PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins — arXiv2

PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins

astro-ph.IM

/ Published

Aug 20, 2019

/ Categories

astro-ph.IM astro-ph.CO astro-ph.GA hep-th

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/ Authors

S. Hanany, M. Alvarez, E. Artis, P. Ashton, J. Aumont, R. Aurlien, R. Banerji, R. B. Barreiro, J. G. Bartlett, S. Basak

and 72 more authors

N. Battaglia, J. Bock, K. K. Boddy, M. Bonato, J. Borrill, F. Bouchet, F. Boulanger, B. Burkhart, J. Chluba, D. Chuss, S. Clark, J. Cooperrider,

, J. Delabrouille

, E. Di Valentino

, H. K. Eriksen

, T. Essinger-Hileman

, B. R. Johnson

, M. Lopez-Caniego

, M. Madhavacheril

, M. Remazeilles

, M. Schmittfull

, A. van Engelen

/ Abstract

The Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins (PICO) is a proposed probe-scale space mission consisting of an imaging polarimeter operating in frequency bands between 20 and 800 GHz. We describe the science achievable by PICO, which has sensitivity equivalent to more than 3300 Planck missions, the technical implementation, the schedule and cost.