The Experimental Probe of Inflationary Cosmology (EPIC): A Mission Concept Study for NASA's Einstein Inflation Probe

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dc.creatorBock, James
dc.creatorCooray, Asantha
dc.creatorHanany, Shaul
dc.creatorKeating, Brian
dc.creatorLee, Adrian
dc.creatorMatsumura, Tomotake
dc.creatorMilligan, Michael
dc.creatorPonthieu, Nicolas
dc.creatorRenbarger, Tom
dc.creatorTran, Huan
dc.date2008-05-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:41:15Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:41:15Z
dc.descriptionThis is the Phase 1 Report on the Experimental Probe of Inflationary Cosmology (EPIC), a mission concept study for NASA's Einstein Inflation Probe. When we began our study we sought to answer five fundamental implementation questions: 1) can foregrounds be measured and subtracted to a sufficiently low level?; 2) can systematic errors be controlled?; 3) can we develop optics with sufficiently large throughput, low polarization, and frequency coverage from 30 to 300 GHz?; 4) is there a technical path to realizing the sensitivity and systematic error requirements?; and 5) what are the specific mission architecture parameters, including cost? Detailed answers to these questions are contained in this report. Currently in Phase 2, we are exploring a mission concept targeting a ~2m aperture, in between the two options described in the current report with a small (~30 cm) and large (~4m) missions.
dc.description192 pages, full resolution available at http://www.cooray.org/EPICReport.pdf
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4207
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0805.4207
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/161761
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe Experimental Probe of Inflationary Cosmology (EPIC): A Mission Concept Study for NASA's Einstein Inflation Probe
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