GHz ch...