SPT-SLIM: A Line Intensity Mapping Pathfinder for the South Pole Telescope

The South Pole Telescope: A white paper for the Dark Energy Task Force

1 Overview The primary goal of the South Pole Telescope (SPT) project is to set constraints on the nature of dark energy by measuring its impact on the growth of structure, specifically the evolution of the number density of massive galaxy clusters. The SPT will conduct a deep, large solid angle (4000 deg) galaxy cluster survey by exploiting the redshift-independence of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich E...

Pilot - the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope

PILOT is proposed as a partnership between Australia and Europe to develop a 2.4 metre optical/infrared telescope for Dome C, Antarctica. Funding for a detailed designed study is being sought from Australian sources, with a view to commencing construction in early 2008. The current “strawman” design is for an f/10 dual Nasmyth configuration with provision for both a silicon carbide fast tip-til...

SPTpol: an instrument for CMB polarization measurements with the South Pole Telescope

SPTpol is a dual-frequency polarization-sensitive camera that was deployed on the 10-meter South Pole Telescope in January 2012. SPTpol will measure the polarization anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales spanning an arcminute to several degrees. The polarization sensitivity of SPTpol will enable a detection of the CMB “B-mode” polarization from the detection of t...

Polarimeter Receiver Prototyping and Testing for the South Pole Telescope Upgrade

Experimental evidence has so far been supportive for the inflationary Big Bang model of cosmology, while imposing other mysteries, such as the fact that dark matter and dark energy actually consist of 95% of the observable universe. The forthcoming upgrade of the South Pole Telescope, planned for 2010, will include a polarimeter with increased sensitivity. Measurements of the CMB polarization a...

Design of an Optimization System for South Pole Telescope Third- Generation Detectors