PRISM (Polarized Radiation Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission): an extended white paper

• Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
• Main Authors: André, Patrice Charles Maxime, Baccigalupi, Carlo, Banday, A, Barbosa, D, Barreiro, B, Bartlett, J, Bartolo, Nicola, Battistelli, E, Battye, R, Bendo, G, Benoit, A, Bernard, Jp, Bersanelli, M, Bethermin, Matthieu Michel, Bielewicz, Pawel, Bonaldi, Anna Valentina, Bouchet, Freddy, Boulanger, Francois Bernard Marie, Brand, J, Bucher, Mario, Burigana, Carlo, Cai, Zy, Camus, P, Casas, F, Casasola, V, Castex, Guillaume Jean Serge, Challinor, A, Chluba, J, Chon, G, Colafrancesco, S, Comis, B, Cuttaia, F, D'Alessandro, G, Da Silva, A, Davis, R, De Avillez, M, De Bernardis, P, De Petris, M, De Rosa, A, De Zotti, Gianfranco, Delabrouille, J, Desert, Fx, Dickinson, C, Diego, Jm, Dunkley, J, Ensslin, T, Errard, J, Falgarone, E, Ferreira, P, Ferriere, K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: CMBR detector; CMBR experiment; cosmological parameters from CMBR; MICROWAVE BACKGROUND SPECTRUM; SOUTH-POLE TELESCOPE; COSMOLOGICAL HYDROGEN RECOMBINATION; PROBE WMAP OBSERVATIONS; POWER SPECTRUM; DARK-MATTER; RELATIVISTIC CORRECTIONS; EARLY UNIVERSE; SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES; CMB POLARIZATION; Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica; South Pole; Hubble; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11767/15003; https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/02/006; https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1554; http://inspirehep.net/record/1257503

PRISM (Polarized Radiation Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) was proposed to ESA in May 2013 as a large-class mission for investigating within the framework of the ESA Cosmic Vision program a set of important scientific questions that require high resolution, high sensitivity, full-sky observations...