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Andrew J. May

at Univ of Manchester

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Publications (17)

Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

QUBIC: the Q and U bolometric interferometer for cosmology

M. Piat, E. Battistelli, P. de Bernardis, G. D'Alessandro, M. De Petris, L. Grandsire, J.-Ch. Hamilton, T. D. Hoang, S. Marnieros, S. Masi, A. Mennella, L. Mousset, C. O'Sullivan, D. Prêle, G. Stankowiak, A. Tartari, J.-P. Thermeau, S. A. Torchinsky, F. Voisin, M. Zannoni, P. Ade, J. G. Alberro, A. Almela, G. Amico, L. H. Arnaldi, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Azzoni, S. Banfi, B. Bélier, A. Baù, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, E. Bunn, D. Burke, D. Buzi, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, C. Chapron, R. Charlassier, A. C. Cobos Cerutti, F. Columbro, A. Coppolecchia, G. De Gasperis, M. De Leo, S. Dheilly, C. Duca, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, L. P. Ferreyro, D. Fracchia, C. Franceschet, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, K. M. Ganga, B. García, M. E. García Redondo, M. Gaspard, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, V. Gilles, Y. Giraud-Heraud, M. Gómez Berisso, M. González, M. Gradziel, M. R. Hampel, D. Harari, S. Henrot-Versillé, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, B. Maffei, W. Marty, A. Mattei, A. May, M. McCulloch, L. Mele, D. Melo, L. Montier, L. M. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, F. Nati, E. Olivicri, C. Oriol, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, M. Perciballi, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, M. Platino, G. Polenta, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, E. Rasztocky, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, J. Salum, A. Schillaci, C. G. Scóccola, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, M. Stolpovskiy, A. D. Supanitsky, P. Timbie, M. Tomasi, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, D. Viganò, N. Vittorio, F. Wicek, M. Wright, A. Zullo

Proceedings Volume 12190, 121902T (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2642114

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Calibration, Multiplexing, Interferometers, Cryogenics, Computer aided design, Amplifiers, Polarization, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

Detection chain and electronic readout of the QUBIC instrument

G. Stankowiak, M. Piat, E. Battistelli, G. D'Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, M. De Petris, M. González, L. Grandsire, J.-Ch. Hamilton, T. Hoang, S. Masi, S. Marnieros, A. Mennella, L. Mousset, C. O'Sullivan, D. Prêle, A. Tartari, J.-P. Thermeau, S. Torchinsky, F. Voisin, M. Zannoni, P. Ade, J. G. Alberro, A. Almela, G. Amico, L. H. Arnaldi, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Azzoni, S. Banfi, B. Bélier, A. Baù, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, E. Bunn, D. Burke, D. Buzi, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, C. Chapron, R. Charlassier, A. C. Cobos Cerutti, F. Columbro, A. Coppolecchia, G. de Gasperis, M. De Leo, S. Dheilly, C. Duca, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, L. P. Ferreyro, D. Fracchia, C. Franceschet, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, K. Ganga, B. García, M. E. García Redondo, M. Gaspard, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, V. Gilles, Y. Giraud-Héraud, M. Gómez Berisso, M. Gradziel, M. Hampel, Diego Harari, S. Henrot-Versillé, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, B. Maffei, W. Marty, A. Mattei, A. May, M. McCulloch, L. Mele, D. Melo, L. Montier, L. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, F. Nati, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, M. Perciballi, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, M. Platino, G. Polenta, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, E. Rasztocky, J. M. Salum, A. Schillaci, C. Scóccola, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, M. Stolpovskiy, A. D. Supanitsky, P. Timbie, M. Tomasi, G. Tucker, C. Tucker, D. Viganò, N. Vittorio, F. Wicek, M. Wright, A. Zullo

Proceedings Volume 11453, 1145328 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561567

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Interferometers, Superconductors, Interferometry, Bolometers, Control systems, Polarization, Microwave radiation, Staring arrays, Superconducting detectors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Presentation + Paper

Poster + Presentation + Paper

Calibration of QUBIC: The Q and U bolometric interferometer for cosmology

J. Murphy, D. Burke, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, J.-Ch. Hamilton, L. Mousset, M. De Petris, C. O'Sullivan, S. Torchinsky, P. Ade, J. G. Alberro, A. Almela, G. Amico, L. H. Arnaldi, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Azzoni, S. Banfi, B. Bélier, E. Battistelli, A. Baù, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, P. de Bernardis, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, E. Bunn, D. Buzi, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, C. Chapron, R. Charlassier, A. C. Cobos Cerutti, F. Columbro, A. Coppolecchia, G. D'Alessandro, G. De Gasperis, M. De Leo, S. Dheilly, C. Duca, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, L. P. Ferreyro, D. Fracchia, C. Franceschet, K. Ganga, B. García, M. E. García Redondo, M. Gaspard, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, V. Gilles, Y. Giraud-Heraud, L. Grandsire, M. Gómez Berisso, M. González, M. Gradziel, M. Hampel, D. Harari, S. Henrot-Versillé, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, B. Maffei, S. Marnieros, W. Marty, A. Mattei, A. May, M. McCulloch, L. Mele, S. Masi, D. Melo, A. Mennella, L. Montier, L. M. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, F. Nati, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, M. Perciballi, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, M. Platino, G. Polenta, D. Prêle, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, E. Rasztocky, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, J. M. Salum, C. Scóccola, A. Schillaci, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, G. Stankowiak, M. Stolpovskiy, A. D. Supanitsky, A. Tartari, J.-P. Thermeau, P. Timbie, M. Tomasi, G. Tucker, C. Tucker, D. Viganò, N. Vittorio, F. Voisin, F. Wicek, M. Wright, M. Zannoni, A. Zullo

Proceedings Volume 11453, 114532G (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560172

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Interferometers, Polarization, Bolometers, Data modeling, Microwave radiation, Code division multiplexing, Signal detection, Modulation, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Simons Observatory: instrument overview

Nicholas Galitzki, Aamir Ali, Kam Arnold, Peter Ashton, Jason Austermann, Carlo Baccigalupi, Taylor Baildon, Darcy Barron, James Beall, Shawn Beckman, Sarah Marie Bruno, Sean Bryan, Paolo Calisse, Grace Chesmore, Yuji Chinone, Steve Choi, Gabriele Coppi, Kevin Crowley, Ari Cukierman, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Bradley Dober, Shannon Duff, Jo Dunkley, Giulio Fabbian, Patricio Gallardo, Martina Gerbino, Neil Goeckner-Wald, Joseph Golec, Jon Gudmundsson, Erin Healy, Shawn Henderson, Charles Hill, Gene Hilton, Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho, Logan Howe, Johannes Hubmayr, Oliver Jeong, Brian Keating, Brian Koopman, Kenji Kiuchi, Akito Kusaka, Jacob Lashner, Adrian Lee, Yaqiong Li, Michele Limon, Marius Lungu, Frederick Matsuda, Philip Mauskopf, Andrew May, Nialh McCallum, Jeff McMahon, Federico Nati, Michael Niemack, John Orlowski-Scherer, Stephen Parshley, Lucio Piccirillo, Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Christopher Raum, Maria Salatino, Joseph Seibert, Carlos Sierra, Max Silva-Feaver, Sara Simon, Suzanne Staggs, Jason Stevens, Aritoki Suzuki, Grant Teply, Robert Thornton, Calvin Tsai, Joel Ullom, Eve Vavagiakis, Michael Vissers, Benjamin Westbrook, Edward Wollack, Zhilei Xu, Ningfeng Zhu

Proceedings Volume 10708, 1070804 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312985

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Receivers, Telescopes, Cryogenics, Physics, Wafer-level optics, Semiconducting wafers, Lenses, Staring arrays, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Presentation

POLARBEAR-2: a new CMB polarization receiver system for the Simons array (Conference Presentation)

Masaya Hasegawa, The POLARBEAR COLLABORATION, Peter Ade, Mario Aguilar, Yoshiki Akiba, Aamir Ali, Kam Arnold, Peter Ashton, Carlo Baccigalupi, Darcy Barron, Dominic Beck, Shawn Beckman, Amy Bender, Federico Bianchini, David Boettger, Julian Borrill, Julien Carron, Scott Chapman, Yuji Chinone, Gabriele Coppi, Kevin Crowley, Ari Cukierman, Matt Dobbs, Rolando Dunner, Tucker Elleflot, Josquin Errard, Giulio Fabbian, Stephen Feeney, Chang Feng, George Fuller, Nicholas Galitzki, Andrew Gilbert, Neil Goeckner-Wald, John Groh, Tijmen Haan, Nils Halverson, Takaho Hamada, Masashi Hazumi, Charles Hill, William Holzapfel, Logan Howe, Yuki Inoue, Jennifer Ito, Greg Jaehnig, Andrew Jaffe, Oliver Jeong, Maude Jeune, Daisuke Kaneko, Nobuhiko Katayama, Brian Keating, Reijo Keskitalo, Theodore Kisner, Nicoletta Krachmalnicoff, Akito Kusaka, Adrian Lee, David Leon, Eric Linder, Lindsay Lowry, Alex Madurowicz, Suet Mak, Frederick Matsuda, Tomotake Matsumura, Andrew May, Nathan Miller, Yuto Minami, Joshua Montgomery, Martin Navaroli, Haruki Nishino, Julien Peloton, Anh Pham, Lucio Piccirillo, Richard Plambeck, Davide Poletti, Giuseppe Puglisi, Christopher Raum, Gabriel Rebeiz, Christian Reichardt, Paul Richards, Hayley Roberts, Colin Ross, Kaja Rotermund Rotermund, Yuuko Segawa, Blake Sherwin, Maximiliano Silva-Feaver, Praween Siritanasak, Leo Steinmetz, Radek Stompor, Aritoki Suzuki, Osamu Tajima, Satoru Takakura, Sayuri Takatori, Daiki Tanabe, Raymond Tat, Grant Teply, Takayuki Tomaru, Calvin Tsai Tsai, Clara Verges, Ben Westbrook, Nathan Whitehorn, Alex Zahn, Junichi Suzuki, Takahiro Okamura

Proceedings Volume 10708, 1070802 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311576

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Polarization, Bolometers, Sensors, Multiplexing, Telescopes, Microwave radiation, Helium, Staring arrays, Superconductors

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POLARBEAR-2 is a new receiver system, which will be deployed on the Simons Array telescope platform, for the measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization. The science goals with POLARBEAR-2 are to characterize the B-mode signal both at degree and sub-degree angular-scales. The degree-scale polarization data can be used for quantitative studies on inflation, such as the reconstruction of the energy scale of inflation. The sub-degree polarization data is an excellent tracer of large-scale structure in the universe, and will lead to precise constraints on the sum of the neutrino masses. In order to achieve these goals, POLARBEAR-2 employs 7588 polarization-sensitive antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers on the focal plane cooled to 0.27K with a three-stage Helium sorption refrigerator, which is ~6 times larger array over the current receiver system. The large TES bolometer array is read-out by an upgraded digital frequency-domain multiplexing system capable of multiplexing 40 bolometers through a single superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The first POLARBEAR-2 receiver, POLARBEAR-2A is constructed and the end-to-end testing to evaluate the integrated performance of detector, readout, and optics system is being conducted in the laboratory with various types of test equipments. The POLARBEAR-2A is scheduled to be deployed in 2018 at the Atacama desert in Chile. To further increase measurement sensitivity, two more POLARBEAR-2 type receivers will be deployed soon after the deployment (Simons Array project). The Simons Array will cover four frequency bands at 95GHz, 150GHz, 220GH and 270GHz for better control of the foreground signal. The projected constraints on a tensor-to-scalar ratio (amplitude of inflationary B-mode signal) is σ(r=0.1) = $6.0 \times 10^{-3}$ after foreground removal ($4.0 \times 10^{-3}$ (stat.)), and the sensitivity to the sum of the neutrino masses when combined with DESI spectroscopic galaxy survey data is 40 meV at 1-sigma after foreground removal (19 meV(stat.)). We will present an overview of the design, assembly and status of the laboratory testing of the POLARBEAR-2A receiver system as well as the Simons Array project overview.

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation

Presentation

Electrical characterization and tuning of the integrated POLARBEAR-2a focal plane and readout (Conference Presentation)

Darcy Barron, Kam Arnold, Tucker Elleflot, John Groh, Daisuke Kaneko, Nobuhiko Katayama, Adrian Lee, Lindsay Lowry, Haruki Nishino, Aritoki Suzuki, Sayuri Takatori, P. Ade, Y. Akiba, A. Ali, M. Aguilar, A. Anderson, P. Ashton, J. Avva, D. Beck, C. Baccigalupi, S. Beckman, A. Bender, F. Bianchini, D. Boettger, J. Borrill, J. Carron, S. Chapman, Y. Chinone, G. Coppi, K. Crowley, A. Cukierman, T. de Haan, M. Dobbs, R. Dunner, J. Errard, G. Fabbian, S. Feeney, C. Feng, G. Fuller, N. Galitzki, A. Gilbert, N. Goeckner-Wald, T. Hamada, N. Halverson, M. Hasegawa, M. Hazumi, C. Hill, W. Holzapfel, L. Howe, Y. Inoue, J. Ito, G. Jaehnig, O. Jeong, B. Keating, R. Keskitalo, T. Kisner, N. Krachmalnicoff, A. Kusaka, M. Le Jeune, D. Leon, E. Linder, A. Lowitz, A. Madurowicz, D. Mak, F. Matsuda, T. Matsumura, A. May, N. Miller, Y. Minami, J. Montgomery, T. Natoli, M. Navroli, J. Peloton, A. Pham, L. Piccirillo, D. Plambeck, D. Poletti, G. Puglisi, C. Raum, G. Rebeiz, C. Reichardt, P. Richards, H. Roberts, C. Ross, K. Rotermund, Max Silva Feaver, Y. Segawa, B. Sherwin, P. Siritanasak, L. Steinmetz, R. Stompor, O. Tajima, S. Takakura, D. Tanabe, R. Tat, G. Teply, A. Tikhomirov, T. Tomaru, C. Tsai, C. Verges, B. Westbrook, N. Whitehorn, A. Zahn

Proceedings Volume 10708, 1070808 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2311502

KEYWORDS: Bolometers, Polarization, Sensors, Receivers, Microwave radiation, Telescopes, Frequency division multiplexing, Aluminum, Capacitors, Circuit switching

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POLARBEAR is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment located in the Atacama desert in Chile. The science goals of the POLARBEAR project are to do a deep search for CMB B-mode polarization created by inflationary gravitational waves, as well as characterize the CMB B-mode signal from gravitational lensing. POLARBEAR-1 started observations in 2012, and the POLARBEAR team has published a series of results from its first two seasons of observations, including the first measurement of a non-zero B-mode polarization angular power spectrum, measured at sub-degree scales where the dominant signal is gravitational lensing of the CMB. The Simons Array expands POLARBEAR to include an additional two telescopes with next-generation POLARBEAR-2 multi-chroic receivers, observing at 95, 150, 220, and 270 GHz. The POLARBEAR-2A focal plane has 7,588 transition-edge sensor bolometers, read out with frequency-division multiplexing, with 40 frequency channels within the readout bandwidth of 1.5 to 4.5 MHz. The frequency channels are defined by a low-loss lithographed aluminum spiral inductor and interdigitated capacitor in series with each bolometer, creating a resonant frequency for each channel's unique voltage bias and current readout. Characterization of the readout includes measuring resonant peak locations and heights and fitting to a circuit model both above and below the bolometer superconducting transition temperature. This information is used determine the optimal detector bias frequencies and characterize stray impedances which may affect bolometer operation and stability. The detector electrical characterization includes measurements of the transition properties by sweeping in temperature and in voltage bias, measurements of the bolometer saturation power, as well as measuring and removing any biases introduced by the readout circuit. We present results from the characterization, tuning, and operation of the fully integrated focal plane and readout for the first POLARBEAR-2 receiver, POLARBEAR-2A, during its pre-deployment integration run.

Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

Paper

QUBIC: the Q and U bolometric interferometer for cosmology

C. O'Sullivan, P. Ade, G. Amico, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Banfi, G. Barbarán, P. Battaglia, E. Battistelli, A. Baù, B. Bélier, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, N. Bleurvacq, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, G. Bordier, E. Bréelle, E. Bunn, D. Burke, D. Buzi, A. Buzzelli, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, C. Chapron, R. Charlassier, F. Columbro, G. Coppi, A. Coppolecchia, F. Couchot, R. D'Agostino, G. D’Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, G. de Gasperis, M. De Leo, M. De Petris, A. Di Donato, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, C. Franceschet, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, B. García, X. Garrido, M. Gaspard, A. Gault, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, M. Gómez Berisso, M. González, M. Gradziel, L. Grandsire, E. Guerrard, J.-Ch. Hamilton, D. Harari, V. Haynes, S. Henrot-Versillé, D. T. Hoang, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, A. Korotkov, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, A. Lowitz, V. Lukovic, R. Luterstein, B. Maffei, S. Marnieros, S. Masi, A. Mattei, A. May, M. McCulloch, M. C. Medina, L. Mele, S. Melhuish, A. Mennella, L. Montier, L. M. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, E. Olivieri, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, O. Perdereau, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, G. Polenta, D. Prêle, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, M. Salatino, A. Schillaci, C. G. Scóccola, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, M. Stolpovskiy, F. Suarez, A. Tartari, J.-P. Thermeau, P. Timbie, S. A. Torchinsky, M. Tristram, V. Truongcanh, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, S. Vanneste, D. Viganò, N. Vittorio, F. Voisin, B. Watson, F. Wicek, M. Zannoni, A. Zullo

Proceedings Volume 10708, 107082B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313332

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Sensors, Calibration, Switches, Mirrors, Optical filters, Fringe analysis, Manufacturing, Interferometers, Anisotropy

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QUBIC, the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, is a novel ground-based instrument that has been designed to measure the extremely faint B-mode polarisation anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background at intermediate angular scales (multipoles of 𝑙 = 30 − 200). Primordial B-modes are a key prediction of Inflation as they can only be produced by gravitational waves in the very early universe. To achieve this goal, QUBIC will use bolometric interferometry, a technique that combines the sensitivity of an imager with the systematic error control of an interferometer. It will directly observe the sky through an array of 400 back-to-back entry horns whose signals will be superimposed using a quasi-optical beam combiner. The resulting interference fringes will be imaged at 150 and 220 GHz on two focal planes, each tiled with NbSi Transition Edge Sensors, cooled to 320 mK and read out with time-domain multiplexing. A dichroic filter placed between the optical combiner and the focal planes will select the two frequency bands. A very large receiver cryostat will cool the optical and detector stages to 40 K, 4 K, 1 K and 320 mK using two pulse tube coolers, a novel 4He sorption cooler and a double-stage 3He/4He sorption cooler. Polarisation modulation and selection will be achieved using a cold stepped half-wave plate (HWP) and polariser, respectively, in front of the sky-facing horns. A key feature of QUBIC’s ability to control systematic effects is its ‘self-calibration’ mode where fringe patterns from individual equivalent baselines can be compared. When observing, however, all the horns will be open simultaneously and we will recover a synthetic image of the sky in the I, Q and U Stokes’ parameters. The synthesised beam pattern has a central peak of approximately 0.5 degrees in width, with secondary peaks further out that are damped by the 13-degree primary beam of the horns. This is Module 1 of QUBIC which will be installed in Argentina, near the city of San Antonio de los Cobres, at the Alto Chorrillos site (4869 m a.s.l.), Salta Province. Simulations have shown that this first module could constrain the tensor-to-scalar ratio down to σ(r) = 0.01 after a two-year survey. We aim to add further modules in the future to increase the angular sensitivity and resolution of the instrument. The QUBIC project is proceeding through a sequence of steps. After an initial successful characterisation of the detection chain, a technological demonstrator is being assembled to validate the full instrument design and to test it electrically, thermally and optically.

The technical demonstrator is a scaled-down version of Module 1 in terms of the number of detectors, input horns and pulse tubes and a reduction in the diameter of the combiner mirrors and filters, but is otherwise similar. The demonstrator will be upgraded to the full module in 2019. In this paper we give an overview of the QUBIC project and instrument.

Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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Thermal architecture for the QUBIC cryogenic receiver

A. J. May, C. Chapron, G. Coppi, G. D'Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, S. Masi, S. Melhuish, M. Piat, L. Piccirillo, A. Schillaci, J.-P. Thermeau, P. Ade, G. Amico, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Banfi, G. Barbarán, P. Battaglia, E. Battistelli, A. Baù, B. Bélier, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, N. Bleurvacq, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, G. Bordier, E. Bréelle, E. Bunn, D. Burke, D. Buzi, A. Buzzelli, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, R. Charlassier, F. Columbro, A. Coppolecchia, F. Couchot, R. D'Agostino, G. De Gasperis, M. De Leo, M. De Petris, A. Di Donato, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, C. Franceschet, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, B. García, X. Garrido, M. Gaspard, A. Gault, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, M. Gómez Berisso, M. González, M. Gradziel, L. Grandsire, E. Guerrard, J.-Ch. Hamilton, D. Harari, V. Haynes, S. Henrot-Versillé, D. T. Hoang, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, A. Korotkov, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, A. Lowitz, V. Lukovic, R. Luterstein, B. Maffei, S. Marnieros, A. Mattei, M. McCulloch, M. C. Medina, L. Mele, A. Mennella, L. Montier, L. M. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, C. O'Sullivan, E. Olivieri, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, O. Perdereau, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, G. Pisano, G. Polenta, D. Prêle, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, M. Salatino, C. G. Scóccola, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, M. Stolpovskiy, F. Suarez, A. Tartari, P. Timbie, S. A. Torchinsky, M. Tristram, V. Truongcanh, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, S. Vanneste, D. Viganó, N. Vittorio, F. Voisin, B. Watson, F. Wicek, M. Zannoni, A. Zullo

Proceedings Volume 10708, 107083V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312085

KEYWORDS: Switches, Receivers, Cryogenics, Polarization, Sensors, Computer aided design, Temperature metrology, Copper, Signal detection, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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Simons Observatory large aperture telescope receiver design overview

Ningfeng Zhu, John Orlowski-Scherer, Zhilei Xu, Aamir Ali, Kam Arnold, Peter Ashton, Gabriele Coppi, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Nicholas Galitzki, Patricio Gallardo, Shawn Henderson, Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho, Johannes Hubmayr, Brian Keating, Adrian Lee, Michele Limon, Marius Lungu, Philip Mauskopf, Andrew May, Jeff McMahon, Michael Niemack, Lucio Piccirillo, Giuseppe Puglisi, Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Maria Salatino, Max Silva-Feaver, Sara Simon, Suzanne Staggs, Robert Thornton, Joel Ullom, Eve Vavagiakis, Benjamin Westbrook, Edward Wollack

Proceedings Volume 10708, 1070829 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312871

KEYWORDS: Optical filters, Telescopes, Sensors, Switches, Receivers, Physics, Observatories, Space telescopes, Cryogenics, Physical cosmology

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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Cooldown strategies and transient thermal simulations for the Simons Observatory

Gabriele Coppi, Zhilei Xu, Aamir Ali, Nicholas Galitzki, Patricio Gallardo, Andrew May, Jack Orlowski-Scherer, Ningfeng Zhu, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Brian Keating, Michele Limon, Marius Lungu, Jeff McMahon, Michael Niemack, Lucio Piccirillo, Giuseppe Puglisi, Maria Salatino, Sara Simon, Grant Teply, Robert Thornton, Eve Vavagiakis

Proceedings Volume 10708, 1070827 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312679

KEYWORDS: Switches, Telescopes, Observatories, Device simulation, Sensors, Physics, Fused deposition modeling, Wafer-level optics, Cameras, Receivers

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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Simulations and performance of the QUBIC optical beam combiner

C. O'Sullivan, D. Burke, D. Gayer, J. D. Murphy, S. Scully, M. De Leo, M. De Petris, A. Mattei, A. Zullo, A. Mennella, M. Zannoni, N. Bleurvacq, C. Chapron, J.-Ch. Hamilton, M. Piat, P. Ade, G. Amico, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Banfi, G. Barbarán, P. Battaglia, E. Battistelli, A. Baù, B. Bélier, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, G. Bordier, E. Bréelle, E. Bunn, D. Buzi, A. Buzzelli, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, R. Charlassier, F. Columbro, G. Coppi, A. Coppolecchia, F. Couchot, R. D'Agostino, G. D’Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, G. De Gasperis, A. Di Donato, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, C. Franceschet, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, B. García, X. Garrido, M. Gaspard, A. Gault, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, M. Gómez Berisso, M. González, M. Gradziel, L. Grandsire, E. Guerrard, D. Harari, V. Haynes, S. Henrot-Versillé, D. T. Hoang, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, A. Korotkov, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, A. Lowitz, V. Lukovic, R. Luterstein, B. Maffei, S. Marnieros, S. Masi, A. May, M. McCulloch, M. C. Medina, L. Mele, S. Melhuish, L. Montier, L. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, E. Olivieri, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, O. Perdereau, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, G. Polenta, D. Prêle, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, M. Salatino, A. Schillaci, C. Scóccola, S. Spinelli, M. Stolpovskiy, F. Suarez, A. Tartari, J.-P. Thermeau, P. Timbie, S. Torchinsky, M. Tristram, V. Truongcanh, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, S. Vanneste, D. Viganò, N. Vittorio, F. Voisin, B. Watson, F. Wicek

Proceedings Volume 10708, 107082I (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313256

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Imaging systems, Optical simulations, Sensors, Bolometers, Staring arrays, Fringe analysis, Polarization, 3D modeling, Zemax

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QUBIC, the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, is a novel ground-based instrument that aims to measure the extremely faint B-mode polarisation anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background at intermediate angular scales (multipoles of 𝑙 = 30 − 200). Primordial B-modes are a key prediction of Inflation as they can only be produced by gravitational waves in the very early universe. To achieve this goal, QUBIC will use bolometric interferometry, a technique that combines the sensitivity of an imager with the immunity to systematic effects of an interferometer. It will directly observe the sky through an array of back-to-back entry horns whose beams will be superimposed using a cooled quasioptical beam combiner. Images of the resulting interference fringes will be formed on two focal planes, each tiled with transition-edge sensors, cooled down to 320 mK. A dichroic filter placed between the optical combiner and the focal planes will select two frequency bands (centred at 150 GHz and 220 GHz), one frequency per focal plane. Polarization modulation will be achieved using a cold stepped half-wave plate (HWP) and polariser in front of the sky-facing horns.

The full QUBIC instrument is described elsewhere^1,2,3,4; in this paper we will concentrate in particular on simulations of the optical combiner (an off-axis Gregorian imager) and the feedhorn array. We model the optical performance of both the QUBIC full module and a scaled-down technological demonstrator which will be used to validate the full instrument design. Optical modelling is carried out using full vector physical optics with a combination of commercial and in-house software. In the high-frequency channel we must be careful to consider the higher-order modes that can be transmitted by the horn array. The instrument window function is used as a measure of performance and we investigate the effect of, for example, alignment and manufacturing tolerances, truncation by optical components and off-axis aberrations. We also report on laboratory tests carried on the QUBIC technological demonstrator in advance of deployment to the observing site in Argentina.

Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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Simons Observatory large aperture receiver simulation overview

John Orlowski-Scherer, Ningfeng Zhu, Zhilei Xu, Aamir Ali, Kam Arnold, Peter Ashton, Gabriele Coppi, Mark Devlin, Simon Dicker, Nicholas Galitzki, Patricio Gallardo, Brian Keating , Adrian Lee, Michele Limon, Marius Lungu, Andrew May, Jeff McMahon, Michael Niemack, Lucio Piccirillo, Giuseppe Puglisi, Maria Salatino, Max Silva-Feaver, Sara Simon, Robert Thornton, Eve Vavagiakis

Proceedings Volume 10708, 107083X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312868

KEYWORDS: Finite element methods, Aluminum, Receivers, Sensors, Optical filters, Observatories, Physics, Telescopes, Thermal modeling

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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Design and characterization of the POLARBEAR-2b and POLARBEAR-2c cosmic microwave background cryogenic receivers

L. Howe, C. Tsai, L. Lowry, K. Arnold, G. Coppi, J. Groh, X. Guo, B. Keating, A. Lee, A. May, L. Piccirillo, N. Stebor, G. Teply

Proceedings Volume 10708, 107083W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312821

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Receivers, Interfaces, Sensors, Temperature metrology, Aluminum, Adsorption, Computer aided design, Polarization, Thermal modeling, Thermal analysis

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

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Performance of NbSi transition-edge sensors readout with a 128 MUX factor for the QUBIC experiment

M. Salatino, B. Bélier, C. Chapron, D. T. Hoang, S. Maestre, S. Marnieros, W. Marty, L. Montier, M. Piat, D. Prêle, D. Rambaud, J. P. Thermeau, S. A. Torchinsky, S. Henrot-Versillé, F. Voisin, P. Ade, G. Amico, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Banfi, G. Barbarán, P. Battaglia, E. Battistelli, A. Baù, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, N. Bleurvacq, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, G. Bordier, E. Bréelle, E. Bunn, D. Burke, D. Buzi, A. Buzzelli, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, R. Charlassier, F. Columbro, G. Coppi, A. Coppolecchia, F. Couchot, R. D'Agostino, G. D’Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, G. De Gasperis, M. De Leo, M. De Petris, A. Di Donato, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, C. Franceschet, M. Gamboa Lerena, B. García, X. Garrido, M. Gaspard, A. Gault, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, M. Gómez Berisso, M. González, M. Gradziel, L. Grandsire, E. Guerrard, J.-Ch. Hamilton, D. Harari, V. Haynes, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, A. Korotkov, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, A. Lowitz, V. Lukovic, R. Luterstein, B. Maffei, S. Masi, A. Mattei, A. J. May, M. A. McCulloch, M. C. Medina, L. Mele, S. Melhuish, A. Mennella, L. M. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, C. O'Sullivan, E. Olivieri, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, O. Perdereau, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, G. Polenta, R. Puddu, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, A. Schillaci, C. G. Scóccola, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, M. Stolpovskiy, F. Suarez, A. Tartari, P. Timbie, M. Tristram, V. Truongcanh, C. Tucker, G. Tucker, S. Vanneste, D. Viganò, N. Vittorio, B. Watson, F. Wicek, M. Zannoni, A. Zullo

Proceedings Volume 10708, 1070845 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312080

KEYWORDS: Tellurium, Particles, Detection and tracking algorithms, Interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2018 Paper

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Optical modelling and analysis of the Q and U bolometric interferometer for cosmology

D. Burke, D. Gayer, E. Kalinauskaite, C. O'Sullivan, J. Murphy, S. Scully, M. De Petris, M. De Leo, A. Mennella, S. Torchinsky, M. Zannoni, G. Amico, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Banfi, G. Barbarán, P. Battaglia, E. Battistelli, A. Baù, B. Bélier, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.-Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.-A. Bigot-Sazy, N. Bleurvac, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, G. Bordier, E. Bréelle, E. Bunn, D. Buzi, A. Buzzelli, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, C. Chapron, R. Charlassier, F. Columbro, G. Coppi, A. Coppolecchia, F. Couchot, G. D’Alessandro, R. D'Agostino, P. de Bernardis, G. De Gasperis, A. Di Donato, A.-A. Drilien, Louis Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, C. Franceschet, M. Gamboa-Lerena, B. García, X. Garrido, M. Gaspard, A. Gault, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, M. Gómez Berisso, M. González, M. Gradziel, L. Grandsire, E. Guerrard, J.-Ch. Hamilton, D. Harari, V. Haynes, S. Henrot-Versillé, D. T. Hoang, N. Holtzer, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, A. Korotkov, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, J. Lande, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, A. Lowitz, V. Lukovic, R. Luterstein, Bruno Maffei, S. Marnieros, S. Masi, A. Mattei, A. May, M. McCulloch, M. Medina, L. Mele, S. Melhuish, L. Mundo, L. Montier, J. A. Murphy, D. Néel, E. Olivieri, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, O. Perdereau, F. Pezzotta, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, G. Polenta, D. Prêle, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, O. Rigaut, P. Ringegni, G. Romero, M. Salatino, A. Schillaci, C. Scóccola, S. Spinelli, M. Stolpovskiy, F. Suarez, A. Tartari, J.-P. Thermeau, P. Timbie, M. Tristram, V. Truongcanh, G. Tucker, C. Tucker, D. Viganò, N. Vittorio, F. Voisin, B. Watson, F. Wicek, A. Zullo

Proceedings Volume 10531, 105310G (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287158

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Mirrors, Modeling, Polarization, Tolerancing, Optical simulations, Near field optics, Interferometers, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

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Sorption-cooled continuous miniature dilution refrigeration for astrophysical applications

Andrew May, Paolo Calisse, Gabriele Coppi, Vic Haynes, Lorenzo Martinis, Mark McCulloch, Simon Melhuish, Lucio Piccirillo

Proceedings Volume 9912, 991266 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232609

KEYWORDS: Cryogenics, Bolometers, Cryogenics, Polarization, Microwave radiation, Telescopes, Switches, Helium, Manufacturing, Copper, Gas handling

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

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Developing a long duration 3He fridge for the LSPE-SWIPE instrument

Gabriele Coppi, Paolo de Bernardis, Andrew May, Silvia Masi, Mark McCulloch, Simon Melhuish, Lucio Piccirillo

Proceedings Volume 9912, 991265 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232448

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Sensors, Microwave radiation, Liquids, Resistance, Helium, Copper, Adsorption, Signal detection, Telescopes

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