OC2 - CMB Experiments |
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Lee, Adrian |
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Peter Ade, Aubra Anthony, Kam Arnold, David Boettger, Julian Borrill, Chris Cantalupo, Matt A. Dobbs, Josquin Errard, Nils Halverson, Masashi Hazumi, William L. Holzapfel, Jacob Howard, Peter Hyland, Andrew Jaffe, Brian Keating, Ted Kisner, Zigmund Kermish, Eric Linder, Nathan Miller, Mike Myers, Haruki Noshino, Daniel O'day, Hans Paar, Christian Reichardt, Ian Schanning, Meir Shimon, Helmuth Spieler, Bryan Steinbach, Radek Stompor, Takayuki Tomaru, Huan T. Tran, Carole Tucker, Erin Quealy, Paul L. Richards, Oliver Zahn |
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Talk Title |
CMB Polarization Observations with the POLARBEAR Experiment |
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Abstract |
POLARBEAR is a ground-based CMB polarization experiment. It features a 1288 bolometer receiver and a 3.6 meter primary mirror that achieves a beam-size of 4 arcminute at 150 GHz. Science goals include characterization of E-mode polarization and search for B-mode polarization from gravitational lensing and primordial gravitational waves. The experiment plans to have an engineering run in 2009 in eastern california and to be operational in Atacama Chile in 2010. We will discuss the design of the optics, receiver, detectors, and observation strategy. We will also discuss the mitigation of systematic errors, which is of critical importance for detecting the faint CMB polarization signals. |
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