Measuring the cosmic microwave background polarization with the QUaD experiment

Melanie Bowden; Andy N. Taylor; Ken M. Ganga; Peter A.R. Ade; James J. Bock; Gary A. Cahill; John E. Carlstrom; Sarah E. Church; Walter K. Gear; James R. Hinderks; Wayne Hu; Brian G. Keating; John Kovac; Andrew E. Lange; Erik M. Leitch; Bruno Maffei; Olivier Mallie; Simon J. Melhuish; John Anthony Murphy; Giampaolo Pisano; Lucio Piccirillo; Clem Pryke; Ben A. Rusholme; Creidhe M. O'Sullivan; Keith L. Thompson; Michael Zemcov

doi:10.1117/12.551110

28 September 2004 Measuring the cosmic microwave background polarization with the QUaD experiment

Melanie Bowden, Andy N. Taylor, Ken M. Ganga, Peter A.R. Ade, James J. Bock, Gary A. Cahill, John E. Carlstrom, Sarah E. Church, Walter K. Gear, James R. Hinderks, Wayne Hu, Brian G. Keating, John Kovac, Andrew E. Lange, Erik M. Leitch, Bruno Maffei, Olivier Mallie, Simon J. Melhuish, John Anthony Murphy, Giampaolo Pisano, Lucio Piccirillo, Clem Pryke, Ben A. Rusholme, Creidhe M. O'Sullivan, Keith L. Thompson, Michael Zemcov

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Proceedings Volume 5489, Ground-based Telescopes; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551110
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

We look at anticipated science results achievable with QUaD, a ground-based experiment to measure the polarization of the CMB from the South Pole, and describe the features that will enable it to measure this weak polarized signal. We show that QUaD can make a high resolution measurement of the polarization signals on small angular scales. This will lead to tighter constraints on the key cosmological parameters and could also put new limits on the inflationary model.

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Melanie Bowden, Andy N. Taylor, Ken M. Ganga, Peter A.R. Ade, James J. Bock, Gary A. Cahill, John E. Carlstrom, Sarah E. Church, Walter K. Gear, James R. Hinderks, Wayne Hu, Brian G. Keating, John Kovac, Andrew E. Lange, Erik M. Leitch, Bruno Maffei, Olivier Mallie, Simon J. Melhuish, John Anthony Murphy, Giampaolo Pisano, Lucio Piccirillo, Clem Pryke, Ben A. Rusholme, Creidhe M. O'Sullivan, Keith L. Thompson, and Michael Zemcov "Measuring the cosmic microwave background polarization with the QUaD experiment", Proc. SPIE 5489, Ground-based Telescopes, (28 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551110

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