Optical design of the experiment for cryogenic large-Aperture intensity mapping (exclaim)

Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Trevor Oxholm, Gage Siebert, Peter Ade, Christopher Anderson, Alyssa Barlis, Emily Barrentine, Jeffrey Beeman, Nicholas Bellis, Patrick Breysse, Alberto Bolatto, Berhanu Bulcha, Giuseppe Cataldo, Jake Connors, Paul Cursey, Negar Ehsan, Lee Roger Fernandez, Jason Glenn, Joseph Golec, James Hays-WehleLarry Hess, Amir Jahromi, Mark Kimball, Alan Kogut, Luke Lowe, Philip Mauskopf, Jeffrey McMahon, Mona Mirzaei, Harvey Moseley, Jonas Mugge-Durum, Omid Noroozian, Ue Li Pen, Anthony Pullen, Samelys Rodriguez, Konrad Shire, Adrian Sinclair, Rachel Somerville, Thomas Stevenson, Eric Switzer, Peter Timbie, Carole Tucker, Eli Visbal, Carolyn Volpert, Edward Wollack, Shengqi Yang

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Abstract

This work describes the optical design of the EXperiment for Cryogenic Large-Aperture Intensity Mapping (EXCLAIM). EXCLAIM is a balloon-borne telescope that will measure integrated line emission from carbon monoxide (CO) at redshifts z<1 and ionized carbon ([CII]) at redshifts z = 2.5-3.5 to probe star formation over cosmic time in cross-correlation with galaxy redshift surveys. The EXCLAIM instrument will observe at frequencies of 420-540 GHz using six microfabricated silicon integrated spectrometers with spectral resolving power R = 512 coupled to kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs). A completely cryogenic telescope cooled to a temperature below 5 K provides low-background observations between narrow atmospheric lines in the stratosphere. Off-Axis reflective optics use a 90-cm primary mirror to provide 4.2' full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) resolution at the center of the EXCLAIM band over a field of view of 22.5'.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X
EditorsJonas Zmuidzinas, Jian-Rong Gao
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510636934
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
EventMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Dec 14 2020Dec 22 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11453
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceMillimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period12/14/2012/22/20

Keywords

  • Intensity mapping
  • cosmology
  • star formation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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