ACTPol: A polarization-sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

M. D. Niemack; P. A.R. Ade; J. Aguirre; F. Barrientos; J. A. Beall; J. R. Bond; J. Britton; H. M. Cho; S. Das; M. J. Devlin; S. Dicker; J. Dunkley; R. Dünner; J. W. Fowler; A. Hajian; M. Halpern; M. Hasselfield; G. C. Hilton; M. Hilton; J. Hubmayr; J. P. Hughes; L. Infante; K. D. Irwin; N. Jarosik; J. Klein; A. Kosowsky; T. A. Marriage; J. McMahon; F. Menanteau; K. Moodley; J. P. Nibarger; M. R. Nolta; L. A. Page; B. Partridge; E. D. Reese; J. Sievers; D. N. Spergel; S. T. Staggs; R. Thornton; C. Tucker; E. Wollack; K. W. Yoon

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ACTPol: A polarization-sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope

M. D. Niemack, P. A.R. Ade, J. Aguirre, F. Barrientos, J. A. Beall, J. R. Bond, J. Britton, H. M. Cho, S. Das, M. J. Devlin, S. Dicker, J. Dunkley, R. Dünner, J. W. Fowler, A. Hajian, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. C. Hilton, M. Hilton, J. HubmayrJ. P. Hughes, L. Infante, K. D. Irwin, N. Jarosik, J. Klein, A. Kosowsky, T. A. Marriage, J. McMahon, F. Menanteau, K. Moodley, J. P. Nibarger, M. R. Nolta, L. A. Page, B. Partridge, E. D. Reese, J. Sievers, D. N. Spergel, S. T. Staggs, R. Thornton, C. Tucker, E. Wollack, K. W. Yoon

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The six-meter Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile was built to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at arcminute angular scales. We are building a new polarization sensitive receiver for ACT (ACTPol). ACTPol will characterize the gravitational lensing of the CMB and aims to constrain the sum of the neutrino masses with ~ 0.05 eV precision, the running of the spectral index of inflation-induced fluctuations, and the primordial helium abundance to better than 1 %. Our observing fields will overlap with the SDSS BOSS survey at optical wavelengths, enabling a variety of cross-correlation science, including studies of the growth of cosmic structure from Sunyaev-Zel'dovich observations of clusters of galaxies as well as independent constraints on the sum of the neutrino masses. We describe the science objectives and the initial receiver design.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857464
State	Published - 2010
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jun 29 2010 → Jul 2 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7741
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	6/29/10 → 7/2/10

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

B-modes
Cosmic Microwave Background
Cryogenics
Gravitational Lensing
Neutrino Mass
Optical Design
Polarization
Transition-Edge-Sensor Detector Arrays

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Niemack, M. D., Ade, P. A. R., Aguirre, J., Barrientos, F., Beall, J. A., Bond, J. R., Britton, J., Cho, H. M., Das, S., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S., Dunkley, J., Dünner, R., Fowler, J. W., Hajian, A., Halpern, M., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G. C., Hilton, M., ... Yoon, K. W. (2010). ACTPol: A polarization-sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V Article 77411S (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7741). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857464

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Niemack, MD, Ade, PAR, Aguirre, J, Barrientos, F, Beall, JA, Bond, JR, Britton, J, Cho, HM, Das, S, Devlin, MJ, Dicker, S, Dunkley, J, Dünner, R, Fowler, JW, Hajian, A, Halpern, M, Hasselfield, M, Hilton, GC, Hilton, M, Hubmayr, J, Hughes, JP, Infante, L, Irwin, KD, Jarosik, N, Klein, J, Kosowsky, A, Marriage, TA, McMahon, J, Menanteau, F, Moodley, K, Nibarger, JP, Nolta, MR, Page, LA, Partridge, B, Reese, ED, Sievers, J, Spergel, DN, Staggs, ST, Thornton, R, Tucker, C, Wollack, E & Yoon, KW 2010, ACTPol: A polarization-sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. in Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V., 77411S, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7741, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V, San Diego, CA, United States, 6/29/10. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857464

ACTPol: A polarization-sensitive receiver for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. / Niemack, M. D.; Ade, P. A.R.; Aguirre, J. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V. 2010. 77411S (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7741).

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