The thermal design, characterization, and performance of the Spider long-duration balloon cryostat

J. E. Gudmundsson; P. A.R. Ade; M. Amiri; S. J. Benton; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; S. A. Bryan; H. C. Chiang; C. R. Contaldi; B. P. Crill; O. Dore; J. P. Filippini; A. A. Fraisse; A. Gambrel; N. N. Gandilo; M. Hasselfield; M. Halpern; G. Hilton; W. Holmes; V. V. Hristov; K. D. Irwin; W. C. Jones; Z. Kermish; C. J. MacTavish; P. V. Mason; K. Megerian; L. Moncelsi; T. E. Montroy; T. A. Morford; J. M. Nagy; C. B. Netterfield; A. S. Rahlin; C. D. Reintsema; J. E. Ruhl; M. C. Runyan; J. A. Shariff; J. D. Soler; A. Trangsrud; C. Tucker; R. S. Tucker; A. D. Turner; D. V. Wiebe; E. Young

doi:10.1016/j.cryogenics.2015.09.002

The thermal design, characterization, and performance of the Spider long-duration balloon cryostat

J. E. Gudmundsson, P. A.R. Ade, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, B. P. Crill, O. Dore, J. P. Filippini, A. A. Fraisse, A. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, M. Hasselfield, M. Halpern, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. HristovK. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, Z. Kermish, C. J. MacTavish, P. V. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. E. Montroy, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, C. B. Netterfield, A. S. Rahlin, C. D. Reintsema, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, J. A. Shariff, J. D. Soler, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, D. V. Wiebe, E. Young

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Abstract

We describe the Spider flight cryostat, which is designed to cool six millimeter-wavelength telescopes during an Antarctic long-duration balloon flight. The cryostat, one of the largest to have flown on a stratospheric payload, uses liquid ⁴He to deliver cooling power to stages at 4.2 and 1.6 K. Stainless steel capillaries facilitate a high flow impedance connection between the main liquid helium tank and a smaller superfluid tank, allowing the latter to operate at 1.6 K as long as there is liquid in the 4.2 K main tank. Each telescope houses a closed cycle ³He adsorption refrigerator that further cools the focal planes down to 300 mK. Liquid helium vapor from the main tank is routed through heat exchangers that cool radiation shields, providing negative thermal feedback. The system performed successfully during a 17 day flight in the 2014-2015 Antarctic summer. The cryostat had a total hold time of 16.8 days, with 15.9 days occurring during flight.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	65-76
Number of pages	12
Journal	Cryogenics
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2015.09.002
State	Published - Dec 1 2015

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General Materials Science
General Physics and Astronomy

Keywords

Cosmic microwave background
Cryostat
Instrumentation
Stratospheric payload

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Gudmundsson, J. E., Ade, P. A. R., Amiri, M., Benton, S. J., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Crill, B. P., Dore, O., Filippini, J. P., Fraisse, A. A., Gambrel, A., Gandilo, N. N., Hasselfield, M., Halpern, M., Hilton, G., Holmes, W., ... Young, E. (2015). The thermal design, characterization, and performance of the Spider long-duration balloon cryostat. Cryogenics, 72, 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2015.09.002

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