An Overview of the SPTpol Experiment

• Published in: Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• Main Authors: Bleem, L., Lueker, M., Padin, S., Shirokoff, E., Vieira, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2012
• Subjects: Polarimetry; Transition-edge sensors; Bolometers; Cosmic microwave background; Cosmology; Canada; Kavli; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0505-y

In 2012 the South Pole Telescope (SPT) will begin a 625 deg^2 survey to measure the polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Observations of the CMB B-mode angular power spectrum will be used to search for the large angular scale signal induced by inflationary gravitational...