Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers
Author(s)
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
In this work we describe upgrades to the Spider balloon-borne telescope in preparation for its second flight, currently planned for December 2021. The Spider instrument is optimized to search for a primordial B-mode polarization signature in the cosmic microwave background at degree angular scales. During its first flight in 2015, Spider mapped ~10% of the sky at 95 and 150 GHz. The payload for the second Antarctic flight will incorporate three new 280 GHz receivers alongside three refurbished 95- and 150 GHz receivers from Spider's first flight. In this work we discuss the design and characterization of these new receivers, which employ over 1500 feedhorn-coupled transition-edge sensors. We describe pre-flight laboratory measurements of detector properties, and the optical performance of completed receivers. These receivers will map a wide area of the sky at 280 GHz, providing new information on polarized Galactic dust emission that will help to separate it from the cosmological signal.
Date Issued
2020-12-13
Date Acceptance
2020-12-01
Citation
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 2020, 11453, pp.1-1
ISBN
9781510636934
Publisher
SPIE
Start Page
1
End Page
1
Journal / Book Title
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X
Volume
11453
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s).
Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Identifier
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11453/2562941/Design-and-pre-flight-performance-of-SPIDER-280-GHz-receivers/10.1117/12.2562941.full?SSO=1
Grant Number
ST/L00044X/1
ST-N000838
ST/N000838/1
ST/P000762/1
Source
SPIE ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES + INSTRUMENTATION
Subjects
astro-ph.IM
astro-ph.IM
astro-ph.CO
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2020-12-14
Finish Date
2020-12-18
Coverage Spatial
Online
Date Publish Online
2020-12-13