BISOU: a Balloon Interferometer for Spectral Observation of the primordial Universe
B Maffei
(1)
,
N Aghanim
(1)
,
J Aumont
(2)
,
E Battistelli
(3)
,
A Beelen
(4)
,
A Besnard
(1)
,
B Borgo
(1)
,
M Calvo
(5)
,
A Catalano
(6)
,
J Chluba
(7)
,
X Coulon
(1)
,
P.De Bernardis
(3)
,
C de Jabrun
(1)
,
M Douspis
(1)
,
J Errard
(8)
,
J Grain
(1)
,
P Guiot
(1)
,
J.C Hill
(9, 10)
,
H Ishino
(11)
,
A Kogut
(12)
,
G Lagache
(4)
,
J Macis-Perez
(6)
,
S Masi
(3)
,
T Matsumura
(13)
,
A Monfardini
(14)
,
C O'Sullivan
(15)
,
L Pagano
(16)
,
G Patanchon
(8)
,
G Pisano
(3)
,
Laurent Pitre
(17)
,
N Ponthieu
(18)
,
M Remazeilles
(19)
,
A Ritacco
(20)
,
G Savini
(21)
,
V Sauvage
(1)
,
A Shitvov
(21)
,
S.L Stever
(11)
,
A Tartari
(22)
,
L Thiele
(13)
,
N Trappe
(15)
,
J.F Aubrun
(23)
,
N Bray
(23)
,
S Louvel
(23)
1
IAS -
Institut d'astrophysique spatiale
2 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
3 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
4 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
5 NEEL - Cryo - Cryogénie
6 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie
7 University of Manchester [Manchester]
8 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
9 Columbia University [New York]
10 Flatiron Institute
11 Okayama University
12 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
13 Kavli IPMU - Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe [Tokyo]
14 NEEL - HELFA - Hélium : du fondamental aux applications
15 Maynooth University - National University of Ireland Maynooth
16 UniFE - Università degli Studi di Ferrara = University of Ferrara
17 LCM-CNAM - Laboratoire commun de métrologie LNE-CNAM
18 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
19 IFCA - Instituto de Física de Cantabria
20 Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata [Roma, Italia] = University of Rome Tor Vergata [Rome, Italy] = Université de Rome Tor Vergata [Rome, Italie]
21 UCL - University College of London [London]
22 INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [Pisa]
23 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
2 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
3 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
4 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
5 NEEL - Cryo - Cryogénie
6 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie
7 University of Manchester [Manchester]
8 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
9 Columbia University [New York]
10 Flatiron Institute
11 Okayama University
12 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
13 Kavli IPMU - Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe [Tokyo]
14 NEEL - HELFA - Hélium : du fondamental aux applications
15 Maynooth University - National University of Ireland Maynooth
16 UniFE - Università degli Studi di Ferrara = University of Ferrara
17 LCM-CNAM - Laboratoire commun de métrologie LNE-CNAM
18 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
19 IFCA - Instituto de Física de Cantabria
20 Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata [Roma, Italia] = University of Rome Tor Vergata [Rome, Italy] = Université de Rome Tor Vergata [Rome, Italie]
21 UCL - University College of London [London]
22 INFN - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [Pisa]
23 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
Laurent Pitre
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 175384
- IdHAL : laurent-pitre
- ORCID : 0000-0001-9885-7544
- IdRef : 16671707X
Résumé
The BISOU (Balloon Interferometer for Spectral Observations of the primordial Universe) project studies the viability and prospects of a balloon-borne spectrometer, pathfinder of a future space mission dedicated to the measurements of the CMB spectral distortions. A balloon concept based on a Fourier Transform Spectrometer, covering a spectral range from about 90 GHz to 2 THz, adapted from previous mission proposals such as PIXIE and FOSSIL, is being studied and modeled. Taking into account the requirements and conditions of balloon flights, we present here the instrument concept together with the results of a CNES Phase 0 study. We forecast a first detection of the CMB Compton y-distortion monopole with a signal-to-noise ratio of at least 5. We also present the future plan and work that will be the subject of a recently awarded two-year Phase A study.