XIIIth School of Cosmology
 
November 12 - 18, 2017IESC, Cargèse
The CMB from A to Z
promises and challenges of the CMB as a cosmological probe

 Instrumental design global trade-offs & CMB detectors

Michal PIAT
APC Université Paris Diderot

Chapters

  1. Instrumental design global trade-offs:
    1. CMB photons
    2. CMB instruments
    3. Detectors system trade-offs
    4. Optics trade-offs
    5. Cryogenics trade-offs
    6. Orbit trade-offs
  2. CMB detectors
    1. TESs
    2. KIDs

Abstract

The design of a CMB instrument, either ground-based, balloon-born or space-born, is a complex process that needs numerous instrument global trade-offs. In the first lecture, I will give a flavor of some major trade-offs in terms of detectors, optics, cryogenics and orbits. In the second lecture, I will describe the CMB detectors which have currently the highest Technology Readiness Level: Transition Edge Sensors (TESs) and Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs).

Bibliography

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Program