The POLARBEAR experiment

Zigmund D. Kermish; Peter Ade; Aubra Anthony; Kam Arnold; Darcy Barron; David Boettger; Julian Borrill; Scott Chapman; Yuji Chinone; Matt A. Dobbs; Josquin Errard; Giulio Fabbian; Daniel Flanigan; George Fuller; Adnan Ghribi; Will Grainger; Nils Halverson; Masaya Hasegawa; Kaori Hattori; Masashi Hazumi; William L. Holzapfel; Jacob Howard; Peter Hyland; Andrew Jaffe; Brian Keating; Theodore Kisner; Adrian T. Lee; Maude Le Jeune; Eric Linder; Marius Lungu; Frederick Matsuda; Tomotake Matsumura; Xiaofan Meng; Nathan J. Miller; Hideki Morii; Stephanie Moyerman; Mike J. Myers; Haruki Nishino; Hans Paar; Erin Quealy; Christian L. Reichardt; Paul L. Richards; Colin Ross; Akie Shimizu; Meir Shimon; Chase Shimmin; Mike Sholl; Praween Siritanasak; Helmuth Spieler; Nathan Stebor; Bryan Steinbach; Radek Stompor; Aritoki Suzuki; Takayuki Tomaru; Carole Tucker; Oliver Zahn

doi:10.1117/12.926354

24 September 2012 The POLARBEAR experiment

Zigmund D. Kermish, Peter Ade, Aubra Anthony, Kam Arnold, Darcy Barron, David Boettger, Julian Borrill, Scott Chapman, Yuji Chinone, Matt A. Dobbs, Josquin Errard, Giulio Fabbian, Daniel Flanigan, George Fuller, Adnan Ghribi, Will Grainger, Nils Halverson, Masaya Hasegawa, Kaori Hattori, Masashi Hazumi, William L. Holzapfel, Jacob Howard, Peter Hyland, Andrew Jaffe, Brian Keating, Theodore Kisner, Adrian T. Lee, Maude Le Jeune, Eric Linder, Marius Lungu, Frederick Matsuda, Tomotake Matsumura, Xiaofan Meng, Nathan J. Miller, Hideki Morii, Stephanie Moyerman, Mike J. Myers, Haruki Nishino, Hans Paar, Erin Quealy, Christian L. Reichardt, Paul L. Richards, Colin Ross, Akie Shimizu, Meir Shimon, Chase Shimmin, Mike Sholl, Praween Siritanasak, Helmuth Spieler, Nathan Stebor, Bryan Steinbach, Radek Stompor, Aritoki Suzuki, Takayuki Tomaru, Carole Tucker, Oliver Zahn

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Proceedings Volume 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI; 84521C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926354
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

We present the design and characterization of the POLARBEAR experiment. POLARBEAR will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales ranging from the experiment’s 3.5’ beam size to several degrees. The experiment utilizes a unique focal plane of 1,274 antenna-coupled, polarization sensitive TES bolometers cooled to 250 milliKelvin. Employing this focal plane along with stringent control over systematic errors, POLARBEAR has the sensitivity to detect the expected small scale B-mode signal due to gravitational lensing and search for the large scale B-mode signal from inflationary gravitational waves. POLARBEAR was assembled for an engineering run in the Inyo Mountains of California in 2010 and was deployed in late 2011 to the Atacama Desert in Chile. An overview of the instrument is presented along with characterization results from observations in Chile.

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Zigmund D. Kermish, Peter Ade, Aubra Anthony, Kam Arnold, Darcy Barron, David Boettger, Julian Borrill, Scott Chapman, Yuji Chinone, Matt A. Dobbs, Josquin Errard, Giulio Fabbian, Daniel Flanigan, George Fuller, Adnan Ghribi, Will Grainger, Nils Halverson, Masaya Hasegawa, Kaori Hattori, Masashi Hazumi, William L. Holzapfel, Jacob Howard, Peter Hyland, Andrew Jaffe, Brian Keating, Theodore Kisner, Adrian T. Lee, Maude Le Jeune, Eric Linder, Marius Lungu, Frederick Matsuda, Tomotake Matsumura, Xiaofan Meng, Nathan J. Miller, Hideki Morii, Stephanie Moyerman, Mike J. Myers, Haruki Nishino, Hans Paar, Erin Quealy, Christian L. Reichardt, Paul L. Richards, Colin Ross, Akie Shimizu, Meir Shimon, Chase Shimmin, Mike Sholl, Praween Siritanasak, Helmuth Spieler, Nathan Stebor, Bryan Steinbach, Radek Stompor, Aritoki Suzuki, Takayuki Tomaru, Carole Tucker, and Oliver Zahn "The POLARBEAR experiment", Proc. SPIE 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 84521C (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926354

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