Simulation of the cosmic ray effects for the LiteBIRD satellite observing the CMB B-mode polarization

Mayu Tominaga; Masahiro Tsujimoto; Samantha Lynn Stever; Tommaso Ghigna; HIrokazu Ishino; Ken Ebisawa

doi:10.1117/12.2576127

13 December 2020 Simulation of the cosmic ray effects for the LiteBIRD satellite observing the CMB B-mode polarization

Mayu Tominaga, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Samantha Lynn Stever, Tommaso Ghigna, HIrokazu Ishino, Ken Ebisawa

Proceedings Volume 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 114532H (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576127
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The LiteBIRD satellite is planned to be launched by JAXA in the late 2020s. Its main purpose is to observe the large-scale B-mode polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anticipated from the Inflation theory. LiteBIRD will observe the sky for three years at the second Lagrangian point (L2) of the Sun-Earth system. Planck was the predecessor for observing the CMB at L2, and the onboard High Frequency Instrument (HFI) suffered contamination by glitches caused by the cosmic-ray (CR) hits. We consider the CR hits can also be a serious source of the systematic uncertainty for LiteBIRD. Thus, we have started a comprehensive end-to-end simulation study to assess impact of the CR hits for the LiteBIRD detectors. Here, we describe procedures to make maps and power spectra from the simulated time-ordered data, and present initial results. Our initial estimate is that ClBB by CR is ~ 2 ×10−6 μK2CMB in a one-year observation with 12 detectors assuming that the noise is 1 aW/ √ Hz for the differential mode of two detectors constituting a polarization pair.

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Mayu Tominaga, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Samantha Lynn Stever, Tommaso Ghigna, HIrokazu Ishino, and Ken Ebisawa "Simulation of the cosmic ray effects for the LiteBIRD satellite observing the CMB B-mode polarization", Proc. SPIE 11453, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 114532H (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2576127

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