CMB-S4 Technology Book, First Edition
Abstract
CMB-S4 is a proposed experiment to map the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to nearly the cosmic variance limit for angular scales that are accessible from the ground. The science goals and capabilities of CMB-S4 in illuminating cosmic inflation, measuring the sum of neutrino masses, searching for relativistic relics in the early universe, characterizing dark energy and dark matter, and mapping the matter distribution in the universe have been described in the CMB-S4 Science Book. This Technology Book is a companion volume to the Science Book. The ambitious science goals of CMB-S4, a "Stage-4" experiment, require a step forward in experimental capability from the current Stage=II experiments. To guide this process, we summarize the current state of CMB instrumentation technology, and identify R&D efforts necessary to advance it for use in CMB-S4. The book focuses on technical challenges in four broad areas: Telescope Design; Receiver Optics; Focal-Plane Optical Coupling; and Focal-Plane Sensor and Readout.
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@article{arxiv.1706.02464,
title = {CMB-S4 Technology Book, First Edition},
author = {Maximilian H. Abitbol and Zeeshan Ahmed and Darcy Barron and Ritoban Basu Thakur and Amy N. Bender and Bradford A. Benson and Colin A. Bischoff and Sean A. Bryan and John E. Carlstrom and Clarence L. Chang and David T. Chuss and Kevin T. Crowley and Ari Cukierman and Tijmen de Haan and Matt Dobbs and Tom Essinger-Hileman and Jeffrey P. Filippini and Ken Ganga and Jon E. Gudmundsson and Nils W. Halverson and Shaul Hanany and Shawn W. Henderson and Charles A. Hill and Shuay-Pwu P. Ho and Johannes Hubmayr and Kent Irwin and Oliver Jeong and Bradley R. Johnson and Sarah A. Kernasovskiy and John M. Kovac and Akito Kusaka and Adrian T. Lee and Salatino Maria and Philip Mauskopf and Jeff J. McMahon and Lorenzo Moncelsi and Andrew W. Nadolski and Johanna M. Nagy and Michael D. Niemack and Roger C. O'Brient and Stephen Padin and Stephen C. Parshley and Clement Pryke and Natalie A. Roe and Karwan Rostem and John Ruhl and Sara M. Simon and Suzanne T. Staggs and Aritoki Suzuki and Eric R. Switzer and Osamu Tajima and Keith L. Thompson and Peter Timbie and Gregory S. Tucker and Joaquin D. Vieira and Abigail G. Vieregg and Benjamin Westbrook and Edward J. Wollack and Ki Won Yoon and Karl S. Young and Edward Y. Young},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.02464},
year = {2017}
}
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191 pages