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CLOVER: The CMB Polarization Observer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2006

M. Giard ,
F. Casoli ,
F. Paletou ,
B. Maffei ,
P. A.R. Ade ,
C. Calderon ,
A. D. Challinor ,
P. De Bernardis ,
L. Dunlop  and
W. K. Gear
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B. Maffei
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
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
G. Pisano
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

We present a new, fully-funded ground-based instrument designed to measure the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The concept is based on three independent sub-systems operating at 90, 150 and 220 GHz, each comprising a telescope and a focal plane of horn-coupled background-limited bolometers. This highly-sensitive experiment, planned to be based at Dome C station in Antarctica, is optimised to produce very low systematic effects. It will allow the detection of the CMB polarization over angular multipoles 20<l<1000 accurately enough to measure the B-mode signature from gravitational waves to a lensing-confusion-limited tensor-to-scalar ratio r ~ 0.005.

Type
Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 14: Dome C Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting , 2005 , pp. 251 - 256
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

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