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CLOVER: The CMB polarization observer

  • B. Maffei
  • , P. A.R. Ade
  • , C. Calderon
  • , A. D. Challinor
  • , P. De Bernardis
  • , L. Dunlop
  • , W. K. Gear
  • , Y. Giraud-Héraud
  • , D. J. Goldie
  • , K. J.B. Grainge
  • , K. G. Isaak
  • , B. Johnson
  • , M. E. Jones
  • , A. N. Lasenby
  • , P. D. Mauskopf
  • , S. J. Melhuish
  • , A. Orlando
  • , L. Piccirillo
  • , G. Pisano
  • , A. C. Taylor
  • S. Withington, G. Yassin
  • Cardiff University
  • University of Cambridge
  • Sapienza University of Rome
  • Collège de France

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Abstract

We present a new, fully-funded ground-based instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The concept is based on three independent sub-systems operating at 90, 150 and 220 GHz, each comprising a telescope and a focal plane of horn-coupled background-limited bolometers. This highly-sensitive experiment, planned to be based at Dome C station in Antarctica, is optimised to produce very low systematic effects. It will allow the detection of the CMB polarization over angular multipoles 20 < l < 1000 accurately enough to measure the B-mode signature from gravitational waves to a lensing-confusion-limited tensor-to-scalar ratio r ∼ 0.005.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - CIS Workshops 2007, 2007 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security Workshops, CISW 2007
Pages251-256
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventDome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting - Toulouse, France
Duration: 28 Jun 200430 Jun 2004

Publication series

NameEAS Publications Series
Volume14
ISSN (Print)1633-4760
ISSN (Electronic)1638-1963

Conference

ConferenceDome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityToulouse
Period28/06/0430/06/04

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