Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers

E. C. Shaw; P. A.R. Ade; S. Akers; M. Amiri; J. E. Austermann; J. A. Beall; D. T. Becker; S. J. Benton; A. S. Bergman; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; S. A. Bryan; H. C. Chiang; C. R. Contaldi; R. S. Domagalski; O. Dore; S. M. Duff; A. J. Duivenvoorden; H. K. Eriksen; M. Farhang; J. P. Filippini; L. M. Fissel; A. A. Fraisse; K. Freese; M. Galloway; A. E. Gambrel; N. N. Gandilo; K. Ganga; A. Grigorian; R. Gualtieri; J. E. Gudmundsson; M. Halpern; J. Hartley; M. Hasselfield; G. Hilton; W. Holmes; V. V. Hristov; Z. Huang; J. Hubmayr; K. D. Irwin; W. C. Jones; A. Kahn; C. L. Kuo; Z. D. Kermish; A. Lennox; J. S.Y. Leung; S. Li; P. V. Mason; K. Megerian; L. M. Mocanu; L. Moncelsi; T. A. Morford; J. M. Nagy; R. Nie; M. Nolta; C. B. Netterfield; B. Osherson; I. L. Padilla; A. S. Rahlin; S. Redmond; C. Reintsema; M. C. Runyan; L. J. Romualdez; J. E. Ruhl; J. A. Shariff; C. Shiu; J. D. Soler; X. Song; A. Trangsrud; H. Thommesen; C. Tucker; R. S. Tucker; A. D. Turner; J. Ullom; J. F. Van Der List; J. Van Lanen; M. R. Vissers; A. C. Weber; S. Wen; I. K. Wehus; D. V. Wiebe; E. Y. Young

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Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers

E. C. Shaw, P. A.R. Ade, S. Akers, M. Amiri, J. E. Austermann, J. A. Beall, D. T. Becker, S. J. Benton, A. S. Bergman, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, R. S. Domagalski, O. Dore, S. M. Duff, A. J. Duivenvoorden, H. K. Eriksen, M. FarhangJ. P. Filippini, L. M. Fissel, A. A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, A. Grigorian, R. Gualtieri, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, Z. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, A. Kahn, C. L. Kuo, Z. D. Kermish, A. Lennox, J. S.Y. Leung, S. Li, P. V. Mason, K. Megerian, L. M. Mocanu, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, R. Nie, M. Nolta, C. B. Netterfield, B. Osherson, I. L. Padilla, A. S. Rahlin, S. Redmond, C. Reintsema, M. C. Runyan, L. J. Romualdez, J. E. Ruhl, J. A. Shariff, C. Shiu, J. D. Soler, X. Song, A. Trangsrud, H. Thommesen, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, J. Ullom, J. F. Van Der List, J. Van Lanen, M. R. Vissers, A. C. Weber, S. Wen, I. K. Wehus, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X
Editors	Jonas Zmuidzinas, Jian-Rong Gao
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510636934
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562941
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: Dec 14 2020 → Dec 22 2020

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	11453
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	12/14/20 → 12/22/20

Keywords

Spider
cosmic microwave background
cosmology
millimeter wave instrumentation
polarization
scientific ballooning
scientific instrumentation
transition-edge sensor

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Shaw, E. C., Ade, P. A. R., Akers, S., Amiri, M., Austermann, J. E., Beall, J. A., Becker, D. T., Benton, S. J., Bergman, A. S., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Domagalski, R. S., Dore, O., Duff, S. M., Duivenvoorden, A. J., Eriksen, H. K., ... Young, E. Y. (2020). Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers. In J. Zmuidzinas, & J.-R. Gao (Eds.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X Article 114532F (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11453). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562941

Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers. / Shaw, E. C.; Ade, P. A.R.; Akers, S. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X. ed. / Jonas Zmuidzinas; Jian-Rong Gao. SPIE, 2020. 114532F (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11453).

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Shaw, EC, Ade, PAR, Akers, S, Amiri, M, Austermann, JE, Beall, JA, Becker, DT, Benton, SJ, Bergman, AS, Bock, JJ, Bond, JR, Bryan, SA, Chiang, HC, Contaldi, CR, Domagalski, RS, Dore, O, Duff, SM, Duivenvoorden, AJ, Eriksen, HK, Farhang, M, Filippini, JP, Fissel, LM, Fraisse, AA, Freese, K, Galloway, M, Gambrel, AE, Gandilo, NN, Ganga, K, Grigorian, A, Gualtieri, R, Gudmundsson, JE, Halpern, M, Hartley, J, Hasselfield, M, Hilton, G, Holmes, W, Hristov, VV, Huang, Z, Hubmayr, J, Irwin, KD, Jones, WC, Kahn, A, Kuo, CL, Kermish, ZD, Lennox, A, Leung, JSY, Li, S, Mason, PV, Megerian, K, Mocanu, LM, Moncelsi, L, Morford, TA, Nagy, JM, Nie, R, Nolta, M, Netterfield, CB, Osherson, B, Padilla, IL, Rahlin, AS, Redmond, S, Reintsema, C, Runyan, MC, Romualdez, LJ, Ruhl, JE, Shariff, JA, Shiu, C, Soler, JD, Song, X, Trangsrud, A, Thommesen, H, Tucker, C, Tucker, RS, Turner, AD, Ullom, J, Van Der List, JF, Van Lanen, J, Vissers, MR, Weber, AC, Wen, S, Wehus, IK, Wiebe, DV & Young, EY 2020, Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers. in J Zmuidzinas & J-R Gao (eds), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X., 114532F, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11453, SPIE, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2020, Virtual, Online, United States, 12/14/20. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562941

Shaw EC, Ade PAR, Akers S, Amiri M, Austermann JE, Beall JA et al. Design and pre-flight performance of SPIDER 280 GHz receivers. In Zmuidzinas J, Gao JR, editors, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X. SPIE. 2020. 114532F. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2562941

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