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1 Angle&calibra,on&system&& for&cmb&telescope "quest"for"neutrino"hierarchy" using"cmb"polariza8on Osamu&Tajima&(KEK)& Dec.&22,&2014

2 Neutrino&mass& via&cmb&pol. A&journey&of&a&thousand&miles& begins&with&a&first&step& Today s&main&topic& i.e.,&calibrafon

3 ScienFfic&goal& Neutrino&mass&from&CMB&polarizaFon& Instrumental&moFvaFon& Why&calibraFon?& Novel&cal.&for&polarizaFon&angle& Principle& Current&status& prospects& Contents Need"a"pickel"for" the"first"step"!!

4 What s&cmb&?

5 What s&cmb&? It s&big&bang s&thermal&radia,on,&i.e.,&photon&!& Today Structure formation first star Dark age CMB CMB Beginning of the Universe It s"detected"as"cold" radia8on,"3"k,"today"! First star Gravity Big Bang! High-ρ & High-T" Dominant&interacFon& Plasmas among&parfcles 13.8&billion& years Age&of&the&Universe 380,000& years sec

6 ``CMB&today &is&surface&of&``big&bang&clouds Big$Bang$$ Clear"sky"aCer" 380,000"years clouds CMB Gravita8onal"lens" effects"in"o(0.1 o )Nscale 13.8

7 Gravita,onal&lens&makes& rota,on&of&polariza,oniaxis IF$CMB$is$polarized,$ we$can$measure$the$lensing$power$

8 Is"CMB"polarized"? YES,&CMB&is&polarized Polarized&sunglasses ScaVering&in&``clouds &created&cmb&polarizafon&!&&

9 Tiny non-uniformity of universe, 1/1,000%, made CMB polarization pattern E-modes HOT,&COLD& Symmetric"" polariza8on"" parern"!

10 Weak&lensing&makes&asymmetric& paverns&in&cmb&polarizafon E[modes Rota8 o Evalua,on&of&& Lensing&power& by&bimode s&power (image&credit:&esa) n "o f "a x is Lensing"B[modes&& at&sub[deg.&scale

11 ``Voice&print &analysis Human&voice&is&characterized&in&Fourier&space

12 Power&of&lens&is&also&characterized&in& Fourier&space&of&CMB&paVerns Voice&print&spectrum degree degree B[mode&Power o Moon&(0.5 o )& Lensing&BImodes Σm ν& = & 0 & ev Σm ν& = & 0.1 & ev& Boundary"to"claim"hierarchy &InflaFon&origin 0.2o PaVern&image&map& (Here,"it s"not"realis8c"simula8on"at"all)" MulFpole&l"" =&180 o /[pavern[scale]

13 More&neutrino&mass&"&Less&lensing Neutrino&is&high[speed&parFcle&(even&though&it&is&massive)& "&No&localizaFon&in&the&scale&of&galaxy&clusters "&No&contribuFon&for&gravitaFonal&lens& Neutrino Lensing& poten,al Dark$Ma=er thickness& of&lens Thickness$of$lens$becomes$smaller$if$neutrino$has$larger$mass

14 Lensing&B[mode s&power&constrains&σν& Voice&print&spectrum degree degree B[mode&Power o Moon&(0.5 o )& Lensing&BImodes Σm ν& = & 0 & ev Σm ν& = & 0.1 & ev& Boundary"to"claim"hierarchy &InflaFon&origin 0.2o PaVern&image&map& (Here,"it s"not"realis8c"simula8on"at"all)" MulFpole&l"" =&180 o /[pavern[scale]

15 CMB&B[mode&observaFon,&Today l(l+1)c l BB /(2 ) (µk 2 ) DASI CBI MAXIPOL BOOMERanG CAPMAP WMAP-9yr QUaD Multipole Moment, ell QUIET-Q QUIET-W BICEP1-3yr ACTPol BICEP2-3yr POLARBEAR We&just&stand&at&the&start[line,& i.e.,&just&start&to&see&non[zero&power Credit&& Y.&Chinone

16 Prior&to&accumula,on&of&sta,s,cs,& instrumental&precision&should&be&good&!

17 Why"do"we"need"pickel"? Why&angle&calibraFon&is&important&? E[mode&paVern B[mode&paVern RotaFon&of&polarizaFon&axis&makes& ``mimic&b[modes &from&e[modes

18 Requirements&of&angle&calibraFon D l &(µk) D l &(µk) Scale" x100"! EImodes&(EE) BImodes&(BB) Σm ν & = & 0.0 & ev Σm ν & = & 0.1 & ev Mimic[BB" &=&EE& &sin 2 (2δ)& 2σ"bands o Mimic[BB,&δ&=&0.5 Mimic[BB,&δ&=&0.2 o Requirements"to"claim" neutrino"hierarchy MulFpole&=&180 o /[pavern[scale]&

19 Angle&calibraFons&to&the&present Astronomical&candle& Taurus&A&& (supernova&remnant) Ar,ficial&candle& (ac,ve&signal&generator) LimitaFon&by&catalog&precision& Not&blackbody&signal& δ& &0.5 o & ApJ"794:171"(2014),"A&A,"514,"A70"(2010). LimitaFon&of&instruments& Not&blackbody&signal& δ& &0.5 o & arxiv"

20 Novel&calibraFon& Just$hanging$a$metal$wire$on$top$of$telescope s$field$of$view$$ Passive&(not&ac,ve&control)&!&very&stable&with&appropriate&intensity& No&need&any&instrumental&alignment"(will"explain"in"laRer"page)& &!&Easy&&&simple,&i.e.,&robust&for&systema,cs& Blackbody&polariza,on&!&similar&frequency&proper,es&to&CMB&

21 Principle O.&Tajima&et"al.&,&J.&Low&Temp.&Phys.,&167,&936&(2012).& Linear&polarizaFon&!&Light&whose&direcFon&of&electric&field&is&aligned& Ambient&temperature&radiaFons,&mainly&come&from&the&ground&(300K) Reflected&radiaFon&is&polarized& Axis&of&electric&field Wire Signal&intensity& 20&mK&signal&in&case&of&single&wire&

22 O.&Tajima&et"al.&,&J.&Low&Temp.&Phys.,&167,&936&(2012).& Proof&of&principle&in&2008 Stokes-Q & U response! for QUIET s detector Prototype in Chicago lab., Nov. 20, 2008.! Made by one student and me using cable & duck tape sounds&super[easy&!!

23 Key&technology&for&GroundBIRD&! J."Low"Temp."Phys."176,"691"(2014)," and"proc."spie"8452,"84521m"(2012). Hanging&wire&& for&calibra,on&!

24 Expected&signal&response Absolute$intensity$of$signal$is$proporKonal$to$ length$of$wire$above$telescope s$fov$!$determinakon$of$wiregdireckon View&from&the&top Wire Wire&alignment& is&not&necessary&! Azimuth&=&0o Azimuth& &=&270o 90o Telescope& FOV Azimuth&=&180o simulafon Signal&response&for&each&antenna& determines&each&angle&orientafon

25 Good&achievement&in&2014,&& e.g.,&proof&of&concepts& What s&next&in&2015&?&

26 Sta,onary&calibra,on&by&using& Koinobori[poles&!&

27 Summary Towards&constraint&of&Σm ν &by&using&cmb&polarizafon,&& angle&calibrafon&is&the&most&important& Requirement:&δ& &0.2 o &to&claim&σm ν =&0.1&eV$ LimitaFon&of&past&calibraFons:&δ& &0.5 o && Novel&calibraFon,&single[wire&+&azimuth&rotaFon& Stable,&Easy&&&Blackbody&polarizaFon&as&CMB& Key&technology&for&GroundBIRD&experiment& Proof&of&concepts&using&POLARBEAR&telescope&in&Aug.& STAY"TUNED" Acknowledgement"for"Neutrino

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