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| Alternative names | Qubic experiment |
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| Location(s) | Puna de Atacama |
| Coordinates | 24°11′32″S 66°28′29″W / 24.1921°S 66.4747°W |
| Altitude | 4,820 m (15,810 ft) |
| Wavelength | 150, 220 GHz (2.0, 1.4 mm) |
| First light | 2022  |
| Telescope style | bolometer radio interferometer |
| Angular resolution | 23.5 arcminute |
| Website | www |
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QUBIC is a cosmology project to study cosmic inflation by measuring the B-modes of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), by observing the sky with a millimeter wave radio telescope interferometer. It uses bolometric interferometry, which combines the advantages of interferometry (reduction of systematic errors) and those of the bolometer detectors (high signal sensitivity).[1] QUBIC observes the sky at two frequencies, 150 and 220 GHz, so that it can separate the cosmological signal from foreground emission, in particular thermal dust emission.[2]
The QUBIC project began in 2008 with the merger of BRAIN and MBI projects. A technical demonstrator of the instrument is being manufactured and should be tested in France in 2017.
On 26 October 2022 the first module was installed and began operating[3].[1]
QUBIC is an international collaboration involving universities and laboratories in Ireland, France, Italy, Argentina, the U.K. and the U.S.A.[1]
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