Collaborative Proposal: Simulation of Systematic Effects in Interferometry for Studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

这项合作研究的目标是对使用干涉仪进行的宇宙微波背景(CMB)实验中的系统误差进行首次端到端模拟。各种宇宙学过程在CMB辐射上留下了微弱的偏振信号，包括汤姆森散射、引力透镜和在膨胀过程中释放的引力波。对这些微弱信号的测量将决定宇宙之谜的关键部分，其中包括膨胀的能量尺度和中微子的质量。检测这些小信号水平极具挑战性，该计划将帮助确定完成此类测量的最佳方法。该计划的更广泛影响包括对本科生进行研究培训，以及公开发布对未来CMB实验有用的模拟。

The goal of this collaborative research is to conduct the first end-to-end simulations of systematic errors in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments conducted with interferometers. A variety of cosmological processes have imprinted the CMB radiation with faint polarization signals, including Thomson scattering, gravitational lensing, and gravitational waves released during inflation. Measurements of these faint signals will determine key parts of the cosmological puzzle, among which are the energy scale of inflation and the masses of the neutrinos. Detecting these small signal levels is extremely challenging, and this program will help determine the best ways to accomplish such measurements.The broader impacts of this program include training of undergraduate students in research, and public release of simulations which will be useful to future CMB experiments.