The QUIJOTE-CMB experiment: studying the polarisation of the galactic and cosmological microwave emissions

J. A. Rubiño-Martín; R. Rebolo; M. Aguiar; R. Génova-Santos; F. Gómez-Reñasco; J. M. Herreros; R. J. Hoyland; C. López-Caraballo; A. E. Pelaez Santos; V. Sanchez de la Rosa; A. Vega-Moreno; T. Viera-Curbelo; E. Martínez-Gonzalez; R. B. Barreiro; F. J. Casas; J. M. Diego; R. Fernández-Cobos; D. Herranz; M. López-Caniego; D. Ortiz; P. Vielva; E. Artal; B. Aja; J. Cagigas; J. L. Cano; L. de la Fuente; A. Mediavilla; J. V. Terán; E. Villa; L. Piccirillo; R. Battye; E. Blackhurst; M. Brown; R. D. Davies; R. J. Davis; C. Dickinson; S. Harper; B. Maffei; M. McCulloch; S. Melhuish; G. Pisano; R. A. Watson; M. Hobson; K. Grainge; A. Lasenby; R. Saunders; P. Scott

doi:10.1117/12.926581

17 September 2012 The QUIJOTE-CMB experiment: studying the polarisation of the galactic and cosmological microwave emissions

J. A. Rubiño-Martín, R. Rebolo, M. Aguiar, R. Génova-Santos, F. Gómez-Reñasco, J. M. Herreros, R. J. Hoyland, C. López-Caraballo, A. E. Pelaez Santos, V. Sanchez de la Rosa, A. Vega-Moreno, T. Viera-Curbelo, E. Martínez-Gonzalez, R. B. Barreiro, F. J. Casas, J. M. Diego, R. Fernández-Cobos, D. Herranz, M. López-Caniego, D. Ortiz, P. Vielva, E. Artal, B. Aja, J. Cagigas, J. L. Cano, L. de la Fuente, A. Mediavilla, J. V. Terán, E. Villa, L. Piccirillo, R. Battye, E. Blackhurst, M. Brown, R. D. Davies, R. J. Davis, C. Dickinson, S. Harper, B. Maffei, M. McCulloch, S. Melhuish, G. Pisano, R. A. Watson, M. Hobson, K. Grainge, A. Lasenby, R. Saunders, P. Scott

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Proceedings Volume 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV; 84442Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926581
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint Tenerife) CMB Experiment will operate at the Teide Observatory with the aim of characterizing the polarisation of the CMB and other processes of Galactic and extragalactic emission in the frequency range of 10-40GHz and at large and medium angular scales. The first of the two QUIJOTE telescopes and the first multi-frequency (10-30GHz) instrument are already built and have been tested in the laboratory. QUIJOTE-CMB will be a valuable complement at low frequencies for the Planck mission, and will have the required sensitivity to detect a primordial gravitational-wave component if the tensor-to-scalar ratio is larger than r = 0.05.

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J. A. Rubiño-Martín, R. Rebolo, M. Aguiar, R. Génova-Santos, F. Gómez-Reñasco, J. M. Herreros, R. J. Hoyland, C. López-Caraballo, A. E. Pelaez Santos, V. Sanchez de la Rosa, A. Vega-Moreno, T. Viera-Curbelo, E. Martínez-Gonzalez, R. B. Barreiro, F. J. Casas, J. M. Diego, R. Fernández-Cobos, D. Herranz, M. López-Caniego, D. Ortiz, P. Vielva, E. Artal, B. Aja, J. Cagigas, J. L. Cano, L. de la Fuente, A. Mediavilla, J. V. Terán, E. Villa, L. Piccirillo, R. Battye, E. Blackhurst, M. Brown, R. D. Davies, R. J. Davis, C. Dickinson, S. Harper, B. Maffei, M. McCulloch, S. Melhuish, G. Pisano, R. A. Watson, M. Hobson, K. Grainge, A. Lasenby, R. Saunders, and P. Scott "The QUIJOTE-CMB experiment: studying the polarisation of the galactic and cosmological microwave emissions", Proc. SPIE 8444, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV, 84442Y (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926581

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