%0 Generic %1 maffei2021bisou %A Maffei, B. %A Abitbol, M. H. %A Aghanim, N. %A Aumont, J. %A Battistelli, E. %A Chluba, J. %A Coulon, X. %A De Bernardis, P. %A Douspis, M. %A Grain, J. %A Gervasoni, S. %A Hill, J. C. %A Kogut, A. %A Masi, S. %A Matsumura, T. %A Sullivan, C. O %A Pagano, L. %A Pisano, G. %A Remazeilles, M. %A Ritacco, A. %A Rotti, A. %A Sauvage, V. %A Savini, G. %A Stever, S. L. %A Tartari, A. %A Thiele, L. %A Trappe, N. %D 2021 %K tifr %T BISOU: a balloon project to measure the CMB spectral distortions %U http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.00246 %X The BISOU (Balloon Interferometer for Spectral Observations of the Universe) project aims to study the viability and prospects of a balloon-borne spectrometer, pathfinder of a future space mission dedicated to the measurements of the CMB spectral distortions. We present here a preliminary concept based on previous space mission proposals, together with some sensitivity calculation results for the observation goals, showing that a 5-sigma measurement of the y-distortions is achievable.

@misc{maffei2021bisou, abstract = {The BISOU (Balloon Interferometer for Spectral Observations of the Universe) project aims to study the viability and prospects of a balloon-borne spectrometer, pathfinder of a future space mission dedicated to the measurements of the CMB spectral distortions. We present here a preliminary concept based on previous space mission proposals, together with some sensitivity calculation results for the observation goals, showing that a 5-sigma measurement of the y-distortions is achievable.}, added-at = {2021-11-02T06:13:37.000+0100}, author = {Maffei, B. and Abitbol, M. H. and Aghanim, N. and Aumont, J. and Battistelli, E. and Chluba, J. and Coulon, X. and De Bernardis, P. and Douspis, M. and Grain, J. and Gervasoni, S. and Hill, J. C. and Kogut, A. and Masi, S. and Matsumura, T. and Sullivan, C. O and Pagano, L. and Pisano, G. and Remazeilles, M. and Ritacco, A. and Rotti, A. and Sauvage, V. and Savini, G. and Stever, S. L. and Tartari, A. and Thiele, L. and Trappe, N.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/215002f164a5c0ecdcbe70de33216b28c/citekhatri}, description = {BISOU: a balloon project to measure the CMB spectral distortions}, interhash = {3b28344484f5bf2cb1e838901f68f8a8}, intrahash = {15002f164a5c0ecdcbe70de33216b28c}, keywords = {tifr}, note = {cite arxiv:2111.00246Comment: 12 pages. To be published on the proceedings of the 16th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories (MG16) - 5-9 July 2021. Online Conference, Italy. http://www.icra.it/mg/mg16/}, timestamp = {2021-11-02T06:13:37.000+0100}, title = {BISOU: a balloon project to measure the CMB spectral distortions}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.00246}, year = 2021 }