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QUBIC the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

Author(s)
Piat, M.
Battistelli, E.
Ba, A.
Polenta, Gianluca  
Subjects

Cosmic microwave back...

Polarisation

Interferometer

Bolometer

Date Issued
2012-06-01
Mission(s)
Other
Abstract
The primordial B-mode polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background is the imprints of the gravitational wave background generated by inflation. Observing the B-mode is up to now the most direct way to constrain the physics of the primordial Universe, especially inflation. To detect these B-modes, high sensitivity is required as well as an exquisite control of systematics effects. To comply with these requirements, we propose a new instrument called QUBIC (Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) based on bolometric interferometry. The control of systematics is obtained with a close-packed interferometer while bolometers cooled to very low temperature allow for high sensitivity. We present the architecture of this new instrument, the status of the project and the self-calibration technique which allows accurate measurement of the instrumental systematic effects.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13025/2906
DOI
10.1007/s10909-012-0522-x
URL
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012JLTP..167..872P
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