SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales

J. P. Filippini; P. A. R. Ade; M. Amiri; S. J. Benton; R. Bihary; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; J. A. Bonetti; S. A. Bryan; B. Burger; H. C. Chiang; C. R. Contaldi; B. P. Crill; O. Doré; M. Farhang; L. M. Fissel; N. N. Gandilo; S. R. Golwala; J. E. Gudmundsson; M. Halpern; M. Hasselfield; G. Hilton; W. Holmes; V. V. Hristov; K. D. Irwin; W. C. Jones; C. L. Kuo; C. J. MacTavish; P. V. Mason; T. E. Montroy; T. A. Morford; C. B. Netterfield; D. T. O'Dea; A. S. Rahlin; C. D. Reintsema; J. E. Ruhl; M. C. Runyan; M. A. Schenker; J. A. Shariff; J. D. Soler; A. Trangsrud; C. Tucker; R. S. Tucker; A. D. Turner

doi:10.1117/12.857720

15 July 2010 SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales

J. P. Filippini, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, R. Bihary, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, J. A. Bonetti, S. A. Bryan, B. Burger, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, B. P. Crill, O. Doré, M. Farhang, L. M. Fissel, N. N. Gandilo, S. R. Golwala, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, C. L. Kuo, C. J. MacTavish, P. V. Mason, T. E. Montroy, T. A. Morford, C. B. Netterfield, D. T. O'Dea, A. S. Rahlin, C. D. Reintsema, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, M. A. Schenker, J. A. Shariff, J. D. Soler, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner

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Proceedings Volume 7741, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V; 77411N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857720
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We describe SPIDER, a balloon-borne instrument to map the polarization of the millimeter-wave sky with degree angular resolution. Spider consists of six monochromatic refracting telescopes, each illuminating a focal plane of large-format antenna-coupled bolometer arrays. A total of 2,624 superconducting transition-edge sensors are distributed among three observing bands centered at 90, 150, and 280 GHz. A cold half-wave plate at the aperture of each telescope modulates the polarization of incoming light to control systematics. SPIDER's first flight will be a 20-30-day Antarctic balloon campaign in December 2011. This flight will map ~8% of the sky to achieve unprecedented sensitivity to the polarization signature of the gravitational wave background predicted by inflationary cosmology. The SPIDER mission will also serve as a proving ground for these detector technologies in preparation for a future satellite mission.

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J. P. Filippini, P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, R. Bihary, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, J. A. Bonetti, S. A. Bryan, B. Burger, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, B. P. Crill, O. Doré, M. Farhang, L. M. Fissel, N. N. Gandilo, S. R. Golwala, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, C. L. Kuo, C. J. MacTavish, P. V. Mason, T. E. Montroy, T. A. Morford, C. B. Netterfield, D. T. O'Dea, A. S. Rahlin, C. D. Reintsema, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, M. A. Schenker, J. A. Shariff, J. D. Soler, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, and A. D. Turner "SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales", Proc. SPIE 7741, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V, 77411N (15 July 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857720

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