QUaD: A high-resolution cosmic microwave background polarimeter

J. R. Hinderks; P. Ade; J. Bock; M. Bowden; M. L. Brown; G. Cahill; J. E. Carlstrom; P. G. Castro; S. Church; T. Culverhouse; R. Friedman; K. Ganga; W. K. Gear; S. Gupta; J. Harris; V. Haynes; B. G. Keating; J. Kovac; E. Kirby; A. E. Lange; E. Leitch; O. E. Mallie; S. Melhuish; Y. Memari; A. Murphy; A. Orlando; R. Schwarz; C. O'Sullivan; L. Piccirillo; C. Pryke; N. Rajguru; B. Rusholme; A. N. Taylor; K. L. Thompson; C. Tucker; A. H. Turner; E. Y S Wu; M. Zemcov

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1221

QUaD: A high-resolution cosmic microwave background polarimeter

J. R. Hinderks, P. Ade, J. Bock, M. Bowden, M. L. Brown, G. Cahill, J. E. Carlstrom, P. G. Castro, S. Church, T. Culverhouse, R. Friedman, K. Ganga, W. K. Gear, S. Gupta, J. Harris, V. Haynes, B. G. Keating, J. Kovac, E. Kirby, A. E. LangeE. Leitch, O. E. Mallie, S. Melhuish, Y. Memari, A. Murphy, A. Orlando, R. Schwarz, C. O'Sullivan, L. Piccirillo, C. Pryke, N. Rajguru, B. Rusholme, A. N. Taylor, K. L. Thompson, C. Tucker, A. H. Turner, E. Y S Wu, M. Zemcov

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We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain telescope equipped with a cryogenically cooled receiver containing an array of 62 polarization- sensitive bolometers. The focal plane contains pixels at two different frequency bands, 100 GHz and 150 GHz, with angular resolutions of 5′ and 35, respectively. The high angular resolution allows observation of CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies over a wide range of scales. The instrument commenced operation in early 2005 and collected science data during three successive Austral winter seasons of observation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1221-1246
Number of pages	26
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	692
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1221
State	Published - Feb 20 2009

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instrumentation: polarimeters

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Hinderks, J. R., Ade, P., Bock, J., Bowden, M., Brown, M. L., Cahill, G., Carlstrom, J. E., Castro, P. G., Church, S., Culverhouse, T., Friedman, R., Ganga, K., Gear, W. K., Gupta, S., Harris, J., Haynes, V., Keating, B. G., Kovac, J., Kirby, E., ... Zemcov, M. (2009). QUaD: A high-resolution cosmic microwave background polarimeter. Astrophysical Journal, 692(2), 1221-1246. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1221

Hinderks, JR, Ade, P, Bock, J, Bowden, M, Brown, ML, Cahill, G, Carlstrom, JE, Castro, PG, Church, S, Culverhouse, T, Friedman, R, Ganga, K, Gear, WK, Gupta, S, Harris, J, Haynes, V, Keating, BG, Kovac, J, Kirby, E, Lange, AE, Leitch, E, Mallie, OE, Melhuish, S, Memari, Y, Murphy, A, Orlando, A, Schwarz, R, O'Sullivan, C, Piccirillo, L, Pryke, C, Rajguru, N, Rusholme, B, Taylor, AN, Thompson, KL, Tucker, C, Turner, AH, Wu, EYS & Zemcov, M 2009, 'QUaD: A high-resolution cosmic microwave background polarimeter', Astrophysical Journal, vol. 692, no. 2, pp. 1221-1246. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/692/2/1221

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