SPIDER: A new balloon-borne experiment to measure CMB polarization on large angular scales

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6267 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Montroy, T E ^a   Ade, P A R ^b   Bihary, R ^a   Bock, J J ^c   Bond, J R ^d   Brevik, J ^e   Contaldi, C R ^f   Crill, B P ^e   Crites, A ^e   Dore O ^d   Duband, L ^g   Golwala, S R ^e   Halpern, M ^h   Hilton, G ⁱ   Holmes, W ^c   Hristov, V V ^e   Irwin, K ⁱ   Jones, W C ^e   Kuo, C L ^e   Lange, A E ^e   MacTavish, C J ^d,j   Mason, P ^e   Mulder, J ^c   Netterfield, C B ^j   Pascale, E ^j   Ruhl, J E ^a   Trangsrud, A ^e   Tucked, C ^b   Turner, A ^c   Viero, M ^j   more..

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g DIF   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Bolometer; Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation; Focal plane arrays; Half wave plate; Polarimetry; Radio telescopes; Scientific ballooning; SQUID

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; DETECTORS; GRAVITY WAVES; MICROWAVES; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION;

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; HALF WAVE PLATES; SCIENTIFIC BALLOONING;

RADIO TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749237481     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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