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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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. HalpernM. 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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University of Iceland

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857720
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 29 Jun 2010 → 2 Jul 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7741

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Conference	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	29/06/10 → 2/07/10

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Spider
cosmic microwave background
inflation
polarization
transition-edge sensor

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Filippini, J. P., Ade, P. A. R., Amiri, M., Benton, S. J., Bihary, R., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bonetti, J. A., Bryan, S. A., Burger, B., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Crill, B. P., Doré, O., Farhang, M., Fissel, L. M., Gandilo, N. N., Golwala, S. R., Gudmundsson, J. E., ... Turner, A. D. (2010). SPIDER: A balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales. In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V Article 77411N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7741). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857720

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SPIDER: A balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales. / Filippini, J. P.; Ade, P. A.R.; Amiri, M. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V. 2010. 77411N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7741).

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