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Paper Abstract
The Primordial Inflation Explorer (PIXIE) uses a nulling Fourier Transform Spectrometer to measure the absolute intensity and linear polarization of the cosmic microwave background and diffuse astrophysical foregrounds. PIXIE will search for the signature of primordial inflation and will characterize distortions from a blackbody spectrum, both to precision of a few parts per billion. Rigorous control of potential instrumental effects is required to take advantage of the raw sensitivity. PIXIE employs a highly symmetric design using multiple differential nulling to reduce the instrumental signature to negligible levels. We discuss the systematic error budget and mitigation strategies for the PIXIE mission.
Paper Details
Date Published: 19 July 2016
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 991438 (19 July 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2231092
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9914:
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Wayne S. Holland; Jonas Zmuidzinas, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 991438 (19 July 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2231092
Show Author Affiliations
Alan Kogut, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Dale J. Fixsen, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (United States)
Dale J. Fixsen, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (United States)
Peter Nagler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Brown Univ. (United States)
Gregory Tucker, Brown Univ. (United States)
Brown Univ. (United States)
Gregory Tucker, Brown Univ. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9914:
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Wayne S. Holland; Jonas Zmuidzinas, Editor(s)
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