LiteBIRD is a next-generation space telescope which aims to measure primordial gravitational waves in the polarisation of the cosmic microwave background. The level of the primordial (tensor, or B-mode) signal in relation to the scalar (or E-mode) only has a known upper limit, and the instrument requirement is to measure a tensor-to-scalar ratio sensitivity δr<0.001. Systematic effects arising from cosmic radiation are expected to play a significant role, and our prior work has focused on the development of an end-to-end simulation tool for evaluating the scale of this in LiteBIRD’s Low Frequency Telescope (LFT). We present an updated forecasting method which makes use of event tables generated by a new Geant4 mass model of LFT. We will compare the previously used simplified model with that of the updated mass model, and project these differences into an expected effect of the cosmic ray effect δr. Lastly, we will examine the use of a simple filtering method for removing direct detector impacts by cosmic rays, which have been shown previously to play the largest role in this systematic effect.
The BISOU (Balloon Interferometer for Spectral Observations of the primordial Universe) project studies the viability and prospects of a balloon-borne spectrometer, pathfinder of a future space mission dedicated to the measurements of the CMB spectral distortions. A balloon concept based on a Fourier Transform Spectrometer, covering a spectral range from about 90 GHz to 2 THz, adapted from previous mission proposals such as PIXIE and FOSSIL, is being studied and modeled. Taking into account the requirements and conditions of balloon flights, we present here the instrument concept together with the results of a CNES Phase 0 study. We forecast a first detection of the CMB Compton y-distortion monopole with a signal-to-noise ratio of at least 5. We also present the future plan and work that will be the subject of a recently awarded two-year Phase A study.
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