Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

A. S. Rahlin; P. A.R. Ade; M. Amiri; S. J. Benton; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; S. A. Bryan; Hsin C. Chiang; C. R. Contaldi; B. P. Crill; O. Doré; M. Farhang; J. P. Filippini; L. M. Fissel; A. A. Fraisse; A. E. Gambrel; N. N. Gandilo; S. Golwala; Jon E. Gudmundsson; M. Halpern; M. F. Hasselfield; G. Hilton; W. A. Holmes; V. V. Hristov; K. D. Irwin; William C. Jones; Zigmund D. Kermish; C. L. Kuo; C. J. MacTavish; P. V. Mason; K. Megerian; L. Moncelsi; T. A. Morford; J. M. Nagy; C. B. Netterfield; R. O'Brient; C. Reintsema; J. E. Ruhl; M. C. Runyan; J. A. Shariff; J. D. Soler; A. Trangsrud; C. Tucker; R. S. Tucker; A. D. Turner; A. C. Weber; D. V. Wiebe; E. Y. Young

doi:10.1117/12.2055683

Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

A. S. Rahlin^*, P. A.R. Ade, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, Hsin C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, B. P. Crill, O. Doré, M. Farhang, J. P. Filippini, L. M. Fissel, A. A. Fraisse, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, S. Golwala, Jon E. Gudmundsson, M. HalpernM. F. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. A. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, K. D. Irwin, William C. Jones, Zigmund D. Kermish, C. L. Kuo, C. J. MacTavish, P. V. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, C. B. Netterfield, R. O'Brient, C. Reintsema, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, J. A. Shariff, J. D. Soler, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, A. C. Weber, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young

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Abstract

We present the results of integration and characterization of the Spider instrument after the 2013 pre-flight campaign. Spider is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to probe the primordial gravitational wave signal in the degree-scale B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background. With six independent telescopes housing over 2000 detectors in the 94 GHz and 150 GHz frequency bands, Spider will map 7.5% of the sky with a depth of 11 to 14 μ 1/4K .arcmin at each frequency, which is a factor of ∼5 improvement over Planck. We discuss the integration of the pointing, cryogenic, electronics, and power sub-systems, as well as pre-flight characterization of the detectors and optical systems. Spider is well prepared for a December 2014 flight from Antarctica, and is expected to be limited by astrophysical foreground emission, and not instrumental sensitivity, over the survey region.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Editors	Jonas Zmuidzinas, Wayne S. Holland
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496218
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055683
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII - Montreal, Canada Duration: 24 Jun 2014 → 27 Jun 2014

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9153
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	24/06/14 → 27/06/14

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cosmic microwave background
cosmology
inflation
millimeter wave instrumentation
polarization
scientific ballooning
Spider
transition-edge sensor

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Rahlin, A. S., Ade, P. A. R., Amiri, M., Benton, S. J., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Crill, B. P., Doré, O., Farhang, M., Filippini, J. P., Fissel, L. M., Fraisse, A. A., Gambrel, A. E., Gandilo, N. N., Golwala, S., Gudmundsson, J. E., ... Young, E. Y. (2014). Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope. In J. Zmuidzinas, & W. S. Holland (Eds.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII Article 915313 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9153). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055683

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Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope. / Rahlin, A. S.; Ade, P. A.R.; Amiri, M. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. ed. / Jonas Zmuidzinas; Wayne S. Holland. SPIE, 2014. 915313 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9153).

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