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Taurus­

(balloon-borne polarimeter to study the CMB)

Taurus is a balloon-borne observatory aiming to find large-scale patterns (primordial B-modes) in CMB polarization through polarimetry. It is a follow-on to SPIDER. The aim is to survey 70% of the sky.


Taurus is the name of a constellation, and has undoubtedly been used for other astrophysical projects, as well as its use in the names of some astronomical objects that fall within the constellation.


(CMB,telescope,microwave,airborne,polarimeter,plan)
Further reading:
https://sites.wustl.edu/cmblab/research/taurus/
https://indico.cmb-s4.org/event/27/contributions/405/attachments/402/891/2021-08-13%20Taurus%20%28S4%20Meeting%29.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020apra.prop...49B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024JCAP...09..061A/abstract
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.01438
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
857μm350GHz1.5meVbeginTaurus­
2.0mm150GHz620μeVendTaurus­

Referenced by pages:
CMB surveys
primordial gravitational waves

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