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    Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: The Instrument


    De Bernardis, P., Ade, P.A.R., Baselmans, J.J.A., Battistelli, E.S., Benoit, A., Bersanelli, M., Bideaud, A., Calvo, M., Charles, I., Colantoni, I., Coppolecchia, Alessandro, Crook, M., D'Alessandro, Giuseppe, De Petris, M., Delabrouille, J., Doyle, S., Franceschet, C., Gomez, A., Goupy, J., Hanany, S., Hills, M., Lamagna, L., Macias-Perez, J.F., Maffei, B., Martin, S., Martinez-Gonzalez, E., Masi, S., McCarthy, D., Mennella, A., Monfardini, A., Noviello, F., Paiella, A., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Pisano, G., Signorelli, G., Tan, C.Y., Tartari, A., Trappe, Neil, Triqueneaux, S., Tucker, C., Vermeulen, G., Young, K., Zannoni, M., Achúcarro, A., Allison, R., Ashdown, M., Ballardini, M., Banday, A.J., Banerji, R., Bartlett, J., Bartolo, N., Basak, S., Bonaldi, A., Bonato, M., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F., Boulanger, F., Brinckmann, M., Bucher, M., Burigana, C., Buzzelli, A., Cai, Z.Y., Carvalho, C.S., Challinor, A., Chluba, J., Clesse, S., de Gasperis, G., de Zotti, G., Di Valentino, E., Diego, J.M., Errard, J., Feeney, S., Fernandez-Cobos, R., Finelli, F., Forastieri, F., Galli, S., Genova-Santos, R.T., Gerbino, M., Gonzalez-Nuevo, J., Hagstotz, S., Greenslade, J., Handley, W., Hernandez-Monteagudo, C., Hervias-Caimapo, C., Hivon, E., Kiiveri, K., Kisner, T.S., Kitching, T., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lasenby, A., Lattanzi, M., Lesgourgues, J., Lewis, A., Liguori, M., Lindholm, V., Luzzi, G., Martins, C.J.A.P., Melchiorri, A., Melin, J.-B., Molinari, D., Natoli, P., Negrello, M., Notari, A., Paoletti, D., Patanchon, G., Polastri, L., Polenta, G., Pollo, A., Poulin, V., Quartin, M., Remazeilles, M., Roman, M., Rubino-Martin, J.A., Salvati, L., Tomasi, M., Tramonte, D., Trombetti, T., Valiviita, J., van de Weygaert, R., Van Tent, B., Vennin, V., Vielva, P. and Vittorio, N. (2018) Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: The Instrument. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 4 (015). ISSN 1475-7516

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    Abstract

    We describe a space-borne, multi-band, multi-beam polarimeter aiming at a precise and accurate measurement of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The instrument is optimized to be compatible with the strict budget requirements of a mediumsize space mission within the Cosmic Vision Programme of the European Space Agency. The instrument has no moving parts, and uses arrays of diffraction-limited Kinetic Inductance Detectors to cover the frequency range from 60 GHz to 600 GHz in 19 wide bands, in the focal plane of a 1.2 m aperture telescope cooled at 40 K, allowing for an accurate extraction of the CMB signal from polarized foreground emission. The projected CMB polarization survey sensitivity of this instrument, after foregrounds removal, is 1.7 µK·arcmin. The design is robust enough to allow, if needed, a downscoped version of the instrument covering the 100 GHz to 600 GHz range with a 0.8 m aperture telescope cooled at 85 K, with a projected CMB polarization survey sensitivity of 3.2 µK·arcmin.
    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: This is the preprint version of the published article, which is available at: P. de Bernardis et al JCAP04(2018)015
    Keywords: Exploring; Cosmic Origins; CORE; Instrument;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics
    Item ID: 13314
    Identification Number: 10.1088/1475-7516/2018/04/015
    Depositing User: Dr. Neil Trappe
    Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2020 14:41
    Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
    Publisher: IOP Publishing
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/13314
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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