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Carlo R. Contaldi

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Professor of Theoretical Physics
 
 
 
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@inproceedings{Shaw:2020:10.1117/12.2562941,
author = {Shaw, EC and Ade, PAR and Akers, S and Amiri, M and Austermann, JE and Beall, JA and Becker, DT and Benton, SJ and Bergman, AS and Bock, JJ and Bond, JR and Bryan, SA and Chiang, HC and Contaldi, CR and Domagalski, RS and Dore, O and Duff, SM and Duivenvoorden, AJ and Eriksen, HK and Farhang, M and Filippini, JP and Fissel, LM and Fraisse, AA and Freese, K and Galloway, M and Gambrel, AE and Gandilo, NN and Ganga, K and Grigorian, A and Gualtieri, R and Gudmundsson, JE and Halpern, M and Hartley, J and Hasselfield, M and Hilton, G and Holmes, W and Hristov, VV and Huang, Z and Hubmayr, J and Irwin, KD and Jones, WC and Kahn, A and Kuo, CL and Kermish, ZD and Lennox, A and Leung, JS-Y and Megerian, K and Reintsema, C and Li, S and Mason, PV and Runyan, MC and Moncelsi, L and Morford, TA and Nagy, JM and Nie, R and Mocanu, LM and Padilla, IL and Netterfield, CB and Osherson, B and Rahlin, AS and Redmond, S and Turner, AD and Romualdez, LJ and Nolta, M and Ruhl, JE and Shariff, JA and Shi},
doi = {10.1117/12.2562941},
pages = {1--1},
publisher = {SPIE},
title = {Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2562941},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - In this work we describe upgrades to the Spider balloon-borne telescope in preparation for its second flight, currently planned for December 2021. The Spider instrument is optimized to search for a primordial B-mode polarization signature in the cosmic microwave background at degree angular scales. During its first flight in 2015, Spider mapped ~10% of the sky at 95 and 150 GHz. The payload for the second Antarctic flight will incorporate three new 280 GHz receivers alongside three refurbished 95- and 150 GHz receivers from Spider's first flight. In this work we discuss the design and characterization of these new receivers, which employ over 1500 feedhorn-coupled transition-edge sensors. We describe pre-flight laboratory measurements of detector properties, and the optical performance of completed receivers. These receivers will map a wide area of the sky at 280 GHz, providing new information on polarized Galactic dust emission that will help to separate it from the cosmological signal.
AU  - Shaw,EC
AU  - Ade,PAR
AU  - Akers,S
AU  - Amiri,M
AU  - Austermann,JE
AU  - Beall,JA
AU  - Becker,DT
AU  - Benton,SJ
AU  - Bergman,AS
AU  - Bock,JJ
AU  - Bond,JR
AU  - Bryan,SA
AU  - Chiang,HC
AU  - Contaldi,CR
AU  - Domagalski,RS
AU  - Dore,O
AU  - Duff,SM
AU  - Duivenvoorden,AJ
AU  - Eriksen,HK
AU  - Farhang,M
AU  - Filippini,JP
AU  - Fissel,LM
AU  - Fraisse,AA
AU  - Freese,K
AU  - Galloway,M
AU  - Gambrel,AE
AU  - Gandilo,NN
AU  - Ganga,K
AU  - Grigorian,A
AU  - Gualtieri,R
AU  - Gudmundsson,JE
AU  - Halpern,M
AU  - Hartley,J
AU  - Hasselfield,M
AU  - Hilton,G
AU  - Holmes,W
AU  - Hristov,VV
AU  - Huang,Z
AU  - Hubmayr,J
AU  - Irwin,KD
AU  - Jones,WC
AU  - Kahn,A
AU  - Kuo,CL
AU  - Kermish,ZD
AU  - Lennox,A
AU  - Leung,JS-Y
AU  - Megerian,K
AU  - Reintsema,C
AU  - Li,S
AU  - Mason,PV
AU  - Runyan,MC
AU  - Moncelsi,L
AU  - Morford,TA
AU  - Nagy,JM
AU  - Nie,R
AU  - Mocanu,LM
AU  - Padilla,IL
AU  - Netterfield,CB
AU  - Osherson,B
AU  - Rahlin,AS
AU  - Redmond,S
AU  - Turner,AD
AU  - Romualdez,LJ
AU  - Nolta,M
AU  - Ruhl,JE
AU  - Shariff,JA
AU  - Shiu,C
AU  - Soler,JD
AU  - Song,X
AU  - Trangsrud,A
AU  - Thommesen,H
AU  - Tucker,C
AU  - Tucker,RS
AU  - Ullom,J
AU  - van,der List JF
AU  - Van,Lanen J
AU  - Vissers,MR
AU  - Weber,AC
AU  - Wen,S
AU  - Wehus,IK
AU  - Wiebe,DV
AU  - Young,EY
DO  - 10.1117/12.2562941
EP  - 1
PB  - SPIE
PY  - 2020///
SP  - 1
TI  - Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2562941
UR  - https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11453/2562941/Design-and-pre-flight-performance-of-SPIDER-280-GHz-receivers/10.1117/12.2562941.full?SSO=1
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/85438
ER  -
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