Status of the GroundBIRD Telescope

J. Choi, R. Génova-Santos, M. Hattori, M. Hazumi, H. Ishitsuka, F. Kanno, K. Karatsu, K. Kiuchi, R. Koyano, H. Kutsuma, K. Lee, S. Mima, M. Minowa, M. Nagai, T. Nagasaki, M. Naruse, S. Oguri, T. Okada, C. Otani, R. ReboloJ. Rubiño-Martín, Y. Sekimoto, J. Suzuki, T. Taino, O. Tajima, N. Tomita, T. Uchida, E. Won, M. Yoshida

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    Abstract

    Our understanding of physics at very early Universe, as early as 10-35 s after the Big Bang, relies on the scenario known as the inflationary cosmology. Inflation predicts a particular polarization pattern in the cosmic microwave background, known as the B-mode yet the strength of such polarization pattern is extremely weak. To search for the B-mode of the polarization in the cosmic microwave background, we are constructing an off-axis rotating telescope to mitigate systematic effects as well as to maximize the sky coverage of the observation. We will discuss the present status of the GroundBIRD telescope.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number01014
    JournalEPJ Web of Conferences
    Volume168
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018 Jan 9
    Event13th International Conference on Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Cosmology. ICGAC 2017 and the 15th Italian-Korean Joint Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, IK 2017 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
    Duration: 2017 Jul 32017 Jul 7

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    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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