The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

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The bolometric focal plane array of the Polarbear CMB experiment

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arxiv 1210.7877 v1 pith:VFY7TAMJ submitted 2012-10-30 astro-ph.IM astro-ph.CO

K. Arnold (1) , P.A.R. Ade (2) , A.E. Anthony (3) , D. Barron (4) D. Boettger (4) , J. Borrill (5 , 6) , S. Chapman (7) Y. Chinone (11) , M.A. Dobbs (8)

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The Polarbear Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization experiment is currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. It will characterize the expected B-mode polarization due to gravitational lensing of the CMB, and search for the possible B-mode signature of inflationary gravitational waves. Its 250 mK focal plane detector array consists of 1,274 polarization-sensitive antenna-coupled bolometers, each with an associated lithographed band-defining filter. Each detector's planar antenna structure is coupled to the telescope's optical system through a contacting dielectric lenslet, an architecture unique in current CMB experiments. We present the initial characterization of this focal plane.

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