PICO: Probe of Inflation and Cosmic Origins

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1908.07495
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Authors: Marcelo A. Alvarez; E. Artis; Peter R. Ashton; J. Aumont; R. Aurlien; Ranajoy Banerji; R. B. Barreiro; James G. Bartlett; S. Basak; Nicholas Battaglia; Jamie Bock; Kimberly K. Boddy; M. Bonato; Julian Borrill; F. R. Bouchet; François Boulanger; Blakesley Burkhart; Jens Chluba; David Chuss; Susan E. Clark; Joelle Cooperrider; B. P. Crill; G. de Zotti; Jacques Delabrouille; Eleonora Di Valen...; Joy Didier; Olivier Doré; Hans K. Eriksen; Josquin Errard; Thomas Essinger-H...; Stephen M. Feeney; J. P. Filippini; Laura M. Fissel; Raphael Flauger; U. Fuskeland; Vera Gluscevic; K. M. Górski; Dan Green; Shaul Hanany; Brandon S. Hensley; D. Herranz; J. Colin Hill; E. Hivon; Renée Hložek; Johannes Hubmayr; Bradley R. Johnson; W. C. Jones; Terry Jones; Lloyd Knox; A. Kogut; M. López-Caniego; Charles R. Lawrence; A. Lazarian; Zack Li; Mathew S. Madhava...; Jean-Baptiste Melin; Joel Meyers; Calum Murray; M. Negrello; Giles Novak; Roger O’Brient; C. Paine; T. J. Pearson; Levon Pogosian; Clem Pryke; Giuseppe Puglisi; M. Remazeilles; G. Rocha; Marcel Schmittfull; D. Scott; Peter Shirron; Ian Stephens; Brian M. Sutin; M. Tomasi; A. Trangsrud; Alexander van Eng...; Flavien Vansyngel; I. K. Wehus; Qi Wen; Siyao Xu; Karl Young; A. Zonca
• Keywords: Polarimeter

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