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K Yamada1, B Bixler2, Y Sakurai3,4
1Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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概括
在西蒙斯天文台的天文台.
科学领域:
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 仪器化 仪器化 仪器化
背景情况:
- 西蒙斯天文台 (SO) 旨在检测宇宙微波背景中的原始B模式极化.
- 小光圈望远镜 (SAT) 对于观测与B模式检测相关的大角度尺度至关重要.
- 大气噪声和探测器系统不确定性带来了重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 详细介绍了SO的SATs的低温连续旋转半波板 (CHWP) 的要求,设计和评估.
- 概述CHWP在调节偏振和减轻噪声方面的作用.
- 为了展示CHWP系统的性能.
主要方法:
- 设计了一个CHWP系统,采用505毫米的无色蓝宝石半波板 (HWP) 和冷旋转机制.
- 将系统冷却到大约50K以最大限度地减少热负荷.
- 使用超导磁轴承进行旋转,并使用角度编码器进行精确的角度检测.
主要成果:
- 该CHWP有效调节8Hz的偏振,这对于噪声抑制至关重要.
- 超导磁轴承的设计参数显著影响旋转性能.
- 角编码器可以达到0.07μrads的低噪音水平.
结论:
- 开发的CHWP符合西蒙斯天文台SAT的严格要求.
- 低温旋转机制和磁轴承是实现高性能极化调制的关键.
- 实验室评估证实了CHWP适用于宇宙微波背景观测的适用性.
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