SPTpol: An instrument for CMB polarization

J. J. McMahon; K. A. Aird; B. A. Benson; L. E. Bleem; J. Britton; J. E. Carlstrom; C. L. Chang; H. S. Cho; T. Dehaan; T. M. Crawford; A. T. Crites; A. Datesman; M. A. Dobbs; W. Everett; N. W. Halverson; G. P. Holder; W. L. Holzapfel; D. Hmbes; K. D. Irwin; M. Joy; R. Keisler; T. M. Lanting; A. T. Lee; E. M. Leitch; A. Loehr; M. Lueker; J. Mehl; S. S. Meyer; J. J. Mohr; T. E. Montroy; M. D. Niemack; C. C. Ngeow; V. Novosad; S. Padin; T. Plagge; C. Pryke; C. Reichardt; J. E. Ruhl; K. K. Schaffer; L. Shaw; E. Shirokoff; H. G. Spieler; B. Stadler; A. A. Stark; Z. Staniszewski; K. Vanderlinde; J. D. Vieira; G. Wang; R. Wilhamson; V. Yefremenko; K. W. Yoon; O. Zhan; A. Zenteno

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SPTpol: An instrument for CMB polarization

J. J. McMahon, K. A. Aird, B. A. Benson, L. E. Bleem, J. Britton, J. E. Carlstrom, C. L. Chang, H. S. Cho, T. Dehaan, T. M. Crawford, A. T. Crites, A. Datesman, M. A. Dobbs, W. Everett, N. W. Halverson, G. P. Holder, W. L. Holzapfel, D. Hmbes, K. D. Irwin, M. JoyR. Keisler, T. M. Lanting, A. T. Lee, E. M. Leitch, A. Loehr, M. Lueker, J. Mehl, S. S. Meyer, J. J. Mohr, T. E. Montroy, M. D. Niemack, C. C. Ngeow, V. Novosad, S. Padin, T. Plagge, C. Pryke, C. Reichardt, J. E. Ruhl, K. K. Schaffer, L. Shaw, E. Shirokoff, H. G. Spieler, B. Stadler, A. A. Stark, Z. Staniszewski, K. Vanderlinde, J. D. Vieira, G. Wang, R. Wilhamson, V. Yefremenko, K. W. Yoon, O. Zhan, A. Zenteno

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SPTpol will consist of an 850 element polarization sensitive bolometric camera deployed to the South Pole Telescope in late 2011. This camera is optimized for measurement of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background with arcminute resolution. These measurements will be used to constrain neutrino masses and to constrain the amplitude of gravitational waves from inflation. The camera includes two detector architectures that observe in two different frequency bands. At 150 GHz, SPTpol will use 650 feedhorn-coupled TES polarimeters fabricated at NIST. At 90 GHz, it will use 200 absorber-coupled polarimeters developed at Argonne National Lab. The NIST pixels will be coupled to the telescope using a monolithic array of corrugated feeds and the Argonne devices will be coupled with individually machined contoured feeds. The entire focal plane will be readout using a digital frequency-domain multiplexer system. We provide an overview of the project, describe the detectors and discuss the design of this system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Low Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop
Pages	511-514
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292391
State	Published - 2009
Event	13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13 - Stanford, CA, United States Duration: Jul 20 2009 → Jul 24 2009

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1185
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13
Country/Territory	United States
City	Stanford, CA
Period	7/20/09 → 7/24/09

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Bolometers
Cosmic microwave background
Cosmology
Polarimetry
Transition-edge sensors

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McMahon, J. J., Aird, K. A., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Britton, J., Carlstrom, J. E., Chang, C. L., Cho, H. S., Dehaan, T., Crawford, T. M., Crites, A. T., Datesman, A., Dobbs, M. A., Everett, W., Halverson, N. W., Holder, G. P., Holzapfel, W. L., Hmbes, D., Irwin, K. D., ... Zenteno, A. (2009). SPTpol: An instrument for CMB polarization. In Low Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop (pp. 511-514). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1185). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292391

McMahon, JJ, Aird, KA, Benson, BA, Bleem, LE, Britton, J, Carlstrom, JE, Chang, CL, Cho, HS, Dehaan, T, Crawford, TM, Crites, AT, Datesman, A, Dobbs, MA, Everett, W, Halverson, NW, Holder, GP, Holzapfel, WL, Hmbes, D, Irwin, KD, Joy, M, Keisler, R, Lanting, TM, Lee, AT, Leitch, EM, Loehr, A, Lueker, M, Mehl, J, Meyer, SS, Mohr, JJ, Montroy, TE, Niemack, MD, Ngeow, CC, Novosad, V, Padin, S, Plagge, T, Pryke, C, Reichardt, C, Ruhl, JE, Schaffer, KK, Shaw, L, Shirokoff, E, Spieler, HG, Stadler, B, Stark, AA, Staniszewski, Z, Vanderlinde, K, Vieira, JD, Wang, G, Wilhamson, R, Yefremenko, V, Yoon, KW, Zhan, O & Zenteno, A 2009, SPTpol: An instrument for CMB polarization. in Low Temperature Detectors LTD-13 - Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1185, pp. 511-514, 13th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors, LTD-13, Stanford, CA, United States, 7/20/09. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292391

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