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Advanced ACTPol Cryogenic Detector Arrays and Readout

Author(s): Henderson, SW; Allison, R; Austermann, J; Baildon, T; Battaglia, Nicholas A.; et al

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Abstract: Advanced ACTPol is a polarization-sensitive upgrade for the 6Â m aperture Atacama Cosmology Telescope, adding new frequencies and increasing sensitivity over the previous ACTPol receiver. In 2016, Advanced ACTPol will begin to map approximately half the sky in five frequency bands (28–230Â GHz). Its maps of primary and secondary cosmic microwave background anisotropies—imaged in intensity and polarization at few arcminute-scale resolution—will enable precision cosmological constraints and also a wide array of cross-correlation science that probes the expansion history of the universe and the growth of structure via gravitational collapse. To accomplish these scientific goals, the Advanced ACTPol receiver will be a significant upgrade to the ACTPol receiver, including four new multichroic arrays of cryogenic, feedhorn-coupled AlMn transition edge sensor polarimeters (fabricated on 150 mm diameter wafers); a system of continuously rotating meta-material silicon half-wave plates; and a new multiplexing readout architecture which uses superconducting quantum interference devices and time division to achieve a 64-row multiplexing factor. Here we present the status and scientific goals of the Advanced ACTPol instrument, emphasizing the design and implementation of the Advanced ACTPol cryogenic detector arrays.
Publication Date: Aug-2016
Electronic Publication Date: 28-Mar-2016
Citation: Henderson, SW, Allison, R, Austermann, J, Baildon, T, Battaglia, N, Beall, JA, Becker, D, De Bernardis, F, Bond, JR, Calabrese, E, Choi, SK, Coughlin, KP, Crowley, KT, Datta, R, Devlin, MJ, Duff, SM, Dunkley, J, DÃ nner, R, van Engelen, A, Gallardo, PA, Grace, E, Hasselfield, M, Hills, F, Hilton, GC, Hincks, AD, Hloẑek, R, Ho, SP, Hubmayr, J, Huffenberger, K, Hughes, JP, Irwin, KD, Koopman, BJ, Kosowsky, AB, Li, D, McMahon, J, Munson, C, Nati, F, Newburgh, L, Niemack, MD, Niraula, P, Page, LA, Pappas, CG, Salatino, M, Schillaci, A, Schmitt, BL, Sehgal, N, Sherwin, BD, Sievers, JL, Simon, SM, Spergel, DN, Staggs, ST, Stevens, JR, Thornton, R, Van Lanen, J, Vavagiakis, EM, Ward, JT, Wollack, EJ. (2016). Advanced ACTPol Cryogenic Detector Arrays and Readout. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 184 (3-4), 772 - 779. doi:10.1007/s10909-016-1575-z
DOI: doi:10.1007/s10909-016-1575-z
ISSN: 0022-2291
EISSN: 1573-7357
Pages: 772 - 779
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Version: Author's manuscript



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