1. LiteBIRD: Mission Overview and Focal Plane Layout
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Matsumura, T, Akiba, Y, Arnold, K, Borrill, J, Chendra, R, Chinone, Y, Cukierman, A, de Haan, T, Dobbs, M, Dominjon, A, Elleflot, T, Errard, J, Fujino, T, Fuke, H, Goeckner-wald, N, Halverson, N, Harvey, P, Hasegawa, M, Hattori, K, Hattori, M, Hazumi, M, Hill, C, Hilton, G, Holzapfel, W, Hori, Y, Hubmayr, J, Ichiki, K, Inatani, J, Inoue, M, Inoue, Y, Irie, F, Irwin, K, Ishino, H, Ishitsuka, H, Jeong, O, Karatsu, K, Kashima, S, Katayama, N, Kawano, I, Keating, B, Kibayashi, A, Kibe, Y, Kida, Y, Kimura, K, Kimura, N, Kohri, K, Komatsu, E, Kuo, CL, Kuromiya, S, Kusaka, A, Lee, A, Linder, E, Matsuhara, H, Matsuoka, S, Matsuura, S, Mima, S, Mitsuda, K, Mizukami, K, Morii, H, Morishima, T, Nagai, M, Nagasaki, T, Nagata, R, Nakajima, M, Nakamura, S, Namikawa, T, Naruse, M, Natsume, K, Nishibori, T, Nishijo, K, Nishino, H, Nitta, T, Noda, A, Noguchi, T, Ogawa, H, Oguri, S, Ohta, IS, Otani, C, Okada, N, Okamoto, A, Okamura, T, Rebeiz, G, Richards, P, Sakai, S, Sato, N, Sato, Y, Segawa, Y, Sekiguchi, S, Sekimoto, Y, Sekine, M, Seljak, U, Sherwin, B, Shinozaki, K, Shu, S, Stompor, R, Sugai, H, Sugita, H, Suzuki, T, and Suzuki, A
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Particle and High Energy Physics ,Physical Sciences ,Inflation ,CMB ,Polarization ,Primordial B-mode ,TES bolometer ,MKID ,Satellite ,Mathematical Physics ,Classical Physics ,Condensed Matter Physics ,General Physics ,Classical physics ,Condensed matter physics - Abstract
LiteBIRD is a proposed CMB polarization satellite project to probe the inflationary B-mode signal. The satellite is designed to measure the tensor-to-scalar ratio with a 68 % confidence level uncertainty of σr< 10 - 3, including statistical, instrumental systematic, and foreground uncertainties. LiteBIRD will observe the full sky from the second Lagrange point for 3 years. We have a focal plane layout for observing frequency coverage that spans 40–402 GHz to characterize the galactic foregrounds. We have two detector candidates, transition-edge sensor bolometers and microwave kinetic inductance detectors. In both cases, a telecentric focal plane consists of approximately 2 × 10 3 superconducting detectors. We will present the mission overview of LiteBIRD, the project status, and the TES focal plane layout.
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- 2016