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Trangsrud, Amy Ruth (2012) The SPIDER CMB Polarimeter. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/83YV-A258. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07022011-083421311
Abstract
SPIDER is a balloon-borne millimeter-wave telescope designed to study the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). SPIDER will map 10% of the full sky with degree-scale beams to search for the distinctive inflationary gravitational wave signal on angular scales between 1 degree and 10 degrees, thereby probing the energy scale of inflation. In its first flight, SPIDER will field 2,400 antenna-coupled bolometers split between two bands centered at 93 GHz and 148 GHz. Slot antenna arrays, band defining microstrip filters and superconducting bolometers are all fabricated photolithographically on a shared silicon substrate. SPIDER's detectors are split amongst six monochromatic on-axis refractors in a shared helium-cooled cryostat. This thesis reviews the design of SPIDER and its antenna-coupled bolometers, and details the currently achieved performance of SPIDER's receivers.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.)) | ||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | Astrophysics; Experiment; Cosmic Microwave Background; Polarization; Inflation; SPIDER; Bolometers; Antenna-coupled Transition Edge Sensors | ||||||||
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology | ||||||||
| Division: | Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy | ||||||||
| Major Option: | Physics | ||||||||
| Thesis Availability: | Public (worldwide access) | ||||||||
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| Group: | Astronomy Department | ||||||||
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| Defense Date: | 26 July 2011 | ||||||||
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| Projects: | SPIDER | ||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechTHESIS:07022011-083421311 | ||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:07022011-083421311 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.7907/83YV-A258 | ||||||||
| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | ||||||||
| ID Code: | 6534 | ||||||||
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS | ||||||||
| Deposited By: | Amy Trangsrud | ||||||||
| Deposited On: | 19 Oct 2011 18:55 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2021 17:42 |
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