Results from the QUaD Experiment

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

The QUaD (QUEST at DASI) experiment comprises a 31-pixel polarization-sensitive bolometric camera mounted on a 2.6m telescope at the South Pole that operated between 2005 and 2007. The goal of QUaD was measurements of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) on angular scales larger than 5 arcmins. I will summarize the key results from QUaD including detailed measurements of E-modes of polarization, their implications for cosmological parameters, and QUaD limits on other effects such as the much fainter B-modes of polarization.

Authors

  • Sarah Church

    Stanford University