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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902349
