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.
• Other 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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2004
• Subjects: Cosmic microwave background; Cosmological parameter; Methods: observational; Polarization; Techniques: polarimetric; South Pole; Wilkinson; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1476700; 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 propose...