In-flight performance of SPIDER's 280 GHz receivers

E. C. Shaw; P. A. R. Ade; S. Akers; M. Amiri; J. Austermann; J. Beall; D. T. Becker; S. J. Benton; A. S. Bergman; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; S. A. Bryan; H. C. Chiang; C. R. Contaldi; R. S. Domagalski; O. Doré; S. M. Duff; A. J. Duivenvoorden; H. K. Ericksen; M. Farhang; J. P. Filippini; L. M. Fissel; A. A. Fraisse; K. Freese; M. Galloway; A. E. Gambrel; N. N. Gandilo; K. Ganga; S. M. Gibbs; S. Gourapura; A. Grigorian; R. Gualtieri; J. E. Gudmundsson; M. Halpern; J. Hartley; M. Hasselfield; G. Hilton; W. Holmes; V. V. Hristov; Z. Huang; J. Hubmayr; K. D. Irwin; W. C. Jones; A. Kahn; Z. D. Kermish; C. King; C. L. Kuo; A. R. Lennox; J. S.-Y. Leung; S. Li; T. V. Luu; P. V. Mason; J. May; K. Megerian; L. Moncelsi; T. A. Morford; J. M. Nagy; R. Nie; C. B. Netterfield; M. Nolta; B. Osherson; I. L. Padilla; A. S. Rahlin; S. Redmond; C. Reintsema; L. J. Romualdez; J. E. Ruhl; M. C. Runyan; J. A. Shariff; C. Shiu; J. D. Soler; X. Song; S. Tartakovsky; H. Thommesen; A. Trangsrud; C. Tucker; R. S. Tucker; A. D. Turner; J. Ullom; J. F. van der List; J. Van Lanen; M. R. Vissers; A. C. Weber; S. Wen; I. K. Wehus; D. V. Wiebe; E. Y. Young

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16 August 2024 In-flight performance of SPIDER's 280 GHz receivers

E. C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers, M. Amiri, J. Austermann, J. Beall, D. T. Becker, S. J. Benton, A. S. Bergman, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, R. S. Domagalski, O. Doré, S. M. Duff, A. J. Duivenvoorden, H. K. Ericksen, M. Farhang, J. P. Filippini, L. M. Fissel, A. A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, S. M. Gibbs, S. Gourapura, A. Grigorian, R. Gualtieri, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, Z. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, A. Kahn, Z. D. Kermish, C. King, C. L. Kuo, A. R. Lennox, J. S.-Y. Leung, S. Li, T. V. Luu, P. V. Mason, J. May, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, R. Nie, C. B. Netterfield, M. Nolta, B. Osherson, I. L. Padilla, A. S. Rahlin, S. Redmond, C. Reintsema, L. J. Romualdez, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, J. A. Shariff, C. Shiu, J. D. Soler, X. Song, S. Tartakovsky, H. Thommesen, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, J. Ullom, J. F. van der List, J. Van Lanen, M. R. Vissers, A. C. Weber, S. Wen, I. K. Wehus, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young

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Proceedings Volume 13102, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII; 1310204 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016837
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Abstract

SPIDER is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the cosmic microwave background at degree-angular scales in the presence of Galactic foregrounds. Spider has mapped a large sky area in the Southern Hemisphere using more than 2000 transition-edge sensors (TESs) during two NASA Long Duration Balloon flights above the Antarctic continent. During its first flight in January 2015, Spider observed in the 95 GHz and 150 GHz frequency bands, setting constraints on the B-mode signature of primordial gravitational waves. Its second flight in the 2022-23 season added new receivers at 280 GHz, each using an array of TESs coupled to the sky through feedhorns formed from stacks of silicon wafers. These receivers are optimized to produce deep maps of polarized Galactic dust emission over a large sky area, providing a unique data set with lasting value to the field. In this work, we describe the instrument’s performance during SPIDER’s second flight.

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E. C. Shaw, P. A. R. Ade, S. Akers, M. Amiri, J. Austermann, J. Beall, D. T. Becker, S. J. Benton, A. S. Bergman, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, R. S. Domagalski, O. Doré, S. M. Duff, A. J. Duivenvoorden, H. K. Ericksen, M. Farhang, J. P. Filippini, L. M. Fissel, A. A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, S. M. Gibbs, S. Gourapura, A. Grigorian, R. Gualtieri, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, Z. Huang, J. Hubmayr, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, A. Kahn, Z. D. Kermish, C. King, C. L. Kuo, A. R. Lennox, J. S.-Y. Leung, S. Li, T. V. Luu, P. V. Mason, J. May, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, R. Nie, C. B. Netterfield, M. Nolta, B. Osherson, I. L. Padilla, A. S. Rahlin, S. Redmond, C. Reintsema, L. J. Romualdez, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, J. A. Shariff, C. Shiu, J. D. Soler, X. Song, S. Tartakovsky, H. Thommesen, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, J. Ullom, J. F. van der List, J. Van Lanen, M. R. Vissers, A. C. Weber, S. Wen, I. K. Wehus, D. V. Wiebe, and E. Y. Young "In-flight performance of SPIDER's 280 GHz receivers", Proc. SPIE 13102, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XII, 1310204 (16 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016837

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