Constraints on large-scale polarization in northern hemisphere
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| author | Zhang, Dongdong Wang, Bo Li, Jia-Rui Cai, Yi-Fu Feng, Chang |
| author_facet | Zhang, Dongdong Wang, Bo Li, Jia-Rui Cai, Yi-Fu Feng, Chang |
| contents | Present cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations have significantly advanced our understanding of the universe's origin, especially with primordial gravitational waves (PGWs). Currently, ground-based CMB telescopes are mainly located in the southern hemisphere, leaving an untapped potential for observations in the northern hemisphere. In this work, we investigate the perspective of a northern hemisphere CMB polarization telescope (NHT) to detect PGWs and present mock data for such a project. We forecast the detection sensitivity on the tensor-to-scalar ratio r of NHT and compare it with the existed ground-based experiments, also search for optimal experimental configurations that can achieve the best sensitivity of r. Our results indicate that, considering realistic experimental conditions, the first year of NHT observations combined with Planck can achieve a precision of σ(r)= 0.015, reaching the level of BICEP2/Keck, with significant potential for improvement with subsequent instrumentation parameter enhancements. |
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| spellingShingle | Constraints on large-scale polarization in northern hemisphere Zhang, Dongdong Wang, Bo Li, Jia-Rui Cai, Yi-Fu Feng, Chang Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Present cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations have significantly advanced our understanding of the universe's origin, especially with primordial gravitational waves (PGWs). Currently, ground-based CMB telescopes are mainly located in the southern hemisphere, leaving an untapped potential for observations in the northern hemisphere. In this work, we investigate the perspective of a northern hemisphere CMB polarization telescope (NHT) to detect PGWs and present mock data for such a project. We forecast the detection sensitivity on the tensor-to-scalar ratio r of NHT and compare it with the existed ground-based experiments, also search for optimal experimental configurations that can achieve the best sensitivity of r. Our results indicate that, considering realistic experimental conditions, the first year of NHT observations combined with Planck can achieve a precision of σ(r)= 0.015, reaching the level of BICEP2/Keck, with significant potential for improvement with subsequent instrumentation parameter enhancements. |
| title | Constraints on large-scale polarization in northern hemisphere |
| topic | Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00585 |