The STRIP instrument of the Large Scale Polarization Explorer: microwave eyes to map the Galactic polarized foregrounds

Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
Franceschet, Cristian
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Realini, Sabrina
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Addamo, Giuseppe
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Baú, Alessandro
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Caccianiga, Barbara
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Caprioli, Silvia
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Cavaliere, Francesco
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Cleary, Kieran A.
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Del Torto, Francesco
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Fafone, Viviana
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Farooqui, Zunnoorain
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Génova Santos, Ricardo T.
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Gaier, Todd C.
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Gervasi, Massimo
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Ghigna, Tommaso
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Jones, Mike
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Kangaslahti, Pekka
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Mainini, Roberto
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Mena, Patricio
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Molina, Rocío.
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Passerini, Andrea
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Perez-de-Taoro, Maria del Rosario
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Peverini, Oscar A.
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Pezzotta, Federico
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Pincella, Claudio
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Reyes, Nicolás.
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Rocchi, Alessio
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Rubiño-Martín, José A.
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Soria, Mary
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Tapia, Valeria
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Tomasi, Maurizio
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Tommasi, Elisabetta
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Viganó, Daniele M.
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Virone, Giuseppe
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Watkins, Bob
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Zannoni, Mario
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Abstract
In this paper we discuss the latest developments of the STRIP instrument of the "Large Scale Polarization Explorer" (LSPE) experiment. LSPE is a novel project that combines ground-based (STRIP) and balloon-borne (SWIPE) polarization measurements of the microwave sky on large angular scales to attempt a detection of the "B-modes" of the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization. STRIP will observe approximately 25% of the Northern sky from the "Observatorio del Teide" in Tenerife, using an array of forty-nine coherent polarimeters at 43 GHz, coupled to a 1.5 m fully rotating crossed-Dragone telescope. A second frequency channel with six-elements at 95 GHz will be exploited as an atmospheric monitor. At present, most of the hardware of the STRIP instrument has been developed and tested at sub-system level. System-level characterization, starting in July 2018, will lead STRIP to be shipped and installed at the observation site within the end of the year. The on-site verification and calibration of the whole instrument will prepare STRIP for a 2-years campaign for the observation of the CMB polarization.
Coverage
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
All editors
Zmuidzinas, Jonas; Gao, Jian-Rong
Series
Volume
10708
Start page
107081G
Conferenece
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Conferenece place
Austin, Texas, United States
Conferenece date
10-15 June, 2018
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0277-786X
Ads BibCode
2018SPIE10708E..1GF
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open.access
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