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Detector Readout Electronics for EBEX

其他書名	A Balloon-borne Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter
出版	McGill University Libraries, 2013
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=djcMjwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"EBEX (the E and B Experiment) is a balloon-borne telescope with 8' resolution primarily designed to detect the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation, which would represent strong evidence for the inflationary period of the universe. EBEX will also characterize the galactic dust and the gravitational lensing. During a 11 day long duration science flight over Antarctica scheduled for the Austral Summer of 2012-2013, EBEX will operate 872, 436 and 256 spider-web transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers at 150, 250 and 410 GHz, respectively, and observe a 350 square degree patch of sky. The EBEX engineering flight in June 2009 over New Mexico and Arizona provided the first usage of both a large array of TES bolometers and a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) based multiplexed readout system in a space-like environment. The sensors were read out with a new SQUID-based digital frequency domain multiplexed (DfMUX) readout system that was designed to meet the low noise, low power consumption and robust autonomous operation requirements presented by a balloon experiment. The DfMUX readout system successfully tuned, monitored and operated the EBEX camera at float. This successful demonstration increases the technology readiness level of these bolometers and the associated readout system for future space missions. In preparation for the science flight, the bolometer specifications to optimize the sensitivity of the EBEX camera have been calculated and verified to provide EBEX with the required sensitivity to meet its science goals. A series of bolometer wafers were produced at University of California, Berkeley, and characterized at McGill University and University of Minnesota. From these wafers, 14 have been selected for integration for the EBEX long duration balloon flight. The multiplexing factor of the DfMUX readout system has also been demonstrated to be improved from 8 to 16. An algorithm allowing for the monitoring of the camera setup and the camera performance at float has been developed. The camera operator will use this algorithm to the camera during flight in order to optimize both the observing time of the telescope and the sensitivity of the camera. EBEX is ready to perform its long-duration science flight."--