The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER)

Kogut, Alan, Ade, Peter A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-0401, Benford, Dominic, Bennett, Charles L., Chuss, David T., Dotson, Jessie L., Eimer, Joseph R., Fixsen, Dale J., Halpern, Mark, Hilton, Gene, Hinderks, James, Hinshaw, Gary F., Irwin, Kent, Jhabvala, Christine, Johnson, Brad, Lazear, Justin, Lowe, Luke, Miller, Timothy, Mirel, Paul, Moseley, S. Harvey, Rodriguez, Samelys, Sharp, Elmer, Staguhn, Johannes G., Tucker, Carole ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1851-3918, Weston, Amy and Wollack, Edward J. 2012. The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER). Presented at: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1 July 2012. Proc. SPIE 8452, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI. , vol.8452 The International Society for Optical Engineering, 84521J. 10.1117/12.925204

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Abstract

The Primordial Inflation Polarization Explorer (PIPER) is a balloon-borne instrument to measure the gravitational wave signature of primordial inflation through its distinctive imprint on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background. PIPER combines cold (1.5 K) optics, 5120 bolometric detectors, and rapid polarization modulation using VPM grids to achieve both high sensitivity and excellent control of systematic errors. A series of flights alternating between northern and southern hemisphere launch sites will produce maps in Stokes I, Q, U, and V parameters at frequencies 200, 270, 350, and 600 GHz (wavelengths 1500, 1100, 850, and 500 &mu;m) covering 85% of the sky. The high sky coverage allows measurement of the primordial B-mode signal in the `reionization bump" at multipole moments <i>l</i> &lt; 10 where the primordial signal may best be distinguished from the cosmological lensing foreground. We describe the PIPER instrument and discuss the current status and expected science returns from the mission.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Publisher:	The International Society for Optical Engineering
ISSN:	0277-786X
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 11:03
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/46760

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