Abstract
The E and B experiment (EBEX) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation as well as that from Galactic dust. The instrument is equipped with a 1.5 meter aperture Gregorian-Dragone telescope, providing an 8' beam at three frequency bands centered on 150, 250 and 410 GHz. Polarimetry is achieved by rotating an achromatic half-wave plate on a superconducting magnetic bearing. In January 2013, EBEX completed 11 days of observations in a flight over Antarctica covering 6000 square degrees of the sky. This marks the first time that arrays with about 1000 transition-edge sensor bolometers have made science observations on a balloon-borne platform. These proceedings describe the EBEX instrument, the science flight and the status of the data analysis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 49th Rencontres de Moriond on Cosmology 2014 |
Editors | Etienne Auge, Jacques Dumarchez, Jean Tran Thanh Van |
Publisher | ARISF |
Pages | 41-44 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9782954640051 |
State | Published - 2014 |
Event | 49th Rencontres de Moriond on Cosmology 2014 - La Thuile, Italy Duration: Mar 22 2014 → Mar 29 2014 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the 49th Rencontres de Moriond on Cosmology 2014 |
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Conference
Conference | 49th Rencontres de Moriond on Cosmology 2014 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | La Thuile |
Period | 3/22/14 → 3/29/14 |
Bibliographical note
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