LiteBIRD: Lite satellite for the study of B-mode polarization and inflation from cosmic microwave background radiation detection

H. Ishino, Y. Akiba, K. Arnold, D. Barron, J. Borrill, R. Chendra, Y. Chinone, S. Cho, A. Cukierman, T. De Haan, M. Dobbs, A. Dominjon, T. Dotani, T. Elleflot, J. Errard, T. Fujino, H. Fuke, T. Funaki, N. Goeckner-Wald, N. HalversonP. Harvey, T. Hasebe, M. Hasegawa, K. Hattori, M. Hattori, M. Hazumi, N. Hidehira, C. Hill, G. Hilton, W. Holzapfel, Y. Hori, J. Hubmayr, K. Ichiki, H. Imada, J. Inatani, M. Inoue, Y. Inoue, F. Irie, K. Irwin, H. Ishitsuka, O. Jeong, H. Kanai, K. Karatsu, S. Kashima, N. Katayama, I. Kawano, T. Kawasaki, B. Keating, S. Kernasovskiy, R. Keskitalo, A. Kibayashi, Y. Kida, N. Kimura, K. Kimura, T. Kisner, K. Kohri, E. Komatsu, K. Komatsu, C. L. Kuo, S. Kuromiya, A. Kusaka, A. Lee, D. Li, E. Linder, M. Maki, H. Matsuhara, T. Matsumura, S. Matsuoka, S. Matsuura, S. Mima, Y. Minami, K. Mitsuda, M. Nagai, T. Nagasaki, R. Nagata, M. Nakajima, S. Nakamura, T. Namikawa, M. Naruse, T. Nishibori, K. Nishijo, H. Nishino, A. Noda, T. Noguchi, H. Ogawa, W. Ogburn, S. Oguri, I. Ohta, N. Okada, A. Okamoto, T. Okamura, C. Otani, G. Pisano, G. Rebeiz, P. Richards, S. Sakai, Y. Sakurai, Y. Sato, N. Sato, Y. Segawa, S. Sekiguchi, Y. Sekimoto, M. Sekine, U. Seljak, B. Sherwin, T. Shimizu, K. Shinozaki, S. Shu, R. Stompor, H. Sugai, H. Sugita, J. Suzuki, T. Suzuki, A. Suzuki, O. Tajima, S. Takada, S. Takakura, K. Takano, S. Takatori, Y. Takei, D. Tanabe, T. Tomaru, N. Tomita, P. Turin, S. Uozumi, S. Utsunomiya, Y. Uzawa, T. Wada, H. Watanabe, B. Westbrook, N. Whitehorn, Y. Yamada, R. Yamamoto, N. Yamasaki, T. Yamashita, T. Yoshida, M. Yoshida, K. Yotsumoto

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Abstract

LiteBIRD is a next generation satellite aiming for the detection of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) B-mode polarization imprinted by the primordial gravitational waves generated in the era of the inflationary universe. The science goal of LiteBIRD is to measure the tensor-to-scaler ratio r with a precision of δr < 10-3♦, oering us a crucial test of the major large-single-field slow-roll inflation models. LiteBIRD is planned to conduct an all sky survey at the sun-earth second Lagrange point (L2) with an angular resolution of about 0.5 degrees to cover the multipole moment range of 2 ≤ ℓ ≤ 200. We use focal plane detector arrays consisting of 2276 superconducting detectors to measure the frequency range from 40 to 400 GHz with the sensitivity of 3.2 μK·arcmin. including the ongoing studies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016
Subtitle of host publicationOptical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
EditorsHoward A. MacEwen, Makenzie Lystrup, Giovanni G. Fazio
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510601871
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 26 Jun 20161 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9904
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period26/06/161/07/16

Keywords

  • B-mode polarization
  • Cosmic microwave background
  • LiteBIRD

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