Characterization of the atacama B-mode search

S. M. Simon; S. Raghunathan; J. W. Appel; D. T. Becker; L. E. Campusano; H. M. Cho; T. Essinger-Hileman; S. P. Ho; K. D. Irwin; N. Jarosik; A. Kusaka; M. D. Niemack; G. W. Nixon; M. R. Nolta; L. A. Page; G. A. Palma; L. P. Parker; J. L. Sievers; S. T. Staggs; K. Visnjic

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Characterization of the atacama B-mode search

S. M. Simon, S. Raghunathan, J. W. Appel, D. T. Becker, L. E. Campusano, H. M. Cho, T. Essinger-Hileman, S. P. Ho, K. D. Irwin, N. Jarosik, A. Kusaka, M. D. Niemack, G. W. Nixon, M. R. Nolta, L. A. Page, G. A. Palma, L. P. Parker, J. L. Sievers, S. T. Staggs, K. Visnjic

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The Atacama B-mode Search (ABS), which began observations in February of 2012, is a crossed-Dragone telescope located at an elevation of 5190 m in the Atacama Desert in Chile. ABS is searching for the B-mode polarization spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at large angular scales from multipole moments of ' ∼ 50 ∼ 500, a range that includes the primor-dial B-mode peak from inflationary gravity waves at ∼ 100. The ABS focal plane consists of 240 pixels sensitive to 145 GHz, each containing two transition-edge sensor bolometers coupled to orthogonal polarizations with a planar ortho-mode transducer. An ambient-temperature con-tinuously rotating half-wave plate and 4 K optics make the ABS instrument unique. We discuss the characterization of the detector spectral responses with a Fourier transform spectrometer and demonstrate that the pointing model is adequate. We also present measurements of the beam from point sources and compare them with simulations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Editors	Jonas Zmuidzinas, Wayne S. Holland
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496218
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055576
State	Published - 2014
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 24 2014 → Jun 27 2014

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9153
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/24/14 → 6/27/14

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

Keywords

Atacama B-mode Search
B-mode
Cosmic Microwave Background
characteriza-tion
instrument

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Simon, S. M., Raghunathan, S., Appel, J. W., Becker, D. T., Campusano, L. E., Cho, H. M., Essinger-Hileman, T., Ho, S. P., Irwin, K. D., Jarosik, N., Kusaka, A., Niemack, M. D., Nixon, G. W., Nolta, M. R., Page, L. A., Palma, G. A., Parker, L. P., Sievers, J. L., Staggs, S. T., & Visnjic, K. (2014). Characterization of the atacama B-mode search. In J. Zmuidzinas, & W. S. Holland (Eds.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII Article 91530Y (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9153). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055576

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Simon, SM, Raghunathan, S, Appel, JW, Becker, DT, Campusano, LE, Cho, HM, Essinger-Hileman, T, Ho, SP, Irwin, KD, Jarosik, N, Kusaka, A, Niemack, MD, Nixon, GW, Nolta, MR, Page, LA, Palma, GA, Parker, LP, Sievers, JL, Staggs, ST & Visnjic, K 2014, Characterization of the atacama B-mode search. in J Zmuidzinas & WS Holland (eds), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII., 91530Y, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9153, SPIE, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, Montreal, Canada, 6/24/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055576

Characterization of the atacama B-mode search. / Simon, S. M.; Raghunathan, S.; Appel, J. W. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. ed. / Jonas Zmuidzinas; Wayne S. Holland. SPIE, 2014. 91530Y (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9153).

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Simon SM, Raghunathan S, Appel JW, Becker DT, Campusano LE, Cho HM et al. Characterization of the atacama B-mode search. In Zmuidzinas J, Holland WS, editors, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. SPIE. 2014. 91530Y. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2055576

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