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The POLARBEAR Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Experiment
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article
Author
Barron, D; Ade, P; Anthony, A; Arnold, K; Boettger, D; Borrill, J; Chapman, S; Chinone, Y; Dobbs, M; Edwards, J; Errard, J; Fabbian, G; Flanigan, D; Fuller, G; Ghribi, A; Grainger, W; Halverson, N; Hasegawa, M; Hattori, K; Hazumi, M; Holzapfel, W; Howard, J; Hyland, P; Jaehnig, G; Jaffe, A; Keating, B; Kermish, Z; Keskitalo, R; Kisner, T; Lee, AT; Le Jeune, M; Linder, E; Lungu, M; Matsuda, F; Matsumura, T; Meng, X; Miller, NJ; Morii, H; Moyerman, S; Myers, M; Nishino, H; Paar, H; Peloton, J; Quealy, E; Rebeiz, G; Reichardt, CL; Richards, PL; Ross, C; Shimizu, A; Shimmin, C; Shimon, M; Sholl, M; Siritanasak, P; Spieler, H; Stebor, N; Steinbach, B; Stompor, R; Suzuki, A; Tomaru, T; Tucker, C; Yadav, A; Zahn, O
Source
Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 176(5-6)
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Abstract
The polarbear cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment has been observing since early 2012 from its 5,200 m site in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. polarbear's measurements will characterize the expected CMB polarization due to gravitational lensing by large scale structure, and search for the possible B-mode polarization signature of inflationary gravitational waves. polarbear's 250 mK focal plane detector array consists of 1,274 polarization-sensitive antenna-coupled bolometers, each with an associated lithographed band-defining filter and contacting dielectric lenslet, an architecture unique in current CMB experiments. The status of the polarbear instrument, its focal plane, and the analysis of its measurements are presented. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York.