CLOVER. Measuring gravitational waves from inflation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Lucio Piccirillo (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Piccirillo L
(2008)
The ClOVER experiment
Gonz
(2010)
Production of lightweight aggregates from washing aggregate sludge and fly ash
in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
Hinch John
(2010)
Otto Laporte Lecture: Explaining the flow of elastic liquids
in APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts
Pietranera L
(2007)
Observing cosmic microwave background polarization through ice
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Keylock C. J.
(2009)
EXTRACTING COHERENT STRUCTURES FROM TURBULENCE TIME SERIES USING POINTWISE HÖLDER REGULARITY: AN APPLICATION TO FLOW OVER A DUNE
in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
Sung J
(2011)
AC field-induced polymer electroluminescence with single wall carbon nanotubes.
in Nano letters
Melhuish S
(2013)
A tiltable single-shot miniature dilution refrigerator for astrophysical applications
in Cryogenics
Scholz C. H.
(2013)
A Holocene average seismic flux rate for the Cascadia Subduction Zone
in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
| Description | Novel dry cryogenics to cool ground-based detector systems to sub-K temperatures. Novel horns and OMTs and novel optics. |
| Exploitation Route | Our design is state-of-the-art for future CMB B-modes experiments. |
| Sectors | Education,Electronics |
| Description | The CLOVER project was canceled by the funding agency before being completed. We managed to develop the hardware and software of our responsibility. A) design, construction and testing of a Pulse Tube Cooler based large cryostat for cooling to 100 mK an array of TES bolometers. B) design, construction and testing of horns and OMTs to couple the sky radiation to the bolometer array. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2006 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Title | Miniature refrigerators for astrophysics |
| Description | We developed novel sub-K refrigerators to be used in astrophysics research |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2010 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Generated interest in many other research groups in the world willing to collaborate with us. It ius a very cost effective way to participate in international collaborations |
| Title | Remote Cryogenic Thermometry Readout |
| Description | We have developed a data handling software for remotely control cryogenic receivers on remote telescopes (e.g. Antarctica() |
| Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | System has been developed by industry (QMC Instruments) for commercial applications |
| Description | Cambridge |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Design of cryogenics and optics for the CLOVER project |
| Collaborator Contribution | TES detector development |
| Impact | Several publications on CLOVER technology |
| Description | Oxford |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Partner in the CLOVER project - we contributed the cryogenics, optics and electronics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | RF design |
| Impact | Several publications on CLOVER technology development |