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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2004
• Subjects: Papers; South Pole; Wilkinson; South pole
• Online Access: http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/349/1/321; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07506.x

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 propos...