NSF Award Search: Award # 1440338 - POLARBEAR/Simons Array: High-fidelity maps of CMB polarization to study large-scale structure, measure neutrino masses, and search for the signature of inflation

National Science Foundation

Award Abstract # 1440338

POLARBEAR/Simons Array: High-fidelity maps of CMB polarization to study large-scale structure, measure neutrino masses, and search for the signature of inflation

NSF Org:	AST Division Of Astronomical Sciences
Awardee:	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE
Initial Amendment Date:	May 29, 2015
Latest Amendment Date:	March 20, 2019
Award Number:	1440338
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Nigel Sharp nsharp@nsf.gov (703)292-4905 AST Division Of Astronomical Sciences MPS Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
Start Date:	June 1, 2015
End Date:	May 31, 2022 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$4,999,157.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$5,998,558.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2015 = $4,999,157.00 FY 2019 = $999,401.00
History of Investigator:	Adrian Lee (Principal Investigator) Adrian.Lee@berkeley.edu Kam Arnold (Co-Principal Investigator) Brian Keating (Co-Principal Investigator) William Holzapfel (Co-Principal Investigator) Nils Halverson (Co-Principal Investigator)
Awardee Sponsored Research Office:	University of California-Berkeley 1608 4TH ST STE 201 BERKELEY CA US 94710-1749 (510)643-3891
Sponsor Congressional District:	13
Primary Place of Performance:	Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley LeConte Hall Berkeley CA US 94704-5940
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	13
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	GS3YEVSS12N6
Parent UEI:	NUDGYLBB4S99
NSF Program(s):	MID-SCALE INSTRUMENTATION
Primary Program Source:	040100 NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 040100 NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	1207, 7697
Program Element Code(s):	1257
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.049

ABSTRACT

The POLARBEAR experiment measures polarized fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to search for the signature of gravitational waves from inflation, potentially opening a window on the universe a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. This is a major quest of current physics and astronomy and has broad implications for our understanding of the origin and history of the universe. AST has previously funded the construction, commissioning, and initial operations of the first POLARBEAR 3.5m-diameter telescope at the Atacama desert site near ALMA in Chile. The current award will support commissioning and operations of a second telesope under partnership with the Simons foundation and other collaborating institutions in the US, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The award will support advanced traning for students in instrumentation and facility development. Other broader impacts include educational programs for K-12 students and the general public.

Science goals in addition to B-mode gravitational waves include a search for massive neutrinos, a map of large scale structure in the universe via gravitational lensing, and constraints on the primordial helium abundance and the effective number of relativistic species.

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Hattori, K.; Akiba, Y.; Arnold, K.; Barron, D.; Bender, A. N.; Cukierman, A.; de Haan, T.; Dobbs, M.; Elleflot, T.; Hasegawa, M.; Holzapfel, W.; Hori, Y.; Keating, B.; Kusaka, A.; Lee, A.; Montgomery, J.; Rotermund, K.; Shirley, I.; Suzuki, A.; Whitehorn, "?Development of Readout Electronics for POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment.?" Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Online First , 2016

Jeong, O.; Lee, A.; Raum, C.; Suzuki, A. "?Broadband Plasma-Sprayed Anti-Reflection Coating for Millimeter-Wave Astrophysics Experiments.?" Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Online First , 2016

Rotermund, K.; Barch, B.; Chapman, S.; Hattori, K.; Lee, A.; Palaio, N.; Shirley, I.; Suzuki, A.; Tran, C. "?Planar Lithographed Superconducting LC Resonators for Frequency-Doman Multiplexed Readout Systems.?" Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Online First , 2016

Siritanasak, P.; Aleman, C.; Arnold, K.; Cukierman, A.; Hazumi, M.; Kazemzadesh, K.; Keating, B.; Matsumura, T.; Lee, A. T.; Lee, C.; Quealy, E.; Rosen, D.; Stebor, N.; Suzuki, A. "?The Broadband Anti-reflection Coated Extended Hemispherical Silicon Lenses for POLARBEAR-2 Experiment.?" Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Online First , 2015

Suzuki, A.; Ade, P. A. R.; Akiba, Y.; Aleman, C.; Arnold, K.; Baccigalupi, C.; Barch, B.; Barron, D.; Bender, A.; Boettger, D.; Borrill, J.; Chapman, S.; Chinone, Y.; Cukierman, A.; Dobbs, M.; Ducout, A.; Dunner, R.; Elleflot, T.; Errard, J.; Fabbian, G.; "?The POLARBEAR-2 and the Simons Array Experiments?" Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Online First , 2016

Westbrook, B.; Cukierman, A.; Lee, A.; Suzuki, A.; Raum, C.; Holzapfel, W. "?Development of the Next Generation of Multi-chroic Antenna-Coupled Transition Edge Sensor Detectors for CMB Polarimetry.?" Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Online First , 2016

{Ade}, P.~A.~R. and {Arnold}, K. and {Atlas}, M. and {Baccigalupi}, C. and {Barron}, D. and {Boettger}, D. and {Borrill}, J. and {Chapman}, S. and {Chinone}, Y. and {Cukierman}, A. and {Dobbs}, M. and {Ducout}, A. and {Dunner}, R. and {Elleflot}, T. "{POLARBEAR constraints on cosmic birefringence and primordial magnetic fields}" \prd , v.92 , 2015 , p.123509 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.123509

{Hattori}, K. and {Akiba}, Y. and {Arnold}, K. and {Barron}, D. and {Bender}, A.~N. and {Cukierman}, A. and {de Haan}, T. and {Dobbs}, M. and {Elleflot}, T. and {Hasegawa}, M. and {Hazumi}, M. and {Holzapfel}, W. and {Hori}, Y. and {Keating}, B. and "{Development of Readout Electronics for POLARBEAR-2 Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment}" Journal of Low Temperature Physics , v.184 , 2016 , p.512-518 10.1007/s10909-015-1448-x

{Poletti}, D. and {Fabbian}, G. and {Le Jeune}, M. and {Peloton}, J. and {Arnold}, K. and {Baccigalupi}, C. and {Barron}, D. and {Beckman}, S. and {Borrill}, J. and {Chapman}, S. and {Chinone}, Y. and {Cukierman}, A. and {Ducout}, A. and {Elleflot}, "{Making maps of cosmic microwave background polarization for B-mode studies: the POLARBEAR example}" \aap , v.600 , 2017 , p.A60 10.1051/0004-6361/201629467

{Suzuki}, A. and {Ade}, P. and {Akiba}, Y. and {Aleman}, C. and {Arnold}, K. and {Baccigalupi}, C. and {Barch}, B. and {Barron}, D. and {Bender}, A. and {Boettger}, D. and {Borrill}, J. and {Chapman}, S. and {Chinone}, Y. and {Cukierman}, A. and {Do "{The Polarbear-2 and the Simons Array Experiments}" Journal of Low Temperature Physics , v.184 , 2016 , p.805-810 10.1007/s10909-015-1425-4

{Takakura}, S. and {Aguilar}, M. and {Akiba}, Y. and {Arnold}, K. and {Baccigalupi}, C. and {Barron}, D. and {Beckman}, S. and {Boettger}, D. and {Borrill}, J. and {Chapman}, S. and {Chinone}, Y. and {Cukierman}, A. and {Ducout}, A. and {Elleflot}, "{Performance of a continuously rotating half-wave plate on the POLARBEAR telescope}" \jcap , v.5 , 2017 , p.008 10.1088/1475-7516/2017/05/008

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