CMB-S4 Decadal Survey APC White Paper
arXiv:1908.01062
summary
The paper presents an overview of the scientific motivations, instrument design, and project roadmap for CMB‑S4, a next‑generation ground‑based cosmic microwave background experiment.
Abstract
We provide an overview of the science case, instrument configuration and project plan for the next-generation ground-based cosmic microwave background experiment CMB-S4, for consideration by the 2020 Decadal Survey.
Project White Paper submitted to the 2020 Decadal Survey, 10 pages plus references. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1907.04473
Topics & keywords
#cosmic microwave background#ground‑based telescopes#instrument design#survey science#inflation#dark energyCMB‑S4polarizationdetector arrayscryogenic opticssurvey sensitivitylarge‑scale structure