QUBIC: Exploring the Primordial Universe with the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer
Authors: Mennella Aniello , Ade Peter , Amico Giorgio , Auguste Didier , Aumont Jonathan , Banfi Stefano , Barbaràn Gustavo , Battaglia Paola , Battistelli Elia , Baù Alessandro , Bélier Benoit , Bennett David , Bergé Laurent , Bernard Jean , Bersanelli Marco , Bigot Sazy Marie , Bleurvacq Nathan , Bonaparte Juan , Bonis Julien , Bunn Emory , Burke David , Buzi Daniele , Buzzelli Alessandro , Cavaliere Francesco , Chanial Pierre , Chapron Claude , Charlassier Romain , Columbro Fabio , Coppi Gabriele , Coppolecchia Alessandro , D’Agostino Rocco , D’Alessandro Giuseppe , De Bernardis Paolo , De Gasperis Giancarlo , De Leo Michele , De Petris Marco , Di Donato Andres , Dumoulin Louis , Etchegoyen Alberto , Fasciszewski Adrián , Franceschet Cristian , Gamboa Lerena Martin , Garcia Beatriz , Garrido Xavier , Gaspard Michel , Gault Amanda , Gayer Donnacha , Gervasi Massimo , Giard Martin , Giraud Héraud Yannick , Gómez Berisso Mariano , González Manuel , Gradziel Marcin , Grandsire Laurent , Guerard Eric , Hamilton Jean , Harari Diego , Haynes Vic , Henrot Versillé Sophie , Thuong Hoang Duc , Holtzer Nicolas , Incardona Federico , Jules Eric , Kaplan Jean , Korotkov Andrei , Kristukat Christian , Lamagna Luca , Loucatos Sotiris , Louis Thibaut , Lowitz Amy , Lukovic Vladimir , Luterstein Raùl , Maffei Bruno , Marnieros Stefanos , Masi Silvia , Mattei Angelo , May Andrew , McCulloch Mark , Medina Maria , Mele Lorenzo , Melhuish Simon , Montier Ludovic , Mousset Louise , Mundo Luis , Murphy John , Murphy James , O’Sullivan Creidhe , Olivieri Emiliano , Paiella Alessandro , Pajot Francois , Passerini Andrea , Pastoriza Hernan , Pelosi Alessandro , Perbost Camille , Perciballi Maurizio , Pezzotta Federico , Piacentini Francesco , Piat Michel , Piccirillo Lucio , Pisano Giampaolo , Polenta Gianluca , Prêle Damien , Puddu Roberto , Rambaud Damien , Ringegni Pablo , Romero Gustavo , Salatino Maria , Schillaci Alessandro , Scóccola Claudia , Scully Stephen , Spinelli Sebastiano , Stankowiak Guillaume , Stolpovskiy Michail , Suarez Federico , Tartari Andrea , Thermeau Jean , Timbie Peter , Tomasi Maurizio , Torchinsky Steve , Tristram Matthieu , Tucker Carole , Tucker Gregory , Vanneste Sylvain , Viganò Daniele , Vittorio Nicola , Voisin Fabrice , Watson Robert , Wicek Francois , Zannoni Mario , Zullo Antonio 
Published: January 2019

In this paper, we describe QUBIC, an experiment that will observe the polarized microwave sky with a novel approach, which combines the sensitivity of state-of-the-art bolometric detectors with the systematic effects control typical of interferometers. QUBIC’s unique features are the so-called “self-calibration”, a technique that allows us to clean the measured data from instrumental effects, and its spectral imaging power, i.e., the ability to separate the signal into various sub-bands within each frequency band. QUBIC will observe the sky in two main frequency bands: 150 GHz and 220 GHz. A technological demonstrator is currently under testing and will be deployed in Argentina during 2019, while the final instrument is expected to be installed during 2020.