The performance of the bolometer array and readout system during the 2012/2013 flight of the e and B experiment (EBEX)

Kevin MacDermid; Asad M. Aboobaker; Peter Ade; François Aubin; Carlo Baccigalupi; Kevin Bandura; Chaoyun Bao; Julian Borrill; Daniel Chapman; Joy Didier; Matt Dobbs; Julien Grain; William Grainger; Shaul Hanany; Kyle Helson; Seth Hillbrand; Gene Hilton; Hannes Hubmayr; Kent Irwin; Bradley Johnson; Andrew Jaffe; Terry Jones; Ted Kisner; Jeff Klein; Andrei Korotkov; Adrian Lee; Lorne Levinson; Michele Limon; Amber Miller; Michael Milligan; Enzo Pascale; Katherine Raach; Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud; Carl Reintsema; Ilan Sagiv; Graeme Smecher; Radek Stompor; Matthieu Tristram; Greg Tucker; Ben Westbrook; Kyle Zilic

doi:10.1117/12.2056267

The performance of the bolometer array and readout system during the 2012/2013 flight of the e and B experiment (EBEX)

Kevin MacDermid, Asad M. Aboobaker, Peter Ade, François Aubin, Carlo Baccigalupi, Kevin Bandura, Chaoyun Bao, Julian Borrill, Daniel Chapman, Joy Didier, Matt Dobbs, Julien Grain, William Grainger, Shaul Hanany, Kyle Helson, Seth Hillbrand, Gene Hilton, Hannes Hubmayr, Kent Irwin, Bradley JohnsonAndrew Jaffe, Terry Jones, Ted Kisner, Jeff Klein, Andrei Korotkov, Adrian Lee, Lorne Levinson, Michele Limon, Amber Miller, Michael Milligan, Enzo Pascale, Katherine Raach, Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud, Carl Reintsema, Ilan Sagiv, Graeme Smecher, Radek Stompor, Matthieu Tristram, Greg Tucker, Ben Westbrook, Kyle Zilic

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Abstract

EBEX is a balloon-borne telescope designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. During its eleven day science flight in the Austral Summer of 2012, it operated 955 spider-web transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers separated into bands at 150, 250 and 410 GHz. This is the first time that an array of TES bolometers has been used on a balloon platform to conduct science observations. Polarization sensitivity was provided by a wire grid and continuously rotating half-wave plate. The balloon implementation of the bolometer array and readout electronics presented unique development requirements. Here we present an outline of the readout system, the remote tuning of the bolometers and Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) amplifiers, and preliminary current noise of the bolometer array and readout system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Editors	Jonas Zmuidzinas, Wayne S. Holland
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496218
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056267
State	Published - 2014
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 24 2014 → Jun 27 2014

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9153
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Country	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/24/14 → 6/27/14

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CMB
SQUID
TES
balloon-borne
bolometer
multiplexing

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MacDermid, K., Aboobaker, A. M., Ade, P., Aubin, F., Baccigalupi, C., Bandura, K., Bao, C., Borrill, J., Chapman, D., Didier, J., Dobbs, M., Grain, J., Grainger, W., Hanany, S., Helson, K., Hillbrand, S., Hilton, G., Hubmayr, H., Irwin, K., ... Zilic, K. (2014). The performance of the bolometer array and readout system during the 2012/2013 flight of the e and B experiment (EBEX). In J. Zmuidzinas, & W. S. Holland (Eds.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII [915311] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9153). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056267

The performance of the bolometer array and readout system during the 2012/2013 flight of the e and B experiment (EBEX). / MacDermid, Kevin; Aboobaker, Asad M.; Ade, Peter; Aubin, François; Baccigalupi, Carlo; Bandura, Kevin; Bao, Chaoyun; Borrill, Julian; Chapman, Daniel; Didier, Joy; Dobbs, Matt; Grain, Julien; Grainger, William; Hanany, Shaul; Helson, Kyle; Hillbrand, Seth; Hilton, Gene; Hubmayr, Hannes; Irwin, Kent; Johnson, Bradley; Jaffe, Andrew; Jones, Terry; Kisner, Ted; Klein, Jeff; Korotkov, Andrei; Lee, Adrian; Levinson, Lorne; Limon, Michele; Miller, Amber; Milligan, Michael; Pascale, Enzo; Raach, Katherine; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Britt; Reintsema, Carl; Sagiv, Ilan; Smecher, Graeme; Stompor, Radek; Tristram, Matthieu; Tucker, Greg; Westbrook, Ben; Zilic, Kyle.

Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. ed. / Jonas Zmuidzinas; Wayne S. Holland. SPIE, 2014. 915311 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9153).

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MacDermid, K, Aboobaker, AM, Ade, P, Aubin, F, Baccigalupi, C, Bandura, K, Bao, C, Borrill, J, Chapman, D, Didier, J, Dobbs, M, Grain, J, Grainger, W, Hanany, S, Helson, K, Hillbrand, S, Hilton, G, Hubmayr, H, Irwin, K, Johnson, B, Jaffe, A, Jones, T, Kisner, T, Klein, J, Korotkov, A, Lee, A, Levinson, L, Limon, M, Miller, A, Milligan, M, Pascale, E, Raach, K, Reichborn-Kjennerud, B, Reintsema, C, Sagiv, I, Smecher, G, Stompor, R, Tristram, M, Tucker, G, Westbrook, B & Zilic, K 2014, The performance of the bolometer array and readout system during the 2012/2013 flight of the e and B experiment (EBEX). in J Zmuidzinas & WS Holland (eds), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII., 915311, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9153, SPIE, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, Montreal, Canada, 6/24/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056267

MacDermid K, Aboobaker AM, Ade P, Aubin F, Baccigalupi C, Bandura K et al. The performance of the bolometer array and readout system during the 2012/2013 flight of the e and B experiment (EBEX). In Zmuidzinas J, Holland WS, editors, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. SPIE. 2014. 915311. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056267

MacDermid, Kevin ; Aboobaker, Asad M. ; Ade, Peter ; Aubin, François ; Baccigalupi, Carlo ; Bandura, Kevin ; Bao, Chaoyun ; Borrill, Julian ; Chapman, Daniel ; Didier, Joy ; Dobbs, Matt ; Grain, Julien ; Grainger, William ; Hanany, Shaul ; Helson, Kyle ; Hillbrand, Seth ; Hilton, Gene ; Hubmayr, Hannes ; Irwin, Kent ; Johnson, Bradley ; Jaffe, Andrew ; Jones, Terry ; Kisner, Ted ; Klein, Jeff ; Korotkov, Andrei ; Lee, Adrian ; Levinson, Lorne ; Limon, Michele ; Miller, Amber ; Milligan, Michael ; Pascale, Enzo ; Raach, Katherine ; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Britt ; Reintsema, Carl ; Sagiv, Ilan ; Smecher, Graeme ; Stompor, Radek ; Tristram, Matthieu ; Tucker, Greg ; Westbrook, Ben ; Zilic, Kyle. / The performance of the bolometer array and readout system during the 2012/2013 flight of the e and B experiment (EBEX). Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII. editor / Jonas Zmuidzinas ; Wayne S. Holland. SPIE, 2014. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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