QUBIC: the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

M Piat; E Battistelli; A Ba˘; D Bennett; L BergÈ; J-P Bernard; P de Bernardis; M-A Bigot-Sazy; G Bordier; A Bounab; E BrÈelle; E F Bunn; M Calvo; R Charlassier; S Collin; A Cruciani; G Curran; L Dumoulin; A Gault; M Gervasi; A Ghribi; M Giard; C Giordano; Y Giraud-HÈraud; M Gradziel; L Guglielmi; J-C Hamilton; V Haynes; J Kaplan; A Korotkov; J LandÈ; B Maffei; M Maiello; S Malu; S Marnieros; J Martino; S Masi; L Montier; A Murphy; F Nati; C O'Sullivan; F Pajot; C Parisel; A Passerini; S Peterzen; F Piacentini; L Piccirillo; G Pisano; G Polenta; D PrÍle; D Romano; C Rosset; M Salatino; A Schillaci; G Sironi; R Sordini; S Spinelli; A Tartari; P Timbie; G Tucker; L Vibert; F Voisin; R A Watson; M Zannoni

doi:10.1007/s10909-012-0522-x

QUBIC: the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

M Piat, E Battistelli, A Ba˘, D Bennett, L BergÈ, J-P Bernard, P de Bernardis, M-A Bigot-Sazy, G Bordier, A Bounab, E BrÈelle, E F Bunn, M Calvo, R Charlassier, S Collin, A Cruciani, G Curran, L Dumoulin, A Gault, M GervasiA Ghribi, M Giard, C Giordano, Y Giraud-HÈraud, M Gradziel, L Guglielmi, J-C Hamilton, V Haynes, J Kaplan, A Korotkov, J LandÈ, B Maffei, M Maiello, S Malu, S Marnieros, J Martino, S Masi, L Montier, A Murphy, F Nati, C O'Sullivan, F Pajot, C Parisel, A Passerini, S Peterzen, F Piacentini, L Piccirillo, G Pisano, G Polenta, D PrÍle, D Romano, C Rosset, M Salatino, A Schillaci, G Sironi, R Sordini, S Spinelli, A Tartari, P Timbie, G Tucker, L Vibert, F Voisin, R A Watson, M Zannoni

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The primordial B-mode polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background is the imprints of the gravitational wave background generated by inflation. Observing the B-mode is up to now the most direct way to constrain the physics of the primordial Universe, especially inflation. To detect these B-modes, high sensitivity is required as well as an exquisite control of systematics effects. To comply with these requirements, we propose a new instrument called QUBIC (Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) based on bolometric interferometry. The control of systematics is obtained with a close-packed interferometer while bolometers cooled to very low temperature allow for high sensitivity. We present the architecture of this new instrument, the status of the project and the self-calibration technique which allows accurate measurement of the instrumental systematic effects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	872-878
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	167
Issue number	5-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0522-x
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Bolometer
Cosmic microwave background
Interferometer
Polarisation

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Piat, M., Battistelli, E., Ba˘, A., Bennett, D., BergÈ, L., Bernard, J.-P., de Bernardis, P., Bigot-Sazy, M.-A., Bordier, G., Bounab, A., BrÈelle, E., Bunn, E. F., Calvo, M., Charlassier, R., Collin, S., Cruciani, A., Curran, G., Dumoulin, L., Gault, A., ... Zannoni, M. (2012). QUBIC: the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 167(5-6), 872-878. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0522-x

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QUBIC: the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology

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