SGER: A New Instrument Concept for the Measurement of the B-mode Polarization of the CMBR

Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge MA

Investigators

Abstract

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research will provide the opportunity to explore a novel millimeter-wave interferometer instrument concept to study the B-mode polarization anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. Detection and study of these anisotropies could lead to the confirmation of a fundamental theory with respect to the origin of the Universe, by providing confirmation of an early inflationary period during cosmic expansion.