The cosmology large angular scale surveyor (CLASS): 38-GHz detector array of bolometric polarimeters

John W. Appel; Aamir Ali; Mandana Amiri; Derek Araujo; Charles L. Bennet; Fletcher Boone; Manwei Chan; Hsiao-Mei Cho; David T. Chuss; Felipe Colazo; Erik Crowe; Kevin Denis; Rolando Dünner; Joseph Eimer; Thomas Essinger-Hileman; Dominik Gothe; Mark Halpern; Kathleen Harrington; Gene Hilton; Gary F. Hinshaw; Caroline Huang; Kent Irwin; Glenn Jones; John Karakula; Alan J. Kogut; David Larson; Michele Limon; Lindsay Lowry; Tobias Marriage; Nicholas Mehrle; Amber D. Miller; Nathan Miller; Samuel H. Moseley; Giles Novak; Carl Reintsema; Karwan Rostem; Thomas Stevenson; Deborah Towner; Kongpop U-Yen; Emily Wagner; Duncan Watts; Edward Wollack; Zhilei Xu; Lingzhen Zeng

doi:10.1117/12.2056530

23 July 2014 The cosmology large angular scale surveyor (CLASS): 38-GHz detector array of bolometric polarimeters

John W. Appel, Aamir Ali, Mandana Amiri, Derek Araujo, Charles L. Bennet, Fletcher Boone, Manwei Chan, Hsiao-Mei Cho, David T. Chuss, Felipe Colazo, Erik Crowe, Kevin Denis, Rolando Dünner, Joseph Eimer, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Dominik Gothe, Mark Halpern, Kathleen Harrington, Gene Hilton, Gary F. Hinshaw, Caroline Huang, Kent Irwin, Glenn Jones, John Karakula, Alan J. Kogut, David Larson, Michele Limon, Lindsay Lowry, Tobias Marriage, Nicholas Mehrle, Amber D. Miller, Nathan Miller, Samuel H. Moseley, Giles Novak, Carl Reintsema, Karwan Rostem, Thomas Stevenson, Deborah Towner, Kongpop U-Yen, Emily Wagner, Duncan Watts, Edward Wollack, Zhilei Xu, Lingzhen Zeng

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Proceedings Volume 9153, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; 91531J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056530
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) experiment aims to map the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at angular scales larger than a few degrees. Operating from Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it will observe over 65% of the sky at 38, 93, 148, and 217 GHz. In this paper we discuss the design, construction, and characterization of the CLASS 38 GHz detector focal plane, the first ever Q-band bolometric polarimeter array.

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John W. Appel, Aamir Ali, Mandana Amiri, Derek Araujo, Charles L. Bennet, Fletcher Boone, Manwei Chan, Hsiao-Mei Cho, David T. Chuss, Felipe Colazo, Erik Crowe, Kevin Denis, Rolando Dünner, Joseph Eimer, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Dominik Gothe, Mark Halpern, Kathleen Harrington, Gene Hilton, Gary F. Hinshaw, Caroline Huang, Kent Irwin, Glenn Jones, John Karakula, Alan J. Kogut, David Larson, Michele Limon, Lindsay Lowry, Tobias Marriage, Nicholas Mehrle, Amber D. Miller, Nathan Miller, Samuel H. Moseley, Giles Novak, Carl Reintsema, Karwan Rostem, Thomas Stevenson, Deborah Towner, Kongpop U-Yen, Emily Wagner, Duncan Watts, Edward Wollack, Zhilei Xu, and Lingzhen Zeng "The cosmology large angular scale surveyor (CLASS): 38-GHz detector array of bolometric polarimeters", Proc. SPIE 9153, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 91531J (23 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056530

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