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The Keck Array: A Multi Camera CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

Authors :
J. E. Tolan
M. Lueker
D. V. Wiebe
R. W. Ogburn
C. D. Sheehy
Mark Halpern
J. E. Ruhl
Roger O'Brient
Viktor Hristov
S. J. Benton
Colin A. Bischoff
P. Wilson
John M Kovac
Mandana Amiri
Carl D. Reintsema
J. A. Bonetti
S. Stokes
Kent D. Irwin
C. Pryke
Grant Teply
Jeffrey P. Filippini
Abigail G. Vieregg
Chao-Lin Kuo
Randol W. Aikin
Justus A. Brevik
H. T. Nguyen
M. Hasselfield
B. Burger
Gene C. Hilton
A. D. Turner
K. L. Thompson
C. D. Dowell
Z. K. Staniszewski
Angiola Orlando
T. Montroy
Sunil Golwala
J. J. Bock
R. Schwarz
L. Duband
Chin Lin Wong
Source :
Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 167:827-833
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2012.

Abstract

The Keck array is a new multi-camera Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimeter. Each camera contains 256 polarization pairs of antenna-coupled transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers. We recently deployed three of five cameras at the geographic South Pole, and plan to deploy the final two cameras in early 2012. This new telescope is an ideal instrument to search for the primordial B-mode polarization signal imprinted in the CMB by inflationary gravitational waves. We will discuss the design of the detectors and receivers, the status of current observations, and report on progress toward upgrading the instrument with the full compliment of polarized receivers.

Details

ISSN :
15737357 and 00222291
Volume :
167
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Accession number :
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