Measuring the CMB primordial B-modes with Bolometric Interferometry

A. Mennella; P. Ade; A. Almela; G. Amico; L.H. Arnaldi; J. Aumont; S. Banfi; E.S. Battistelli; B. Bélier; L. Bergé; J.-Ph. Bernard; M. Bersanelli; J. Bonaparte; J.D. Bonilla; E. Bunn; D. Buzi; F. Cacciotti; D. Camilieri; F. Cavaliere; P. Chanial; C. Chapron; L. Colombo; F. Columbro; A. Coppolecchia; M.B. Costanza; G. D’Alessandro; P. de Bernardis; G. De Gasperis; M. De Leo; M. De Petris; N. Del Castillo; S. Dheilly; A. Etchegoyen; S. Ferazzoli; L.P. Ferreyro; C. Franceschet; M.M. Gamboa Lerena; K. Ganga; B. García; M.E. García Redondo; D. Gayer; J.M. Geria; M. Gervasi; M. Giard; V. Gilles; M. Gómez Berisso; M. Gonzalez; M. Gradziel; L. Grandsire; J.-Ch. Hamilton; M.R. Hampel; G. Isopi; J. Kaplan; L. Lamagna; F. Lazarte; S. Loucatos; B. Maffei; A. Mancilla; S. Mandelli; E. Manzan; E. Marchitelli; S. Marnieros; W. Marty; S. Masi; A. May; J. Maya; M. McCulloch; L. Mele; D. Melo; N. Mirón-Granese; L. Montier; L. Mousset; N. Müller; F. Nati; C. O’Sullivan; A. Paiella; F. Pajot; S. Paradiso; E. Pascale; A. Passerini; A. Pelosi; M. Perciballi; F. Pezzotta; F. Piacentini; M. Piat; L. Piccirillo; G. Pisano; M. Platino; G. Polenta; D. Prêle; D. Rambaud; G. Ramos; E. Rasztocky; M. Régnier; C. Reyes; F. Rodríguez; C.A. Rodríguez; G.E. Romero; J.M. Salum; A. Schillaci; C. Scóccola; G. Stankowiak; A. Tartari; J.-P. Thermeau; P. Timbie; M. Tomasi; S. Torchinsky; G. Tucker; C. Tucker; L. Vacher; F. Voisin; M. Wright; M. Zannoni; A. Zullo

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202429300030

Proceedings

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EPJ Web of Conferences 293, 00030 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429300030

Status and future prospects of the QUBIC experiment

A. Mennella¹^,2^*, P. Ade³, A. Almela⁴, G. Amico⁵, L.H. Arnaldi⁶, J. Aumont⁷, S. Banfi⁸^,9, E.S. Battistelli⁵^,10, B. Bélier¹¹, L. Bergé¹², J.-Ph. Bernard⁷, M. Bersanelli¹^,2, J. Bonaparte¹³, J.D. Bonilla⁴, E. Bunn¹⁴, D. Buzi⁵, F. Cacciotti⁵^,10, D. Camilieri¹⁵, F. Cavaliere¹^,2, P. Chanial¹⁵, C. Chapron¹⁵, L. Colombo¹^,2, F. Columbro⁵^,10, A. Coppolecchia⁵^,10, M.B. Costanza¹⁶, G. D’Alessandro⁵^,10, P. de Bernardis⁵^,10, G. De Gasperis⁵, M. De Leo⁵, M. De Petris⁵^,10, N. Del Castillo⁴, S. Dheilly¹⁵, A. Etchegoyen⁴, S. Ferazzoli⁵, L.P. Ferreyro⁴, C. Franceschet¹^,2, M.M. Gamboa Lerena⁴, K. Ganga¹⁵, B. García⁴, M.E. García Redondo⁴, D. Gayer¹⁷, J.M. Geria⁴, M. Gervasi⁸^,9, M. Giard⁷, V. Gilles¹⁸, M. Gómez Berisso⁶, M. Gonzalez¹⁵, M. Gradziel¹⁷, L. Grandsire¹⁵, J.-Ch. Hamilton¹⁵, M.R. Hampel⁴, G. Isopi⁵^,10, J. Kaplan¹⁵, L. Lamagna⁵^,10, F. Lazarte⁴, S. Loucatos¹⁵, B. Maffei¹⁸, A. Mancilla⁴, S. Mandelli¹^,2, E. Manzan¹^,2, E. Marchitelli⁵^,10, S. Marnieros¹², W. Marty⁷, S. Masi⁵^,10, A. May¹⁸, J. Maya⁴, M. McCulloch¹⁸, L. Mele⁵, D. Melo⁴, N. Mirón-Granese¹⁶, L. Montier⁷, L. Mousset⁷, N. Müller⁴, F. Nati⁸^,9, C. O’Sullivan¹⁷, A. Paiella⁵^,10, F. Pajot⁷, S. Paradiso¹^,2, E. Pascale⁵^,10, A. Passerini⁸^,9, A. Pelosi¹⁰, M. Perciballi¹⁰, F. Pezzotta¹^,2, F. Piacentini⁵^,10, M. Piat¹⁵, L. Piccirillo¹⁸, G. Pisano⁵^,10, M. Platino⁴, G. Polenta¹⁹, D. Prêle¹⁵, D. Rambaud⁷, G. Ramos⁴, E. Rasztocky²⁰, M. Régnier¹⁵, C. Reyes⁴, F. Rodríguez⁴, C.A. Rodríguez⁴, G.E. Romero²⁰, J.M. Salum⁴, A. Schillaci²¹, C. Scóccola¹⁶, G. Stankowiak¹⁵, A. Tartari²², J.-P. Thermeau¹⁵, P. Timbie²³, M. Tomasi¹^,2, S. Torchinsky¹⁵, G. Tucker²⁴, C. Tucker³, L. Vacher⁷, F. Voisin¹⁵, M. Wright¹⁸, M. Zannoni⁸^,9 and A. Zullo¹⁰

¹ Università degli studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
² Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
³ Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
⁴ Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Argentina
⁵ Università di Roma - La Sapienza, Italy
⁶ Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA), Argentina
⁷ Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Toulouse (CNRS-INSU), France
⁸ Università di Milano - Bicocca, Milano, Italy
⁹ INFN Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
¹⁰ INFN sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy
¹¹ Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, Orsay, France
¹² Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, Orsay, France
¹³ Centro Atómico Constituyentes (CNEA), Argentina
¹⁴ University of Richmond, Richmond, USA
¹⁵ Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75006 Paris, France
¹⁶ Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Argentina
¹⁷ National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
¹⁸ University of Manchester, UK
¹⁹ Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay (CNRS-INSU), France
²⁰ Italian Space Agency, Rome, Italy
²¹ Institute Argentine de Radioastronomía (CONICET, CIC), Argentina
²² California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
²³ INFN - Pisa Section, 56127 Pisa, Italy
²⁴ University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

^* e-mail: aniello.mennella@fisica.unimi.it

Published online: 28 March 2024

Abstract

The Q&U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QL’BIC) is the first bolometric interferometer designed to measure the primordial B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that combines the sensitivity of bolometric detectors with the control of systematic effects that is typical of interferometry, both key features in the quest for the faint signal of the primordial B-modes. A unique feature is the so-called “spectral imaging”, i.e., the ability to recover the sky signal in several sub-bands within the physical band during data analysis. This feature provides an in-band spectral resolution of ∆v/v ~ 0.04 that is unattainable by a traditional imager. This is a key tool for controlling the Galactic foregrounds contamination. In this paper, we describe the principles of bolometric interferometry, the current status of the QU BIC experiment and future prospects.

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