TY  - STD
AU  - Piat M, Battistelli E.
PY  - 2011//
TI  - QUBIC: the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology
PB  - Springer Netherlands
KW  - Physics and Astronomy
KW  -
N2  - The primordial B-mode polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background is the imprints of the gravitational wave background generated by inflation. Observing the B-mode is up to now the most direct way to constrain the physics of the primordial Universe, especially inflation. To detect these B-modes, high sensitivity is required as well as an exquisite control of systematics effects. To comply with these requirements, we propose a new instrument called QUBIC (Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology) based on bolometric interferometry. The control of systematics is obtained with a close-packed interferometer while bolometers cooled to very low temperature allow for high sensitivity. We present the architecture of this new instrument, the status of the project and the self-calibration technique which allows accurate measurement of the instrumental systematic effects.
SN  - 0022-2291
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0522-x
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ID  - PiatM2011
ER  -