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PICO Wiki ARCHIVED SITE - CMB Probe Mission Study

PICO- Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins

• Periodic Updates
• Baseline Configuration

Response to Decadal RFI

• Response to RFI - Dec. 23, 2019 (.pdf)

Decadal APC White Paper

• PICO APC White paper - July 10, 4 pm CT (.pdf)

Mission Study Report

Current Version

• Final Submitted PICO Report (.pdf)
• link to archived website on sites.google.com (Original URL: z.umn.edu/picomission)

Older Versions

• Version for Endorsement, 20181114 (.pdf)
• Version submitted for Internal Review (.pdf)
• Reviewer Comments and Outstanding action items for the PICO report

STM

• Science Traceability Matrix

PICO Workshop Postings

• May 2018 Workshop Postings

Working Groups

• Spectrometer Options - Coordinator: Al Kogut (alan.j.kogut@nasa.gov). The WG will define the science deliverables by a stand-alone Probe-scale spectrometer, and by a smaller spectrometer that will complement an imager.
• Foregrounds and Data Challenge - Coordinator: Shaul Hanany (hanany@ucdavis.edu). The WG will setup sky simulations and will study the uncertainties on parameters quantifying the science deliverables as a function of the level and complexity of foregrounds and systematic effects.
• Constraints on Fundamental Physics - Coordinator: Raphael Flauger (flauger@physics.ucsd.edu). The WG will study the Probe's constraints on fundamental physics parameters including r, N_eff, neutrino mass, and n_s.
• Imager Options - Coordinator: Shaul Hanany (hanany@umn.edu). The WG will set specifications for the imager including optical system, frequency bands, and focal plane architecture.
• Systematic Effects - Coordinator: Brendan Crill (Brendan.P.Crill@jpl.nasa.gov). The WG will identify the systematic effects that are likely to affect the data from the Probe, will quantify the levels they need to be controlled for the Probe to achieve its science goals, and will identify ways to achieve these levels.
• Extragalactic Science - Coordinator: Nick Battaglia (nbatta@astro.princeton.edu). The WG will study the Probe's contributions to extragalactic science, in particular those contributions coming from measurements of the tSZ, kSZ, CIB, and optical depth to reionization.
• Galactic Science - Coordinators: David Chuss (david.chuss@villanova.edu) and Laura Fissel (lfissel@nrao.edu). The WG will identify and quantify the galactic science deliverables of the Probe. It is the arena to collect and discuss the input of those interested in the polarization properties of Galactic sources of emission.

Presentations / Posters

• SH Tenerife 2018 Presentation (.pptx)
• SH APS 2018 Presentation (.pptx)
• American Astronomical Society Meeting talk, January 2018 (.pdf)
• American Astronomical Society Meeting Science Poster, January 2018 (.pdf)
• American Astronomical Society Optics+Focal Plan poster, January 2018 (.pdf)

Basic Facts

• Start/End Dates: May 3, 2017 / Nov. 2, 2018
• Report Due: December 31, 2018
• Report Length: up to 50 pages
• Quad Chart Reports Due: Aug.1, 2017; Nov.1, 2017; Feb.1, 2018; May 1, 2018; Aug.1, 2018; Nov.1, 2018;

Executive and Steering Committees

Steering: Bennett, Dodelson, Page

Executive: Bock, Borrill, Crill, Devlin, Flauger, Hanany (PI), Jones, Knox, Kogut, Lawrence (ex-officio), McMahon, Pryke, Trangsrud (ex-officio)

2017 CMB Probe Mission Study Org Chart (.pdf)

Links and Reference Documents

• NASA TRL Definitions (.pdf)
• The CATE process (.pdf)
• Which Probe is Managed Where (.pdf)
• NASA Probe Selections 2017 (.pdf)
• CMB Probe 2016 Proposal Page
• 2010 Study White Paper (.pdf)
• EPIC-IM Report (.pdf)