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

Bibcode
2018SPIE10708E..1GF
DOI
10.1117/12.2313558
Franceschet, Cristian; Realini, Sabrina; Mennella, Aniello; Addamo, Giuseppe; Baù, Alessandro; Battaglia, Paola M.; Bersanelli, Marco; Caccianiga, Barbara; Caprioli, Silvia; Cavaliere, Francesco; Cleary, Kieran A.; Cuttaia, Francesco; Del Torto, Francesco; Fafone, Viviana; Farooqui, Zunnoorain; Génova Santos, R. T.; Gaier, Todd C.; Gervasi, Massimo; Ghigna, Tommaso; Incardona, Federico; Iovenitti, Simone; Jones, Mike; Kangaslahti, Pekka; Mainini, Roberto; Maino, Davide; Maris, Michele; Mena, Patricio; Molina, Rocío.; Morgante, Gianluca; Passerini, Andrea; Perez-de-Taoro, M. R.; Peverini, Oscar A.; Pezzotta, Federico; Pincella, Claudio; Reyes, Nicolás.; Rocchi, Alessio; Rubiño-Martín, J. A.; Sandri, Maura; Sartor, Stefano; Soria, Mary; Tapia, Valeria; Terenzi, Luca; Tomasi, Maurizio; Tommasi, Elisabetta; Viganó, Daniele M.; Villa, Fabrizio; Virone, Giuseppe; Volpe, Angela; Watkins, Bob; Zacchei, Andrea; Zannoni, Mario
Bibliographical reference

Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10708, id. 107081G 17 pp. (2018).

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2018
Number of authors
51
IAC number of authors
3
Citations
5
Refereed citations
5
Description
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.
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Non-refereed

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