Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
ACTPol is the polarization-sensitive receiver on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. ACTPol enables sensitive millimeter wavelength measurements of the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at arcminute angular scales. These measurements are designed to explore the process of cosmic structure formation, constrain or determine the sum of the neutrino masses, probe dark energy, and provide a foundation for a host of other cosmological tests. We present an overview of the first season of ACTPol observations focusing on the optimization and calibration of the first detector array as well as detailing the on-sky performance.
Keywords:
Astrophysics; Instrumentation and Photography
Type:
GSFC-E-DAA-TN17274
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Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014; Jun 22, 2014 - Jun 27, 2014; Montreal, Quebec; Canada|Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy; Jun 24, 2014 - Jun 27, 2014; Montreal, Quebec; Canada|Proceedings of SPIE; 9153; 915310
Format:
application/pdf
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