LiteBIRD: Mission Overview and Focal Plane Layout
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- Mizukami, K;
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- Morishima, T;
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- Okamura, T;
- Rebeiz, G;
- Richards, P;
- Sakai, S;
- Sato, N;
- Sato, Y;
- Segawa, Y;
- Sekiguchi, S;
- Sekimoto, Y;
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- Seljak, U;
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Published Web Location
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10909-016-1542-8Abstract
LiteBIRD is a proposed CMB polarization satellite project to probe the inflationary B-mode signal. The satellite is designed to measure the tensor-to-scalar ratio with a 68 % confidence level uncertainty of σr< 10 - 3, including statistical, instrumental systematic, and foreground uncertainties. LiteBIRD will observe the full sky from the second Lagrange point for 3 years. We have a focal plane layout for observing frequency coverage that spans 40–402 GHz to characterize the galactic foregrounds. We have two detector candidates, transition-edge sensor bolometers and microwave kinetic inductance detectors. In both cases, a telecentric focal plane consists of approximately 2 × 10 3 superconducting detectors. We will present the mission overview of LiteBIRD, the project status, and the TES focal plane layout.