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CLOVER Experiment: the receiver block

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2006

G. Pisano
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
P. A.R. Ade
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
C. Calderon
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
A. D. Challinor
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
P. De Bernardis
Affiliation:
Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
L. Dunlop
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
W. K. Gear
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
Y. Giraud-Héraud
Affiliation:
Collège de France, Paris, France
D. J. Goldie
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
K. J.B. Grainge
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
K. G. Isaak
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
B. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
M. E. Jones
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
A. N. Lasenby
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
B. Maffei
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
P. D. Mauskopf
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
S. J. Melhuish
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
A. Orlando
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
L. Piccirillo
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Cardiff, UK
A. C. Taylor
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
S. Withington
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
G. Yassin
Affiliation:
Cavendish Astrophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
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Abstract

The ClOVER instrument (described elsewhere in this volume) is being built to measure the B-mode polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Each of the 256 pixels is made up a pseudo-correlation receiver that can be realised using either waveguide or microstrip technology. In this work we present a design study for a possible waveguide-based solution. Each of the individual components has been optimised using electromagnetic finite-element modelling software (HFSS).

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Research Article
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

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