Measuring the cosmic microwave background polarization with the QUaD experiment

• Published in: SPIE Proceedings, Ground-based Telescopes
• 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., Kovac J., Lange A. E., Leitch E. M., Maffei B., Mallie O., Melhuish S. J., Murphy J. A., Pisano G., Piccirillo L., Pryke C., Rusholme B. A., O'Sullivan C., Thompson K., Zemcov M.
• 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., Kovac, J., Lange, A. E., Leitch, E. M., Maffei, B., Mallie, O., Melhuish, S. J., Murphy, J. A., Pisano, G., Piccirillo, L., Pryke, C., Rusholme, B. A., O'Sullivan, C., Thompson, K., Zemcov, M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Cosmic microwave background; Cosmology; Polarization; Sub-mm telescope; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1585691; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551110

We look at anticipated science results achievable with QUaD, a ground-based experiment to measure the polarization of the CMB from the South Pole, and describe the features that will enable it to measure this weak polarized signal. We show that QUaD can make a high resolution measurement of the polarization signals on small angular scales. This will lead to tighter constraints on the key cosmological parameters and could also put new limits on the inflationary model.