The QUIJOTE experiment: Project overview and first results

  • R. Génova-Santos
  • , J. A. Rubiño-Martín
  • , R. Rebolo
  • , M. Aguiar
  • , F. Gómez-Reñasco
  • , C. Gutiérrez
  • , R. J. Hoyland
  • , C. López-Caraballo
  • , A. E. Peláez-Santos
  • , M. R. Pérez-De-Taoro
  • , F. Poidevin
  • , V. Sánchez de la Rosa
  • , D. Tramonte
  • , A. Vega-Moreno
  • , T. Viera-Curbelo
  • , R. Vignaga
  • , E. Martínez-González
  • , R. B. Barreiro
  • , B. Casaponsa
  • , F. J. Casas
  • J. M. Diego, R. Fernández-Cobos, D. Herranz, M. López-Caniego, D. Ortiz, P. Vielva, E. Artal, B. Aja, J. Cagigas, J. L. Cano, L. de la Fuente, A. Mediavilla, J. V. Terán, E. Villa, L. Piccirillo, R. Davies, R. J. Davis, C. Dickinson, K. Grainge, S. Harper, B. Maffei, M. McCulloch, S. Melhuish, G. Pisano, R. A. Watson, A. Lasenby, M. Ashdown, M. Hobson, Y. Perrott, N. Razavi-Ghods, R. Saunders, D. Titterington, P. Scott

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Abstract

QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) is a new polarimeter aimed to characterize the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and other Galactic and extragalactic signals at medium and large angular scales in the frequency range 10-40 GHz. The multi-frequency (10-20 GHz) instrument, mounted on the first QUIJOTE telescope, saw first light on November 2012 from the Teide Observatory (2400 m a.s.l). During 2014 the second telescope has been installed at this observatory. A second instrument at 30 GHz will be ready for commissioning at this telescope during summer 2015, and a third additional instrument at 40 GHz is now being developed. These instruments will have nominal sensitivities to detect the B-mode polarization due to the primordial gravitational-wave component if the tensor-to-scalar ratio is larger than r = 0.05.

Original languageEnglish
Pages207-212
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event11th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society - Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, SEA 2014 - Teruel, Spain
Duration: 8 Sept 201412 Sept 2014

Conference

Conference11th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society - Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, SEA 2014
Country/TerritorySpain
CityTeruel
Period8/09/1412/09/14

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