LiteBIRD: Mission Overview and Focal Plane Layout

T. Matsumura, Y. Akiba, K. Arnold, J. Borrill, R. Chendra, Y. Chinone, A. Cukierman, T. de Haan, M. Dobbs, A. Dominjon, T. Elleflot, J. Errard, T. Fujino, H. Fuke, N. Goeckner-wald, N. Halverson, P. Harvey, M. Hasegawa, K. Hattori, M. HattoriM. Hazumi, C. Hill, G. Hilton, W. Holzapfel, Y. Hori, J. Hubmayr, K. Ichiki, J. Inatani, M. Inoue, Y. Inoue, F. Irie, K. Irwin, H. Ishino, H. Ishitsuka, O. Jeong, K. Karatsu, S. Kashima, N. Katayama, I. Kawano, B. Keating, A. Kibayashi, Y. Kibe, Y. Kida, K. Kimura, N. Kimura, K. Kohri, E. Komatsu, C. L. Kuo, S. Kuromiya, A. Kusaka, A. Lee, E. Linder, H. Matsuhara, S. Matsuoka, S. Matsuura, S. Mima, K. Mitsuda, K. Mizukami, H. Morii, T. Morishima, M. Nagai, T. Nagasaki, R. Nagata, M. Nakajima, S. Nakamura, T. Namikawa, M. Naruse, K. Natsume, T. Nishibori, K. Nishijo, H. Nishino, T. Nitta, A. Noda, T. Noguchi, H. Ogawa, S. Oguri, I. S. Ohta, C. Otani, N. Okada, A. Okamoto, A. Okamoto, T. Okamura, G. Rebeiz, P. Richards, S. Sakai, N. Sato, Y. Sato, Y. Segawa, S. Sekiguchi, Y. Sekimoto, M. Sekine, U. Seljak, B. Sherwin, K. Shinozaki, S. Shu, R. Stompor, H. Sugai, H. Sugita, T. Suzuki, A. Suzuki, O. Tajima, S. Takada, S. Takakura, K. Takano, Y. Takei, T. Tomaru, N. Tomita, P. Turin, S. Utsunomiya, Y. Uzawa, T. Wada, H. Watanabe, B. Westbrook, N. Whitehorn, Y. Yamada, N. Yamasaki, T. Yamashita, M. Yoshida, T. Yoshida, Y. Yotsumoto

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)824-831
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume184
Issue number3-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 1 2016

Keywords

  • CMB
  • Inflation
  • MKID
  • Polarization
  • Primordial B-mode
  • Satellite
  • TES bolometer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Materials Science(all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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