QUEST on DASI: A South Pole CMB polarization experiment

Sarah Church; Peter Ade; James Bock; Melanie Bowden; John Carlstrom; Ken Ganga; Walter Gear; James Hinderks; Wayne Hu; Brian Keating; John Kovac; Andrew Lange; Eric Leitch; Olivier Mallie; Simon Melhuish; Anthony Murphy; Ben Rusholme; Creidhe O'Sullivan; Lucio Piccirillo; Clem Pryke; Andy Taylor; Keith Thompson

doi:10.1016/j.newar.2003.09.033

QUEST on DASI: A South Pole CMB polarization experiment

Sarah Church, Peter Ade, James Bock, Melanie Bowden, John Carlstrom, Ken Ganga, Walter Gear, James Hinderks, Wayne Hu, Brian Keating, John Kovac, Andrew Lange, Eric Leitch, Olivier Mallie, Simon Melhuish, Anthony Murphy, Ben Rusholme, Creidhe O'Sullivan, Lucio Piccirillo, Clem PrykeAndy Taylor, Keith Thompson

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Abstract

QUEST on DASI is a ground-based, high-sensitivity, high-resolution (ℓ_max∼2500) experiment designed to map CMB polarization at 100 and 150 GHz and to measure the power spectra from E-modes, B-modes from lensing of the CMB, and B-modes from primordial gravitational waves. The experiment comprises a 2.6 m Cassegrain optical system, equipped with an array of 62 polarization-sensitive bolometers (PSBs), located at the South Pole. The instrument is designed to minimize systematic effects; features include differencing of pairs of orthogonal PSBs within a single feed, a rotatable achromatic waveplate, and axisymmetric rotatable optics. In addition the South Pole location allows both repeatable and highly controlled observations. QUEST on DASI will commence operation in early 2005.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1083-1089
Number of pages	7
Journal	New Astronomy Reviews
Volume	47
Issue number	11-12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2003.09.033
State	Published - Dec 2003

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Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants 9987360 and 0096778, by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council in the UK, and by the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology.

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Church, S., Ade, P., Bock, J., Bowden, M., Carlstrom, J., Ganga, K., Gear, W., Hinderks, J., Hu, W., Keating, B., Kovac, J., Lange, A., Leitch, E., Mallie, O., Melhuish, S., Murphy, A., Rusholme, B., O'Sullivan, C., Piccirillo, L., ... Thompson, K. (2003). QUEST on DASI: A South Pole CMB polarization experiment. New Astronomy Reviews, 47(11-12), 1083-1089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2003.09.033

Church, S, Ade, P, Bock, J, Bowden, M, Carlstrom, J, Ganga, K, Gear, W, Hinderks, J, Hu, W, Keating, B, Kovac, J, Lange, A, Leitch, E, Mallie, O, Melhuish, S, Murphy, A, Rusholme, B, O'Sullivan, C, Piccirillo, L, Pryke, C, Taylor, A & Thompson, K 2003, 'QUEST on DASI: A South Pole CMB polarization experiment', New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 47, no. 11-12, pp. 1083-1089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2003.09.033

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