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Hinderks, J., Ade, P.A.R., Bock, J.J., Bowden, M., Cahill, G., Carlstrom, J.E., Castro, P.G., Church, S., Culverhouse, T., Friedman, R., Ganga, K., Gear, W.K., Gupta, S., Harris, J., Haynes, V., Keating, B.G., Kovac, J., Kirby, E., Lange, A.E., Leitch, E., Mallie, O.E., Melhuish, S., Memari, Y., Murphy, J.Anthony, Orlando, A., Schwarz, R., O'Sullivan, Créidhe, Piccirillo, L., Pryke, C., Rajguru, N., Rusholme, B., Taylor, A.N., Thompson, K.L., Tucker, C., Turner, A.H., Wu, E.Y.S. and Zemcov, M. (2009) QUaD: A High-Resolution Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter. Astrophysical Journal, 692 (2). pp. 1221-1246. ISSN 0004-637X
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Abstract
We describe the QUaD experiment, a millimeter-wavelength polarimeter designed to observe the cosmic
microwave background (CMB) from a site at the South Pole. The experiment comprises a 2.64 m Cassegrain
telescope equipped with a cryogenically cooled receiver containing an array of 62 polarization-sensitive
bolometers. The focal plane contains pixels at two different frequency bands, 100 GHz and 150 GHz, with
angular resolutions of 5 and 3.5, respectively. The high angular resolution allows observation of CMB
temperature and polarization anisotropies over a wide range of scales. The instrument commenced operation
in early 2005 and collected science data during three successive Austral winter seasons of observation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | cosmic microwave background – instrumentation; polarimeters; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics |
| Item ID: | 2096 |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Anthony Murphy |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2010 14:34 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Astrophysical Journal |
| Publisher: | American Astronomical Society |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| 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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