Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-08-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 6 figures; To be published in "The Cosmic Microwave Background and its Polarization", New Astronomy Reviews, (eds. S.
Scientific paper
We discuss MAXIPOL, a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to measure the E-mode polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) on angular scales of 10 arcmin to 2 degrees. MAXIPOL is the first CMB experiment to collect data with a polarimeter that utilizes a rotating half-wave plate and fixed wire-grid polarizer. We present the instrument design, elaborate on the polarimeter strategy and show the instrument performance during flight with some time domain data. Our primary data set was collected during a 26 hour turnaround flight that was launched from the National Scientific Ballooning Facility in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico in May 2003. During this flight five regions of the sky were mapped. Data analysis is in progress.
Abroe Matthew Edmund
Ade Peter
Bock James Joseph
Borrill Julian
Collins Sterrett J.
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