CMB and Cosmology
- Integrated program combines effort at LBNL + UCB
- Strong program in theory, data analysis, algorithms
- MAXIPOL, Planck
- Collaboration with NERSC
- New instrumentation enables new experiments
- APEX-SZ, South Pole Telescope
- Galaxy Cluster Search - probe Dark Energy
- POLARBEAR design ripe for construction
- CMB Polarization - probe Energy Scale of Inflation
- LBNL leads readout development
- Program combines strengths of National Lab and University
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX-SZ)
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At 16,500 feet altitude in Chilean Andes.
- 12m on-axis ALMA prototype
Berkeley SZ Receiver:
- 330Bolometer array
- Discover 4000 Clusters/2yrs
- Mass limit > 4x1014�M0
- First Light Spring 2005.
- LBNL responsible for readout
South Pole Telescope (SPT)
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10m off-axis telescope
- 4000 sq. degree galaxy cluster survey
- Deep CMB anisotropy and polarization fields
- First light spring 2007
Berkeley Receiver:
- 1000Bolometer array
- 3 to 4 bands: (90), 150, 250 and 270 GHz (interchangeable)
- LBNL responsible for readout
POLARBEAR
- Ground-Based 3m Telescope at UC Research Station on White Mountain, Calif.
- Optimized for CMB Polarization
- Characterize E-modes
- Search for B-modes (primordial gravity waves)
- Novel Technology
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Ready for Construction
Last updated:
12/16/2011
