The Q/U Imaging ExperimenT (QUIET): The Q-band Receiver Array Instrument and Observations
by Newburgh, Laura, Ph.D., COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 2010, 287 pages; 3447960

Abstract:

Phase I of the Q/U Imaging ExperimenT (QUIET) measures the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization anisotropy spectrum at angular scales 25 [special characters omitted] 1000. QUIET has deployed two independent receiver arrays. The 40-GHz array took data between October 2008 and June 2009 in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The 90-GHz array was deployed in June 2009 and observations are ongoing. Both receivers observe four 15° × 15° regions of the sky in the southern hemisphere that are expected to have low or negligible levels of polarized foreground contamination. This thesis will describe the 40 GHz (Q-band) QUIET Phase I instrument, instrument testing, observations, analysis procedures, and preliminary power spectra.

 
AdviserAmber Miller
SchoolCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/B 72-05, p. , Apr 2011
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsAstronomy
Publication Number3447960
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