CMB-S4 Technology Book, First Edition

CMB-S4 is a proposed experiment to map the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to nearly the cosmic variance limit for angular scales that are accessible from the ground. The science goals and capabilities of CMB-S4 in illuminating cosmic inflation, measuring the sum of neutrino masses, searching for relativistic relics in the early universe, characterizing dark energy and dark matter, and mapping the matter distribution in the universe have been described in the CMB-S4 Science Book. This Technology Book is a companion volume to the Science Book. The ambitious science goals of CMB-S4, a "Stage-4" experiment, require a step forward in experimental capability from the current Stage=II experiments. To guide this process, we summarize the current state of CMB instrumentation technology, and identify RD Receiver Optics; Focal-Plane Optical Coupling; and Focal-Plane Sensor and Readout.

Shaul Hanany | Gregory S. Tucker | Ki Won Yoon | John Ruhl | John E. Carlstrom | Adrian T. Lee | Kevin T. Crowley | Jon E. Gudmundsson | Johannes Hubmayr | Edward J. Wollack | Philip Mauskopf | David T. Chuss | Kent Irwin | Eric R. Switzer | Tom Essinger-Hileman | Shawn W. Henderson | Michael D. Niemack | Sara M. Simon | Suzanne T. Staggs | Keith L. Thompson | Stephen C. Parshley | Osamu Tajima | Karwan Rostem | Darcy Barron | Aritoki Suzuki | John M. Kovac | Amy N. Bender | Clarence L. Chang | Jeffrey P. Filippini | Johanna M. Nagy | Lorenzo Moncelsi | Maximilian H. Abitbol | Bradford A. Benson | Ari Cukierman | Nils W. Halverson | Joaquin D. Vieira | Benjamin Westbrook | Peter Timbie | Oliver Jeong | Akito Kusaka | Shuay-Pwu P. Ho | Ritoban Basu Thakur | Bradley R. Johnson | N. Roe | G. Tucker | S. Hanany | P. Mauskopf | K. Ganga | J. Ruhl | Z. Ahmed | R. Thakur | A. Bender | B. Benson | J. Carlstrom | A. Cukierman | T. Haan | M. Dobbs | N. Halverson | K. Irwin | O. Jeong | A. Nadolski | S. Padin | A. Suzuki | K. Thompson | J. Vieira | K. Yoon | D. Chuss | O. Tajima | J. Gudmundsson | P. Timbie | K. Rostem | A. Kusaka | R. O'Brient | M. Niemack | S. Henderson | J. McMahon | C. Pryke | S. Parshley | E. Switzer | J. Hubmayr | S. Staggs | L. Moncelsi | A. Vieregg | B. Westbrook | C. Bischoff | J. Filippini | S. Kernasovskiy | J. Kovac | R. O’Brient | T. Essinger-Hileman | K. Crowley | S. Ho | S. Simon | D. Barron | S. Bryan | C. Hill | E. Young | C. Chang | K. Young | M. Abitbol | Natalie A. Roe | Stephen Padin | Ken Ganga | Colin A. Bischoff | J. Nagy | Matt Dobbs | Zeeshan Ahmed | Clement Pryke | Tijmen de Haan | T. Essinger-Hileman | Salatino Maria | Charles A. Hill | Sean A. Bryan | Sarah A. Kernasovskiy | Salatino Maria | Jeff J. McMahon | Andrew W. Nadolski | Roger C. O'Brient | Abigail G. Vieregg | Karl S. Young | Edward Y. Young | A. Lee | K. Thompson | K. Thompson | A. Vieregg

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