EBEX: the E and B Experiment

Will Grainger; Asad M. Aboobaker; Peter Ade; François Aubin; Carlo Baccigalupi; Éric Bissonnette; Julian Borrill; Matt Dobbs; Shaul Hanany; Clayton Hogen-Chin; Johannes Hubmayr; Andrew Jaffe; Bradley Johnson; Terry Jones; Jeff Klein; Andrei Korotkov; Sam Leach; Adrian Lee; Lorne Levinson; Michele Limon; John Macaluso; Kevin MacDermid; Tomotake Matsumura; Xiaofan Meng; Amber Miller; Michael Milligan; Enzo Pascale; Dan Polsgrove; Nicolas Ponthieu; Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud; Tom Renbarger; Ilan Sagiv; Federico Stivoli; Radek Stompor; Huan Tran; Greg Tucker; Jerry Vinokurov; Matias Zaldarriaga; Kyle Zilic

doi:10.1117/12.789627

21 July 2008 EBEX: the E and B Experiment

Will Grainger, Asad M. Aboobaker, Peter Ade, François Aubin, Carlo Baccigalupi, Éric Bissonnette, Julian Borrill, Matt Dobbs, Shaul Hanany, Clayton Hogen-Chin, Johannes Hubmayr, Andrew Jaffe, Bradley Johnson, Terry Jones, Jeff Klein, Andrei Korotkov, Sam Leach, Adrian Lee, Lorne Levinson, Michele Limon, John Macaluso, Kevin MacDermid, Tomotake Matsumura, Xiaofan Meng, Amber Miller, Michael Milligan, Enzo Pascale, Dan Polsgrove, Nicolas Ponthieu, Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud, Tom Renbarger, Ilan Sagiv, Federico Stivoli, Radek Stompor, Huan Tran, Greg Tucker, Jerry Vinokurov, Matias Zaldarriaga, Kyle Zilic

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 7020, Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV; 70202N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789627
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The E and B Experiment, EBEX, is a Cosmic Microwave Background polarization experiment designed to detect or set upper limits on the signature of primordial gravity waves. Primordial gravity waves are predicted to be produced by inflation, and a measurement of the power spectrum of these gravity waves is a measurement of the energy scale of inflation. EBEX has sufficient sensitivity to detect or set an upper limit at 95% confidence on the energy scale of inflation of < 1.4 × 10¹⁶ GeV. This article reviews our strategy for achieving our science goals and discusses the implementation of the instrument.

Citation Download Citation

Will Grainger, Asad M. Aboobaker, Peter Ade, François Aubin, Carlo Baccigalupi, Éric Bissonnette, Julian Borrill, Matt Dobbs, Shaul Hanany, Clayton Hogen-Chin, Johannes Hubmayr, Andrew Jaffe, Bradley Johnson, Terry Jones, Jeff Klein, Andrei Korotkov, Sam Leach, Adrian Lee, Lorne Levinson, Michele Limon, John Macaluso, Kevin MacDermid, Tomotake Matsumura, Xiaofan Meng, Amber Miller, Michael Milligan, Enzo Pascale, Dan Polsgrove, Nicolas Ponthieu, Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud, Tom Renbarger, Ilan Sagiv, Federico Stivoli, Radek Stompor, Huan Tran, Greg Tucker, Jerry Vinokurov, Matias Zaldarriaga, and Kyle Zilic "EBEX: the E and B Experiment", Proc. SPIE 7020, Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 70202N (21 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789627

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available