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Modeling sidelobe response for ground-based mm-wavelength telescopeswith the geometrical theory of diffraction
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC).
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmo Particle Physics (OKC). Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1760-0355
2020 (English)In: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X / [ed] Jonas Zmuidzinas, Jian-Rong Gao, Bellingham, WA: SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering , 2020, Vol. 11453, article id 114534OConference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Accurate optical modeling is important for the design and characterisation of current and next-generation experiments studying the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Geometrical Optics (GO) cannot model diffractive effects. In this work, we discuss two methods that incorporate diffraction, Physical Optics (PO) and the Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (GTD). We simulate the optical response of a ground-based two-lens refractor design shielded by a ground screen with time-reversed simulations. In particular, we use GTD to determine the interplay between the design of the refractor’s forebaffle and the sidelobes caused by interaction with the ground screen.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bellingham, WA: SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering , 2020. Vol. 11453, article id 114534O
Series
Proceedings of SPIE, ISSN 0277-786X, E-ISSN 1996-756X
Keywords [en]
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Research subject
Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-198468DOI: 10.1117/12.2576309ISBN: 9781510636934 (print)ISBN: 9781510636941 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-198468DiVA, id: diva2:1609926
Conference
SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation [online only], California, United States, 14-18 December, 2020
Available from: 2021-11-09 Created: 2021-11-09 Last updated: 2024-04-08Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Beam mode: Modelling optical systematics in the search for CMB B-mode polarisation
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Beam mode: Modelling optical systematics in the search for CMB B-mode polarisation
2021 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm University, 2021. p. 91
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Research subject
Physics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-199740 (URN)
Presentation
2021-11-30, C5:1007, Roslagstullbacken 10, Stockholm, 09:30 (English)
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Supervisors
Available from: 2022-02-25 Created: 2021-12-14 Last updated: 2022-10-06Bibliographically approved
2. Polarized beams and the things they've seen: Modelling optical systematics for CMB polarisation experiments
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Polarized beams and the things they've seen: Modelling optical systematics for CMB polarisation experiments
2024 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In this thesis, I describe several advances in modelling sources of systematic error associated with microwave telescope optics. Microwave telescopes observing the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) are a key tool in establishing and furthering the LCDM model of cosmology. In the near future, several telescopes will observe the polarized variations of the CMB with unprecedented sensitivity to search for traces of cosmic inflation and the epoch of reionization. My research questioned how various optical non-idealities would affect the accuracy of these experiments. In particular, my collaborators and I have examined potential systematics related to the beam/point spread function, the half-wave plate (a polarization modulator), and thermal ground emission. Our modelling efforts have relied on expanding the beamconv software library and on the GRASP beam simulation software.

Abstract [sv]

I denna avhandling beskriver jag flera framsteg i modelleringen av källor till systematiska fel i samband med mikrovågsteleskopoptik. Mikrovågsteleskop som observerar den kosmiska mikrovågsbakgrunden (CMB) är ett viktigt verktyg för att etablera och vidareutveckla den kosmologiska modellen LCDM. Inom en snar framtid kommer flera teleskop att observera de polariserade variationerna i CMB med en aldrig tidigare skådad känslighet för att söka efter spår av kosmisk inflation och reioniseringsepoken.I min forskning ifrågasatte jag hur olika optiska icke-idealiteter skulle påverka noggrannheten i dessa experiment. I synnerhet har jag och mina medarbetare undersökt potentiell systematik relaterad till strål-/punktspridningsfunktionen, halvvågsplattan (en polarisationsmodulator) och termisk emission från marken. Våra modelleringsinsatser har byggt på en utökning av programvarubiblioteket beamconv och på programvaran GRASP för strålsimulering.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Physics, Stockholm University, 2024. p. 80
Keywords
Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background, Point Spread Function, Astronomical Data Simulation, Polarimetry
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Research subject
Physics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-228020 (URN)978-91-8014-761-3 (ISBN)978-91-8014-762-0 (ISBN)
Public defence
2024-05-31, FB53, Alba Nova University Centre, Roslagstullsbacken 21, Stockholm, 14:00 (English)
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Available from: 2024-05-06 Created: 2024-04-08 Last updated: 2024-04-24Bibliographically approved

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