Qubic - the Q&U bolometric interferometer for cosmology - a novel way to look at the polarized cosmic microwave background

Mennella, Aniello; Ade, P. A. R.; Aumont, J.; Banfi, S.; Battaglia, P.; Battistelli, E. S.; Baù, A.; Bélier, B.; Bennett, D.; Bergé, L.; Bernard, J. Ph.; Bersanelli, M.; Bigot-Sazy, M. A.; Bleurvacq, N.; Bordier, G.; Brossard, J.; Bunn, E. F.; Burke, D. P.; Buzi, D.; Buzzelli, A.; Cammilleri, D.; Cavaliere, F.; Chanial, P.; Chapron, C.; Columbro, F.; Coppi, G.; Coppolecchia, A.; Couchot, F.; D’Agostino, R.; D’Alessandro, G.; De Bernardis, P.; De Gasperis, G.; De Leo, M.; De Petris, M.; Decourcelle, T.; Del Torto, F.; Dumoulin, L.; Etchegoyen, A.; Franceschet, C.; Garcia, B.; Gault, A.; Gayer, D.; Gervasi, M.; Ghribi, A.; Giard, M.; Giraud-Héraud, Y.; Gradziel, M.; Grandsire, L.; Hamilton, J. Ch.; Harari, D.; Haynes, V.; Henrot-Versillé, S.; Holtzer, N.; Incardona, F.; Kaplan, J.; Korotkov, A.; Krachmalnicoff, N.; Lamagna, L.; Lande, J.; Loucatos, S.; Lowitz, A.; Lukovic, V.; Maffei, B.; Marnieros, S.; Martino, J.; Masi, S.; May, A.; McCulloch, M.; Medina, M. C.; Mele, L.; Melhuish, S.; Montier, L.; Murphy, A.; Néel, D.; Ng, M. W.; O’Sullivan, C.; Paiella, A.; Pajot, F.; Passerini, A.; Pelosi, A.; Perbost, C.; Perdereau, O.; Piacentini, F.; Piat, M.; Piccirillo, L.; Pisano, G.; Prêle, D.; Puddu, R.; Rambaud, D.; Rigaut, O.; Romero, G. E.; Salatino, M.; Schillaci, A.; Scully, S.; Stolpovskiy, M.; Suarez, F.; Tartari, A.; Timbie, P.; Torchinsky, S.; Tristram, M.; Tucker, C.; Tucker, G.; Viganò, D.; Vittorio, N.; Voisin, F.; Watson, B.; Zannoni, M.; Zullo, A.

In this paper we describe QUBIC, an experiment that takes up the challenge posed by the detection of primordial gravitational waves with a novel approach, that combines the sensitivity of state-of-the art bolometric detectors with the systematic effects control typical of interferometers. The so-called “self-calibration” is a technique deeply rooted in the interferometric nature of the instrument and allows us to clean the measured data from instrumental effects. The first module of QUBIC is a dual band instrument (150 GHz and 220 GHz) that will be deployed in Argentina during the Fall 2018.

Qubic - the Q&U bolometric interferometer for cosmology - a novel way to look at the polarized cosmic microwave background / Mennella, A., Ade, P.A.R., Aumont, J., Banfi, S., Battaglia, P., Battistelli, E.S., Baù, A., Bélier, B., Bennett, D., Bergé, L., Bernard, J.Ph., Bersanelli, M., Bigot-Sazy, M.A., Bleurvacq, N., Bordier, G., Brossard, J., Bunn, E.F., Burke, D.P., Buzi, D., Buzzelli, A., et al.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017). (2017 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, EPS-HEP 2017 Palazzo del Cinema and Palazzo del Casino, ita ).