Receiver development for BICEP Array, a next-generation CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

• Published in: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X
• Main Authors: Moncelsi, L., Ade, P.A. R., Ahmed, Z., Amiri, M., Barkats, D., Basu Thakur, R., Bischoff, C.A., Bock, J.J., Buza, V., Cheshire, J., Connors, J., Cornelison, J., Crumrine, M., Cukierman, A., Denison, E.V., Dierickx, M., Duband, L., Eiben, M., Fatigoni, S., Filippini, J.P., Goeckner-Wald, N., Goldfinger, D.C., Grayson, J., Grimes, P., Hall, G., Halpern, M., Harrison, S., Henderson, S., Hildebrandt, S.R., Hilton, G.C., Hubmayr, J., Hui, H., Irwin, K.D., Kang, J., Karkare, K.S., Kefeli, S., Kovac, J.M., Kuo, C.L., Lau, K., Leitch, E.M., Megerian, K.G., Minutolo, L., Nakato, Y., Namikawa, T., Nguyen, H.T., O'Brient, R., Palladino, S., Precup, N., Prouve, T., Pryke, C., Racine, B., Reintsema, C.D., Schillaci, A., Schmitt, B.L., Soliman, A., St Germaine, T., Steinbach, B., Sudiwala, R.V., Thompson, K.L., Tucker, C., Turner, A.D., Umiltà, C., Vieregg, A.G., Wandui, A., Weber, A.C., Wiebe, D.V., Willmert, J., Wu, W.L. K., Yang, E., Yoon, K.W., Young, E., Yu, C., Zeng, L., Zhang, C., Zhang, S.
• Other Authors: Département des Systèmes Basses Températures (DSBT ), Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Laboratoire des Cryoréfrigérateurs et Cryogénie Spatiale (LCCS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Cosmic Microwave Background; polarization; Instrumentation; Cosmology; B-Modes; Inflation; lensing; synchrotron; beam: polarization; gravitation: lens; BICEP; cosmic background radiation; detector: calibration; detector: sensitivity; detector: performance; readout; galaxy; B-mode; optics; detector: cryogenics; cosmic background radiation: polarization; [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]; [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Curl; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03143663; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561995

International audience A detection of curl-type (B-mode) polarization of the primary CMB would be direct evidence for the inflationary paradigm of the origin of the Universe. The Bicep/Keck Array (BK) program targets the degree angular scales, where the power from primordial B-mode polarization is e...