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1 Title Here Experimental Probe of Inflationary Cosmology (EPIC) Jamie Bock JPL / Caltech JPL Peter Day Clive Dickenson Darren Dowell Mark Dragovan Todd Gaier Krzysztof Gorski Warren Holmes Jeff Jewell Bob Kinsey Charles Lawrence Rick LeDuc Erik Leitch Steven Levin Mark Lysek Sara MacLellan Hien Nguyen Ron Ross Celeste Satter Mike Seiffert Hemali Vyas Brett Williams Caltech/IPAC Charles Beichman Sunil Golwala Marc Kamionkowski Andrew Lange Tim Pearson Anthony Readhead Jonas Zmuidzinas UC Berkeley/LBNL Adrian Lee Carl Heiles Bill Holzapfel Paul Richards Helmut Spieler Huan Tran Martin White Cardiff Walter Gear Carnegie Mellon Jeff Peterson The EPIC Consortium U Chicago John Carlstrom Clem Pryke U Colorado Jason Glenn UC Davis Lloyd Knox Dartmouth Robert Caldwell Fermilab Scott Dodelson IAP Ken Ganga Eric Hivon IAS Jean-Loup Puget Nicolas Ponthieu UC Irvine Alex Amblard Asantha Cooray Manoj Kaplinghat U Minnesota Shaul Hanany Tomotake Matsumura Michael Milligan NIST Kent Irwin UC San Diego Brian Keating Tom Renbarger Stanford Sarah Church Swales Aerospace Dustin Crumb TC Technology Terry Cafferty USC Aluizio Prata

2 CMB: The Most Title Powerful Here Tool in Cosmology Which Remains Largely Unexplored Relic from the Early Universe Discovery by Penzias & Wilson - A revolution in cosmology - Strong evidence for Big Bang model BB Spectrum & anisotropies by COBE - Big Bang model unassailable - Support for Inflation T Scalars Precision Cosmology Discovery of first acoustic peak - Flat universe confirms Inflation Temperature power spectrum, WMAP - Energy/matter content of Universe Enter Polarization Gravitational Wave Polarization - Best probe of Inflationary physics A Wealth of Cosmology - Reionization, Gravitational Lensing B E B Dust Synch Cosmic Shear IGWs r = 0.01 r = 0.3

3 Title Here EPIC is a Scan-Imaging Polarimeter Scan detectors across sky to build CMB map Simple technique. Established history in CMB. Scaling to higher sensitivity Better arrays Adapt this technique for precision polarimetry EPIC mission concept High-TRL, simple, & flexible architecture High sensitivity, wide band coverage, low angular resolution* *See Weiss Committee TFCR Report: astro-ph Boomerang BICEP Planck Polarbear Maxipol QUaD EBEX Spider PAST ACTIVE PLANNED FUTURE

4 Title Here Optical Axis Orbit Moon 55 Spin Axis (~1 rpm) 45 Sun Sun-Spacecraft Axis (~1 rph) Earth SE L2 Why Space? - All-Sky Coverage - High Sensitivity - Systematic Error Control - Broad Frequency Coverage

5 Title Here

6 Scan Title Here Strategy Scan Coverage Precession (~1 rph) 1 minute Sun-Spacecraft Axis Downlink To Earth 3 minutes 1 hour

7 Scan Title Here Strategy 1 Day Maps 55 Precession (~1 rph) 45 Sun-Spacecraft Axis Spatial Coverage Downlink To Earth Angular Uniformity More than half the sky in a single day!

8 Redundant & Title Uniform Here Scan Coverage N-hits (1-day) Angular Uniformity* (6-months) Planck WMAP EPIC *<cos 2β> 2 + <sin 2β> 2 0 1

9 EPIC Mission Title Here Architecture Deployed Sunshield Liquid Helium Cryostat (450 l) Six 30 cm Telescopes 30/40 GHz 60 GHz 2 x 90 GHz 1 GHz 200/300 GHz Solar Panels Commercial Spacecraft 40 K Absorbing Forebaffle 2 K Refracting Optics 100 K 155 K 295 K Half-Wave Plate 100 mk Focal Plane Array 3-Stage V-Groove Radiator Toroidal-Beam Antenna 8 m Delta 2925H 3-m

10 High Sensitivity Title with Here High-TRL Focal Planes EPIC Projected Bands and Sensitivities Absorbing Baffle (40 K) Half-Wave Plate (2 K) Aperture Stop (2 K) Polyethylene Lenses (2 K) Telecentric Focus 30 cm Focal Plane Bolometer Array (100 mk) Freq [GHz] Total Instrument HFI GHz LFI GHz FWHM [arcmin] NTD Ge Bolometers # [det s] Technology NTD Ge Bolometer HEMT NET/det* [μk s] NET* [μk s] NET [μk s] 20.3 < 16.7 Planck NET/det [μk s] Value Req t Note modest detector improvement over Planck due to relaxed time constant specification & 2 K optics Planck Projected Sensitivities Design Goal Measured *Design Sensitivity Goal Sensitivity

11 Measuring B-Polarization Title Here to Lensing Limit Multi-Band Foreground Monitoring Sensitivity Summary EPIC WMAP-8 Planck 75% of sky 75% of sky μk RJ 2% patch 2% patch 1. Input Sky Model Synchrotron Thermal dust Free-free Spinning dust 2. Multi-band Removal Fit components spectrally Let indicies float spatially 3. Results Removal gives a modest sensitivity loss Better sensitivity gives better subtraction

12 NTD Bolometers Title for Here Planck & Herschel 143 GHz Spider-web Bolometer Planck/HFI focal plane (52 bolometers) NTD Germanium SPIRE Low-power JFETs Herschel/SPIRE Bolometer Array

13 Antenna-Coupled Title Here Bolometers for EPIC Measured Beam Patterns X-polarization Y-polarization 8 mm Measured Spectral Response Single Pixel Dual Polarization at 150 GHz High Optical Efficiency! Advantages Small active volume GHz operation Beam collimation... Eliminates discrete feeds Reduced focal plane mass Intrinsic filters... No discrete components Kuo et al. SPIE 2006

14 TES Title Bolometer Here Arrays SQUID Multiplexing Advantages Multiplexing. Larger array formats Higher sensitivity Fewer wires to 100 mk Low cryogenic power disp. Faster response... Useful for larger aperture Freq. Domain (UCB/LBNL) Time Domain (NIST) SCUBA2 Focal Plane (10,000 TES Bolometers) Antenna-Coupled TES Bolometers (UCB/LBNL)

15 EPIC Employs Title High-TRL Here Technologies Technology Focal Plane Arrays (NTD Ge bolometers) NTD thermistors and readouts Antennas Wide-Field Refractor Waveplate (stepped every 24 hours) Optical configuration Cryogenic stepper drive LHe Cryostat Sub-K Cooler: Single-shot ADR Deployable Sunshield Toroidal-Beam Downlink Antenna TRL Heritage Planck & Herschel BICEP SCUBA, HERTZ, etc. Spitzer Spitzer, ISO, Herschel ASTRO-E2 (single-shot) TRL=9 components TRL=9 components New technologies bring enhanced capabilities Antenna-Coupled TES / MKID detectors Continuously rotating waveplate Continuous ADR Higher sensitivity, less mass & power Better beam control Less mass, no interruptions but we have the technology to do this mission today. We need technology evolution not revolution

16 Systematic Title Error Here Mitigation Strategy Instrument Design Goal Suppress raw systematic effect below statistical noise level Instrument Requirement Suppress systematic errors below r = 0.01 after correction Systematic Effect Design Goal Mitigations Heritage ΔBeamsize ΔGain ΔBeam Offset ΔEllipticity Pol. Beam Rot n Polarized Sidelobes Main Beam Effects 1e-4 8e-5 5e-5 1e-3 3e-4 1 nkrms Refracting telescope Waveplate before telescope Scan crossings & CMB dipole Refractor + baffle Drift-scanned NTD bolometers BICEP SPIDER --- BICEP * BOOMERANG * 1/f Noise Scan-Synch Signals Optics Temp. Stability Focal Plane Temp. Stability 16 mhz 1 nkrms 10 μkrms s/s 300 μk/ Hz 3nKrms s/s 150 nk/ Hz (TES + modulator) Scan crossings Scan redundancy Dual analyzers Temperature monitoring & control of all critical stages EBEX/SPIDER/ POLARBEAR Planck * Planck* * = Already demonstrated to EPIC requirement = Proof of operation but needs improvement = Planned demonstration to EPIC requirement

17 Title Here Polarization Systematics: Main Beams Main Beam Instrumental Polarization Effects Differential Gain, Rotation Differential FWHM Differential Beam Offset Differential Ellipticity Calculation - Difference PSB beam pairs - Parameterize main beam effects - Convolve w/ scan pattern - Calculate resulting power spectrum Result - Calculated telescope performance meets or exceeds requirements Caveats - Calculation is conservative - We can always apply post facto correction - Waveplate virtually eliminates these effects

18 Title Here Demonstration of EPIC Technologies Focal Plane (98 NTD bolos) BICEP Refracting Optics Pol. Sensitive Bolometer

19 First-Season Title Maps Here from BICEP GHz GHz B-Polarization E-Polarization Temperature

20 Far-Sidelobe Title Here Performance BICEP Measurements Sky at 100 GHz 1e5 1e4 1e Sidelobe Map at 100 GHz 1 μk ~ 20% polarized Levels below 3 nk for most of the sky! 3nK

21 Conclusions Title Here CMB is the most powerful tool in cosmology today Planck will still leave the most exciting CMB observable unexplored Clear role for a space-borne polarization mission Imaging polarimeter approach Technically and scientifically feasible Simple technique. Established history. EPIC is high-trl, and meets TFCR requirements for IGW science Extensive control of systematics designed in from the beginning Foregrounds What we know today about polarized foreground shows they can be subtracted below r = 0.01 Technology Readiness We can build a very capable mission today with existing technology New technologies improve the mission & reduce technical risk

22 Title Here Backup Materials from EPIC Mission Study Report

23 Title Here Science Requirements Flowdown NASA Objective EPIC Objective Measurement Criteria Instrument Criteria Discover what powered the Big Bang search for gravitational waves from the earliest moments of the Big Bang Discover the origin, structure, evolution, and destiny of the universe (NASA 2006 Strategic Plan) Test Inflationary paradigm at GUT energy scales by probing Inflationary Gravitational Wave B-mode polarization signal to r = Detect BB signal at r = 0.01* after foreground removal Positively detect both the l = 5 and l = 100 BB peaks High sensitivity GHz Control systematics to negligible levels All-sky coverage Low angular resolution (< 1 ) Understand how the first stars and galaxies formed Determine the size, shape, and matterenergy content of the Universe Distinguish models of reionization history Extract all available EE cosmology Measure EE to cosmic variance Measure the cosmic evolution of the dark energy, which controls the destiny of the universe Measure lensing BB to determine neutrino mass and dark energy equation of state Remove lensing BB using shear map Measure lensing BB to ~cosmic variance Parameters above Trace the flows of energy and magnetic fields between stars, dust, and gas Map Galactic magnetic fields Measure synch and dust polarization Primary Objective Secondary Objective *Sensitivity goal stated by Weiss Committee TFCR Frequency range stated by Weiss Committee TFCR

24 EPIC Mission Title Requirements Here and Goals Instrument Criteria High sensitivity Subtract foreground signals to negligible levels Control systematic errors to negligible levels Requirements NET = 2 μk s Technological capability to cover GHz. Remove foregrounds to below r = 0.01 science goal Suppress systematic errors to < 10 % of r = 0.01 signal, after correction 1-year required life for 2 complete maps for error checks Design Goals NET = 1 μk s Optimize bands for foreground removal based on best knowledge Suppress raw systematic effects to < 10 % of statistical noise level 2-year design life for multiple error checks at higher sensitivity Maintain sensitivity on large angular scales Angular resolution All-sky coverage with redundant interleaved scan strategy 1 at 100 GHz

25 Title Here EPIC Mission Parameters Orbit Mission Life Bands Sensitivity Resolution Focal Plane Readout Pol. Modulation Optics Cryogenics Mission Parameters 1-year (Required) 2 μk CMB s (Required) L2 Halo GHz arcmin (FWHM) Antenna-Coupled NTD Bolometers Si JFETs mounted at 40 K Half-wave Plate before Telescope Stepped 45 every 24 hours Six 30-cm Wide-Field Refractors 2-year (Design) 1.5 μk CMB s (Design) Passive to 40 K / LHe Cryostat to 2 K / Continuous ADR to 0.1 K

26 Focal Title Plane HereOptions Input Assumptions Fractional bandwidth Δν/ν = 30 % Optical efficiency η = 40 % Focal plane temperature = 100 mk Optics temperature = 2 K, with 10 % coupling Waveplate temperature = 20 K, with 2 % coupling Baffle at 40 K with 0.3 % coupling (measured) P sat /Q = 5 for TES bolometers G 0 = 10 Q / T 0 for NTD bolometers Freq [GHz] Freq [GHz] θ FWHM [ ] θ FWHM [ ] Nbol 3 [#] Nbol 3 [#] NET 4 [μk s] bolo NET 4 [μk s] bolo NTD Bolometer Option Required Sensitivity 1 band TES Bolometer Option Required Sensitivity 1 band δt-θ 5 [μk ] δt-θ 5 [μk ] δtpix 6 [nk] δtpix 6 [nk] Total NET 4 [μk s] bolo Design Sensitivity 2 band δt-θ 5 [μk ] δtpix 6 [nk] Total NET 4 [μk s] bolo Design Sensitivity 2 band δt-θ 5 [μk ] δtpix 6 [nk] Sensitivity with 2 noise margin in a 1-year mission 2 Calculated sensitivity in 2-year design life 3 Two bolometers per focal plane pixel 4 Sensitivity of one bolometer in a focal plane pixel 5 Sensitiivity δt in a pixel θfwhm x θ FWHM times θ FWHM 6 Sensitivity δt in a 120 x 120 pixel 7 Combining all bands together

27 Risk Mitigation Title Here Strategy Instrument Requirements Sensitivity Subtract foreground signals below r = 0.01 Suppress systematic errors to < 10 % of r = 0.01 signal, after correction All-sky coverage Minimize cost and risk Low Cost Mission Option Design Approach Mitigation Approach NTD Ge detectors Antenna-coupled bolometers Single-color refracting telescopes Spinning/precessing scans Highly redundant scan strategy, Step waveplate every 24 hours Dual-polarization detector Waveplate modulator in front of telescope Small aperture monochromatic refracting telescope 1-year required lifetime 30 cm monochromatic refracting telescope LHe cryostat Commercial spacecraft Fixed downlink antenna Mitigations Requirement includes 2 noise margin Upscope to TES bolometers when fully demonstrated Technology covers full GHz spectral band Optimized AR coatings and waveplate modulation for operation over full GHz spectral band Uniform angular coverage over entire sky Redundant daily maps with each pixel of 50 % of sky allow comprehensive jackknife tests. Immunity to data interruptions, bad pixels, bad arrays Two full maps in 1-year for systematic error testing Upscope to continuous waveplate with fully demonstrated Suppresses common-mode temperature signals, thermal drifts Suppresses main beam systematics by rotating polarization without altering beam shapes Suppresses 1/f noise by signal modulation if continuous Suppresses gain and temperature drifts if continuous Large throughput Low instrument- and cross- polarization Low main beam asymmetries Optimized low-reflection coatings Low far-sidelobe response Cryostat spec has 100 % margin Low-cost polyethylene lenses with simple AR coatings Already demonstrated in BICEP Low technology risk Low integration risk - no microphonic, EMI or B-field disturbances Readily allows systems-level testing Low-cost standardized spacecraft with modifications Eliminates risk of gimballed antenna

28 Mass Title Summary Here Mass Summary: Low-Cost Option Sub-Assembly Mass (CBE) [kg] Contingency [%] Mass at 0.1 K per unit 0.9 Mass at 0.4 K per unit 1.0 Mass at 2 K per unit 0.5 Total Focal Plane Assemblies (6) 14.2 Lenses at 2 K per unit 2.1 Supports per unit 1.6 Shields per unit 0.9 Total Telescope Assemblies (6) 27.8 Waveplate 3-stack ave per unit 3.0 Suspended bearing/motor per unit 1.5 Non-suspended mass 2.5 Total Waveplates (6) 41.7 Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator 5.7 Ejectable Telescope Covers (6) 6.0 Liquid Helium Helium Tank 29.5 Vapor-Cooled Shields 57.5 Vacuum shell MLI 12.7 Fill/vent lines, valves, ports 16.0 Total Cryostat and Shell Cabling 7.0 Warm Electronics 40.0 V-groove Radiators 51.3 Deployed Sunshield 74.1 Struts from S/C to Instrument 15.5 Spacecraft (based on SA200HP bus) X-band Antenna and Transmitter 12.7 Propellant [ΔV = 160 m/s] Total 1149 Launch Vehicle Maximum Payload Mass to L2 (C3 = -0.6) Vehicle Mass Margin [%] Delta 2925H-9.5 Star Delta IV Atlas V Focal Planes Telescopes Wave- Plates Cryostat and Shell Allocated Mass [kg] Margin [kg]

29 Power Title Here Summary Item X-band TWTA ADR Electronics Bolometer Readout Electronics Spacecraft Total Panel Area 4.0 m 2 Fixed at 45 Incidence 3.8 m 2 Deployed at 45 Incidence Total Power Summary: Low-Cost Option Power (CBE) [W] Contingency [%] GaAs Triple Junction Solar Panels Power [W] Margin [%] Allocated [W] Margin [W] 415

30 Telemetry Title HereBudget Antenna BW [deg] Antenna Gain [dbi] SC-Amp [W] Gnd Station [m] Gnd Gain [dbi] Downlink Rate [Mbps] Option Spin rate [rpm] Waveplate rate Input Rate 1 [kbps] Downlink time per day [hrs] 12-m GS 34-m GS Scan-modulated NTD bolometers rev / day Waveplate-modulated TES bolos rpm Scan-modulated TES bolometers rev / day Assumes 4 bits per sample per detector (Planck compression ratio), and 2x Nyquist sampling. 2 Requires a 1/f knee < 16 mhz (already demonstrated for NTD bolometers). 3 Assumes 10 polarization cycles per beam crossing for each band. Requires 1/f knee < 2.5 Hz. 4 Requires a 1/f knee < 50 mhz (near state-of-the-art for TES bolometers)

31 Deployable Title Sunshield Here Design (1) Support Ring Spreader Bar Circular Struts 3-Stage V-Groove Radiator Shade largest diameter Fairing Fundamental frequency Strut safety factor Sunshield layers Sunshade Parameters Spreader bar safety factor Sunshade and deployment hardware mass 8 m Delta II m > 0.17 Hz > 6 > 3 3, double layered 74 kg 3 Layer Sunshade (Dual Films) Spreader Bar Flaps Spreader Bars

32 Title Here Deployable Sunshield Design (2) Spreader Bar Spreader Bar Pivot Spreader Bar Flap Support Ring Circular Strut Kevlar Cord/ Constant Force Spring Spreader Bar Safety Stop Spreader Bar Deployment Cable Deployment Motor (inside spacecraft) Spreader Bar Deployment Cables

33 L2 Halo Title Orbit HereParameters Sun Lunar-Assist Trajectory to L2 Nominal Orbital Parameters Transfer Time ~170 Days Halo Dimensions 24,000 46,000 33,000 km Max Earth-view Angle 2 Partial Eclipses None over 4 years Lunar Fly-by Distance 64,000 km C km 2 /s 2 Deterministic ΔV 0 m/s Summary of EPIC ΔV Budget (4 years) 2 view angle to Earth Lissajous Orbit at L2 Earth s penumbra

34 Available Title Cooler HereOptions to 100 mk High-TRL Baseline Approach 1. Passive cooling to 40 K - Temperatures are extremely stable 2. Simple 450 l liquid helium cryostat to 2 K 3. Single-shot ADR to 100 mk - We can tolerate data interruptions Other Available Options Mechanical Coolers to 2-4 K + Long life, low mass, JWST dev. - T stability, μ-phonics, B-fields? Continuous ADR + Continuous, low mass - Low-TRL, T stability Continuous OC Dilution Fridge + Flight-qualified, highly stable - Low cooling power 3 He Sorption Cooler + Flight-proven, highly stable mk, not continuous

35 Thermal Title Heat Here Flow Analysis 44 K Vacuum Shell & Optical Baffle STRUTS CABLES PLUMBING MLI RADIATION VAPOR COOLING 29.7 K mw Outer VCS To Space 1.6 mw 16.3 K mw Inner VCS 1.4 K mw 0.5 mw 0.5 mw Helium Tank 3.0 mw Flow Rate 8.04E-07 Kg/s 30.2 Month Primary Cryogen Lifetime Heat flow in Watts unless noted 433 liter Primary Cryogen tank

36 Toroidal Title Here Beam Antenna SUBREFLECTOR HORN RADIATOR SEPTUM POLARIZER Z 45 O CONICAL RADIATED BEAM RADOME MAIN REFLECTOR Directivity with perfect polarizer (dbic) CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED RADIATION PATTERN co-pol, φ = 0 o, 45 o, and 90 o cx-pol, φ = 0 o, 45 o, and 90 o 9.70 dbic MOUNTING FLANGE 380 mm WR-112 WAVEGUIDES (RCP AND LCP) Angle from boresight, θ (deg) Prata Aluizio Prata, USC/JPL

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