The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7741, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chuss, David T ^a   Ade, Peter A R ^b   Benford, Dominic J ^a   Bennett, Charles L ^c   Dotson, Jessie L ^d   Eimer, Joseph R ^c   Fixsen, Dale J ^a   Halpern, Mark ^e   Hilton, Gene ^f   Hinderks, James ^a   Hinshaw, Gary ^a   Irwin, Kent ^f   Jackson, Michael L ^a   Jah, Muzariatu A ^a   Jethava, Nikhil ^a,g   Jhabvala, Christine ^a   Kogut, Alan J ^a   Lowe, Luke ^a   McCullagh, Nuala ^c   Miller, Timothy ^a   Mirel, Paul ^a   Moseley, S Harvey ^a   Rodriguez, Samelys ^a   Rostem, Karwan ^a   Sharp, Elmer ^a,g   Staguhn, Johannes G ^a,c   Tucker, Carole E ^b   Voellmer, George M ^a   Wollack, Edward J ^a   Zeng, Lingzhen ^c   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g GLOBAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic Microwave Background; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SCALE; CMB POLARIZATION; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUNDS; CRYOGENIC TELESCOPE; DESIRED SIGNAL; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; INSTRUMENTAL POLARIZATION; LINEAR POLARIZATION; MODULATION CYCLES; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; PLANAR ARRAYS; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION MODULATORS; POLARIZATION VECTORS; POLARIZED COMPONENTS; SINGLE FREQUENCY; STOKES PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS; TRANSITION-EDGE SENSORS;

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY; ELLIPSOMETRY; INFRARED DETECTORS; INSTRUMENTS; MODULATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POLARIMETERS; SENSORS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77956198862     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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