POLARBEAR
(POLARBEAR-1)
(instrument to map CMB polarization)
POLARBEAR is a project to detect CMB polarization, specifically
B-modes (one of the two polarization modes), which are expected
to be influenced by primordial gravitational waves. The original instrument
(now termed POLARBEAR-1) was mounted in the Huan Tran Telescope
(HTT) at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory on the Atacama Desert
in Chile. Data was collected from 2012-2016.
POLARBEAR-2 (PB-2) is a second generation, consisting of three new
instruments, mounted on the HTT and two additional identical
telescopes, the three telescopes termed the Simons Array.
(instrument,survey,Chile,CMB,polarimeter,all sky)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POLARBEAR
http://cosmology.ucsd.edu/Polarbear/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8452E..1CK/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8452E..1DA/abstract
https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/polarbear/
https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/suborbit/APEX/bolo.berkeley.edu/polarbear/index.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016SPIE.9914E..1II/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016JLTP..184..805S/abstract
Referenced by pages:
Atacama Desert
CMB surveys
Dragone telescope
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory
primordial gravitational waves
Simons Array
Simons Observatory (SO)