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1. Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment

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C. Engel, F. Pajot, J. Martignac, F. Bousqet, Y. Lepennec, S. Maestre, Nicolas Bray, Matthew Joseph Griffin, Peter A. R. Ade, A. Hughes, Silvia Masi, J. Narbonne, G. Foënard, René J. Laureijs, Frederi Mirc, Christopher Tibbs, J. M. Nicot, P. deBernardis, Y. André, G. Roudil, L. Rodriguez, Pierre Tapie, L. Bautista, B. Maffei, P. Etcheto, Etienne Perot, Peter Charles Hargrave, J. A. Tauber, J. P. Dubois, S. Grabarnik, B. Mot, M. Bouzit, L. Montier, O. Boulade, C. Marty, E. Doumayrou, Giampaolo Pisano, Isabelle Ristorcelli, H. Roussel, Nicolas Ponthieu, B. Leriche, A. Mangilli, X. Dupac, C. Tucker, Ph. Gelot, Y. Longval, Giorgio Savini, A. Lacourt, J. Aumont, V. Buttice, R. Misawa, M. Charra, Johan Montel, J. Pimentao, Muriel Saccoccio, W. Marty, B. Crane, M. Chaigneau, J.-P. Bernard, G. Parot, S. Stever, Maria Salatino, O. Simonella, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), and Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Point spread function, High energy particle, Far infrared, Residual, 01 natural sciences, Glitches, Background, Inflight performances, Interstellar dust, PILOT, Pointing, Polarization, Responses, Straylight, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cosmic dust, Remote sensing, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), Wavelength, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Space and Planetary Science, Environmental science
Abstract

International audience; The Polarized Instrument for Long-wavelength Observation of the Tenuous interstellar medium (PILOT) is a balloon-borne experiment that aims to measure the polarized emission of thermal dust at a wavelength of 240 µm (1.2 THz). A first PILOT flight of the experiment took place from Timmins, Ontario, Canada, in September 2015 and a second flight took place from Alice Springs, Australia in April 2017. In this paper, we present the inflight performance of the instrument. Here we concentrate on the instrument performance as measured during the second flight, but refer to the performance observed during the first flight, if it was significantly different. We present a short description of the instrument and the flights. We measure the time constants of the detectors using the decay of the observed signal during flight following high energy particle impacts (glitches) and switching off the instrument's internal calibration source. We use these time constants to deconvolve the timelines and analyze the optical quality of the instrument as measured on planets. We then analyze the structure and polarization of the instrumental background. We measure the detector response flat field and its time variations using the signal from the residual atmosphere and from the internal calibration source. Finally, we analyze the spectral and temporal properties of the detector noise. The inflight performance is found to be satisfactory and globally in line with expectations from ground calibrations. We conclude by assessing the expected inflight sensitivity of the instrument in light of the measured inflight performance.

Published
2019
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2. The PILOT optical alignment for its first flight

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G. Roudil, B. Mot, Y. Longval, W. Marty, J. Aumont, R. Misawa, A. Caillat, Y. Lepennec, E. Doumayrou, G. Foënard, J. A. Tauber, A. Hughes, G. Parot, L. Montier, J. Pimentao, M. Chaigneau, F. Pajot, J.-Ph. Bernard, B. Crane, Johan Montel, B. Leriche, M. Bouzit, Nicolas Bray, V. Buttice, Nicolas Ponthieu, Pierre Tapie, Isabelle Ristorcelli, J. M. Nicot, Muriel Saccoccio, Giorgio Savini, F. Douchin, P. deBernardis, C. Coudournac, Frederi Mirc, J. Martignac, Etienne Perot, Bruno Maffei, J.-P. Torre, C. Engel, A. Mangilli, L. Rodriguez, Peter Charles Hargrave, S. Maestre, Y. André, Silvia Masi, L. Bautista, P. Etcheto, C. Marty, S. Stever, S. Grabarnik, Maria Salatino, O. Simonella, Giampaolo Pisano, J.-P. Dubois, Carole Tucker, P. Gélot, René J. Laureijs, F. Bousquet, Matthew Joseph Griffin, Peter A. R. Ade, J. Narbonne, Christopher Tibbs, and O. Boulade

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Cryostat, Optical alignment, Physics::Optics, Aerospace Engineering, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 010309 optics, Primary mirror, Optics, law, Polarization, 0103 physical sciences, Optical instrumentation, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Gregorian telescope, business.industry, Submillimeter telescope, Polarization (waves), Galaxy, Interstellar medium, Wavelength, Space and Planetary Science, business
Abstract

PILOT is a balloon-borne astronomy experiment designed to study the polarization of dust emission in the diffuse interstellar medium in our Galaxy at wavelengths 240 and 550 µm with an angular resolution of about two arc-min. PILOT optics is composed of an off-axis Gregorian telescope and a refractive re-imager system. All these optical elements, except the primary mirror, are in a cryostat cooled to 3K. We used optical and 3D measurements combined with thermo-elastic modeling to perform the optical alignment. This paper describes the system analysis, the alignment procedure, and finally the performances obtained during the first flight in September 2015

Published
2017

3. Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment

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P. Etcheto, G. Foenard, I. Ristorcelli, W. Marty, F. Bousquet, Maria Salatino, O. Simonella, S. Grabarnik, Nicolas Ponthieu, Frederi Mirc, L. Rodriguez, J. A. Tauber, B. Mot, Pierre Tapie, Nicolas Bray, Giampaolo Pisano, Etienne Perot, R. Misawa, L. Montier, Giorgio Savini, Y. Lepennec, S. Maestre, Peter Charles Hargrave, B. Crane, J. Aumont, Bruno Maffei, C. Tucker, J.-P. Dubois, G. Parot, E. Doumayrou, L. Bautista, J.-Ph. Bernard, Johan Montel, V. Buttice, A. Caillat, M. Bouzit, Y. Longval, P. de Bernardis, R. J. Laureijs, C. Engel, Silvia Masi, J. Martignac, A. Hughes, G. Roudil, B. Leriche, Muriel Saccoccio, P. Gélot, M. Chaigneau, J. M. Nicot, J. Narbonne, Y. André, J.-P. Torre, J. P. Crussaire, J. Pimentao, C. Marty, F. Pajot, O. Boulade, M. Charra, F. Douchin, Matthew Joseph Griffin, and Peter A. R. Ade

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Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Applied Mathematics, Far infrared, Dust, Computer Science Applications1707 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Ceiling balloon, Polarization, 0103 physical sciences, Balloon, ISM, PILOT, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Flight data, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Remote sensing
Abstract

PILOT is a stratospheric experiment designed to measure the polarization of dust FIR emission, towards the diffuse interstellar medium. The first PILOT flight was carried out from Timmins in Ontario-Canada on September 20th 2015. The flight has been part of a launch campaign operated by the CNES, which has allowed to launch 4 experiments, including PILOT. The purpose of this paper is to describe the performance of the instrument in flight and to perform a first comparison with those achieved during ground tests. The analysis of the flight data is on-going, in particular the identification of instrumental systematic effects, the minimization of their impact and the quantification of their remaining effect on the polarization data. At the end of this paper, we shortly illustrate the quality of the scientific observations obtained during this first flight, at the current stage of systematic effect removal.

Published
2016

4. PILOT: a balloon-borne experiment to measure the polarized FIR emission of dust grains in the interstellar medium

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J. Pimentao, G. Parot, L. Montier, J. Aumont, Bruno Maffei, M. Bouzit, L. Bautista, R. Misawa, B. Crane, B. Leriche, S. Grabarnik, A. Caillat, Nicolas Ponthieu, M. Charra, F. Bousquet, Peter Charles Hargrave, Giampaolo Pisano, Y. Lepennec, J. Narbonne, S. Maestre, Y. André, Maria Salatino, O. Simonella, F. Mirc, F. Douchin, A. Hughes, J.-P. Bernard, Matthew Joseph Griffin, P. Etcheto, Peter A. R. Ade, J. A. Tauber, Giorgio Savini, Carole Tucker, P. Gélot, G. Foënard, G. Roudil, J. P. Crussaire, W. Marty, C. Engel, Muriel Saccoccio, M. Chaigneau, F. Pajot, J. M. Nicot, Y. Longval, Isabelle Ristorcelli, L. Rodriguez, O. Boulade, P. de Bernardis, J.-P. Torre, Silvia Masi, Johan Montel, J. Martignac, E. Pérot, Nicolas Bray, B. Mot, V. Buttice, C. Marty, E. Doumayrou, René J. Laureijs, J.-P. Dubois, and P. Tapie

Subjects
Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology, Space exploration, law.invention, 010309 optics, law, instrumentation, interstellar medium, polarization, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, Pilot experiment, Bolometer, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Polarization (waves), Galaxy, Interstellar medium
Abstract

Future cosmology space missions will concentrate on measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, which potentially carries invaluable information about the earliest phases of the evolution of our universe. Such ambitious projects will ultimately be limited by the sensitivity of the instrument and by the accuracy at which polarized foreground emission from our own Galaxy can be subtracted out. We present the PILOT balloon project, which aims at characterizing one of these foreground sources, the polarized continuum emission by dust in the diffuse interstellar medium. The PILOT experiment also constitutes a test-bed for using multiplexed bolometer arrays for polarization measurements. This paper presents the instrument and its expected performances. Performance measured during ground calibrations of the instrument and in flight will be described in a forthcoming paper.

Published
2016

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