QUBIC Technical Design Report

Aumont, J.; Banfi, S.; Battaglia, P.; Battistelli, E.S.; Baù, A.; Bélier, B.; Bennett, D.; Bergé, L.; Bernard, J.P.; Bersanelli, M.; Bigot-Sazy, M.A.; Bleurvacq, N.; Bordier, G.; Brossard, J.; Bunn, E.F.; Buzi, D.; Buzzelli, A.; Cammilleri, D.; Cavaliere, F.; Chanial, P.; Chapron, C.; Coppi, G.; Coppolecchia, A.; Couchot, F.; D'Agostino, R.; D'Alessandro, G.; de Bernardis, P.; De Gasperis, G.; De Petris, M.; Decourcelle, T.; Del Torto, F.; Dumoulin, L.; Etchegoyen, A.; Franceschet, C.; Garcia, B.; Gault, A.; Gayer, D.; Gervasi, M.; Ghribi, A.; Giard, M.; Giraud-Héraud, Y.; Gradziel, M.; Grandsire, L.; Hamilton, J.C.; Harari, D.; Haynes, V.; Henrot-Versillé, S.; Holtzer, N.; Kaplan, J.; Korotkov, A.; Lamagna, L.; Lande, J.; Loucatos, S.; Lowitz, A.; Lukovic, V.; Maffei, B.; Marnieros, S.; Martino, J.; Masi, S.; May, A.; Mcculloch, M.; Medina, M.C.; Melhuish, S.; Mennella, A.; Montier, L.; Murphy, A.; Néel, D.; M. W., N.; O'Sullivan, C.; Paiella, A.; Pajot, F.; Passerini, A.; Pelosi, A.; Perbost, C.; Perdereau, O.; Piacentini, F.; Piat, M.; Piccirillo, L.; Pisano, G.; Prêle, D.; Puddu, R.; Rambaud, D.; Rigaut, O.; Romero, G.E.; Salatino, M.; Schillaci, A.; Scully, S.; Stolpovskiy, M.; Suarez, F.; Tartari, A.; Timbie, P.; Tristram, M.; Tucker, G.; Viganò, D.; Vittori, N.; Voisin, F.; Watson, B.; Zannoni, M.; Zullo, A.

QUBIC is an instrument aiming at measuring the B mode polarisation anisotropies at medium scales angular scales (30-200 multipoles). The search for the primordial CMB B-mode polarization signal is challenging, because of many difficulties: smallness of the expected signal, instrumental systematics that could possibly induce polarization leakage from the large E signal into B, brighter than anticipated polarized foregrounds (dust) reducing to zero the initial hope of finding sky regions clean enough to have a direct primordial B-modes observation. The QUBIC instrument is designed to address all aspects of this challenge with a novel kind of instrument, a Bolometric Interferometer, combining the background-limited sensitivity of Transition-Edge-Sensors and the control of systematics allowed by the observation of interference fringe patterns, while operating at two frequencies to disentangle polarized foregrounds from primordial B mode polarization. Its characteristics are described in details in this Technological Design Report.

QUBIC Technical Design Report / J. Aumont, S. Banfi, P. Battaglia, E.S. Battistelli, A. Baù, B. Bélier, D. Bennett, L. Bergé, J.P. Bernard, M. Bersanelli, M.A. Bigot-Sazy, N. Bleurvacq, G. Bordier, J. Brossard, E.F. Bunn, D. Buzi, A. Buzzelli, D. Cammilleri, F. Cavaliere, P. Chanial, C. Chapron, G. Coppi, A. Coppolecchia, F. Couchot, R. D'Agostino, G. D'Alessandro, P. de Bernardis, G. De Gasperis, M. De Petris, T. Decourcelle, F. Del Torto, L. Dumoulin, A. Etchegoyen, C. Franceschet, B. Garcia, A. Gault, D. Gayer, M. Gervasi, A. Ghribi, M. Giard, Y. Giraud-Héraud, M. Gradziel, L. Grandsire, J.C. Hamilton, D. Harari, V. Haynes, S. Henrot-Versillé, N. Holtzer, J. Kaplan, A. Korotkov, L. Lamagna, J. Lande, S. Loucatos, A. Lowitz, V. Lukovic, B. Maffei, S. Marnieros, J. Martino, S. Masi, A. May, M. Mcculloch, M.C. Medina, S. Melhuish, A. Mennella, L. Montier, A. Murphy, D. Néel, M.W. Ng, C. O'Sullivan, A. Paiella, F. Pajot, A. Passerini, A. Pelosi, C. Perbost, O. Perdereau, F. Piacentini, M. Piat, L. Piccirillo, G. Pisano, D. Prêle, R. Puddu, D. Rambaud, O. Rigaut, G.E. Romero, M. Salatino, A. Schillaci, S. Scully, M. Stolpovskiy, F. Suarez, A. Tartari, P. Timbie, M. Tristram, G. Tucker, D. Viganò, N. Vittori, F. Voisin, B. Watson, M. Zannoni, A. Zullo. - (2016 Sep 14).