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1. Measuring the CMB primordial B-modes with Bolometric Interferometry

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Mennella, A., Ade, P., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Aumont, J., Banfi, S., Battistelli, E. S., Bélier, B., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., de Bernardis, P., Bersanelli, M., Bonaparte, J., Bonilla, J. D., Bunn, E., Buzi, D., Cacciotti, F., Camilieri, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Colombo, L., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., Costanza, M. B., D'Alessandro, G., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Del Castillo, N., Dheilly, S., Etchegoyen, A., Ferazzoli, S., Ferreyro, L. P., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gayer, D., Geria, J. M., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Berisso, M. Gómez, Gonzalez, M., Gradziel, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Hampel, M. R., Isopi, G., Kaplan, J., Lamagna, L., Lazarte, F., Loucatos, S., Maffei, B., Mancilla, A., Mandelli, S., Manzan, E., Marchitelli, E., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Masi, S., May, A., Maya, J., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Mirón-Granese, N., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Müller, N., Nati, F., O'Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Paradiso, S., Pascale, E., Passerini, A., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Rambaud, D., Ramos, G., Rasztocky, E., Régnier, M., Reyes, C., Rodríguez, F., Rodríguez, C. A., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Stankowiak, G., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Torchinsky, S., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Vacher, L., Voisin, F., Wright, M., Zannoni, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is the first bolometric interferometer designed to measure the primordial B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that combines the sensitivity of bolometric detectors with the control of systematic effects that is typical of interferometry, both key features in the quest for the faint signal of the primordial B-modes. A unique feature is the so-called "spectral imaging", i.e., the ability to recover the sky signal in several sub-bands within the physical band during data analysis. This feature provides an in-band spectral resolution of \Delta{\nu}/{\nu} \sim 0.04 that is unattainable by a traditional imager. This is a key tool for controlling the Galactic foregrounds contamination. In this paper, we describe the principles of bolometric interferometry, the current status of the QUBIC experiment and future prospects., Comment: To appear in Proc. of the mm Universe 2023 conference, Grenoble (France), June 2023, published by F. Mayet et al. (Eds), EPJ Web of conferences, EDP Sciences

Published
2023

2. Status of QUBIC, the Q&U Bolometer for Cosmology

Author

Mousset, L., Ade, P., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Aumont, J., Banfi, S., Battistelli, E. S., Bélier, B., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., de Bernardis, P., Bersanelli, M., Bonaparte, J., Bonilla, J. D., Bunn, E., Buzi, D., Camilieri, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Colombo, S., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., Costanza, B., DÁlessandro, G., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Del Castillo, N., Dheilly, S., Etchegoyen, A., Famá, M., Ferreyro, L. P., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K. M., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gayer, D., Geria, J. M., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Berisso, M. Gómez, González, M., Gradziel, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Hampel, M. R., Isopi, G., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Lazarte, F., Loucatos, S., Mancilla, A., Mandelli, D., Manzan, E., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Masi, S., May, A., Maya, J., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Mennella, A., Mirón-Granese, N., Montier, L., Müller, N., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., OŚullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Paradiso, S., Passerini, A., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Régnier, M., Reyes, C., Rodríguez, F., Rodríguez, C. A., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Stankowiak, G., Supanitsky, A. D., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Torchinsky, S. A., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Vacher, L., Voisin, F., Wright, M., Zannoni, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Back-ground (CMB), which is one of the major challenges of observational cosmology. The signal is expected to be of the order of a few tens of nK, prone to instrumental systematic effects and polluted by various astrophysical foregrounds which can only be controlled through multichroic observations. QUBIC is designed to address these observational issues with a novel approach that combines the advantages of interferometry in terms of control of instrumental systematics with those of bolometric detectors in terms of wide-band, background-limited sensitivity., Comment: Contribution to the 2022 Cosmology session of the 33rd Rencontres de Blois. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2203.08947

Published
2022

3. Casimir energy for N superconducting cavities: a model for the YBCO (BSCCO)

Author

Allocca, A., Avino, S., Balestrieri, S., Calloni, E., Caprara, S., Carpinelli, M., D'Onofrio, L., D'Urso, D., De Rosa, R., Errico, L., Gagliardi, G., Grilli, M., Mangano, V., Marsella, M., Naticchioni, L., Pasqualetti, A., Pepe, G. P., Perciballi, M., Pesenti, L., Puppo, P., Rapagnani, P., Ricci, F., Rosa, L., Rovelli, C., Rozza, D., Ruggi, P., Saini, N. L., Sequino, V., Sipala, V., Stornaiuolo, D., Tafuri, F., Tagliacozzo, A., Melo, I. Tosta E, and Trozzo, L.

Subjects
Quantum Physics, High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract

In this paper we study the Casimir energy of a sample made by N cavities, with N >> 1, across the transition from the metallic to the superconducting phase of the constituting plates. After having characterized the energy for the configuration in which the layers constituting the cavities are made by dielectric and for the configuration in which the layers are made by plasma sheets, we concentrate our analysis on the latter. It represents the final step towards the macroscopic characterization of a "multi cavity" (with N large) necessary to fully understand the behaviour of the Casimir energy of a YBCO (or a BSCCO) sample across the transition. Our analysis is especially useful to the Archimedes experiment, aimed at measuring the interaction of the electromagnetic vacuum energy with a gravitational field. To this purpose, we aim at modulating the Casimir energy of a layered structure, the multi cavity, by inducing a transition from the metallic to the superconducting phase. After having characterized the Casimir energy of such a structure for both the metallic and the superconducting phase, we give an estimate of the modulation of the energy across the transition., Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, 1 table

Published
2022

4. Seismic noise study in the underground Baksan Neutrino Observatory

Author

Naticchioni, L, Iudochkin, N, Yushkin, V, Majorana, E, Perciballi, M, Ricci, F, and Rudenko, V

Subjects
Physics - Geophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

In this paper we report a study of the seismic noise measured in the underground Baksan Neutrino Observatory. The main spectral feature below 1 $Hz$ is the oceanic microseism, while for greater frequencies the measured horizontal and vertical accelerations approaches the Peterson low noise model. Using two synchronized seismometers we also studied the coherence in the microseismic band ($0.1-0.5Hz$) between three underground stations located at $0.3km$, $1.4km$ and $3.7km$ from the tunnel entrance. Finally, on the base of our measurements we evaluate the Newtonian noise limit at this site using the Saulson's model., Comment: 15 pages 10 figures

Published
2021

5. QUBIC IV: Performance of TES Bolometers and Readout Electronics

Author

Piat, M., Stankowiak, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Alessandro, G. D, De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Hoang, T. D., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Sullivan, C. O, Prele, D., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Belier, B., Bau, A., Bennett, D., Berge, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K. M., Garcia, B., Redondo, M. E. Garcia, Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisson, M. Gomez, Gonzalez, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versille, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scoccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vigano, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

A prototype version of the Q & U bolometric interferometer for cosmology (QUBIC) underwent a campaign of testing in the laboratory at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology laboratory in Paris (APC). The detection chain is currently made of 256 NbSi transition edge sensors (TES) cooled to 320 mK. The readout system is a 128:1 time domain multiplexing scheme based on 128 SQUIDs cooled at 1 K that are controlled and amplified by an SiGe application specific integrated circuit at 40 K. We report the performance of this readout chain and the characterization of the TES. The readout system has been functionally tested and characterized in the lab and in QUBIC. The low noise amplifier demonstrated a white noise level of 0.3 nV.Hz^-0.5. Characterizations of the QUBIC detectors and readout electronics includes the measurement of I-V curves, time constant and the noise equivalent power. The QUBIC TES bolometer array has approximately 80% detectors within operational parameters. It demonstrated a thermal decoupling compatible with a phonon noise of about 5.10^-17 W.Hz^-0.5 at 410 mK critical temperature. While still limited by microphonics from the pulse tubes and noise aliasing from readout system, the instrument noise equivalent power is about 2.10^-16 W.Hz^-0.5, enough for the demonstration of bolometric interferometry., Comment: Accepted for publication in JCAP

Published
2021
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6. QUBIC I: Overview and ScienceProgram

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Hamilton, J. -Ch., Mousset, L., Battistelli, E. S., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., D'Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Petris, M., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Grandsire, L., Lau, S., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Riccardi, G., Scóccola, C., Stolpovskiy, M., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Bélier, B., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chapron, C., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Rasztocky, E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The Q $\&$ U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), which is one of the major challenges of observational cosmology. The signal is expected to be of the order of a few tens of nK, prone to instrumental systematic effects and polluted by various astrophysical foregrounds which can only be controlled through multichroic observations. QUBIC is designed to address these observational issues with a novel approach that combines the advantages of interferometry in terms of control of instrumental systematic effects with those of bolometric detectors in terms of wide-band, background-limited sensitivity. The QUBIC synthesized beam has a frequency-dependent shape that results in the ability to produce maps of the CMB polarization in multiple sub-bands within the two physical bands of the instrument (150 and 220 GHz). These features make QUBIC complementary to other instruments and makes it particularly well suited to characterize and remove Galactic foreground contamination. In this article, first of a series of eight, we give an overview of the QUBIC instrument design, the main results of the calibration campaign, and present the scientific program of QUBIC including not only the measurement of primordial B-modes, but also the measurement of Galactic foregrounds. We give forecasts for typical observations and measurements: with three years of integration on the sky and assuming perfect foreground removal as well as stable atmospheric conditions from our site in Argentina, our simulations show that we can achieve a statistical sensitivity to the effective tensor-to-scalar ratio (including primordial and foreground B-modes) $\sigma(r)=0.015$., Comment: 34 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication by JCAP. Overview paper for a series of 8 QUBIC articles special JCAP edition dedicated to QUBIC

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2020
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7. QUBIC II: Spectro-Polarimetry with Bolometric Interferometry

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Mousset, L., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Chanial, P., D'Alessandro, G., Dashyan, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Incardona, F., Landau, S., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Ricciardi, G., Scóccola, C. G., Stolpovskiy, M., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Bélier, B., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that has the ability to perform spectral imaging. A bolometric interferometer observes the sky in a wide frequency band and can reconstruct sky maps in several sub-bands within the physical band in post-processing of the data. This provides a powerful spectral method to discriminate between the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and astrophysical foregrounds. In this paper, the methodology is illustrated with examples based on the Q \& U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) which is a ground-based instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the sky at millimeter wavelengths. We consider the specific cases of point source reconstruction and Galactic dust mapping and we characterize the point spread function as a function of frequency. We study the noise properties of spectral imaging, especially the correlations between sub-bands, using end-to-end simulations together with a fast noise simulator. We conclude showing that spectral imaging performance are nearly optimal up to five sub-bands in the case of QUBIC., Comment: 27 pages, 18 figures. Accepted by JCAP on July 6, 2021. Second paper of series of 8 in a special JCAP edition on QUBIC

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2020
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8. QUBIC VII: The feedhorn-switch system of the technological demonstrator

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Cavaliere, F., Mennella, A., Zannoni, M., Battaglia, P., Battistelli, E. S., Burke, D., D'Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Petris, M., Franceschet, C., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Maffei, B., Manzan, E., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., O'Sullivan, C., Passerini, A., Pezzotta, F., Piat, M., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Viganò, D., Voisin, F., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Bélier, B., Baù, A., Banfi, S., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Buzi, D., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Berisso, M. Gómez, Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K. M., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Pagana, E., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Scóccola, C., Schillaci, A., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

We present the design, manufacturing and performance of the horn-switch system developed for the technological demonstrator of QUBIC (the $Q$\&$U$ Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology). This system is constituted of 64 back-to-back dual-band (150\,GHz and 220\,GHz) corrugated feed-horns interspersed with mechanical switches used to select desired baselines during the instrument self-calibration. We manufactured the horns in aluminum platelets milled by photo-chemical etching and mechanically tightened with screws. The switches are based on steel blades that open and close the wave-guide between the back-to-back horns and are operated by miniaturized electromagnets. We also show the current development status of the feedhorn-switch system for the QUBIC full instrument, based on an array of 400 horn-switch assemblies., Comment: 30 pages, 28 figures. Accepted for submission to JCAP

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2020
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9. QUBIC V: Cryogenic system design and performance

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Masi, S., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Chapron, C., Columbro, F., D'Alessandro, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Marnieros, S., Mele, L., May, A., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Presta, G., Schillaci, A., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Bélier, B., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K. M., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., McCulloch, M., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
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Current experiments aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) use cryogenic detector arrays and cold optical systems to boost the mapping speed of the sky survey. For these reasons, large volume cryogenic systems, with large optical windows, working continuously for years, are needed. Here we report on the cryogenic system of the QUBIC (Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) experiment: we describe its design, fabrication, experimental optimization and validation in the Technological Demonstrator configuration. The QUBIC cryogenic system is based on a large volume cryostat, using two pulse-tube refrigerators to cool at ~3K a large (~1 m^3) volume, heavy (~165kg) instrument, including the cryogenic polarization modulator, the corrugated feedhorns array, and the lower temperature stages; a 4He evaporator cooling at ~1K the interferometer beam combiner; a 3He evaporator cooling at ~0.3K the focal-plane detector arrays. The cryogenic system has been tested and validated for more than 6 months of continuous operation. The detector arrays have reached a stable operating temperature of 0.33K, while the polarization modulator has been operated from a ~10K base temperature. The system has been tilted to cover the boresight elevation range 20 deg -90 deg without significant temperature variations. The instrument is now ready for deployment to the high Argentinean Andes., Comment: This is one of a series of papers on the QUBIC experiment status - This version of the paper matches the one accepted for publication on Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

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2020
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10. QUBIC VI: cryogenic half wave plate rotator, design and performances

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D'Alessandro, G., Mele, L., Columbro, F., Amico, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Coppolecchia, A., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Lamagna, L., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Pisano, G., Presta, G., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Bélier, B., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K. M., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piccirillo, L., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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Inflation Gravity Waves B-Modes polarization detection is the ultimate goal of modern large angular scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments around the world. A big effort is undergoing with the deployment of many ground-based, balloon-borne and satellite experiments using different methods to separate this faint polarized component from the incoming radiation. One of the largely used technique is the Stokes Polarimetry that uses a rotating half-wave plate (HWP) and a linear polarizer to separate and modulate the polarization components with low residual cross-polarization. This paper describes the QUBIC Stokes Polarimeter highlighting its design features and its performances. A common systematic with these devices is the generation of large spurious signals synchronous with the rotation and proportional to the emissivity of the optical elements. A key feature of the QUBIC Stokes Polarimeter is to operate at cryogenic temperature in order to minimize this unwanted component. Moving efficiently this large optical element at low temperature constitutes a big engineering challenge in order to reduce friction power dissipation. Big attention has been given during the designing phase to minimize the differential thermal contractions between parts. The rotation is driven by a stepper motor placed outside the cryostat to avoid thermal load dissipation at cryogenic temperature. The tests and the results presented in this work show that the QUBIC polarimeter can easily achieve a precision below 0.1{\deg} in positioning simply using the stepper motor precision and the optical absolute encoder. The rotation induces only few mK of extra power load on the second cryogenic stage (~ 8 K)., Comment: Part of a series of 8 papers on QUBIC to be submitted to a special issue of JCAP

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2020
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11. QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance

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O'Sullivan, C., De Petris, M., Amico, G., Battistelli, E. S., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Chapron, C., Conversi, L., D'Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Leo, M., Gayer, D., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mattei, A., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J. D., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Piat, M., Scully, S., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Zullo, A., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Bélier, B., Bau, A., Bennett, D., Berge, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K. M., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., GomezBerisso, M., Gonzalez, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versille, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Perbost, C., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prele, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Rasztocky, E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scoccola, C., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Vigano, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., and Wright, M.

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarisation anisotropies in the CMB at angular scales around the l=100 recombination peak. Systematic errors make ground-based observations of B modes at millimetre wavelengths very challenging and QUBIC mitigates these problems in a somewhat complementary way to other existing or planned experiments using the novel technique of bolometric interferometry. This technique takes advantage of the sensitivity of an imager and the systematic error control of an interferometer. A cold reflective optical combiner superimposes there-emitted beams from 400 aperture feedhorns on two focal planes. A shielding system composedof a fixed groundshield, and a forebaffle that moves with the instrument, limits the impact of local contaminants. The modelling, design, manufacturing and preliminary measurements of the optical components are described in this paper., Comment: Part of a series of 8 papers on QUBIC to be published in a special issue of JCAP. Accepted for publication

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2020
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12. QUBIC III: Laboratory Characterization

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Torchinsky, S. A., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Piat, M., Battistelli, E. S., Chapron, C., D'Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Petris, M., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, González, M., Grandsire, L., Masi, S., Marnieros, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J. D., Prêle, D., Stankowiak, G., O'Sullivan, C., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Bélier, B., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Rasztocky, E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

A prototype version of the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) underwent a campaign of testing in the laboratory at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology in Paris. We report the results of this Technological Demonstrator which successfully shows the feasibility of the principle of Bolometric Interferometry. Characterization of QUBIC includes the measurement of the synthesized beam, the measurement of interference fringes, and the measurement of polarization performance. A modulated and frequency tunable millimetre-wave source in the telescope far-field is used to simulate a point source. The QUBIC pointing is scanned across the point source to produce beam maps. Polarization modulation is measured using a rotating Half Wave Plate. The measured beam matches well to the theoretical simulations and gives QUBIC the ability to do spectro imaging. The polarization performance is excellent with less than 0.5\% cross-polarization rejection. QUBIC is ready for deployment on the high altitude site at Alto Chorillo, Argentina to begin scientific operations., Comment: Part of a series of 8 papers on QUBIC accepted by JCAP for a special issue: https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1475-7516/page/QUBIC_status_and_forecast

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2020
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13. QUBIC: the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

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Battistelli, E. S., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Baù, A., Bèlier, B., Bennett, D., Bergè, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bleurvacq, N., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bottani, A., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Buzzelli, A., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppi, G., Coppolecchia, A., D'Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Dheilly, S., Di Donato, A., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K., Garcìa, B., Redondo, M. E. Garcìa, Gaspard, M., Gault, A., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gòmez, Gonzàlez, M., Gradziel, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Harari, D., Haynes, V., Henrot-Versillè, S., Hoang, D. T., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Korotkov, A., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Luterstein, R., Maffei, B., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Masi, S., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Medina, M. C., Mele, L., Melhuish, S., Mennella, A., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., O'Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prèle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salatino, M., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scòccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Suarez, F., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Torchinsky, S., Tristram, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vanneste, S., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Voisin, F., Watson, B., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, QUBIC, is an innovative experiment designed to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and in particular the signature left therein by the inflationary expansion of the Universe. The expected signal is extremely faint, thus extreme sensitivity and systematic control are necessary in order to attempt this measurement. QUBIC addresses these requirements using an innovative approach combining the sensitivity of Transition Edge Sensor cryogenic bolometers, with the deep control of systematics characteristic of interferometers. This makes QUBIC unique with respect to others classical imagers experiments devoted to the CMB polarization. In this contribution we report a description of the QUBIC instrument including recent achievements and the demonstration of the bolometric interferometry performed in lab. QUBIC will be deployed at the observation site in Alto Chorrillos, in Argentina at the end of 2019., Comment: Accepted for publication in the Journal of Low Temperature Physics

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2020
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14. QUBIC Experiment Toward the First Light

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D’Alessandro, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., De Petris, M., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., O’Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Presta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J.-P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

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2022
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15. QUBIC: using NbSi TESs with a bolometric interferometer to characterize the polarisation of the CMB

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Piat, M., Bélier, B., Bergé, L., Bleurvacq, N., Chapron, C., Dheilly, S., Dumoulin, L., González, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hoang, D. T., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Montier, L., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Perbost, C., Prêle, D., Rambaud, D., Salatino, M., Stankowiak, G., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S., Voisin, F., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Battistelli, E. S., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bottani, A., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Buzzelli, A., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppi, G., Coppolecchia, A., D'Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Di Donato, A., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gault, A., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, Gradziel, M., Harari, D., Haynes, V., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Korotkov, A., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Luterstein, R., Maffei, B., Masi, S., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Medina, M. C., Mele, L., Melhuish, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., O'Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Suarez, F., Tartari, A., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vanneste, S., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Watson, B., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M., and Zullo, A.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

QUBIC (Q \& U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) is an international ground-based experiment dedicated in the measurement of the polarized fluctuations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). It is based on bolometric interferometry, an original detection technique which combine the immunity to systematic effects of an interferometer with the sensitivity of low temperature incoherent detectors. QUBIC will be deployed in Argentina, at the Alto Chorrillos mountain site near San Antonio de los Cobres, in the Salta province. The QUBIC detection chain consists in 2048 NbSi Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) cooled to 350mK.The voltage-biased TESs are read out with Time Domain Multiplexing based on Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) at 1 K and a novel SiGe Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) at 60 K allowing to reach an unprecedented multiplexing (MUX) factor equal to 128. The QUBIC experiment is currently being characterized in the lab with a reduced number of detectors before upgrading to the full instrument. I will present the last results of this characterization phase with a focus on the detectors and readout system., Comment: Conference proceedings submitted to the Journal of Low Temperature Physics for LTD18

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2019

16. The Archimedes Experiment, results on the thermal modulation system

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Mangano, V, Allocca, A, Avino, S, Balestrieri, S, Calloni, E, Caprara, S, Carpinelli, M, D'Onofrio, L, D'Urso, D, De Rosa, R, Errico, L, Gagliardi, G, Grilli, M, Marsella, M, Naticchioni, L, Pasqualetti, A, Pepe, G, Perciballi, M, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Rosa, L, Rovelli, C, Rozza, D, Ruggi, P, Saini, N, Sequino, V, Sipala, V, Stornaiuolo, D, Tafuri, F, Tagliacozzo, A, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Mangano V., Allocca A., Avino S., Balestrieri S., Calloni E., Caprara S., Carpinelli M., D'Onofrio L., D'Urso D., De Rosa R., Errico L., Gagliardi G., Grilli M., Marsella M., Naticchioni L., Pasqualetti A., Pepe G. P., Perciballi M., Pesenti L., Puppo P., Rapagnani P., Ricci F., Rosa L., Rovelli C., Rozza D., Ruggi P., Saini N., Sequino V., Sipala V., Stornaiuolo D., Tafuri F., Tagliacozzo A., Tosta e Melo I., Trozzo L., Mangano, V, Allocca, A, Avino, S, Balestrieri, S, Calloni, E, Caprara, S, Carpinelli, M, D'Onofrio, L, D'Urso, D, De Rosa, R, Errico, L, Gagliardi, G, Grilli, M, Marsella, M, Naticchioni, L, Pasqualetti, A, Pepe, G, Perciballi, M, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Rosa, L, Rovelli, C, Rozza, D, Ruggi, P, Saini, N, Sequino, V, Sipala, V, Stornaiuolo, D, Tafuri, F, Tagliacozzo, A, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Mangano V., Allocca A., Avino S., Balestrieri S., Calloni E., Caprara S., Carpinelli M., D'Onofrio L., D'Urso D., De Rosa R., Errico L., Gagliardi G., Grilli M., Marsella M., Naticchioni L., Pasqualetti A., Pepe G. P., Perciballi M., Pesenti L., Puppo P., Rapagnani P., Ricci F., Rosa L., Rovelli C., Rozza D., Ruggi P., Saini N., Sequino V., Sipala V., Stornaiuolo D., Tafuri F., Tagliacozzo A., Tosta e Melo I., and Trozzo L.

Abstract

The scientific objective of Archimedes is to weigh the vacuum, i.e. to investigate the role of the interaction of vacuum fluctuations with the force of gravity, using a high sensitivity balance. It will measure the small weight variations induced in two high-temperature superconductors that have the property of "trapping" or "expelling" vacuum energy when their temperatures are greater or lower than their critical temperatures (thermal modulation). Only the radiative heat exchange mechanism must be used to remove or add thermal energy to the sample as it must be isolated from any external interaction that could prevent the reversibility of the thermodynamic transformation or generate a spurious force on the sample. A cryogenic prototype at liquid nitrogen temperature is being optimised for performing thermal modulation with the help of a FEM analysis. The characterisation of different high-temperature superconductors is also an important study to be explored. The most recent results will be presented.

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2024

17. Measuring the CMB primordial B-modes with Bolometric Interferometry

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Mennella A., Ade P., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L.H., Aumont J., Banfi S., Battistelli E.S., Bélier B., Bergé L., Bernard J.-Ph., Bersanelli M., Bonaparte J., Bonilla J.D., Bunn E., Buzi D., Cacciotti F., Camilieri D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Colombo L., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., Costanza M.B., D’Alessandro G., de Bernardis P., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., De Petris M., Del Castillo N., Dheilly S., Etchegoyen A., Ferazzoli S., Ferreyro L.P., Franceschet C., Lerena M.M. Gamboa, Ganga K., García B., Redondo M.E. García, Gayer D., Geria J.M., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Berisso M. Gómez, Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J.-Ch., Hampel M.R., Isopi G., Kaplan J., Lamagna L., Lazarte F., Loucatos S., Maffei B., Mancilla A., Mandelli S., Manzan E., Marchitelli E., Marnieros S., Marty W., Masi S., May A., Maya J., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melo D., Mirón-Granese N., Montier L., Mousset L., Müller N., Nati F., O’Sullivan C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Paradiso S., Pascale E., Passerini A., Pelosi A., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Prêle D., Rambaud D., Ramos G., Rasztocky E., Régnier M., Reyes C., Rodríguez F., Rodríguez C.A., Romero G.E., Salum J.M., Schillaci A., Scóccola C., Stankowiak G., Tartari A., Thermeau J.-P., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Torchinsky S., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vacher L., Voisin F., Wright M., Zannoni M., and Zullo A.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QL’BIC) is the first bolometric interferometer designed to measure the primordial B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that combines the sensitivity of bolometric detectors with the control of systematic effects that is typical of interferometry, both key features in the quest for the faint signal of the primordial B-modes. A unique feature is the so-called “spectral imaging”, i.e., the ability to recover the sky signal in several sub-bands within the physical band during data analysis. This feature provides an in-band spectral resolution of ∆v/v ~ 0.04 that is unattainable by a traditional imager. This is a key tool for controlling the Galactic foregrounds contamination. In this paper, we describe the principles of bolometric interferometry, the current status of the QU BIC experiment and future prospects.

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2024
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18. The Archimedes Experiment, results on the thermal modulation system.

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Mangano, Valentina, primary, Allocca, A., additional, Avino, S., additional, Balestrieri, S., additional, Calloni, E., additional, Caprara, S., additional, Carpinelli, M., additional, D’Onofrio, L., additional, D’Urso, D., additional, De Rosa, R., additional, Errico, L., additional, Gagliardi, G., additional, Grilli, M., additional, Marsella, M., additional, Naticchioni, L., additional, Pasqualetti, A., additional, Pepe, G. P., additional, Perciballi, M., additional, Pesenti, L., additional, Puppo, P., additional, Rapagnani, P., additional, Ricci, F., additional, Rosa, L., additional, Rovelli, C., additional, Rozza, D., additional, Ruggi, P., additional, Saini, N., additional, Sequino, V., additional, Sipala, V., additional, Stornaiuolo, D., additional, Tafuri, F., additional, Tagliacozzo, A., additional, Tosta e Melo, I., additional, and Trozzo, L., additional

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2023
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19. Advanced Virgo: a 2nd generation interferometric gravitational wave detector

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Acernese, F., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aisa, D., Allemandou, N., Allocca, A., Amarni, J., Astone, P., Balestri, G., Ballardin, G., Barone, F., Baronick, J. -P., Barsuglia, M., Basti, A., Basti, F., Bauer, Th. S., Bavigadda, V., Bejger, M., Beker, M. G., Belczynski, C., Bersanetti, D., Bertolini, A., Bitossi, M., Bizouard, M. A., Bloemen, S., Blom, M., Boer, M., Bogaert, G., Bondi, D., Bondu, F., Bonelli, L., Bonnand, R., Boschi, V., Bosi, L., Bouedo, T., Bradaschia, C., Branchesi, M., Briant, T., Brillet, A., Brisson, V., Bulik, T., Bulten, H. J., Buskulic, D., Buy, C., Cagnoli, G., Calloni, E., Campeggi, C., Canuel, B., Carbognani, F., Cavalier, F., Cavalieri, R., Cella, G., Cesarini, E., Chassande-Mottin, E., Chincarini, A., Chiummo, A., Chua, S., Cleva, F., Coccia, E., Cohadon, P. -F., Colla, A., Colombini, M., Conte, A., Coulon, J. -P., Cuoco, E., Dalmaz, A., D'Antonio, S., Dattilo, V., Davier, M., Day, R., Debreczeni, G., Degallaix, J., Deléglise, S., Del Pozzo, W., Dereli, H., De Rosa, R., Di Fiore, L., Di Lieto, A., Di Virgilio, A., Doets, M., Dolique, V., Drago, M., Ducrot, M., Endrőczi, G., Fafone, V., Farinon, S., Ferrante, I., Ferrini, F., Fidecaro, F., Fiori, I., Flaminio, R., Fournier, J. -D., Franco, S., Frasca, S., Frasconi, F., Gammaitoni, L., Garufi, F., Gaspard, M., Gatto, A., Gemme, G., Gendre, B., Genin, E., Gennai, A., Ghosh, S., Giacobone, L., Giazotto, A., Gouaty, R., Granata, M., Greco, G., Groot, P., Guidi, G. M., Harms, J., Heidmann, A., Heitmann, H., Hello, P., Hemming, G., Hennes, E., Hofman, D., Jaranowski, P., Jonker, R. J. G., Kasprzack, M., Kéfélian, F., Kowalska, I., Kraan, M., Królak, A., Kutynia, A., Lazzaro, C., Leonardi, M., Leroy, N., Letendre, N., Li, T. G. F., Lieunard, B., Lorenzini, M., Loriette, V., Losurdo, G., Magazzù, C., Majorana, E., Maksimovic, I., Malvezzi, V., Man, N., Mangano, V., Mantovani, M., Marchesoni, F., Marion, F., Marque, J., Martelli, F., Martellini, L., Masserot, A., Meacher, D., Meidam, J., Mezzani, F., Michel, C., Milano, L., Minenkov, Y., Moggi, A., Mohan, M., Montani, M., Morgado, N., Mours, B., Mul, F., Nagy, M. F., Nardecchia, I., Naticchioni, L., Nelemans, G., Neri, I., Neri, M., Nocera, F., Pacaud, E., Palomba, C., Paoletti, F., Paoli, A., Pasqualetti, A., Passaquieti, R., Passuello, D., Perciballi, M., Petit, S., Pichot, M., Piergiovanni, F., Pillant, G., Piluso, A, Pinard, L., Poggiani, R., Prijatelj, M., Prodi, G. A., Punturo, M., Puppo, P., Rabeling, D. S., Rácz, I., Rapagnani, P., Razzano, M., Re, V., Regimbau, T., Ricci, F., Robinet, F., Rocchi, A., Rolland, L., Romano, R., Rosińska, D., Ruggi, P., Saracco, E., Sassolas, B., Schimmel, F., Sentenac, D., Sequino, V., Shah, S., Siellez, K., Straniero, N., Swinkels, B., Tacca, M., Tonelli, M., Travasso, F., Turconi, M., Vajente, G., van Bakel, N., van Beuzekom, M., Brand, J. F. J. van den, Broeck, C. Van Den, van der Sluys, M. V., van Heijningen, J., Vasúth, M., Vedovato, G., Veitch, J., Verkindt, D., Vetrano, F., Viceré, A., Vinet, J. -Y., Visser, G., Vocca, H., Ward, R., Was, M., Wei, L. -W., Yvert, M., Zadrożny, A., and Zendri, J. -P.

Subjects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

Advanced Virgo is the project to upgrade the Virgo interferometric detector of gravitational waves, with the aim of increasing the number of observable galaxies (and thus the detection rate) by three orders of magnitude. The project is now in an advanced construction phase and the assembly and integration will be completed by the end of 2015. Advanced Virgo will be part of a network with the two Advanced LIGO detectors in the US and GEO HF in Germany, with the goal of contributing to the early detections of gravitational waves and to opening a new observation window on the universe. In this paper we describe the main features of the Advanced Virgo detector and outline the status of the construction., Comment: Submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity. 55 pages, 29 figures

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2014
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21. QUBIC: Using NbSi TESs with a Bolometric Interferometer to Characterize the Polarization of the CMB

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Piat, M., Bélier, B., Bergé, L., Bleurvacq, N., Chapron, C., Dheilly, S., Dumoulin, L., González, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hoang, D. T., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Montier, L., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Perbost, C., Prêle, D., Rambaud, D., Salatino, M., Stankowiak, G., Thermeau, J.-P., Torchinsky, S., Voisin, F., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Battistelli, E. S., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bottani, A., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Buzzelli, A., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppi, G., Coppolecchia, A., D’Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Di Donato, A., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gault, A., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., Gradziel, M., Harari, D., Haynes, V., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Korotkov, A., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Luterstein, R., Maffei, B., Masi, S., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Medina, M. C., Mele, L., Melhuish, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., O’Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Suarez, F., Tartari, A., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vanneste, S., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Watson, B., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M., and Zullo, A.

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2020
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22. TES Bolometer Arrays for the QUBIC B-Mode CMB Experiment

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Marnieros, S., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Battistelli, E. S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bleurvacq, N., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bottani, A., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., D’Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Dheilly, S., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hoang, D. T., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Masi, S., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melhuish, S., Mennella, A., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., O’Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salatino, M., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J.-P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Torchinsky, S., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Voisin, F., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M., and Zullo, A.

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2020
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23. QUBIC - The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

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O'Sullivan, C, Burke, D, De Petris, M, Gradziel, M, Hamilton, J, Torchinsky, S, Scully, S, Wright, M, Ade, P, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Aumont, J, Banfi, S, Battistelli, E, Belier, B, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonilla, J, Bunn, E, Buzi, D, Camilieri, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Colombo, S, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, Costanza, M, D'Alessandro, G, De Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Del Castillo, N, Dheilly, S, Etchegoyen, A, Fama, M, Ferreyro, L, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Gayer, D, Geria, J, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Grandsire, L, Hampel, M, Isopi, G, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Lazarte, F, Loucatos, S, Mancilla, A, Mandelli, D, Manzan, E, Marnieros, S, Marty, W, Masi, S, May, A, Maya, J, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Mennella, A, Miron-Granese, N, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Muller, N, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Paradiso, S, Passerini, A, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prele, D, Rambaud, D, Ramos, G, Rasztocky, E, Regnier, M, Reyes, C, Rodriguez, F, Rodriguez, C, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Stankowiak, G, Supanitsky, A, Taboada, A, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vacher, L, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, O'Sullivan C., Burke D., De Petris M., Gradziel M., Hamilton J. -Ch., Torchinsky S., Scully S., Wright M., Ade P., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Aumont J., Banfi S., Battistelli E. S., Belier B., Berge L., Bernard J. -Ph., Bersanelli M., Bonaparte J., Bonilla J. D., Bunn E., Buzi D., Camilieri D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Colombo S., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., Costanza M. B., D'Alessandro G., De Bernardis P., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., Del Castillo N., Dheilly S., Etchegoyen A., Fama M., Ferreyro L. P., Franceschet C., Gamboa Lerena M. M., Ganga K. M., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Gayer D., Geria J. M., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Berisso M. G., Gonzalez M., Grandsire L., Hampel M. R., Isopi G., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Lazarte F., Loucatos S., Mancilla A., Mandelli D., Manzan E., Marnieros S., Marty W., Masi S., May A., Maya J., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melo D., Mennella A., Miron-Granese N., Montier L., Mousset L., Muller N., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Paiella A., Pajot F., Paradiso S., Passerini A., Pelosi A., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Prele D., Rambaud D., Ramos G., Rasztocky E., Regnier M., Reyes C., Rodriguez F., Rodriguez C. A., Romero G. E., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C., Stankowiak G., Supanitsky A. D., Taboada A., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Timbie P., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vacher L., Voisin F., Zannoni M., Zullo A., O'Sullivan, C, Burke, D, De Petris, M, Gradziel, M, Hamilton, J, Torchinsky, S, Scully, S, Wright, M, Ade, P, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Aumont, J, Banfi, S, Battistelli, E, Belier, B, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonilla, J, Bunn, E, Buzi, D, Camilieri, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Colombo, S, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, Costanza, M, D'Alessandro, G, De Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Del Castillo, N, Dheilly, S, Etchegoyen, A, Fama, M, Ferreyro, L, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Gayer, D, Geria, J, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Grandsire, L, Hampel, M, Isopi, G, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Lazarte, F, Loucatos, S, Mancilla, A, Mandelli, D, Manzan, E, Marnieros, S, Marty, W, Masi, S, May, A, Maya, J, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Mennella, A, Miron-Granese, N, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Muller, N, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Paradiso, S, Passerini, A, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prele, D, Rambaud, D, Ramos, G, Rasztocky, E, Regnier, M, Reyes, C, Rodriguez, F, Rodriguez, C, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Stankowiak, G, Supanitsky, A, Taboada, A, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vacher, L, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, O'Sullivan C., Burke D., De Petris M., Gradziel M., Hamilton J. -Ch., Torchinsky S., Scully S., Wright M., Ade P., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Aumont J., Banfi S., Battistelli E. S., Belier B., Berge L., Bernard J. -Ph., Bersanelli M., Bonaparte J., Bonilla J. D., Bunn E., Buzi D., Camilieri D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Colombo S., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., Costanza M. B., D'Alessandro G., De Bernardis P., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., Del Castillo N., Dheilly S., Etchegoyen A., Fama M., Ferreyro L. P., Franceschet C., Gamboa Lerena M. M., Ganga K. M., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Gayer D., Geria J. M., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Berisso M. G., Gonzalez M., Grandsire L., Hampel M. R., Isopi G., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Lazarte F., Loucatos S., Mancilla A., Mandelli D., Manzan E., Marnieros S., Marty W., Masi S., May A., Maya J., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melo D., Mennella A., Miron-Granese N., Montier L., Mousset L., Muller N., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Paiella A., Pajot F., Paradiso S., Passerini A., Pelosi A., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Prele D., Rambaud D., Ramos G., Rasztocky E., Regnier M., Reyes C., Rodriguez F., Rodriguez C. A., Romero G. E., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C., Stankowiak G., Supanitsky A. D., Taboada A., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Timbie P., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vacher L., Voisin F., Zannoni M., and Zullo A.

Abstract

This In this paper we briefly describe QUBIC, the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, a novel ground-based instrument designed to measure the extremely faint polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background at intermediate angular scales. In particular we will describe simulations of the optical combiner and feedhorn array used to generate synthesized beam patterns for each detector on our focal plane. A QUBIC technical demonstrator has been built and is being installed in the observing site at Alto Chorrillos, Argentina with first light expected in 2022.

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2023

24. Scientific Objectives of Einstein Telescope

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Sathyaprakash, B., Abernathy, M., Acernese, F., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Amaro-Seoane, P., Andersson, N., Aoudia, S., Arun, K., Astone, P., Krishnan, B., Barack, L., Barone, F., Barr, B., Barsuglia, M., Bassan, M., Bassiri, R., Beker, M., Beveridge, N., Bizouard, M., Bond, C., Bose, S., Bosi, L., Braccini, S., Bradaschia, C., Britzger, M., Brueckner, F., Bulik, T., Bulten, H. J., Burmeister, O., Calloni, E., Campsie, P., Carbone, L., Cella, G., Chalkley, E., Chassande-Mottin, E., Chelkowski, S., Chincarini, A., Cintio, A. Di., Clark, J., Coccia, E., Colacino, C. N., Colas, J., Colla, A., Corsi, A., Cumming, A., Cunningham, L., Cuoco, E., Danilishin, S., Danzmann, K., Daw, E., Salvo, R. De., Pozzo, W. Del., Dent, T., Rosa, R. De., Fiore, L. Di., Emilio, M. Di. Paolo., Virgilio, A. Di., Dietz, A., Doets, M., Dueck, J., Edwards, M., Fafone, V., Fairhurst, S., Falferi, P., Favata, M., Ferrari, V., Ferrini, F., Fidecaro, F., Flaminio, R., Franc, J., Frasconi, F., Freise, A., Friedrich, D., Fulda, P., Gair, J., Galimberti, M., Gemme, G., Genin, E., Gennai, A., Giazotto, A., Glampedakis, K., Gossan, S., Gouaty, R., Graef, C., Graham, W., Granata, M., Grote, H., Guidi, G., Hallam, J., Hammond, G., Hannam, M., Harms, J., Haughian, K., Hawke, I., Heinert, D., Hendry, M., Heng, I., Hennes, E., Hild, S., Hough, J., Huet, D., Husa, S., Huttner, S., Iyer, B., Jones, D. I., Jones, G., Kamaretsos, I., Mishra, C. Kant, Kawazoe, F., Khalili, F., Kley, B., Kokeyama, K., Kokkotas, K., Kroker, S., Kumar, R., Kuroda, K., Lagrange, B., Lastzka, N., Li, T. G. F., Lorenzini, M., Losurdo, G., Lück, H., Majorana, E., Malvezzi, V., Mandel, I., Mandic, V., Marka, S., Marin, F., Marion, F., Marque, J., Martin, I., Leod, D. Mc., Mckechan, D., Mehmet, M., Michel, C., Minenkov, Y., Morgado, N., Morgia, A., Mosca, S., Moscatelli, L., Mours, B., Müller-Ebhardt, H., Murray, P., Naticchioni, L., Nawrodt, R., Nelson, J., Shaughnessy, R. O'., Ott, C. D., Palomba, C., Paoli, A., Parguez, G., Pasqualetti, A., Passaquieti, R., Passuello, D., Perciballi, M., Piergiovanni, F., Pinard, L., Pitkin, M., Plastino, W., Plissi, M., Poggiani, R., Popolizio, P., Porter, E., Prato, M., Prodi, G., Punturo, M., Puppo, P., Rabeling, D., Racz, I., Rapagnani, P., Re, V., Read, J., Regimbau, T., Rehbein, H., Reid, S., Ricci, F., Richard, F., Robinson, C., Rocchi, A., Romano, R., Rowan, S., Rüdiger, A., Samblowski, A., Santamaría, L., Sassolas, B., Schilling, R., Schmidt, P., Schnabel, R., Schutz, B., Schwarz, C., Scott, J., Seidel, P., Sintes, A. M., Somiya, K., Sopuerta, C. F., Sorazu, B., Speirits, F., Storchi, L., Strain, K., Strigin, S., Sutton, P., Tarabrin, S., Taylor, B., Thürin, A., Tokmakov, K., Tonelli, M., Tournefier, H., Vaccarone, R., Vahlbruch, H., Brand, J. F. J. van. den., Broeck, C. Van. Den., Putten, S. van. der., Veggel, M. van., Vecchio, A., Veitch, J., Vetrano, F., Vicere, A., Vyatchanin, S., Weßels, P., Willke, B., Winkler, W., Woan, G., Woodcraft, A., and Yamamoto, K.

Subjects
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The advanced interferometer network will herald a new era in observational astronomy. There is a very strong science case to go beyond the advanced detector network and build detectors that operate in a frequency range from 1 Hz-10 kHz, with sensitivity a factor ten better in amplitude. Such detectors will be able to probe a range of topics in nuclear physics, astronomy, cosmology and fundamental physics, providing insights into many unsolved problems in these areas., Comment: 18 pages, 4 figures, Plenary talk given at Amaldi Meeting, July 2011

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2012
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25. QUBIC Experiment Toward the First Light

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D’Alessandro, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, De Petris, M, Gamboa Lerena, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, O’Sullivan, C, Piat, M, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Presta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, D’Alessandro, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., De Petris, M., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., O’Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Presta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., Zullo, A., D’Alessandro, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, De Petris, M, Gamboa Lerena, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, O’Sullivan, C, Piat, M, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Presta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, D’Alessandro, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., De Petris, M., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., O’Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Presta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Abstract

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a cosmology experiment that aims to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Measurements of the primordial B-mode pattern of the CMB polarization are in fact among the most exciting goals in cosmology as it would allow testing of the inflationary paradigm. Many experiments are attempting to measure the B-modes, from the ground and the stratosphere, using imaging Stokes polarimeters. The QUBIC collaboration developed an innovative concept to measure CMB polarization using bolometric interferometry. This approach mixes the high sensitivity of bolometric detectors with the accurate control of systematics due to the interferometric layout of the instrument. We present the calibration results for the Technological Demonstrator, before its commissioning in the Argentinian observing site and preparation for first light.

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2022

26. Casimir energy for N superconducting cavities: a model for the YBCO (GdBCO) sample to be used in the Archimedes experiment

Author

Allocca, A, Avino, S, Balestrieri, S, Calloni, E, Caprara, S, Carpinelli, M, D'Onofrio, L, D'Urso, D, De Rosa, R, Errico, L, Gagliardi, G, Grilli, M, Mangano, V, Marsella, M, Naticchioni, L, Pasqualetti, A, Pepe, G, Perciballi, M, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Rosa, L, Rovelli, C, Rozza, D, Ruggi, P, Saini, N, Sequino, V, Sipala, V, Stornaiuolo, D, Tafuri, F, Tagliacozzo, A, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Allocca A., Avino S., Balestrieri S., Calloni E., Caprara S., Carpinelli M., D'Onofrio L., D'Urso D., De Rosa R., Errico L., Gagliardi G., Grilli M., Mangano V., Marsella M., Naticchioni L., Pasqualetti A., Pepe G. P., Perciballi M., Pesenti L., Puppo P., Rapagnani P., Ricci F., Rosa L., Rovelli C., Rozza D., Ruggi P., Saini N., Sequino V., Sipala V., Stornaiuolo D., Tafuri F., Tagliacozzo A., Tosta e Melo I., Trozzo L., Allocca, A, Avino, S, Balestrieri, S, Calloni, E, Caprara, S, Carpinelli, M, D'Onofrio, L, D'Urso, D, De Rosa, R, Errico, L, Gagliardi, G, Grilli, M, Mangano, V, Marsella, M, Naticchioni, L, Pasqualetti, A, Pepe, G, Perciballi, M, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Rosa, L, Rovelli, C, Rozza, D, Ruggi, P, Saini, N, Sequino, V, Sipala, V, Stornaiuolo, D, Tafuri, F, Tagliacozzo, A, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Allocca A., Avino S., Balestrieri S., Calloni E., Caprara S., Carpinelli M., D'Onofrio L., D'Urso D., De Rosa R., Errico L., Gagliardi G., Grilli M., Mangano V., Marsella M., Naticchioni L., Pasqualetti A., Pepe G. P., Perciballi M., Pesenti L., Puppo P., Rapagnani P., Ricci F., Rosa L., Rovelli C., Rozza D., Ruggi P., Saini N., Sequino V., Sipala V., Stornaiuolo D., Tafuri F., Tagliacozzo A., Tosta e Melo I., and Trozzo L.

Abstract

In this paper we study the Casimir energy of a sample made by N cavities, with N≫ 1 , across the transition from the metallic to the superconducting phase of the constituting plates. After having characterised the energy for the configuration in which the layers constituting the cavities are made by dielectric and for the configuration in which the layers are made by plasma sheets, we concentrate our analysis on the latter. It represents the final step towards the macroscopical characterisation of a “multi-cavity” (with N large) necessary to fully understand the behaviour of the Casimir energy of a YBCO (or a GdBCO) sample across the transition. Our analysis is especially useful to the Archimedes experiment, aimed at measuring the interaction of the electromagnetic vacuum energy with a gravitational field. To this purpose, we aim at modulating the Casimir energy of a layered structure, the multi-cavity, by inducing a transition from the metallic to the superconducting phase. After having characterised the Casimir energy of such a structure for both the metallic and the superconducting phase, we give an estimate of the modulation of the energy across the transition.

Published
2022

27. Qubic: the q and u bolometric interferometer for cosmology

Author

Zmuidzinas, J, Gao, JR, Piat, M, Battistelli, E, De Bernardis, P, Dalessandro, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Hoang, T, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Osullivan, C, Prele, D, Stankowiak, G, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Belier, B, Bau, A, Bennett, D, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versille, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivicri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Vigano, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Piat M., Battistelli E. S., De Bernardis P., Dalessandro G., De Petris M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J. -C., Hoang T. D., Marnieros S., Masi S., Mennella A., Mousset L., Osullivan C., Prele D., Stankowiak G., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Torchinsky S. A., Voisin F., Zannoni M., Ade P., Alberro J. G., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Auguste D., Aumont J., Azzoni S., Banfi S., Belier B., Bau A., Bennett D., Berge L., Bernard J. -Ph., Bersanelli M., Bigot-Sazy M. -A., Bonaparte J., Bonis J., Bunn E., Burke D., Buzi D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Cobos Cerutti A. C., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., Dheilly S., Duca C., Dumoulin L., Etchegoyen A., Fasciszewski A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Franceschet C., Gamboa Lerena M. M., Ganga K. M., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Gaspard M., Gayer D., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Giraud-Heraud Y., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Hampel M. R., Harari D., Henrot-Versille S., Incardona F., Jules E., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Loucatos S., Louis T., Maffei B., Marty W., Mattei A., May A., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melo D., Montier L., Mundo L. M., Murphy J. A., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Olivicri E., Oriol C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Passerini A., Pastoriza H., Pelosi A., Perbost C., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Puddu R., Rambaud D., Rasztocky E., Ringegni P., Romero G. E., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C. G., Scully S., Spinelli S., Stolpovskiy M., Supanitsky A. D., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Tucker C., Tucker G., Vigano D., Vittorio N., Wicek F., Wright M., Zullo A., Zmuidzinas, J, Gao, JR, Piat, M, Battistelli, E, De Bernardis, P, Dalessandro, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Hoang, T, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Osullivan, C, Prele, D, Stankowiak, G, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Belier, B, Bau, A, Bennett, D, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versille, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivicri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Vigano, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Piat M., Battistelli E. S., De Bernardis P., Dalessandro G., De Petris M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J. -C., Hoang T. D., Marnieros S., Masi S., Mennella A., Mousset L., Osullivan C., Prele D., Stankowiak G., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Torchinsky S. A., Voisin F., Zannoni M., Ade P., Alberro J. G., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Auguste D., Aumont J., Azzoni S., Banfi S., Belier B., Bau A., Bennett D., Berge L., Bernard J. -Ph., Bersanelli M., Bigot-Sazy M. -A., Bonaparte J., Bonis J., Bunn E., Burke D., Buzi D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Cobos Cerutti A. C., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., Dheilly S., Duca C., Dumoulin L., Etchegoyen A., Fasciszewski A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Franceschet C., Gamboa Lerena M. M., Ganga K. M., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Gaspard M., Gayer D., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Giraud-Heraud Y., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Hampel M. R., Harari D., Henrot-Versille S., Incardona F., Jules E., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Loucatos S., Louis T., Maffei B., Marty W., Mattei A., May A., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melo D., Montier L., Mundo L. M., Murphy J. A., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Olivicri E., Oriol C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Passerini A., Pastoriza H., Pelosi A., Perbost C., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Puddu R., Rambaud D., Rasztocky E., Ringegni P., Romero G. E., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C. G., Scully S., Spinelli S., Stolpovskiy M., Supanitsky A. D., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Tucker C., Tucker G., Vigano D., Vittorio N., Wicek F., Wright M., and Zullo A.

Abstract

QUBIC (Q and U bolometric interferometer for cosmology) is an international ground-based experiment dedicated to the measurement of the polarized fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). It is based on bolometric interferometry, an original detection technique which combines the immunity to systematic effects of an interferometer with the sensitivity of low temperature incoherent detectors. QUBIC will be deployed in Argentina, at the Alto Chorrillos mountain site near San Antonio de los Cobres, in the Salta province. The QUBIC detection chain consists of 2048 NbSi transition edge sensors (TESs) cooled to 320 mK. The voltage-biased TESs are read out with time domain multiplexing based on superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) at 1 K and a novel SiGe application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) at 60 K allowing an unprecedented multiplexing (MUX) factor equal to 128 to be reached. The current QUBIC version is based on a reduced number of detectors (1/4) in order to validate the detection technique. The QUBIC experiment is currently being validated in the lab in Salta (Argentina) before going to the site for observations. This paper presents the main results of the characterization phase with a focus on the detectors and readout system.

Published
2022

28. QUBIC III: Laboratory characterization

Author

Torchinsky, S, Hamilton, J, Piat, M, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Chapron, C, D'Alessandro, G, De Petris, M, Gamboa Lerena, M, González, M, Grandsire, L, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Murphy, J, O'Sullivan, C, Prêle, D, Stankowiak, G, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Torchinsky, S. A., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Piat, M., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Chapron, C., D'Alessandro, G., De Petris, M., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., González, M., Grandsire, L., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J. D., O'Sullivan, C., Prêle, D., Stankowiak, G., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., Zullo, A., Torchinsky, S, Hamilton, J, Piat, M, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Chapron, C, D'Alessandro, G, De Petris, M, Gamboa Lerena, M, González, M, Grandsire, L, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Murphy, J, O'Sullivan, C, Prêle, D, Stankowiak, G, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Torchinsky, S. A., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Piat, M., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Chapron, C., D'Alessandro, G., De Petris, M., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., González, M., Grandsire, L., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J. D., O'Sullivan, C., Prêle, D., Stankowiak, G., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Abstract

We report on an extensive test campaign of a prototype version of the QUBIC (Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) instrument, carried out at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology (APC) in Paris. Exploiting the novel concept called bolometric interferometry, QUBIC is designed to measure the CMB polarization at 150 and 220 GHz from a high altitude site at Alto Chorillo, Argentina. The prototype model called QUBIC Technological Demonstrator (QUBIC-TD) operates in a single frequency band (150 GHz) and with a reduced number of baselines, but it contains all the elements of the QUBIC instrument in its final configuration. The test campaign included measurements of the synthesized beam and of the polarization performance, as well as a verification of the interference fringe pattern. A modulated, frequency-tunable millimetre-wave source was placed in the telescope far-field and was used to simulate a point source. The QUBIC-TD field of view was scanned across the source to produce beam maps. Our measurements confirm the frequency-dependent behaviour of the beam profile, which gives QUBIC the possibility to do spectral imaging. The measured polarization performance indicates a cross-polarization leakage less than 0.6%. We also successfully tested the polarization modulation system, which is provided by a rotating half wave plate. We demonstrate the full mapmaking pipeline using data from this measurement campaign, effectively giving an end-to-end checkout of the entire QUBIC system, including all hardware subsystems, their interfaces, and the software to operate the whole system and run the analysis. Our results confirm the viability of bolometric interferometry for measurements of the CMB polarization.

Published
2022

29. QUBIC II: Spectral polarimetry with bolometric interferometry

Author

Mousset, L, Gamboa Lerena, M, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Chanial, P, D'Alessandro, G, Dashyan, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Incardona, F, Landau, S, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, O'Sullivan, C, Piat, M, Ricciardi, G, Scóccola, C, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Mandelli, S, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Mousset, L., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Chanial, P., D'Alessandro, G., Dashyan, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Incardona, F., Landau, S., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Ricciardi, G., Scóccola, C. G., Stolpovskiy, M., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Mandelli, S., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., Zullo, A., Mousset, L, Gamboa Lerena, M, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Chanial, P, D'Alessandro, G, Dashyan, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Incardona, F, Landau, S, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, O'Sullivan, C, Piat, M, Ricciardi, G, Scóccola, C, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Mandelli, S, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Mousset, L., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Chanial, P., D'Alessandro, G., Dashyan, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Incardona, F., Landau, S., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Ricciardi, G., Scóccola, C. G., Stolpovskiy, M., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Mandelli, S., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Abstract

Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that has the ability to perform spectral imaging. A bolometric interferometer observes the sky in a wide frequency band and can reconstruct sky maps in several sub-bands within the physical band in post-processing of the data. This provides a powerful spectral method to discriminate between the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and astrophysical foregrounds. In this paper, the methodology is illustrated with examples based on the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) which is a ground-based instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the sky at millimeter wavelengths. We consider the specific cases of point source reconstruction and Galactic dust mapping and we characterize the point spread function as a function of frequency. We study the noise properties of spectral imaging, especially the correlations between sub-bands, using end-to-end simulations together with a fast noise simulator. We conclude showing that spectral imaging performance are nearly optimal up to five sub-bands in the case of QUBIC.

Published
2022

30. QUBIC IV: Performance of TES bolometers and readout electronics

Author

Piat, M, Stankowiak, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, D'Alessandro, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Hoang, T, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, O'Sullivan, C, Prêle, D, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Piat, M., Stankowiak, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., D'Alessandro, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Hoang, T. D., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., O'Sullivan, C., Prêle, D., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., Zullo, A., Piat, M, Stankowiak, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, D'Alessandro, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Hoang, T, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, O'Sullivan, C, Prêle, D, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Piat, M., Stankowiak, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., D'Alessandro, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Hoang, T. D., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., O'Sullivan, C., Prêle, D., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Abstract

A prototype version of the Q & U bolometric interferometer for cosmology (QUBIC) underwent a campaign of testing in the laboratory at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology laboratory in Paris (APC). The detection chain is currently made of 256 NbSi transition edge sensors (TES) cooled to 320 mK. The readout system is a 128:1 time domain multiplexing scheme based on 128 SQUIDs cooled at 1 K that are controlled and amplified by a SiGe application specific integrated circuit at 40 K. We report the performance of this readout chain and the characterization of the TES. The readout system has been functionally tested and characterized in the lab and in QUBIC. The low noise amplifier demonstrated a white noise level of 0.3 nV/√Hz. Characterizations of the QUBIC detectors and readout electronics includes the measurement of I-V curves, time constant and the noise equivalent power. The QUBIC TES bolometer array has approximately 80% detectors within operational parameters. It demonstrated a thermal decoupling compatible with a phonon noise of about 5 × 10-17 W/√Hz at 410 mK critical temperature. While still limited by microphonics from the pulse tubes and noise aliasing from readout system, the instrument noise equivalent power is about 2 × 10-16 W/√Hz, enough for the demonstration of bolometric interferometry.

Published
2022

31. QUBIC V: Cryogenic system design and performance

Author

Masi, S, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Chapron, C, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Lamagna, L, Marnieros, S, May, A, Mele, L, Mennella, A, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Presta, G, Schillaci, A, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, Mcculloch, M, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Masi, S., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Chapron, C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., D'Alessandro, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Lamagna, L., Marnieros, S., May, A., Mele, L., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Presta, G., Schillaci, A., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., McCulloch, M., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., Zullo, A., Masi, S, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Chapron, C, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Lamagna, L, Marnieros, S, May, A, Mele, L, Mennella, A, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Presta, G, Schillaci, A, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, Mcculloch, M, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Masi, S., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Chapron, C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., D'Alessandro, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Lamagna, L., Marnieros, S., May, A., Mele, L., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Presta, G., Schillaci, A., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., McCulloch, M., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Abstract

Current experiments aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) use cryogenic detector arrays with cold optical systems to boost their mapping speed. For this reason, large volume cryogenic systems with large optical windows, working continuously for years, are needed. The cryogenic system of the QUBIC (Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) experiment solves a combination of simultaneous requirements: very large optical throughput (1/440 cm2sr), large volume (1/41 m3) and large mass (1/4165 kg) of the cryogenic instrument. Here we describe its design, fabrication, experimental optimization and validation in the Technological Demonstrator configuration. The QUBIC cryogenic system is based on a large volume cryostat that uses two pulse-tube refrigerators to cool the instrument to 1/43 K. The instrument includes the cryogenic polarization modulator, the corrugated feedhorn array, and the lower temperature stages: a 4He evaporator cooling the interferometer beam combiner to 1/41 K and a 3He evaporator cooling the focal-plane detector arrays to 1/40.3 K. The cryogenic system has been tested and validated for more than 6 months of continuous operation. The detector arrays have reached a stable operating temperature of 0.33 K, while the polarization modulator has operated at a 1/410 K base temperature. The system has been tilted to cover the boresight elevation range 20°-90° without significant temperature variations. The instrument is now ready for deployment to the high Argentinean Andes.

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2022

32. QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance

Author

O'Sullivan, C, De Petris, M, Amico, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Chapron, C, Conversi, L, D'Alessandro, G, De Leo, M, Gayer, D, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mattei, A, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Murphy, J, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Piat, M, Scully, S, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Perbost, C, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, O'Sullivan, C., De Petris, M., Amico, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Chapron, C., Conversi, L., D'Alessandro, G., De Leo, M., Gayer, D., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mattei, A., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J. D., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Piat, M., Scully, S., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Zullo, A., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Perbost, C., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., O'Sullivan, C, De Petris, M, Amico, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Chapron, C, Conversi, L, D'Alessandro, G, De Leo, M, Gayer, D, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mattei, A, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Murphy, J, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Piat, M, Scully, S, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Perbost, C, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, O'Sullivan, C., De Petris, M., Amico, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Chapron, C., Conversi, L., D'Alessandro, G., De Leo, M., Gayer, D., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mattei, A., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J. D., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Piat, M., Scully, S., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Zullo, A., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Perbost, C., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., and Wright, M.

Abstract

The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarization anisotropies [1] in the CMB at angular scales around the â.,"≃100 recombination peak. Systematic errors make ground-based observations of B modes at millimetre wavelengths very challenging and QUBIC mitigates these problems in a somewhat complementary way to other existing or planned experiments using the novel technique of bolometric interferometry. This technique takes advantage of the sensitivity of an imager and the systematic error control of an interferometer. A cold reflective optical combiner superimposes the re-emitted beams from 400 aperture feedhorns on two focal planes. A shielding system composed of a fixed groundshield, and a forebaffle that moves with the instrument, limits the impact of local contaminants. The modelling, design, manufacturing and preliminary measurements of the optical components are described in this paper.

Published
2022

33. QUBIC – The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

Author

O’Sullivan, C., primary, Burke, D., additional, De Petris, M., additional, Gradziel, M., additional, Hamilton, J.-Ch., additional, Torchinsky, S., additional, Scully, S., additional, Wright, M., additional, Ade, P., additional, Almela, A., additional, Amico, G., additional, Arnaldi, L. H., additional, Aumont, J., additional, Banfi, S., additional, Battistelli, E.S., additional, Bélier, B., additional, Bergé, L., additional, Bernard, J.-Ph., additional, Bersanelli, M., additional, Bonaparte, J., additional, Bonilla, J.D., additional, Bunn, E., additional, Buzi, D., additional, Camilieri, D., additional, Cavaliere, F., additional, Chanial, P., additional, Chapron, C., additional, Colombo, S., additional, Columbro, F., additional, Coppolecchia, A., additional, Costanza, M.B., additional, D’Alessandro, G., additional, de Bernardis, P., additional, De Gasperis, G., additional, De Leo, M., additional, Del Castillo, N., additional, Dheilly, S., additional, Etchegoyen, A., additional, Famá, M., additional, Ferreyro, L.P., additional, Franceschet, C., additional, Lerena, M.M. Gamboa, additional, Ganga, K.M., additional, García, B., additional, García Redondo, M.E., additional, Gayer, D., additional, Geria, J.M., additional, Gervasi, M., additional, Giard, M., additional, Gilles, V., additional, Gómez Berisso, M., additional, González, M., additional, Grandsire, L., additional, Hampel, M.R., additional, Isopi, G., additional, Kaplan, J., additional, Kristukat, C., additional, Lamagna, L., additional, Lazarte, F., additional, Loucatos, S., additional, Mancilla, A., additional, Mandelli, D., additional, Manzan, E., additional, Marnieros, S., additional, Marty, W., additional, Masi, S., additional, May, A., additional, Maya, J., additional, McCulloch, M., additional, Mele, L., additional, Melo, D., additional, Mennella, A., additional, Mirón-Granese, N., additional, Montier, L., additional, Mousset, L., additional, Müller, N., additional, Murphy, J.D., additional, Nati, F., additional, Paiella, A., additional, Pajot, F., additional, Paradiso, S., additional, Passerini, A., additional, Pelosi, A., additional, Perciballi, M., additional, Pezzotta, F., additional, Piacentini, F., additional, Piat, M., additional, Piccirillo, L., additional, Pisano, G., additional, Platino, M., additional, Polenta, G., additional, Prêle, D., additional, Rambaud, D., additional, Ramos, G., additional, Rasztocky, E., additional, Régnier, M., additional, Reyes, C., additional, Rodríguez, F., additional, Rodríguez, C.A., additional, Romero, G. E., additional, Salum, J.M., additional, Schillaci, A., additional, Scóccola, C., additional, Stankowiak, G., additional, Supanitsky, A.D., additional, Taboada, A., additional, Tartari, A., additional, Thermeau, J.-P., additional, Timbie, P., additional, Tucker, G., additional, Tucker, C., additional, Vacher, L., additional, Voisin, F., additional, Zannoni, M., additional, and Zullo, A., additional

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2023
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34. QUBIC V:Cryogenic system design and performance

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Masi, S., Battistelli, E.S., De Bernardis, P., Chapron, C., Columbro, F., D'Alessandro, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Marnieros, S., Mele, L., May, A., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Presta, G., Schillaci, A., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J.-P., Torchinsky, S.A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J.G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L.H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Bélier, B., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A.C. Cobos, Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L.P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M.M. Gamboa, Ganga, K.M., García, B., Redondo, M.E. García, Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M.R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., McCulloch, M., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L.M., Murphy, J.A., Murphy, J.D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G.E., Salum, J.M., Scóccola, C.G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A.D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., Zullo, A., Masi, S, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Chapron, C, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Lamagna, L, Marnieros, S, May, A, Mele, L, Mennella, A, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Presta, G, Schillaci, A, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, Mcculloch, M, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), QUBIC, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES)

Subjects
CMBR polarisation, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, ResearchInstitutes_Networks_Beacons/mcrc, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, CMBR experiments, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], CMBR detectors, CMBR experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, gravitational waves and CMBR polarization, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), CMBR detector
Abstract

Current experiments aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) use cryogenic detector arrays and cold optical systems to boost the mapping speed of the sky survey. For these reasons, large volume cryogenic systems, with large optical windows, working continuously for years, are needed. Here we report on the cryogenic system of the QUBIC (Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) experiment: we describe its design, fabrication, experimental optimization and validation in the Technological Demonstrator configuration. The QUBIC cryogenic system is based on a large volume cryostat, using two pulse-tube refrigerators to cool at ~3K a large (~1 m^3) volume, heavy (~165kg) instrument, including the cryogenic polarization modulator, the corrugated feedhorns array, and the lower temperature stages; a 4He evaporator cooling at ~1K the interferometer beam combiner; a 3He evaporator cooling at ~0.3K the focal-plane detector arrays. The cryogenic system has been tested and validated for more than 6 months of continuous operation. The detector arrays have reached a stable operating temperature of 0.33K, while the polarization modulator has been operated from a ~10K base temperature. The system has been tilted to cover the boresight elevation range 20 deg -90 deg without significant temperature variations. The instrument is now ready for deployment to the high Argentinean Andes., Comment: This is one of a series of papers on the QUBIC experiment status - This version of the paper matches the one accepted for publication on Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Published
2022

35. QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance

Author

O'Sullivan, C., de Petris, M., Amico, G., Battistelli, E.S., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Chapron, C., Conversi, L., d'Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., de Leo, M., Gayer, D., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mattei, A., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J.D., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Piat, M., Scully, S., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S.A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Zullo, A., Ade, P., Alberro, J.G., Almela, A., Arnaldi, L.H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Bélier, B., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cerutti, A.C. Cobos, Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., de Gasperis, G., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L.P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M.M. Gamboa, Ganga, K.M., García, B., Redondo, M.E. García, Gaspard, M., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gomezberisso, M., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M.R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., May, A., Mcculloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L.M., Murphy, J.A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Perbost, C., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Ringegni, P., Romero, G.E., Rasztocky, E., Salum, J.M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A.D., Thermeau, J.-P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., O'Sullivan, C, De Petris, M, Amico, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Chapron, C, Conversi, L, D'Alessandro, G, De Leo, M, Gayer, D, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mattei, A, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Murphy, J, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Piat, M, Scully, S, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Perbost, C, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), QUBIC, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES)

Subjects
CMBR polarisation, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Manchester Cancer Research Centre, ResearchInstitutes_Networks_Beacons/mcrc, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, CMBR experiments, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], CMBR detectors, CMBR experiment, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], gravitational waves and CMBR polarization, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), CMBR detector, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarisation anisotropies in the CMB at angular scales around the l=100 recombination peak. Systematic errors make ground-based observations of B modes at millimetre wavelengths very challenging and QUBIC mitigates these problems in a somewhat complementary way to other existing or planned experiments using the novel technique of bolometric interferometry. This technique takes advantage of the sensitivity of an imager and the systematic error control of an interferometer. A cold reflective optical combiner superimposes there-emitted beams from 400 aperture feedhorns on two focal planes. A shielding system composedof a fixed groundshield, and a forebaffle that moves with the instrument, limits the impact of local contaminants. The modelling, design, manufacturing and preliminary measurements of the optical components are described in this paper., Part of a series of 8 papers on QUBIC to be published in a special issue of JCAP. Accepted for publication

Published
2022

36. QUBIC II: Spectral polarimetry with bolometric interferometry

Author

Mousset, L., Gamboa Lerena, M.M., Battistelli, E.S., de Bernardis, P., Chanial, P., D'Alessandro, G., Dashyan, G., De Petris, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Incardona, F., Landau, S., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., O'Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Ricciardi, G., Scóccola, C.G., Stolpovskiy, M., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J.-P., Torchinsky, S.A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J.G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L.H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A.C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L.P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K.M., García, B., García Redondo, M.E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M.R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Mandelli, S., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L.M., Murphy, J.A., Murphy, J.D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G.E., Salum, J.M., Schillaci, A., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Supanitsky, A.D., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., Zullo, A., AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, QUBIC, Mousset, L, Gamboa Lerena, M, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Chanial, P, D'Alessandro, G, Dashyan, G, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Incardona, F, Landau, S, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, O'Sullivan, C, Piat, M, Ricciardi, G, Scóccola, C, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Mandelli, S, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Université Paris-Sud - 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Subjects
Manchester Cancer Research Centre, ResearchInstitutes_Networks_Beacons/mcrc, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmological parameters from CMBR, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, CMBR theory, CMBR experiments, CMBR theory, cosmological parameters from CMBR, gravitational waves and CMBR polarization, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, CMBR experiments, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], CMBR experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, gravitational waves and CMBR polarization, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract

Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that has the ability to perform spectral imaging. A bolometric interferometer observes the sky in a wide frequency band and can reconstruct sky maps in several sub-bands within the physical band in post-processing of the data. This provides a powerful spectral method to discriminate between the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and astrophysical foregrounds. In this paper, the methodology is illustrated with examples based on the Q \& U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) which is a ground-based instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the sky at millimeter wavelengths. We consider the specific cases of point source reconstruction and Galactic dust mapping and we characterize the point spread function as a function of frequency. We study the noise properties of spectral imaging, especially the correlations between sub-bands, using end-to-end simulations together with a fast noise simulator. We conclude showing that spectral imaging performance are nearly optimal up to five sub-bands in the case of QUBIC., 27 pages, 18 figures. Accepted by JCAP on July 6, 2021. Second paper of series of 8 in a special JCAP edition on QUBIC

Published
2022

37. High-bandwidth beam balance for vacuum-weight experiment and Newtonian noise subtraction

Author

Calloni, E, Acernese, F, Agathos, M, Aiello, L, Ain, A, Allocca, A, Amato, A, Ansoldi, S, Antier, S, Arene, M, Arnaud, N, Astone, P, Aubin, F, Avino, S, Babak, S, Badaracco, F, Bader, M, Bagnasco, S, Baird, J, Ballardin, G, Baltus, G, Barbieri, C, Barneo, P, Barone, F, Barsuglia, M, Barta, D, Basti, A, Bawaj, M, Bazzan, M, Bejger, M, Belahcene, I, Benedetto, V, Bernuzzi, S, Bersanetti, D, Bertolini, A, Bischi, M, Bitossi, M, Bizouard, M, Bobba, F, Boer, M, Bogaert, G, Boldrini, M, Bondu, F, Bonnand, R, Boom, B, Boschi, V, Boudart, V, Bouffanais, Y, Bozzi, A, Bradaschia, C, Branchesi, M, Breschi, M, Briant, T, Brillet, A, Brooks, J, Bruno, G, Bulik, T, Bulten, H, Buskulic, D, Cagnoli, G, Canepa, M, Cannavacciuolo, M, Caprara, S, Carapella, G, Carbognani, F, Carpinelli, M, Carullo, G, Casanueva Diaz, J, Casentini, C, Caudill, S, Cavalier, F, Cavalieri, R, Cella, G, Cerda¡-Dura¡n, P, Cesarini, E, Chaibi, W, Chanial, P, Chassande-Mottin, E, Chiadini, F, Chierici, R, Chincarini, A, Chiofalo, M, Chiummo, A, Christensen, N, Chua, S, Ciani, G, Ciea'Aslar, M, Ciecielag, P, Cifaldi, M, Ciolfi, R, Cipriano, F, Cirone, A, Clesse, S, Cleva, F, Coccia, E, Cohadon, P, Cohen, D, Colpi, M, Conti, L, Cordero-Carrion, I, Corezzi, S, Corre, D, Cortese, S, Coulon, J, Croquette, M, Cudell, J, Cuoco, E, Curya'O, M, Dal Canton, T, D'Angelo, B, D'Antonio, S, Dattilo, V, Davier, M, De Laurentis, M, De Lillo, F, De Matteis, F, De Pietri, R, De Rosa, R, De Rossi, C, De Simone, R, Degallaix, J, Deleglise, S, Del Pozzo, W, Depasse, A, Di Fiore, L, Di Giorgio, C, Di Giovanni, F, Di Girolamo, T, Di Lieto, A, Di Pace, S, Di Palma, I, Di Renzo, F, Dietrich, T, D'Onofrio, L, Drago, M, Ducoin, J, Durante, O, D'Urso, D, Duverne, P, Eisenmann, M, Errico, L, Estevez, D, Fafone, V, Farinon, S, Fays, M, Feng, F, Fenyvesi, E, Ferrante, I, Fidecaro, F, Figura, P, Fiori, I, Fittipaldi, R, Fiumara, V, Flaminio, R, Font, J, Frasca, S, Frasconi, F, G. 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Abstract

We report the experimental results of a prototype balance for the Archimedes experiment, devoted to measure the interaction between quantum vacuum energy and gravity. The prototype is a beam balance working at room temperature which shares with the final balance several mechanical and optical components. The balance sensitivity has been tested at the site of the Virgo gravitational wave detector in order to benefit from its quiet environment and control facilities. This allowed also the test of the coherence of the balance data with the Virgo interferometer signal and with the environmental data. In the low-frequency regime, the balance has shown a sensitivity of about 8×10-12Nm/Hz, which is among the best in the world, and it is very promising toward the final Archimedes measurement. In the high-frequency region, above a few Hz, relying on the behavior of the balance as a rotational sensor, the ground tilt has been measured in view of the next work devoted to Newtonian noise subtraction (NNS) in Virgo. The measured ground tilt reaches a minimum of about 8×10-11rad/Hz in the few Hz region and ranges from 10 - 10 to 10-9rad/Hz in the 10–20 Hz region, where a very interesting coherence, at some frequencies, with the Virgo interferometer signal is shown.

Published
2021

38. High-bandwidth beam balance for vacuum-weight experiment and Newtonian noise subtraction

Author

Calloni E., Acernese F., Agathos M., Aiello L., Ain A., Allocca A., Amato A., Ansoldi S., Antier S., Arene M., Arnaud N., Astone P., Aubin F., Avino S., Babak S., Badaracco F., Bader M.K.M., Bagnasco S., Baird J., Ballardin G., Baltus G., Barbieri C., Barneo P., Barone F., Barsuglia M., Barta D., Basti A., Bawaj M., Bazzan M., Bejger M., Belahcene I., Benedetto V., Bernuzzi S., Bersanetti D., Bertolini A., Bischi M., Bitossi M., Bizouard M.-A., Bobba F., Boer M., Bogaert G., Boldrini M., Bondu F., Bonnand R., Boom B.A., Boschi V., Boudart V., Bouffanais Y., Bozzi A., Bradaschia C., Branchesi M., Breschi M., Briant T., Brillet A., Brooks J., Bruno G., Bulik T., Bulten H.J., Buskulic D., Cagnoli G., Canepa M., Cannavacciuolo M., Caprara S., Carapella G., Carbognani F., Carpinelli M., Carullo G., Casanueva Diaz J., Casentini C., Caudill S., Cavalier F., Cavalieri R., Cella G., Cerda¡-Dura¡n P., Cesarini E., Chaibi W., Chanial P., Chassande-Mottin E., Chiadini F., Chierici R., Chincarini A., Chiofalo M.L., Chiummo A., Christensen N., Chua S., Ciani G., Ciea'Aslar M., Ciecielag P., Cifaldi M., Ciolfi R., Cipriano F., Cirone A., Clesse S., Cleva F., Coccia E., Cohadon P.-F., Cohen D.E., Colpi M., Conti L., Cordero-Carrion I., Corezzi S., Corre D., Cortese S., Coulon J.-P., Croquette M., Cudell J.R., Cuoco E., CuryA'o M., Dal Canton T., D'Angelo B., D'Antonio S., Dattilo V., Davier M., De Laurentis M., De Lillo F., De Matteis F., De Pietri R., De Rosa R., De Rossi C., De Simone R., Degallaix J., Deleglise S., Del Pozzo W., Depasse A., Di Fiore L., Di Giorgio C., Di Giovanni F., Di Girolamo T., Di Lieto A., Di Pace S., Di Palma I., Di Renzo F., Dietrich T., D'Onofrio L., Drago M., Ducoin J.-G., Durante O., D'Urso D., Duverne P.-A., Eisenmann M., Errico L., Estevez D., Fafone V., Farinon S., Fays M., Feng F., Fenyvesi E., Ferrante I., Fidecaro F., Figura P., Fiori I., Fittipaldi R., Fiumara V., Flaminio R., Font J.A., Frasca S., Frasconi F., G. 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Subjects
Gravitational-wave observatory, thermal noise, quantum vacuum energy, General Physics and Astronomy, Physique atomique et moléculaire, Virgo interferometer, Physics and Astronomy(all), Noise (electronics), Sensitivity (control systems), SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy, gravitational wave, LIGO (observatory), gravitational waves, Settore FIS/01, Physics, Archimedes, Virgo, Order (ring theory), Weight of Vacuum, gravity, Computational physics, Archimedes, Virgo, Weight of Vacuum, Tilt (optics), [PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], Energy (signal processing), Coherence (physics)
Abstract

We report the experimental results of a prototype balance for the Archimedes experiment, devoted to measure the interaction between quantum vacuum energy and gravity. The prototype is a beam balance working at room temperature which shares with the final balance several mechanical and optical components. The balance sensitivity has been tested at the site of the Virgo gravitational wave detector in order to benefit from its quiet environment and control facilities. This allowed also the test of the coherence of the balance data with the Virgo interferometer signal and with the environmental data. In the low-frequency regime, the balance has shown a sensitivity of about 8×10-12Nm/Hz, which is among the best in the world, and it is very promising toward the final Archimedes measurement. In the high-frequency region, above a few Hz, relying on the behavior of the balance as a rotational sensor, the ground tilt has been measured in view of the next work devoted to Newtonian noise subtraction (NNS) in Virgo. The measured ground tilt reaches a minimum of about 8×10-11rad/Hz in the few Hz region and ranges from 10 - 10 to 10-9rad/Hz in the 10–20 Hz region, where a very interesting coherence, at some frequencies, with the Virgo interferometer signal is shown., 0, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2021

39. Erratum: Calibration of QUBIC: The Q and U bolometric interferometer for cosmology (Proceedings of SPIE : The International Society for Optical Engineering (2020) 11445 (114532G) DOI: 10.1117/12.2560172)

Author

Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Tucker, G, Ade, P, Pisano, G, Tucker, C, Auguste, D, Berge, L, Bonis, J, Dumoulin, L, Henrot-Versille, S, Jules, E, Marnieros, S, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Wicek, F, Fasciszewski, A, Hampel, M, Melo, D, Arnaldi, L, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Harari, D, Pastoriza, H, Bonaparte, J, Kristukat, C, Belier, B, Mattei, A, Tartari, A, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Maffei, B, Gaspard, M, Giard, M, Aumont, J, Bernard, J, Marty, W, Montier, L, Pajot, F, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Romero, G, Almela, A, Cerutti, A, Duca, C, Etchegoyen, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Platino, M, Salum, J, Supanitsky, A, Zullo, A, Murphy, J, Burke, D, O Sullivan, C, Bennett, D, Gayer, D, Gradziel, M, Scully, S, Louis, T, Puddu, R, Petris, M, Amico, G, Battistelli, E, Bernardis, P, Buzi, D, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D Alessandro, G, Leo, M, Gilles, V, Lamange, L, Mele, L, Masi, S, Paiella, A, Piacentini, F, Polenta, G, Schillaci, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Piccirillo, L, Wright, M, Mousset, L, Torchinsky, S, Sazy, M, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Dheilly, S, Ganga, K, Herau, Y, Grandsire, L, Kaplan, J, Loucatos, S, Perbost, C, Piat, M, Prele, D, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovski, M, Thermeau, J, Voisin, F, Bersanelli, M, Cavaliere, F, Franceschet, C, Incardona, F, Mennella, A, Pezzotta, F, Tomasi, M, Vigano, D, Banfi, S, Bau, A, Gervasi, M, Nati, F, Passerini, A, Spinelli, S, Zannoni, M, Gasperis, G, Vittorio, N, Gamboa, M, Alberro, J, Mundo, L, Ringegni, P, Scoccola, C, Azzoni, S, Bunn, E, Timbie, P, Tucker G., Ade P. 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M., Ringegni P., Scoccola C., Azzoni S., Bunn E., Timbie P., Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Tucker, G, Ade, P, Pisano, G, Tucker, C, Auguste, D, Berge, L, Bonis, J, Dumoulin, L, Henrot-Versille, S, Jules, E, Marnieros, S, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Wicek, F, Fasciszewski, A, Hampel, M, Melo, D, Arnaldi, L, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Harari, D, Pastoriza, H, Bonaparte, J, Kristukat, C, Belier, B, Mattei, A, Tartari, A, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Maffei, B, Gaspard, M, Giard, M, Aumont, J, Bernard, J, Marty, W, Montier, L, Pajot, F, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Romero, G, Almela, A, Cerutti, A, Duca, C, Etchegoyen, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Platino, M, Salum, J, Supanitsky, A, Zullo, A, Murphy, J, Burke, D, O Sullivan, C, Bennett, D, Gayer, D, Gradziel, M, Scully, S, Louis, T, Puddu, R, Petris, M, Amico, G, Battistelli, E, Bernardis, P, Buzi, D, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D Alessandro, G, Leo, M, Gilles, V, Lamange, L, Mele, L, Masi, S, Paiella, A, Piacentini, F, Polenta, G, Schillaci, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Piccirillo, L, Wright, M, Mousset, L, Torchinsky, S, Sazy, M, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Dheilly, S, Ganga, K, Herau, Y, Grandsire, L, Kaplan, J, Loucatos, S, Perbost, C, Piat, M, Prele, D, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovski, M, Thermeau, J, Voisin, F, Bersanelli, M, Cavaliere, F, Franceschet, C, Incardona, F, Mennella, A, Pezzotta, F, Tomasi, M, Vigano, D, Banfi, S, Bau, A, Gervasi, M, Nati, F, Passerini, A, Spinelli, S, Zannoni, M, Gasperis, G, Vittorio, N, Gamboa, M, Alberro, J, Mundo, L, Ringegni, P, Scoccola, C, Azzoni, S, Bunn, E, Timbie, P, Tucker G., Ade P. A. R., Pisano G., Tucker C., Auguste D., Berge L., Bonis J., Dumoulin L., Henrot-Versille S., Jules E., Marnieros S., Olivieri E., Oriol C., Wicek F., Fasciszewski A., Hampel M. R., Melo D., Arnaldi L. H., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Harari D., Pastoriza H., Bonaparte J., Kristukat C., Belier B., Mattei A., Tartari A., Pelosi A., Perciballi M., Maffei B., Gaspard M., Giard M., Aumont J., Bernard J. -P., Marty W., Montier L., Pajot F., Rambaud D., Rasztocky E., Romero G. E., Almela A., Cerutti A. C. C., Duca C., Etchegoyen A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Platino M., Salum J. M., Supanitsky A. D., Zullo A., Murphy J. D., Burke D., O Sullivan C., Bennett D., Gayer D., Gradziel M., Murphy J., Scully S., Louis T., Puddu R., Petris M. D., Amico G., Battistelli E. S., Bernardis P. D., Buzi D., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., D Alessandro G., Leo M. D., Gilles V., Lamange L., Mele L., Masi S., Paiella A., Piacentini F., Polenta G., Schillaci A., May A., McCulloch M., Piccirillo L., Wright M., Mousset L., Torchinsky S. A., Sazy M. -A. B., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Dheilly S., Ganga K. M., Herau Y. G., Grandsire L., Kaplan J., Loucatos S., Perbost C., Piat M., Prele D., Stankowiak G., Stolpovski M., Thermeau J. P., Voisin F., Bersanelli M., Cavaliere F., Franceschet C., Incardona F., Mennella A., Pezzotta F., Tomasi M., Vigano D., Banfi S., Bau A., Gervasi M., Nati F., Passerini A., Spinelli S., Zannoni M., Gasperis G. D., Vittorio N., Gamboa M. M., Alberro J. G., Mundo L. M., Ringegni P., Scoccola C., Azzoni S., Bunn E., and Timbie P.

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2020

40. Characterization of the Sos Enattos site for the Einstein Telescope

Author

Naticchioni, L, Boschi, V, Calloni, E, Capello, M, Cardini, A, Carpinelli, M, Cuccuru, S, D'Ambrosio, M, De Rosa, R, Di Giovanni, M, D'Urso, D, Fiori, I, Gaviano, S, Giunchi, C, Majorana, E, Migoni, C, Oggiano, G, Olivieri, M, Paoletti, F, Paratore, M, Perciballi, M, Piccinini, D, Punturo, M, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Saccorotti, G, Sipala, V, Tringali, M, Naticchioni L., Boschi V., Calloni E., Capello M., Cardini A., Carpinelli M., Cuccuru S., D'Ambrosio M., De Rosa R., Di Giovanni M., D'Urso D., Fiori I., Gaviano S., Giunchi C., Majorana E., Migoni C., Oggiano G., Olivieri M., Paoletti F., Paratore M., Perciballi M., Piccinini D., Punturo M., Puppo P., Rapagnani P., Ricci F., Saccorotti G., Sipala V., Tringali M. C., Naticchioni, L, Boschi, V, Calloni, E, Capello, M, Cardini, A, Carpinelli, M, Cuccuru, S, D'Ambrosio, M, De Rosa, R, Di Giovanni, M, D'Urso, D, Fiori, I, Gaviano, S, Giunchi, C, Majorana, E, Migoni, C, Oggiano, G, Olivieri, M, Paoletti, F, Paratore, M, Perciballi, M, Piccinini, D, Punturo, M, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Saccorotti, G, Sipala, V, Tringali, M, Naticchioni L., Boschi V., Calloni E., Capello M., Cardini A., Carpinelli M., Cuccuru S., D'Ambrosio M., De Rosa R., Di Giovanni M., D'Urso D., Fiori I., Gaviano S., Giunchi C., Majorana E., Migoni C., Oggiano G., Olivieri M., Paoletti F., Paratore M., Perciballi M., Piccinini D., Punturo M., Puppo P., Rapagnani P., Ricci F., Saccorotti G., Sipala V., and Tringali M. C.

Abstract

In this work we report the ongoing characterization of the Sos Enattos former mine (Sardinia, Italy), one of the two candidate sites for the Einstein Telescope (ET), the European third-generation underground interferometric detector of Gravitational Waves. The Sos Enattos site lies on a crystalline basement, made of rocks with good geomechanical properties, characterized by negligible groundwater. In addition, the site has a very low seismic background noise due to the absence of active tectonics involving Sardinia. Finally, the area has a low population density, resulting in a reduced anthropic noise even at the ground level. This location was already studied in 2012-2014 as a promising site for an underground detector. More recently, in March 2019, we deployed a new network of surface and underground seismometers at the site, that is currently monitoring the local seismic noise. Most of the energy carried by the seismic waves is due to the microseisms below 1 Hz, showing a significant correlation with the waves of the west Mediterranean sea. Above 1 Hz the seismic noise in the underground levels of the mine approaches the Peterson's low noise model. Exploiting mine blasting works into the former mine, we were also able to perform active seismic measurements to evaluate the seismic waves propagation across the area. In conclusion we also give a first assessment about the acoustic and magnetic noise in this underground site.

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2020

41. QUBIC: Using NbSi TESs with a Bolometric Interferometer to Characterize the Polarization of the CMB

Author

Piat, M, Bélier, B, Bergé, L, Bleurvacq, N, Chapron, C, Dheilly, S, Dumoulin, L, González, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Henrot-Versillé, S, Hoang, D, Marnieros, S, Marty, W, Montier, L, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Perbost, C, Prêle, D, Rambaud, D, Salatino, M, Stankowiak, G, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Baù, A, Bennett, D, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Buzzelli, A, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppi, G, Coppolecchia, A, D’Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Di Donato, A, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gault, A, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, Gradziel, M, Harari, D, Haynes, V, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Korotkov, A, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Luterstein, R, Maffei, B, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Medina, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, O’Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Suarez, F, Tartari, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Vanneste, S, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Watson, B, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Piat, M., Bélier, B., Bergé, L., Bleurvacq, N., Chapron, C., Dheilly, S., Dumoulin, L., González, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hoang, D. T., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Montier, L., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Perbost, C., Prêle, D., Rambaud, D., Salatino, M., Stankowiak, G., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S., Voisin, F., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Battistelli, E. S., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bottani, A., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Buzzelli, A., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppi, G., Coppolecchia, A., D’Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Di Donato, A., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gault, A., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., Gradziel, M., Harari, D., Haynes, V., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Korotkov, A., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Luterstein, R., Maffei, B., Masi, S., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Medina, M. C., Mele, L., Melhuish, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., O’Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Suarez, F., Tartari, A., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vanneste, S., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Watson, B., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M., Zullo, A., Piat, M, Bélier, B, Bergé, L, Bleurvacq, N, Chapron, C, Dheilly, S, Dumoulin, L, González, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Henrot-Versillé, S, Hoang, D, Marnieros, S, Marty, W, Montier, L, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Perbost, C, Prêle, D, Rambaud, D, Salatino, M, Stankowiak, G, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Baù, A, Bennett, D, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Buzzelli, A, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppi, G, Coppolecchia, A, D’Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Di Donato, A, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gault, A, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, Gradziel, M, Harari, D, Haynes, V, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Korotkov, A, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Luterstein, R, Maffei, B, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Medina, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, O’Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Suarez, F, Tartari, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Vanneste, S, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Watson, B, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Piat, M., Bélier, B., Bergé, L., Bleurvacq, N., Chapron, C., Dheilly, S., Dumoulin, L., González, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hoang, D. T., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Montier, L., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Perbost, C., Prêle, D., Rambaud, D., Salatino, M., Stankowiak, G., Thermeau, J. -P., Torchinsky, S., Voisin, F., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Battistelli, E. S., Baù, A., Bennett, D., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bottani, A., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Buzzelli, A., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppi, G., Coppolecchia, A., D’Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Di Donato, A., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Ganga, K., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gault, A., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., Gradziel, M., Harari, D., Haynes, V., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Korotkov, A., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Luterstein, R., Maffei, B., Masi, S., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Medina, M. C., Mele, L., Melhuish, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., O’Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Puddu, R., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stolpovskiy, M., Suarez, F., Tartari, A., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vanneste, S., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Watson, B., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M., and Zullo, A.

Abstract

Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is an international ground-based experiment dedicated in the measurement of the polarized fluctuations of the Cosmic Microwave Background. It is based on bolometric interferometry, an original detection technique which combines the immunity to systematic effects of an interferometer with the sensitivity of low-temperature incoherent detectors. QUBIC will be deployed in Argentina, at the Alto Chorrillos mountain site near San Antonio de los Cobres, in the Salta Province. The QUBIC detection chain consists in 2048 NbSi transition edge sensors (TESs) cooled to 350 mK.The voltage-biased TESs are read out with time domain multiplexing based on Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices at 1 K and a novel SiGe application-specific integrated circuit at 60 K allowing to reach an unprecedented multiplexing factor equal to 128. The QUBIC experiment is currently being characterized in the laboratory with a reduced number of detectors before upgrading to the full instrument. I will present the last results of this characterization phase with a focus on the detectors and readout system.

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2020

42. QUBIC: The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

Author

Battistelli, E, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battaglia, P, Bau, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Buzzelli, A, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppi, G, Coppolecchia, A, D’Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Dheilly, S, Di Donato, A, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gault, A, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Haynes, V, Henrot-Versillé, S, Hoang, D, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Korotkov, A, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Luterstein, R, Maffei, B, Marnieros, S, Marty, W, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Medina, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, O’Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Suarez, F, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tristram, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Vanneste, S, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Watson, B, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Battistelli, E. S., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Bau, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bleurvacq, N., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bottani, A., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Buzzelli, A., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppi, G., Coppolecchia, A., D’Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Dheilly, S., Di Donato, A., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gault, A., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, González, M., Gradziel, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Harari, D., Haynes, V., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hoang, D. T., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Korotkov, A., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Luterstein, R., Maffei, B., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Masi, S., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Medina, M. C., Mele, L., Melhuish, S., Mennella, A., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., O’Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salatino, M., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Suarez, F., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Torchinsky, S., Tristram, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vanneste, S., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Voisin, F., Watson, B., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M., Zullo, A., Battistelli, E, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battaglia, P, Bau, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Buzzelli, A, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppi, G, Coppolecchia, A, D’Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Dheilly, S, Di Donato, A, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gault, A, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Haynes, V, Henrot-Versillé, S, Hoang, D, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Korotkov, A, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Luterstein, R, Maffei, B, Marnieros, S, Marty, W, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Medina, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, O’Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Suarez, F, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tristram, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Vanneste, S, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Watson, B, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Battistelli, E. S., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Bau, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J. -Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M. -A., Bleurvacq, N., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bottani, A., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Buzzelli, A., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Columbro, F., Coppi, G., Coppolecchia, A., D’Alessandro, G., de Bernardis, P., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., De Petris, M., Dheilly, S., Di Donato, A., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Lerena, M. M. Gamboa, Ganga, K., García, B., Redondo, M. E. García, Gaspard, M., Gault, A., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Berisso, M. Gómez, González, M., Gradziel, M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J. -Ch., Harari, D., Haynes, V., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hoang, D. T., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Korotkov, A., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Luterstein, R., Maffei, B., Marnieros, S., Marty, W., Masi, S., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Medina, M. C., Mele, L., Melhuish, S., Mennella, A., Montier, L., Mousset, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., O’Sullivan, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salatino, M., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Suarez, F., Tartari, A., Thermeau, J. -P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Torchinsky, S., Tristram, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Vanneste, S., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Voisin, F., Watson, B., Wicek, F., Zannoni, M., and Zullo, A.

Abstract

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology, QUBIC, is an innovative experiment designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background and in particular the signature left therein by the inflationary expansion of the Universe. The expected signal is extremely faint; thus, extreme sensitivity and systematic control are necessary in order to attempt this measurement. QUBIC addresses these requirements using an innovative approach combining the sensitivity of transition-edge sensor cryogenic bolometers, with the deep control of systematics characteristic of interferometers. This makes QUBIC unique with respect to others' classical imagers experiments devoted to the CMB polarization. In this contribution, we report a description of the QUBIC instrument including recent achievements and the demonstration of the bolometric interferometry performed in laboratory. QUBIC will be deployed at the observation site in Alto Chorrillos, in Argentina, at the end of 2019.

Published
2020

43. TES Bolometer Arrays for the QUBIC B-Mode CMB Experiment

Author

Marnieros, S, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Bau, A, Belier, B, Bennett, D, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Dheilly, S, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Henrot-Versille, S, Hoang, D, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prele, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vigano, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Marnieros S., Ade P., Alberro J. G., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Auguste D., Aumont J., Azzoni S., Banfi S., Battaglia P., Battistelli E. S., Bau A., Belier B., Bennett D., Berge L., Bernard J. -P., Bersanelli M., Bigot-Sazy M. -A., Bleurvacq N., Bonaparte J., Bonis J., Bottani A., Bunn E., Burke D., Buzi D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., D'Alessandro G., de Bernardis P., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., De Petris M., Dheilly S., Dumoulin L., Etchegoyen A., Fasciszewski A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Franceschet C., Gamboa Lerena M. M., Ganga K., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Gaspard M., Gayer D., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Giraud-Heraud Y., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J. -C., Harari D., Henrot-Versille S., Hoang D. T., Incardona F., Jules E., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Loucatos S., Louis T., Maffei B., Marty W., Masi S., Mattei A., May A., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melhuish S., Mennella A., Montier L., Mousset L., Mundo L. M., Murphy J. A., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Olivieri E., Oriol C., O'Sullivan C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Passerini A., Pastoriza H., Pelosi A., Perbost C., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Prele D., Puddu R., Rambaud D., Ringegni P., Romero G. E., Salatino M., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C., Scully S., Spinelli S., Stankowiak G., Stolpovskiy M., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Torchinsky S., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vigano D., Vittorio N., Voisin F., Wicek F., Zannoni M., Zullo A., Marnieros, S, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Bau, A, Belier, B, Bennett, D, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Dheilly, S, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Henrot-Versille, S, Hoang, D, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prele, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vigano, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Marnieros S., Ade P., Alberro J. G., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Auguste D., Aumont J., Azzoni S., Banfi S., Battaglia P., Battistelli E. S., Bau A., Belier B., Bennett D., Berge L., Bernard J. -P., Bersanelli M., Bigot-Sazy M. -A., Bleurvacq N., Bonaparte J., Bonis J., Bottani A., Bunn E., Burke D., Buzi D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., D'Alessandro G., de Bernardis P., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., De Petris M., Dheilly S., Dumoulin L., Etchegoyen A., Fasciszewski A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Franceschet C., Gamboa Lerena M. M., Ganga K., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Gaspard M., Gayer D., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Giraud-Heraud Y., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J. -C., Harari D., Henrot-Versille S., Hoang D. T., Incardona F., Jules E., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Loucatos S., Louis T., Maffei B., Marty W., Masi S., Mattei A., May A., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melhuish S., Mennella A., Montier L., Mousset L., Mundo L. M., Murphy J. A., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Olivieri E., Oriol C., O'Sullivan C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Passerini A., Pastoriza H., Pelosi A., Perbost C., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Prele D., Puddu R., Rambaud D., Ringegni P., Romero G. E., Salatino M., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C., Scully S., Spinelli S., Stankowiak G., Stolpovskiy M., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Torchinsky S., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vigano D., Vittorio N., Voisin F., Wicek F., Zannoni M., and Zullo A.

Abstract

QUBIC is a ground-based experiment aiming to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background. The developed instrument is an innovative two-frequency band bolometric interferometer that will operate at 300 mK with NbSi TES arrays. In this paper, we describe the fabrication process of the detectors.

Published
2020

44. Detection chain and electronic readout of the QUBIC instrument

Author

Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Stankowiak, G, Piat, M, Battistelli, E, D'Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Petris, M, González, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Hoang, T, Masi, S, Marnieros, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, O'Sullivan, C, Prêle, D, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Bélier, B, Baù, A, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, de Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Héraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Rasztocky, E, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Stankowiak, Guillaume, Piat, Michel, Battistelli, Elia, D'Alessandro, Giuseppe, de Bernardis, Paolo, De Petris, Marco, González, Manuel, Grandsire, Laurent, Hamilton, Jean-Christophe, Hoang, T. D., Masi, Silvia, Marnieros, Stefanos, Mennella, Aniello, Mousset, L., O'Sullivan, Creidhe, Prêle, Damien, Tartari, Andrea, Thermeau, Jean-Pierre, Torchinsky, Steve, Voisin, Fabrice, Zannoni, Mario, Ade, Peter, Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, Giorgio, Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, Jonathan, Azzoni, Susanna, Banfi, Stefano, Bélier, Benoit, Baù, Alessandro, Bennett, David G., Bergé, Laurent, Bernard, Jean-Philippe, Bersanelli, Marco, Bigot-Sazy, Marie-Anne, Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, Emory, Burke, David, Buzi, Daniele, Cavaliere, Francesco, Chanial, Pierre, Chapron, Claude, Charlassier, Romain, Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, Fabio, Coppolecchia, Alessandro, de Gasperis, Giancarlo, De Leo, M., Dheilly, Stéphane, Duca, C., Dumoulin, Louis, Etchegoyen, Alberto, Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, Cristian, Gamboa Lerena, Martin M., Ganga, Kenneth, García, Beatriz, García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, Donnacha, Gervasi, Massimo, Giard, Martin, Gilles, V., Giraud-Héraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., Gradziel, Marcin L., Hampel, M. R., Harari, Diego, Henrot-Versillé, Sophie, Incardona, Federico, Jules, E., Kaplan, Jean, Kristukat, Christian, Lamagna, Luca, Loucatos, Sotiris, Louis, Thibaut, Maffei, Bruno, Marty, Wilfried, Mattei, Angelo, May, Andrew, McCulloch, Mark, Mele, Lorenzo, Melo, D., Montier, Ludovic, Mundo, Luis M., Murphy, J. Anthony, Murphy, James D., Nati, Federico, Olivieri, E., Oriol, Christine, Paiella, Alessandro, Pajot, François, Passerini, Andrea, Pastoriza, Hernan, Pelosi, Alessandro, Perbost, Camille, Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, Federico, Piacentini, Francesco, Piccirillo, Lucio, Pisano, Giampaolo, Platino, M., Polenta, Gianluca, Puddu, Roberto, Rambaud, Damien, Ringegni, Pablo Lorenzo, Romero, Gustavo Esteban, Rasztocky, E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, Alessandro, Scóccola, Claudia, Scully, Stephen, Spinelli, Sebastiano, Stolpovskiy, Mikhail, Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Tucker, Gregory, Tucker, Carole, Viganò, Daniele, Vittorio, Nicola, Wicek, Francois, Wright, M., Zullo, Antonio, Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Stankowiak, G, Piat, M, Battistelli, E, D'Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Petris, M, González, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Hoang, T, Masi, S, Marnieros, S, Mennella, A, Mousset, L, O'Sullivan, C, Prêle, D, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Bélier, B, Baù, A, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, de Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Héraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Rasztocky, E, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, Stankowiak, Guillaume, Piat, Michel, Battistelli, Elia, D'Alessandro, Giuseppe, de Bernardis, Paolo, De Petris, Marco, González, Manuel, Grandsire, Laurent, Hamilton, Jean-Christophe, Hoang, T. D., Masi, Silvia, Marnieros, Stefanos, Mennella, Aniello, Mousset, L., O'Sullivan, Creidhe, Prêle, Damien, Tartari, Andrea, Thermeau, Jean-Pierre, Torchinsky, Steve, Voisin, Fabrice, Zannoni, Mario, Ade, Peter, Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, Giorgio, Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, Jonathan, Azzoni, Susanna, Banfi, Stefano, Bélier, Benoit, Baù, Alessandro, Bennett, David G., Bergé, Laurent, Bernard, Jean-Philippe, Bersanelli, Marco, Bigot-Sazy, Marie-Anne, Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, Emory, Burke, David, Buzi, Daniele, Cavaliere, Francesco, Chanial, Pierre, Chapron, Claude, Charlassier, Romain, Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, Fabio, Coppolecchia, Alessandro, de Gasperis, Giancarlo, De Leo, M., Dheilly, Stéphane, Duca, C., Dumoulin, Louis, Etchegoyen, Alberto, Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, Cristian, Gamboa Lerena, Martin M., Ganga, Kenneth, García, Beatriz, García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, Donnacha, Gervasi, Massimo, Giard, Martin, Gilles, V., Giraud-Héraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., Gradziel, Marcin L., Hampel, M. R., Harari, Diego, Henrot-Versillé, Sophie, Incardona, Federico, Jules, E., Kaplan, Jean, Kristukat, Christian, Lamagna, Luca, Loucatos, Sotiris, Louis, Thibaut, Maffei, Bruno, Marty, Wilfried, Mattei, Angelo, May, Andrew, McCulloch, Mark, Mele, Lorenzo, Melo, D., Montier, Ludovic, Mundo, Luis M., Murphy, J. Anthony, Murphy, James D., Nati, Federico, Olivieri, E., Oriol, Christine, Paiella, Alessandro, Pajot, François, Passerini, Andrea, Pastoriza, Hernan, Pelosi, Alessandro, Perbost, Camille, Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, Federico, Piacentini, Francesco, Piccirillo, Lucio, Pisano, Giampaolo, Platino, M., Polenta, Gianluca, Puddu, Roberto, Rambaud, Damien, Ringegni, Pablo Lorenzo, Romero, Gustavo Esteban, Rasztocky, E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, Alessandro, Scóccola, Claudia, Scully, Stephen, Spinelli, Sebastiano, Stolpovskiy, Mikhail, Supanitsky, A. D., Timbie, Peter, Tomasi, Maurizio, Tucker, Gregory, Tucker, Carole, Viganò, Daniele, Vittorio, Nicola, Wicek, Francois, Wright, M., and Zullo, Antonio

Abstract

The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) Technical Demonstrator (TD) aiming to shows the feasibility of the combination of interferometry and bolometric detection. The electronic readout system is based on an array of 128 NbSi Transition Edge Sensors cooled at 350mK readout with 128 SQUIDs at 1K controlled and amplified by an Application Specific Integrated Circuit at 40K. This readout design allows a 128:1 Time Domain Multiplexing. We report the design and the performance of the detection chain in this paper. The technological demonstrator unwent a campaign of test in the lab. Evaluation of the QUBIC bolometers and readout electronics includes the measurement of I-V curves, time constant and the Noise Equivalent Power. Currently the mean Noise Equivalent Power is ∼ 2 x 10-16W= p √Hz

Published
2020

45. The QUBIC instrument for CMB polarization measurements

Author

Mele, L, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battistelli, E, Ba, A, B lier, B, Bennett, D, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, Bernardis, P, Gasperis, G, Leo, M, Petris, M, Dheilly, S, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Henrot-Versille, S, Hoang, D, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marnieros, S, Marty, W, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Pr le, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tristram, M, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vigan, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Mele L., Ade P., Alberro J. G., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Auguste D., Aumont J., Azzoni S., Banfi S., Battistelli E. S., Ba A., B lier B., Bennett D., Berge L., Bernard J. -P., Bersanelli M., Bigot-Sazy M. -A., Bleurvacq N., Bonaparte J., Bonis J., Bottani A., Bunn E., Burke D., Buzi D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., D'Alessandro G., Bernardis P. D., Gasperis G. D., Leo M. D., Petris M. D., Dheilly S., Dumoulin L., Etchegoyen A., Fasciszewski A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Franceschet C., Lerena M. M. G., Ganga K., Garcia B., Redondo M. E. G., Gaspard M., Gayer D., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Giraud-Heraud Y., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J. -C., Harari D., Henrot-Versille S., Hoang D. T., Incardona F., Jules E., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Loucatos S., Louis T., Maffei B., Marnieros S., Marty W., Masi S., Mattei A., May A., McCulloch M., Melhuish S., Mennella A., Montier L., Mousset L., Mundo L. M., Murphy J. A., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Olivieri E., Oriol C., O'Sullivan C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Passerini A., Pastoriza H., Pelosi A., Perbost C., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Pr le D., Puddu R., Rambaud D., Ringegni P., Romero G. E., Salatino M., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C., Scully S., Spinelli S., Stankowiak G., Stolpovskiy M., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Torchinsky S., Tristram M., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vigan D., Vittorio N., Voisin F., Wicek F., Zannoni M., Zullo A., Mele, L, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battistelli, E, Ba, A, B lier, B, Bennett, D, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, Bernardis, P, Gasperis, G, Leo, M, Petris, M, Dheilly, S, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Henrot-Versille, S, Hoang, D, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marnieros, S, Marty, W, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Pr le, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tristram, M, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vigan, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Mele L., Ade P., Alberro J. G., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Auguste D., Aumont J., Azzoni S., Banfi S., Battistelli E. S., Ba A., B lier B., Bennett D., Berge L., Bernard J. -P., Bersanelli M., Bigot-Sazy M. -A., Bleurvacq N., Bonaparte J., Bonis J., Bottani A., Bunn E., Burke D., Buzi D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., D'Alessandro G., Bernardis P. D., Gasperis G. D., Leo M. D., Petris M. D., Dheilly S., Dumoulin L., Etchegoyen A., Fasciszewski A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Franceschet C., Lerena M. M. G., Ganga K., Garcia B., Redondo M. E. G., Gaspard M., Gayer D., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Giraud-Heraud Y., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J. -C., Harari D., Henrot-Versille S., Hoang D. T., Incardona F., Jules E., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Loucatos S., Louis T., Maffei B., Marnieros S., Marty W., Masi S., Mattei A., May A., McCulloch M., Melhuish S., Mennella A., Montier L., Mousset L., Mundo L. M., Murphy J. A., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Olivieri E., Oriol C., O'Sullivan C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Passerini A., Pastoriza H., Pelosi A., Perbost C., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Pr le D., Puddu R., Rambaud D., Ringegni P., Romero G. E., Salatino M., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C., Scully S., Spinelli S., Stankowiak G., Stolpovskiy M., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Torchinsky S., Tristram M., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vigan D., Vittorio N., Voisin F., Wicek F., Zannoni M., and Zullo A.

Abstract

Measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization may reveal the presence of a background of gravitational waves produced during cosmic inflation, providing thus a test of inflationary models. The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is an experiment designed to measure the CMB polarization. It is based on the novel concept of bolometric interferometry, which combines the sensitivity of bolometric detectors with the properties of beam synthesis and control of calibration offered by interferometers. To modulate and extract the input polarized signal of the CMB, QUBIC exploits Stokes polarimetry based on a rotating half-wave plate (HWP). In this work, we illustrate the design of the QUBIC instrument, focusing on the polarization modulation system, and we present preliminary results of beam calibrations and the performance of the HWP rotator at 300 K.

Published
2020

46. QUBIC VI: Cryogenic half wave plate rotator, design and performance

Author

D'Alessandro, G, Mele, L, Columbro, F, Amico, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Coppolecchia, A, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Lamagna, L, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Pisano, G, Presta, G, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, McCulloch, M, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piccirillo, L, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, D'Alessandro, G, Mele, L, Columbro, F, Amico, G, Battistelli, E, de Bernardis, P, Coppolecchia, A, De Petris, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Lamagna, L, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mennella, A, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Pisano, G, Presta, G, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Voisin, F, Zannoni, M, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Baù, A, Bélier, B, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gómez Berisso, M, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, McCulloch, M, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piccirillo, L, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scóccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, C, Tucker, G, Viganò, D, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, and Zullo, A

Abstract

Setting an upper limit or detection of B-mode polarization imprinted by gravitational waves from Inflation is one goal of modern large angular scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments around the world. A great effort is being made in the deployment of many ground-based, balloon-borne and satellite experiments, using different methods to separate this faint polarized component from the incoming radiation. QUBIC exploits one of the most widely-used techniques to extract the input Stokes parameters, consisting in a rotating half-wave plate (HWP) and a linear polarizer to separate and modulate polarization components. QUBIC uses a step-by-step rotating HWP, with 15° steps, combined with a 0.4°s-1 azimuth sky scan speed. The rotation is driven by a stepper motor mounted on the cryostat outer shell to avoid heat load at internal cryogenic stages. The design of this optical element is an engineering challenge due to its large 370 mm diameter and the 8 K operation temperature that are unique features of the QUBIC experiment. We present the design for a modulator mechanism for up to 370 mm, and the first optical tests by using the prototype of QUBIC HWP (180 mm diameter). The tests and results presented in this work show that the QUBIC HWP rotator can achieve a precision of 0.15° in position by using the stepper motor and custom-made optical encoder. The rotation induces <5.0 mW (95% C.L) of power load on the 4 K stage, resulting in no thermal issues on this stage during measurements. We measure a temperature settle-down characteristic time of 28 s after a rotation through a 15° step, compatible with the scanning strategy, and we estimate a maximum temperature gradient within the HWP of ≤ 10 mK. This was calculated by setting up finite element thermal simulations that include the temperature profiles measured during the rotator operations. We report polarization modulation measurements performed at 150 GHz, showing a polarization efficiency >99% (68% C.L.) a

Published
2022

47. QUBIC Experiment Toward the First Light

Author

D'Alessandro, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., De Petris, M., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., O'Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Presta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J.-P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., Zullo, A., D'Alessandro, G., Battistelli, E. S., de Bernardis, P., De Petris, M., Gamboa Lerena, M. M., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., O'Sullivan, C., Piat, M., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S. A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Ade, P., Alberro, J. G., Almela, A., Amico, G., Arnaldi, L. H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Chapron, C., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., De Leo, M., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L. P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Ganga, K. M., García, B., García Redondo, M. E., Gaspard, M., Gayer, D., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M. R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., Mattei, A., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L. M., Murphy, J. A., Murphy, J. D., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Pelosi, A., Perbost, C., Perciballi, M., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Presta, G., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G. E., Salum, J. M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C. G., Scully, S., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A. D., Thermeau, J.-P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, G., Tucker, C., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., and Zullo, A.

Abstract

The Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a cosmology experiment that aims to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Measurements of the primordial B-mode pattern of the CMB polarization are in fact among the most exciting goals in cosmology as it would allow testing of the inflationary paradigm. Many experiments are attempting to measure the B-modes, from the ground and the stratosphere, using imaging Stokes polarimeters. The QUBIC collaboration developed an innovative concept to measure CMB polarization using bolometric interferometry. This approach mixes the high sensitivity of bolometric detectors with the accurate control of systematics due to the interferometric layout of the instrument. We present the calibration results for the Technological Demonstrator, before its commissioning in the Argentinian observing site and preparation for first light.

Published
2022

48. QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance

Author

O'Sullivan, Créidhe, De Petris, M., Amico, G., Battistelli, E.S., de Bernardis, P., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Chapron, C., Conversi, L., D'Alessandro, G., De Leo, M., Gayer, D., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mattei, A., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J.D., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Piat, M., Scully, S., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S.A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Zullo, A., Ade, P., Alberro, J.G., Almela, A., Arnaldi, L.H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A.C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L.P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M.M., Ganga, K.M., García, B., García Redondo, M.E., Gaspard, M., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M.R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L.M., Murphy, J.A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Perbost, C., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G.E., Salum, J.M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C.G., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A.D., Thermeau, J.-P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., Wright, M., O'Sullivan, Créidhe, De Petris, M., Amico, G., Battistelli, E.S., de Bernardis, P., Burke, D., Buzi, D., Chapron, C., Conversi, L., D'Alessandro, G., De Leo, M., Gayer, D., Grandsire, L., Hamilton, J.-Ch., Marnieros, S., Masi, S., Mattei, A., Mennella, A., Mousset, L., Murphy, J.D., Pelosi, A., Perciballi, M., Piat, M., Scully, S., Tartari, A., Torchinsky, S.A., Voisin, F., Zannoni, M., Zullo, A., Ade, P., Alberro, J.G., Almela, A., Arnaldi, L.H., Auguste, D., Aumont, J., Azzoni, S., Banfi, S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.-Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bonaparte, J., Bonis, J., Bunn, E., Cavaliere, F., Chanial, P., Charlassier, R., Cobos Cerutti, A.C., Columbro, F., Coppolecchia, A., De Gasperis, G., Dheilly, S., Duca, C., Dumoulin, L., Etchegoyen, A., Fasciszewski, A., Ferreyro, L.P., Fracchia, D., Franceschet, C., Gamboa Lerena, M.M., Ganga, K.M., García, B., García Redondo, M.E., Gaspard, M., Gervasi, M., Giard, M., Gilles, V., Giraud-Heraud, Y., Gómez Berisso, M., González, M., Gradziel, M., Hampel, M.R., Harari, D., Henrot-Versillé, S., Incardona, F., Jules, E., Kaplan, J., Kristukat, C., Lamagna, L., Loucatos, S., Louis, T., Maffei, B., Marty, W., May, A., McCulloch, M., Mele, L., Melo, D., Montier, L., Mundo, L.M., Murphy, J.A., Nati, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Paiella, A., Pajot, F., Passerini, A., Pastoriza, H., Perbost, C., Pezzotta, F., Piacentini, F., Piccirillo, L., Pisano, G., Platino, M., Polenta, G., Prêle, D., Puddu, R., Rambaud, D., Rasztocky, E., Ringegni, P., Romero, G.E., Salum, J.M., Schillaci, A., Scóccola, C.G., Spinelli, S., Stankowiak, G., Stolpovskiy, M., Supanitsky, A.D., Thermeau, J.-P., Timbie, P., Tomasi, M., Tucker, C., Tucker, G., Viganò, D., Vittorio, N., Wicek, F., and Wright, M.

Abstract

The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarization anisotropies [1] in the CMB at angular scales around the ℓ ≃100 recombination peak. Systematic errors make ground-based observations of B modes at millimetre wavelengths very challenging and QUBIC mitigates these problems in a somewhat complementary way to other existing or planned experiments using the novel technique of bolometric interferometry. This technique takes advantage of the sensitivity of an imager and the systematic error control of an interferometer. A cold reflective optical combiner superimposes the re-emitted beams from 400 aperture feedhorns on two focal planes. A shielding system composed of a fixed groundshield, and a forebaffle that moves with the instrument, limits the impact of local contaminants. The modelling, design, manufacturing and preliminary measurements of the optical components are described in this paper.

Published
2022

49. Quantum zero point electromagnetic energy difference between the superconducting and the normal phase in a high- Tc superconducting metal bulk sample

Author

Allocca, A, Avino, S, Balestrieri, S, Calloni, E, Caprara, S, Carpinelli, M, D'Onofrio, L, D'Urso, D, De Rosa, R, Errico, L, Gagliardi, G, Grilli, M, Mangano, V, Marsella, M, Naticchioni, L, Pasqualetti, A, Pepe, G, Perciballi, M, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Rosa, L, Rovelli, C, Rozza, D, Ruggi, P, Saini, N, Sequino, V, Sipala, V, Stornaiuolo, D, Tafuri, F, Tagliacozzo, A, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Allocca, Annalisa, Avino, Saverio, Balestrieri, Sergio, Calloni, Enrico, Caprara, Sergio, Carpinelli, Massimo, D'Onofrio, Luca, D'Urso, Domenico, De Rosa, Rosario, Errico, Luciano, Gagliardi, Gianluca, Grilli, Marco, Mangano, Valentina, Marsella, Maria, Naticchioni, Luca, Pasqualetti, Antonio, Pepe, Giovanni Piero, Perciballi, Maurizio, Pesenti, Luca, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Ricci, Fulvio, Rosa, Luigi, Rovelli, Carlo, Rozza, Davide, Ruggi, Paolo, Saini, Naurang, Sequino, Valeria, Sipala, Valeria, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, Tafuri, Francesco, Tagliacozzo, Arturo, Tosta e Melo, Iara, Trozzo, Lucia, Allocca, A, Avino, S, Balestrieri, S, Calloni, E, Caprara, S, Carpinelli, M, D'Onofrio, L, D'Urso, D, De Rosa, R, Errico, L, Gagliardi, G, Grilli, M, Mangano, V, Marsella, M, Naticchioni, L, Pasqualetti, A, Pepe, G, Perciballi, M, Pesenti, L, Puppo, P, Rapagnani, P, Ricci, F, Rosa, L, Rovelli, C, Rozza, D, Ruggi, P, Saini, N, Sequino, V, Sipala, V, Stornaiuolo, D, Tafuri, F, Tagliacozzo, A, Tosta e Melo, I, Trozzo, L, Allocca, Annalisa, Avino, Saverio, Balestrieri, Sergio, Calloni, Enrico, Caprara, Sergio, Carpinelli, Massimo, D'Onofrio, Luca, D'Urso, Domenico, De Rosa, Rosario, Errico, Luciano, Gagliardi, Gianluca, Grilli, Marco, Mangano, Valentina, Marsella, Maria, Naticchioni, Luca, Pasqualetti, Antonio, Pepe, Giovanni Piero, Perciballi, Maurizio, Pesenti, Luca, Puppo, Paola, Rapagnani, Piero, Ricci, Fulvio, Rosa, Luigi, Rovelli, Carlo, Rozza, Davide, Ruggi, Paolo, Saini, Naurang, Sequino, Valeria, Sipala, Valeria, Stornaiuolo, Daniela, Tafuri, Francesco, Tagliacozzo, Arturo, Tosta e Melo, Iara, and Trozzo, Lucia

Abstract

We provide a methodological approach to the estimate of the change of the quantum vacuum electromagnetic energy density in a high critical temperature superconducting metal bulk sample, when it undergoes the transition in temperature, from the superconducting to the normal phase. The various contributions to the Casimir energy in the two phases are highlighted and compared. While the transverse magnetic polarization of the vacuum mode allows for a macroscopic description of the superconducting transition, the changes in the transverse electric vacuum mode induced by the superconductive correlations are introduced within a microscopic model, which does not explicitly take into account the anisotropic structure of the material.

Published
2022

50. QUBIC VII: The feedhorn-switch system of the technological demonstrator

Author

Cavaliere, F, Mennella, A, Zannoni, M, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Burke, D, D’Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Petris, M, Franceschet, C, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Maffei, B, Manzan, E, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, O’Sullivan, C, Passerini, A, Pezzotta, F, Piat, M, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Viganò, D, Voisin, F, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Bélier, B, Baù, A, Banfi, S, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Buzi, D, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Gómez Berisso, M, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Pagana, E, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Scóccola, C, Schillaci, A, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, F. Cavaliere, A. Mennella, M. Zannoni, P. Battaglia, E. S. Battistelli, D. Burke, G. D’Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, M. De Petris, C. Franceschet, L. Grandsire, J. -Ch. Hamilton, B. Maffei, E. Manzan, S. Marnieros, S. Masi, C. O’Sullivan, A. Passerini, F. Pezzotta, M. Piat, A. Tartari, S. A. Torchinsky, D. Viganò, F. Voisin, P. Ade, J. G. Alberro, A. Almela, G. Amico, L. H. Arnaldi, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Azzoni, B. Bélier, A. Baù, S. Banfi, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J. -Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M. -A. Bigot-Sazy, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, E. Bunn, D. Buzi, P. Chanial, C. Chapron, R. Charlassier, A. C. Cobos Cerutti, F. Columbro, A. Coppolecchia, G. De Gasperis, M. De Leo, S. Dheilly, C. Duca, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, L. P. Ferreyro, D. Fracchia, M. Gómez Berisso, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, K. M. Ganga, B. García, M. E. García Redondo, M. Gaspard, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, V. Gilles, Y. Giraud-Heraud, M. González, M. Gradziel, M. R. Hampel, D. Harari, S. Henrot-Versillé, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, W. Marty, A. Mattei, A. May, M. McCulloch, L. Mele, D. Melo, L. Montier, L. Mousset, L. M. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, F. Nati, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, E. Pagana, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, M. Perciballi, F. Piacentini, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, M. Platino, G. Polenta, D. Prêle, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, E. Rasztocky, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, J. M. Salum, C. Scóccola, A. Schillaci, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, G. Stankowiak, M. Stolpovskiy, A. D. Supanitsky, J. -P. Thermeau, P. Timbie, M. Tomasi, G. Tucker, C. Tucker, N. Vittorio, F. Wicek, M. Wright, and A. Zullo, Cavaliere, F, Mennella, A, Zannoni, M, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Burke, D, D’Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Petris, M, Franceschet, C, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Maffei, B, Manzan, E, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, O’Sullivan, C, Passerini, A, Pezzotta, F, Piat, M, Tartari, A, Torchinsky, S, Viganò, D, Voisin, F, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Bélier, B, Baù, A, Banfi, S, Bennett, D, Bergé, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Buzi, D, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Cobos Cerutti, A, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, Dheilly, S, Duca, C, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Gómez Berisso, M, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, García, B, García Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, González, M, Gradziel, M, Hampel, M, Harari, D, Henrot-Versillé, S, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Marty, W, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melo, D, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Pagana, E, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Piacentini, F, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prêle, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Rasztocky, E, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salum, J, Scóccola, C, Schillaci, A, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Supanitsky, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vittorio, N, Wicek, F, Wright, M, Zullo, A, F. Cavaliere, A. Mennella, M. Zannoni, P. Battaglia, E. S. Battistelli, D. Burke, G. D’Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, M. De Petris, C. Franceschet, L. Grandsire, J. -Ch. Hamilton, B. Maffei, E. Manzan, S. Marnieros, S. Masi, C. O’Sullivan, A. Passerini, F. Pezzotta, M. Piat, A. Tartari, S. A. Torchinsky, D. Viganò, F. Voisin, P. Ade, J. G. Alberro, A. Almela, G. Amico, L. H. Arnaldi, D. Auguste, J. Aumont, S. Azzoni, B. Bélier, A. Baù, S. Banfi, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J. -Ph. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M. -A. Bigot-Sazy, J. Bonaparte, J. Bonis, E. Bunn, D. Buzi, P. Chanial, C. Chapron, R. Charlassier, A. C. Cobos Cerutti, F. Columbro, A. Coppolecchia, G. De Gasperis, M. De Leo, S. Dheilly, C. Duca, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, A. Fasciszewski, L. P. Ferreyro, D. Fracchia, M. Gómez Berisso, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, K. M. Ganga, B. García, M. E. García Redondo, M. Gaspard, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, M. Giard, V. Gilles, Y. Giraud-Heraud, M. González, M. Gradziel, M. R. Hampel, D. Harari, S. Henrot-Versillé, F. Incardona, E. Jules, J. Kaplan, C. Kristukat, L. Lamagna, S. Loucatos, T. Louis, W. Marty, A. Mattei, A. May, M. McCulloch, L. Mele, D. Melo, L. Montier, L. Mousset, L. M. Mundo, J. A. Murphy, J. D. Murphy, F. Nati, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, E. Pagana, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, H. Pastoriza, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, M. Perciballi, F. Piacentini, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, M. Platino, G. Polenta, D. Prêle, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, E. Rasztocky, P. Ringegni, G. E. Romero, J. M. Salum, C. Scóccola, A. Schillaci, S. Scully, S. Spinelli, G. Stankowiak, M. Stolpovskiy, A. D. Supanitsky, J. -P. Thermeau, P. Timbie, M. Tomasi, G. Tucker, C. Tucker, N. Vittorio, F. Wicek, M. Wright, and and A. Zullo

Abstract

We present the design, manufacturing and performance of the horn-switch system developed for the technological demonstrator of QUBIC (the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology). This system consists of 64 back-to-back dual-band (150 GHz and 220 GHz) corrugated feed-horns interposed with mechanical switches used to select desired baselines during the instrument self-calibration. We manufactured the horns in aluminum platelets milled by photo-chemical etching and mechanically tightened with screws. The switches are based on steel blades that open and close the waveguide between the back-to-back horns and are operated by miniaturized electromagnets. The measured electromagnetic performance of the feedhorns agrees with simulations. In particular we obtained a return loss around -20 dB up to 230 GHz and beam patterns in agreement with single-mode simulations down to -30 dB. The switches for this prototype were designed and built for the 150 GHz band. In this frequency range we find return and insertion losses consistent with expectations (< -25 dB and ∼-0.1 dB, respectively) and an isolation larger than 70 dB. In this paper we also show the current development status of the feedhorn-switch system for the QUBIC full instrument, based on an array of 400 horn-switch assemblies.

Published
2022

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