• DocumentCode
    242301
  • Title

    The cosmology large angular scale surveyor (CLASS) telescope architecture

  • Author

    Chuss, David T. ; Ali, Ahmad ; Amiri, Mozhgan ; Appel, John W. ; Araujo, D. ; Bennett, C.L. ; Boone, Francois ; Manwei Chan ; Hsiao-Mei Cho ; Colazo, Felipe ; Crowe, Erik ; Denis, Kevin L. ; Dunner, Rolando ; Eimer, Joseph ; Essinger-Hileman, Thomas ; Got

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-11 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    2583
  • Lastpage
    2587
  • Abstract
    We describe the instrument architecture of the CLASS instrument, a ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeter that will measure the large-scale polarization of the CMB in several frequency bands to search for evidence of inflation.
  • Keywords
    astronomical observatories; astronomical polarimetry; cosmic acceleration; cosmology; polarimeters; radiofrequency cosmic radiation; radiotelescopes; CMB large-scale polarization; Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor telescope architecture; cosmic inflation; ground-based cosmic microwave background polarimeter; Detectors; Modulation; Optical waveguides; Optics; Telescopes; Transducers; antenna; measurement; propagation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    The Hague
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902349
  • Filename
    6902349
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=242301