QUIET
QUIET was an astronomy experiment to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation. QUIET stands for Q/U Imaging ExperimenT. The Q/U in the name refers to the ability of the telescope to measure the Q and U Stokes parameters simultaneously. QUIET was located at an elevation of 5,080 metres (16,700 feet) at Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Chilean Andes. It began observing in late 2008 and finished observing in December 2010.
The QUIET telescope with its ground screen raised | |
| Alternative names | QUIET |
|---|---|
| Part of | Llano de Chajnantor Observatory |
| Location(s) | Chile |
| Coordinates | 23°01′42″S 67°45′42″W |
| Organization | The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics California Institute of Technology Columbia University Fermilab Jet Propulsion Laboratory KEK Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy Princeton University University of Manchester University of Miami University of Michigan University of Oslo University of Oxford |
| Altitude | 5,080 m (16,670 ft) |
| Wavelength | 40, 90 GHz (7.5, 3.3 mm) |
| Telescope style | cosmic microwave background experiment radio telescope |
| Number of telescopes | 4 |
| Diameter | 2, 7 m (6 ft 7 in, 23 ft 0 in) |
| Website | quiet |
Location of QUIET | |
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QUIET was the result of an international collaboration that had its origins in the CAPMAP, Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) and QUaD collaborations. The collaboration consisted of 7 groups in the United States (the California Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Miami, Princeton University and Stanford University), 4 groups in Europe (the University of Manchester, the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie Bonn, the University of Oslo and the University of Oxford) and one group in Japan (KEK; the first time a Japan group has been involved in CMB studies). Other members of the collaboration are from the University of California, Berkeley, the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.