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QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon National University of Ireland, Maynooth
  • 2. ROR icon Sapienza University of Rome
  • 3. ROR icon INFN Sezione di Roma I
  • 4. ROR icon Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory
  • 5. ROR icon University of Surrey
  • 6. ROR icon University of Paris-Saclay
  • 7. ROR icon University of Milan
  • 8. ROR icon INFN Sezione di Milano
  • 9. ROR icon Paris Observatory
  • 10. ROR icon University of Milano-Bicocca
  • 11. ROR icon Cardiff University
  • 12. ROR icon National University of La Plata
  • 13. ROR icon Centro Científico Tecnológico - Mendoza
  • 14. ROR icon Bariloche Atomic Centre
  • 15. ROR icon Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology
  • 16. ROR icon University of Oxford
  • 17. ROR icon Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  • 18. ROR icon University of Richmond
  • 19. ROR icon University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • 20. ROR icon National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • 21. ROR icon National Scientific and Technical Research Council
  • 22. ROR icon Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
  • 23. ROR icon Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
  • 24. ROR icon University of Manchester
  • 25. ROR icon Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
  • 26. ROR icon Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • 27. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 28. ROR icon University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • 29. ROR icon Brown University

Abstract

The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarization anisotropies [1] in the CMB at angular scales around the ℓ ≃100 recombination peak. Systematic errors make ground-based observations of B modes at millimetre wavelengths very challenging and QUBIC mitigates these problems in a somewhat complementary way to other existing or planned experiments using the novel technique of bolometric interferometry. This technique takes advantage of the sensitivity of an imager and the systematic error control of an interferometer. A cold reflective optical combiner superimposes the re-emitted beams from 400 aperture feedhorns on two focal planes. A shielding system composed of a fixed groundshield, and a forebaffle that moves with the instrument, limits the impact of local contaminants. The modelling, design, manufacturing and preliminary measurements of the optical components are described in this paper.

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© 2022 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd on behalf of Sissa Medialab. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. Received November 25, 2020; Revised April 16, 2021; Accepted June 6, 2021; Published April 21, 2022. QUBIC is funded by the following agencies. France: ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche) 2012 and 2014, DIM-ACAV (Domaine d'Intérêt Majeur-Astronomie et Conditions d'Apparition de la Vie), CNRS/IN2P3 (Centre national de la recherche scientifique/Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules), CNRS/INSU (Centre national de la recherche scientifique/Institut national et al. de sciences de l'univers). Italy: CNR/PNRA (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche/Programma Nazionale Ricerche in Antartide) until 2016, INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare) since 2017. Argentina: MINCyT (Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación), CNEA (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica), CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas). D. Burke and J.D. Murphy acknowledge funding from the Irish Research Council under the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme. D. Gayer and S. Scully acknowledge funding from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. D. Bennett acknowledges funding from Science Foundation Ireland.

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Funding

Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR)
Domaine d'Interet Majeur-Astronomie et Conditions d'Apparition de la Vie
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3)
Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Programma Nazionale Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA)
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Irish Research Council
National University of Ireland
Science Foundation, Ireland

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