SPIDER: CMB Polarimetry from the Edge of Space

Gualtieri, R.; Filippini, J. P.; Ade, P. A.  R.; Amiri, M.; Benton, S. J.; Bergman, A. S.; Bihary, R.; Bock, J. J.; Bond, J. R.; Bryan, S. A.; Chiang, H. C.; Contaldi, C. R.; Doré, O.; Duivenvoorden, A. J.; Eriksen, H. K.; Farhang, M.; Fissel, L. M.; Fraisse, A. A.; Freese, K.; Galloway, M.; Gambrel, A. E.; Gandilo, N. N.; Ganga, K.; Gramillano, R. V.; Gudmundsson, J. E.; Halpern, M.; Hartley, J.; Hasselfield, M.; Hilton, G.; Holmes, W.; Hristov, V. V.; Huang, Z.; Irwin, K. D.; Jones, W. C.; Kuo, C. L.; Kermish, Z. D.; Li, S.; Mason, P. V.; Megerian, K.; Moncelsi, L.; Morford, T. A.; Nagy, J. M.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nolta, M.; Osherson, B.; Padilla, I. L.; Racine, B.; Rahlin, A. S.; Reintsema, C.; Ruhl, J. E.; Runyan, M. C.; Ruud, T. M.; Shariff, J. A.; Soler, J. D.; Song, X.; Trangsrud, A.; Tucker, C.; Tucker, R. S.; Turner, A. D.; List, J. F.  van der; Weber, A. C.; Wehus, I. K.; Wiebe, D. V.; Young, E. Y.

doi:10.1007/s10909-018-2078-x

Title: SPIDER: CMB Polarimetry from the Edge of Space

Abstract

SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the polarization of the millimeter-wave sky at large angular scales. SPIDER targets the B-mode signature of primordial gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), with a focus on mapping a large sky area with high fidelity at multiple frequencies. SPIDER ’s first long-duration balloon (LDB) flight in January 2015 deployed a total of 2400 antenna-coupled transition-edge sensors (TESs) at 90 GHz and 150 GHz. In this work we review the design and in-flight performance of the SPIDER instrument, with a particular focus on the measured performance of the detectors and instrument in a space-like loading and radiation environment. SPIDER ’s second flight in December 2018 will incorporate payload upgrades and new receivers to map the sky at 285 GHz, providing valuable information for cleaning polarized dust emission from CMB maps.

Authors:

; Filippini, J. P.; Ade, P. A. R.; Amiri, M.; Benton, S. J.; Bergman, A. S.; Bihary, R.; Bock, J. J.; Bond, J. R.; Bryan, S. A.; Chiang, H. C.; Contaldi, C. R.; Doré, O.; Duivenvoorden, A. J.; Eriksen, H. K.; Farhang, M.; Fissel, L. M.; Fraisse, A. A.; Freese, K.; Galloway, M. more »

Publication Date:: Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Org.:: Spider Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1490467

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1646993

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; NNX07AL64G; NNX12AE95G; NNX17AC55G; PLR-1043515; 14-SAT14-0009; 638-2013-8993; SC0007859

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 193; Journal Issue: 5-6; Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2291

Publisher:: Springer

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Cosmic microwave background; Inflation; Bolometers; Transition-edge sensors; Polarimetry

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                    Gualtieri, R., Filippini, J. P., Ade, P. A.  R., Amiri, M., Benton, S. J., Bergman, A. S., Bihary, R., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Doré, O., Duivenvoorden, A. J., Eriksen, H. K., Farhang, M., Fissel, L. M., Fraisse, A. A., Freese, K., Galloway, M., Gambrel, A. E., Gandilo, N. N., Ganga, K., Gramillano, R. V., Gudmundsson, J. E., Halpern, M., Hartley, J., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G., Holmes, W., Hristov, V. V., Huang, Z., Irwin, K. D., Jones, W. C., Kuo, C. L., Kermish, Z. D., Li, S., Mason, P. V., Megerian, K., Moncelsi, L., Morford, T. A., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Nolta, M., Osherson, B., Padilla, I. L., Racine, B., Rahlin, A. S., Reintsema, C., Ruhl, J. E., Runyan, M. C., Ruud, T. M., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Song, X., Trangsrud, A., Tucker, C., Tucker, R. S., Turner, A. D., List, J. F.  van der, Weber, A. C., Wehus, I. K., Wiebe, D. V., and Young, E. Y. SPIDER: CMB Polarimetry from the Edge of Space.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Gualtieri, R., Filippini, J. P., Ade, P. A.  R., Amiri, M., Benton, S. J., Bergman, A. S., Bihary, R., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Doré, O., Duivenvoorden, A. J., Eriksen, H. K., Farhang, M., Fissel, L. M., Fraisse, A. A., Freese, K., Galloway, M., Gambrel, A. E., Gandilo, N. N., Ganga, K., Gramillano, R. V., Gudmundsson, J. E., Halpern, M., Hartley, J., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G., Holmes, W., Hristov, V. V., Huang, Z., Irwin, K. D., Jones, W. C., Kuo, C. L., Kermish, Z. D., Li, S., Mason, P. V., Megerian, K., Moncelsi, L., Morford, T. A., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Nolta, M., Osherson, B., Padilla, I. L., Racine, B., Rahlin, A. S., Reintsema, C., Ruhl, J. E., Runyan, M. C., Ruud, T. M., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Song, X., Trangsrud, A., Tucker, C., Tucker, R. S., Turner, A. D., List, J. F.  van der, Weber, A. C., Wehus, I. K., Wiebe, D. V., & Young, E. Y. SPIDER: CMB Polarimetry from the Edge of Space.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-2078-x

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                    Gualtieri, R., Filippini, J. P., Ade, P. A.  R., Amiri, M., Benton, S. J., Bergman, A. S., Bihary, R., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Doré, O., Duivenvoorden, A. J., Eriksen, H. K., Farhang, M., Fissel, L. M., Fraisse, A. A., Freese, K., Galloway, M., Gambrel, A. E., Gandilo, N. N., Ganga, K., Gramillano, R. V., Gudmundsson, J. E., Halpern, M., Hartley, J., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G., Holmes, W., Hristov, V. V., Huang, Z., Irwin, K. D., Jones, W. C., Kuo, C. L., Kermish, Z. D., Li, S., Mason, P. V., Megerian, K., Moncelsi, L., Morford, T. A., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Nolta, M., Osherson, B., Padilla, I. L., Racine, B., Rahlin, A. S., Reintsema, C., Ruhl, J. E., Runyan, M. C., Ruud, T. M., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Song, X., Trangsrud, A., Tucker, C., Tucker, R. S., Turner, A. D., List, J. F.  van der, Weber, A. C., Wehus, I. K., Wiebe, D. V., and Young, E. Y. Thu .  
"SPIDER: CMB Polarimetry from the Edge of Space".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-2078-x.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1490467.

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  title        = {SPIDER: CMB Polarimetry from the Edge of Space},

  author       = {Gualtieri, R. and Filippini, J. P. and Ade, P. A.  R. and Amiri, M. and Benton, S. J. and Bergman, A. S. and Bihary, R. and Bock, J. J. and Bond, J. R. and Bryan, S. A. and Chiang, H. C. and Contaldi, C. R. and Doré, O. and Duivenvoorden, A. J. and Eriksen, H. K. and Farhang, M. and Fissel, L. M. and Fraisse, A. A. and Freese, K. and Galloway, M. and Gambrel, A. E. and Gandilo, N. N. and Ganga, K. and Gramillano, R. V. and Gudmundsson, J. E. and Halpern, M. and Hartley, J. and Hasselfield, M. and Hilton, G. and Holmes, W. and Hristov, V. V. and Huang, Z. and Irwin, K. D. and Jones, W. C. and Kuo, C. L. and Kermish, Z. D. and Li, S. and Mason, P. V. and Megerian, K. and Moncelsi, L. and Morford, T. A. and Nagy, J. M. and Netterfield, C. B. and Nolta, M. and Osherson, B. and Padilla, I. L. and Racine, B. and Rahlin, A. S. and Reintsema, C. and Ruhl, J. E. and Runyan, M. C. and Ruud, T. M. and Shariff, J. A. and Soler, J. D. and Song, X. and Trangsrud, A. and Tucker, C. and Tucker, R. S. and Turner, A. D. and List, J. F.  van der and Weber, A. C. and Wehus, I. K. and Wiebe, D. V. and Young, E. Y.},

  abstractNote = {SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the polarization of the millimeter-wave sky at large angular scales. SPIDER targets the B-mode signature of primordial gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background (CMB), with a focus on mapping a large sky area with high fidelity at multiple frequencies. SPIDER ’s first long-duration balloon (LDB) flight in January 2015 deployed a total of 2400 antenna-coupled transition-edge sensors (TESs) at 90 GHz and 150 GHz. In this work we review the design and in-flight performance of the SPIDER instrument, with a particular focus on the measured performance of the detectors and instrument in a space-like loading and radiation environment. SPIDER ’s second flight in December 2018 will incorporate payload upgrades and new receivers to map the sky at 285 GHz, providing valuable information for cleaning polarized dust emission from CMB maps.},

  doi          = {10.1007/s10909-018-2078-x},

  journal      = {Journal of Low Temperature Physics},

  number       = 5-6,

  volume       = 193,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Thu Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

}

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Fig. 1: Left: Photograph of the complete SPIDER payload hanging from the LDB launch vehicle. The six telescope aperture forebaffles are visible emerging from the central cryostat, which is supported by a scanning carbon fiber gondola. A sun shield surrounds the assembly, and a solar panel “wing” is visible atmore »

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SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales conference, July 2010

A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER journal, August 2017

SPIDER: probing the early Universe with a suborbital polarimeter journal, April 2013

Design and construction of a carbon fiber gondola for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope conference, July 2014

Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems journal, January 1981

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments conference, July 2014

Characterization and Physical Explanation of Energetic Particles on Planck HFI Instrument journal, February 2014

BICEP: a large angular scale CMB polarimeter conference, February 2003

280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter journal, September 2018

Joint Analysis of BICEP2/ Keck Array and Planck Data journal, March 2015

Time-division superconducting quantum interference device multiplexer for transition-edge sensors journal, August 2003

A cryogenic rotation stage with a large clear aperture for the half-wave plates in the Spider instrument journal, January 2016

Planck 2015 results : XX. Constraints on inflation journal, September 2016

BICEP2. II. Experiment And Three-Year Data Set journal, August 2014

Functional Description of Read-out Electronics for Time-Domain Multiplexed Bolometers for Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Astronomy journal, January 2008

Design and performance of the SPIDER instrument conference, July 2010

Planck pre-launch status: The HFI instrument, from specification to actual performance journal, September 2010

The thermal design, characterization, and performance of the S pider long-duration balloon cryostat journal, December 2015

Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope conference, July 2014

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope conference, July 2014

Modeling and characterization of the SPIDER half-wave plate conference, July 2010

Planck 2015 results : XXIII. The thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect-cosmic infrared background correlation journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results : XIII. Cosmological parameters journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results : VI. LFI mapmaking journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results : XVI. Isotropy and statistics of the CMB journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results : XXVI. The Second journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results: XX. Constraints on inflation text, January 2016

Modeling and characterization of the SPIDER half-wave plate text, January 2010

SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales text, January 2011

Planck 2013 results X. Energetic particle effects: characterization, removal, and simulation text, January 2013

Characterization and Physical Explanation of Energetic Particles on Planck HFI Instrument text, January 2014

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope text, January 2014

Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope text, January 2014

A Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data text, January 2015

Antenna-coupled TES bolometers used in BICEP2, Keck array, and SPIDER text, January 2015

The Thermal Design, Characterization, and Performance of the SPIDER Long-Duration Balloon Cryostat text, January 2015

A cryogenic rotation stage with a large clear aperture for the half-wave plates in the Spider instrument text, January 2015

Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER text, January 2016

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter text, January 2006

Controlling the thermal conductance of silicon nitride membranes at 100 mK temperatures with patterned metal features journal, July 2019

A review of metal mesh filters
conference, June 2006

Planck 2013 results. X. HFI energetic particle effects: characterization, removal, and simulation
journal, October 2014

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter
conference, June 2006

Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER
conference, July 2016

ANTENNA-COUPLED TES BOLOMETERS USED IN BICEP2, Keck Array , AND SPIDER
journal, October 2015

SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales
conference, July 2010

A New Limit on CMB Circular Polarization from SPIDER
journal, August 2017

SPIDER: probing the early Universe with a suborbital polarimeter
journal, April 2013

Design and construction of a carbon fiber gondola for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope
conference, July 2014

Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems
journal, January 1981

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments
conference, July 2014

Characterization and Physical Explanation of Energetic Particles on Planck HFI Instrument
journal, February 2014

BICEP: a large angular scale CMB polarimeter
conference, February 2003

280 GHz Focal Plane Unit Design and Characterization for the Spider-2 Suborbital Polarimeter
journal, September 2018

Joint Analysis of BICEP2/ Keck Array and Planck Data
journal, March 2015

Time-division superconducting quantum interference device multiplexer for transition-edge sensors
journal, August 2003

A cryogenic rotation stage with a large clear aperture for the half-wave plates in the Spider instrument
journal, January 2016

Planck 2015 results : XX. Constraints on inflation
journal, September 2016

BICEP2. II. Experiment And Three-Year Data Set
journal, August 2014

Functional Description of Read-out Electronics for Time-Domain Multiplexed Bolometers for Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Astronomy
journal, January 2008

Design and performance of the SPIDER instrument
conference, July 2010

Planck pre-launch status: The HFI instrument, from specification to actual performance
journal, September 2010

The thermal design, characterization, and performance of the S pider long-duration balloon cryostat
journal, December 2015

Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope
conference, July 2014

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope
conference, July 2014

Modeling and characterization of the SPIDER half-wave plate
conference, July 2010

Planck 2015 results : XXIII. The thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect-cosmic infrared background correlation
journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results : XIII. Cosmological parameters
journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results : VI. LFI mapmaking
journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results : XVI. Isotropy and statistics of the CMB
journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results : XXVI. The Second
journal, September 2016

Planck 2015 results: XX. Constraints on inflation
text, January 2016

Modeling and characterization of the SPIDER half-wave plate
text, January 2010

SPIDER: a balloon-borne CMB polarimeter for large angular scales
text, January 2011

Planck 2013 results X. Energetic particle effects: characterization, removal, and simulation
text, January 2013

Characterization and Physical Explanation of Energetic Particles on Planck HFI Instrument
text, January 2014

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope
text, January 2014

Pre-flight integration and characterization of the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope
text, January 2014

A Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data
text, January 2015

Antenna-coupled TES bolometers used in BICEP2, Keck array, and SPIDER
text, January 2015

The Thermal Design, Characterization, and Performance of the SPIDER Long-Duration Balloon Cryostat
text, January 2015

A cryogenic rotation stage with a large clear aperture for the half-wave plates in the Spider instrument
text, January 2015

Design of 280 GHz feedhorn-coupled TES arrays for the balloon-borne polarimeter SPIDER
text, January 2016

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter
text, January 2006

Controlling the thermal conductance of silicon nitride membranes at 100 mK temperatures with patterned metal features
journal, July 2019