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Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn

Caltech, California Institute of Technology

Columbia, Columbia University in the city of New York

Fermilab, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

KEK, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

KICP, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago

KIPAC, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at the Stanford University

Manchester, University of Manchester

Miami, University of Miami

Michigan, University of Michigan

Oslo, University of Oslo

Oxford, University of Oxford

Princeton, Princeton University



Also participating
Goddard, Goddard Space Flight Center



 
Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn
Caltech, California Institute of Technology
Columbia, Columbia University in the city of New York
Fermilab, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
KEK, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
KICP, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago
KIPAC, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at the Stanford University
Manchester, University of Manchester
Miami, University of Miami
Michigan, University of Michigan
Oslo, University of Oslo
Oxford, University of Oxford
Princeton, Princeton University
 

Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn

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Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in BonnMPIfR Bonn is responsible for the design, construction and characterization of the total power assemblies of 108 W-band, 6 Q-band and 2 Ka-band receivers. The group will also help with the assembly and optimization of the polarimeter subarrays (68 W-band receivers) before their integration into the large cryostats.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

Graduate Student

Dorothea Samtleben

Alison Brizius (visiting from the University of Chicago)

 
 

Caltech, California Institute of Technology

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Caltech, California Institute of TechnologyCaltech is responsible for the procurement of the InP MMIC wafers from Northrop Grumman, and the evaluation of the wafers and delivery of the resulting chips to the module integrators (FNAL, SLAC and Manchester). They will lead an effort on the redesign and test of 44 and 95 GHz modules for improved performance and ease of assembly. Caltech is also responsible for upgrade and operation of the Chajnantor Test Facility, logistics in Chile, assistance with equipment deployment, assistance with observations, and development of the telescope control and observing software in conjunction with other institutions.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

PostDoctoral/Fellow

Engineer

Tim Pearson
Simon Radford
Tony Readhead
Martin Shepherd

Kieran Cleary
Clive Dickinson (now at Manchester)
Oliver King (Keck Institute Fellow)
Rodrigo Reeves

Jose Cortes
Cristobal Jara
Freddy Munoz

 
 

Columbia, Columbia University in the city of New York

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Columbia, Columbia University in the city of New YorkColumbia is responsible for leading the effort to adapt the existing cryostat design for Phase II, and will fabricate and test the first two cryostats. Columbia will be responsible for the integration and optimization of the Q/Ka-band receiver, and will lead the effort to integrate this receiver with the corresponding telescope.

QUIET @ Columbia

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

PostDoctoral/Fellow

Graduate Student

Michele Limon
Amber Miller

Will Grainger (now at Cardiff)
Ross Williamson (now with the SPT at The University of Chicago)
Jon Zwart

Robert DuMoulin
Laura Newburgh

 
 

Fermilab, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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Fermilab, Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryFermilab has modestly contributed to Phase I since June 2007: several calibration wiregrids were built and used in detector optimization, commissioning, and calibration; a 20K black body was fabricated; and FE analysis of vacuum windows was performed. Funding from within Fermilab/DOE is being sought to participate in Phase II. The primary item to be delivered is production tooling, labor, quality assurance, and supervision to assemble approximately 1500 W-band modules, adapting existing tools in the Sidet facility to perform automatic assembly operations. The group also seeks to host and participate in the assembly, integration, and commissioning of one W-band 500-element receiver, perform FE analysis of the larger windows, and fabricate calibration grids.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

Engineer

Fritz DeJongh
Scott Dodelson
David McGinnis
Hogan Nguyen
Albert Stebbins

Donna Kubik

 
 

JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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JPL, Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJPL is responsible for the design of the MMIC amplifiers using 35 nm technology and detector circuits using HRL Tunnel Diode technology. JPL personnel will also monitor both the NGC and HRL contracts. In addition, JPL will be working closely with Caltech on module improvements, supporting design and assembly activities. JPL will provide a low level of support for the MMICs and modules after delivery and deployment. JPL will provide design support for the QUIET-II optics, verifying the optical performance of the mechanical designs and comparing with the measured optical performance.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

Engineer

Mark Dragovan
Todd Gaier
Krzystof Gorski
Charles Lawrence
Erik Leitch
Michael Seiffert

April Campbell
Douglas Dawson
William Imbriale
Pekka Kangaslahti
Steve Smith
Mary Wells
Stephanie Xenos

 
 

KEK, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

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KEK, High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationKEK is responsible for the integration, optimization/characterization and deployment of a W-band receiver system, for the production and testing of the ADCs for all receivers, and for global design and development of the data acquisition system including the monitoring system, the latter a responsibility shared with Chicago.
KEK is responsible for setting up an analysis center and contributing to development of pipeline software for data processing and analyses.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

Graduate Student

Masaya Hasegawa
Masashi Hazumi
Takeo Higuchi
Osamu Tajima

Chinone Yuji

 
 

KICP, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago

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KICP, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of ChicagoChicago will be responsible for the integration and optimization/characterization of the first W-band receiver, a responsibility shared with Fermilab. They will support an Analysis Center and develop one of the two analysis pipelines. Chicago is also responsible for the production and testing of two electronics systems for all receivers: the Module Assembly Boards inside the cryostats and the Analog Electronics Boards which are mounted on the cryostats. Responsibility for the DAQ and monitoring systems is shared with KEK.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

PostDoctoral/Fellow

Engineer

Graduate Student

Undergraduate Student

Osamu Tajima (visiting from KEK)
Bruce Winstein

Matt Hedman (now at Cornell University)
Dan Kapner (now at Micro Encoder Inc. Kirkland, WA)
Akito Kusaka
Dorothea Samtleben (now at MPI, Bonn)

Mircea Bogdan
Dale Sanford

Colin Bischoff
Alison Brizius
Immanuel Buder
Yuji Chinone (visiting from KEK)
Kendrick Smith (now a Fellow at Princeton)
Keith Vanderlinde (now a Fellow at McGill with SPT)

Emma Curry

 
 

KIPAC, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at the Stanford University

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KIPAC, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at the Stanford UniversityKIPAC is responsible for the manufacture and testing of the Q-band modules, and will design the Ka-band modules, septum polarizers and OMTs, in collaboration with Manchester University. We intend for the Q-band fabrication work to be carried out at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory using separate funds and for the Ka design and prototyping work to be carried out by campus members of KIPAC.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

Sarah Church
Keith Thompson

 
 

Manchester, University of Manchester

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Manchester, University of ManchesterManchester will lead the design, production, testing and integration of 18 Ka-band modules in collaboration with the other QUIET institutions producing modules.
Manchester will also deliver 16 split-block septum polarizers based on their own design on a timescale compatible with the Ka-band module delivery schedule.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

Graduate Student

Richard Davis
Clive Dickinson
Danielle George
Simon Melhuish
Lucio Piccirillo

Matias Vidal

 
 

Miami, University of Miami

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Miami, University of MiamiMiami is responsible for the design, fabrication and testing of the W-band, Q-band and Ka-band platelet arrays. Miami will perform the beam pattern measurements and return loss measurements of the arrays at the University of Miami. Once the platelet arrays are delivered, Miami personnel will assist in the beam pattern measurements of the telescopes, the deployment of the receivers in Chile and the subsequent observations.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

PostDoctoral/Fellow

Graduate Student

Josh Gundersen
Kevin Huffenberger

Ricardo Bustos (now at University of Concepcion)

Raul Monsalve

 
 

Michigan, University of Michigan

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Michigan, University of MichiganMichigan will lead and oversee the development, manufacture and deployment of the three 2m telescopes for QUIET. This work includes finishing all simulations needed to finalize and characterize the optical design of the crossed-Dragonne system including the ground shield. Concurrently, they will design the mounts and coordinate with a vendor to have them manufactured. Once the first telescope is delivered the group will align and characterize the mirrors using photogrammetry or a laser tracker and then perform near field and far side lobe beam maps. They will also oversee the deployment and commissioning of these telescopes in Chile.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

Graduate Student

Jeff McMahon

Jaclyn Sanders

 
 

Oslo, University of Oslo

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Oslo, University of OsloOslo will be responsible for setting up and maintaining a data processing center (both hardware and techical support) capable of handling the expected petabyte sized data set, and developing the necessary software for reducing the raw data into high-level data products (component maps, power spectra, cosmological parameters etc.).

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

PostDoctoral/Fellow

Graduate Student

Hans Kristian Eriksen

Ingunn Wehus

Jostein R. Kristiansen
Sigurd Kirkevold Naess

 
 

Oxford, University of Oxford

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Oxford, University of OxfordOxford shares responsibility for the design and construction of the telescopes (optics and mounts) with Michigan, Manchester and Stanford. Oxford will seek UK funding for telescope components and can in any case provide design effort and at-cost manufacturing. With Manchester, Oxford will design and build the Ka-band polarimeter modules. Oxford will also contribute to the analysis effort, particularly with mapping software, and will seek funding for a student dedicated to QUIET operations and analysis.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

PostDoctoral/Fellow

Graduate Student

Pedro G. Ferreira
Mike Jones
Joe Silk
Ghassan Yassin

Joe Zuntz

David Sutton

 
 

Princeton, Princeton University

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Princeton, Princeton UniversityPrinceton is responsible for the design realization, construction, testing and implementation of the Q- and W-band septum polarizers and of the cryomechanical wiring interconnects (FPCs) and associated protection circuitry. Princeton will also be in charge of the integration and test of one of the W-band receivers.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

PostDoctoral/Fellow

Graduate Student

Undergraduate Student

Suzanne Staggs

Kendrick Smith

Jeff McMahon (now Assistant Professor at Michigan)
Glen Nixon (now at Tradeworx, Red Bank, NJ.)

Vaclav Cvicek
Clinton Hansen
Madhuri Kaul
Kevin Kung
Will Serber
Joe Wolf
Sajid Zaidi

 



ALSO PARTICIPATING:

Goddard, Goddard Space Flight Center
 

Goddard, Goddard Space Flight Center

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Goddard, Goddard Space Flight CenterEdward Wollack brings his broad perspective to QUIET; he has provided the base design for the L/R OMTs.

 

Faculty/Senior Scientist

Edward Wollack

 
 
Caltech KICP Columbia University UManchester MPI-Bonn UOslo JPL University of Miami High Energy Accelerator Research Organization Princeton University Fermilab University of Michigan Oxford Stanford

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