Published July 15, 2010
| Published
Book Section - Chapter
Open
Design and performance of the SPIDER instrument
Abstract
Here we describe the design and performance of the SPIDER instrument. SPIDER is a balloon-borne cosmic microwave background polarization imager that will map part of the sky at 90, 145, and 280 GHz with subdegree resolution and high sensitivity. This paper discusses the general design principles of the instrument inserts, mechanical structures, optics, focal plane architecture, thermal architecture, and magnetic shielding of the TES sensors and SQUID multiplexer. We also describe the optical, noise, and magnetic shielding performance of the 145 GHz prototype instrument insert.
Additional Information
© 2010 SPIE. The Spider collaboration gratefully acknowledges the support of NASA (grant number NNX07AL64G), the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and NSERC. With great sadness, the Spider collaboration acknowledges the countless contributions of Andrew E. Lange, the late PI of the Spider project. His wisdom and selfless leadership will be sorely missed. WCJ acknowledges the support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge our collaboration with the BICEP2 and Keck projects. The author thanks J. Lazear for his help with the design and construction of the cold load.Attached Files
Published - Runyan2010p12892Adaptive_Optics_Systems_Pts_1-3.pdf
Files
Runyan2010p12892Adaptive_Optics_Systems_Pts_1-3.pdf
Files
(16.5 MB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:1e03f2b0bbc8da600789204a3d28de8d
|
16.5 MB | Preview Download |
Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 22817
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20110310-151608268
- NNX07AL64G
- NASA
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Created
-
2011-03-14Created from EPrint's datestamp field
- Updated
-
2023-03-15Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Series Name
- Proceedings of SPIE
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 7741