QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) is a new polarimeter aimed to characterize the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and other Galactic and extragalactic signals at medium and large angular scales in the frequency range 10-40 GHz. The multi-frequency (10-20 GHz) instrument, mounted on the first QUIJOTE telescope, saw first light on November 2012 from the Teide Observatory (2400 m a.s.l). During 2014 the second telescope has been installed at this observatory. A second instrument at 30 GHz will be ready for commissioning at this telescope during summer 2015, and a third additional instrument at 40 GHz is now being developed. These instruments will have nominal sensitivities to detect the B-mode polarization due to the primordial gravitational-wave component if the tensor-to-scalar ratio is larger than r = 0.05.

The QUIJOTE experiment: Project overview and first results / Genova-Santos, R., Rubino-Martin, J.A., Rebolo, R., Aguiar, M., Gomez-Renasco, F., Gutierrez, C., Hoyland, R.J., Lopez-Caraballo, C., Pelaez-Santos, A.E., Perez-De-Taoro, M.R., Poidevin, F., Sanchez de la Rosa, V., Tramonte, D., Vega-Moreno, A., Viera-Curbelo, T., Vignaga, R., Martinez-Gonzalez, E., Barreiro, R.B., Casaponsa, B., Casas, F.J., et al.. - (2014), pp. 207-212. (11th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society - Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, SEA 2014 esp ).

The QUIJOTE experiment: Project overview and first results

Pisano G.;
2014

Abstract

QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) is a new polarimeter aimed to characterize the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and other Galactic and extragalactic signals at medium and large angular scales in the frequency range 10-40 GHz. The multi-frequency (10-20 GHz) instrument, mounted on the first QUIJOTE telescope, saw first light on November 2012 from the Teide Observatory (2400 m a.s.l). During 2014 the second telescope has been installed at this observatory. A second instrument at 30 GHz will be ready for commissioning at this telescope during summer 2015, and a third additional instrument at 40 GHz is now being developed. These instruments will have nominal sensitivities to detect the B-mode polarization due to the primordial gravitational-wave component if the tensor-to-scalar ratio is larger than r = 0.05.
2014
11th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society - Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, SEA 2014
Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, B-Modes, Instrumentation, Polarimetry, Millimetre waves, Microwave receivers, Polarization
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The QUIJOTE experiment: Project overview and first results / Genova-Santos, R., Rubino-Martin, J.A., Rebolo, R., Aguiar, M., Gomez-Renasco, F., Gutierrez, C., Hoyland, R.J., Lopez-Caraballo, C., Pelaez-Santos, A.E., Perez-De-Taoro, M.R., Poidevin, F., Sanchez de la Rosa, V., Tramonte, D., Vega-Moreno, A., Viera-Curbelo, T., Vignaga, R., Martinez-Gonzalez, E., Barreiro, R.B., Casaponsa, B., Casas, F.J., et al.. - (2014), pp. 207-212. (11th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society - Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, SEA 2014 esp ).
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