LiteBIRD: Mission Overview and Focal Plane Layout
- Author(s): Matsumura, T
- Akiba, Y
- Arnold, K
- Borrill, J
- Chendra, R
- Chinone, Y
- Cukierman, A
- de Haan, T
- Dobbs, M
- Dominjon, A
- Elleflot, T
- Errard, J
- Fujino, T
- Fuke, H
- Goeckner-wald, N
- Halverson, N
- Harvey, P
- Hasegawa, M
- Hattori, K
- Hattori, M
- Hazumi, M
- Hill, C
- Hilton, G
- Holzapfel, W
- Hori, Y
- Hubmayr, J
- Ichiki, K
- Inatani, J
- Inoue, M
- Inoue, Y
- Irie, F
- Irwin, K
- Ishino, H
- Ishitsuka, H
- Jeong, O
- Karatsu, K
- Kashima, S
- Katayama, N
- Kawano, I
- Keating, B
- Kibayashi, A
- Kibe, Y
- Kida, Y
- Kimura, K
- Kimura, N
- Kohri, K
- Komatsu, E
- Kuo, CL
- Kuromiya, S
- Kusaka, A
- Lee, A
- Linder, E
- Matsuhara, H
- Matsuoka, S
- Matsuura, S
- Mima, S
- Mitsuda, K
- Mizukami, K
- Morii, H
- Morishima, T
- Nagai, M
- Nagasaki, T
- Nagata, R
- Nakajima, M
- Nakamura, S
- Namikawa, T
- Naruse, M
- Natsume, K
- Nishibori, T
- Nishijo, K
- Nishino, H
- Nitta, T
- Noda, A
- Noguchi, T
- Ogawa, H
- Oguri, S
- Ohta, IS
- Otani, C
- Okada, N
- Okamoto, A
- Okamoto, A
- Okamura, T
- Rebeiz, G
- Richards, P
- Sakai, S
- Sato, N
- Sato, Y
- Segawa, Y
- Sekiguchi, S
- Sekimoto, Y
- Sekine, M
- Seljak, U
- Sherwin, B
- Shinozaki, K
- Shu, S
- Stompor, R
- Sugai, H
- Sugita, H
- Suzuki, T
- Suzuki, A
- et al.
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 σ < 10 , 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 superconducting detectors. We will present the mission overview of LiteBIRD, the project status, and the TES focal plane layout. r - 3 3