A LEKID-based CMB instrument design for large-scale observations in Greenland

Authors :: Philip Daniel Mauskopf
Tony Mroczkowski
Daniel Chapman
Derek Araujo
Peter A. R. Ade
Jonas Zmuidzinas
Bradley R. Johnson
Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud
H. K. Eriksen
K. J. Bradford
Peter K. Day
J. R. Bond
George Che
J. A. Sobrin
Heather McCarrick
Daniel Flanigan
Michele Limon
Joy Didier
Christopher Groppi
Glenn Jones
Amber Miller
Seth Hillbrand
Ingunn Kathrine Wehus
B. Smiley
Simon Doyle
Holland, Wayne S.
Zmuidzinas, Jonas
Source :: SPIE Proceedings.
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: SPIE, 2014.
Abstract: We present the results of a feasibility study, which examined deployment of a ground-based millimeter-wave polarimeter, tailored for observing the cosmic microwave background (CMB), to Isi Station in Greenland. The instrument for this study is based on lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) and an F/2.4 catoptric, crossed-Dragone telescope with a 500 mm aperture. The telescope is mounted inside the receiver and cooled to $

Subjects :: Physics
Aperture
business.industry
Detector
Cosmic microwave background
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
FOS: Physical sciences
Polarimeter
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Spectral bands
law.invention
Slip ring
Telescope
Azimuth
Optics
law
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
business
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)

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