PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2019-08-21 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a proposed probe-scale space mission consisting of an imaging polarimeter operating in frequency bands between 20 and 800 GHz. We describe the science achievable by PICO, which has sensitivity equivalent to more than 3300 Planck missions, the technical implementation, the schedule and cost.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1908.07495,
title = {PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins},
author = {S. Hanany and M. Alvarez and E. Artis and P. Ashton and J. Aumont and R. Aurlien and R. Banerji and R. B. Barreiro and J. G. Bartlett and S. Basak and N. Battaglia and J. Bock and K. K. Boddy and M. Bonato and J. Borrill and F. Bouchet and F. Boulanger and B. Burkhart and J. Chluba and D. Chuss and S. Clark and J. Cooperrider and B. P. Crill and G. De Zotti and J. Delabrouille and E. Di Valentino and J. Didier and O. Dore and H. K. Eriksen and J. Errard and T. Essinger-Hileman and S. Feeney and J. Filippini and L. Fissel and R. Flauger and U. Fuskeland and V. Gluscevic and K. M. Gorski and D. Green and B. Hensley and D. Herranz and J. C. Hill and E. Hivon and R. Hlozek and J. Hubmayr and B. R. Johnson and W. Jones and T. Jones and L. Knox and A. Kogut and M. Lopez-Caniego and C. Lawrence and A. Lazarian and Z. Li and M. Madhavacheril and J. B. Melin and J. Meyers and C. Murray and M. Negrello and G. Novak and R. O'Brient and C. Paine and T. Pearson and L. Pogosian and C. Pryke and G. Puglisi and M. Remazeilles and G. Rocha and M. Schmittfull and D. Scott and P. Shirron and I. Stephens and B. Sutin and M. Tomasi and A. Trangsrud and A. van Engelen and F. Vansyngel and I. K. Wehus and Q. Wen and S. Xu and K. Young and A. Zonca},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.07495},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
APC White Paper submitted to the Astro2020 decadal panel; 10 page version of the 50 page mission study report arXiv:1902.10541