Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements White Paper
Abstract
This is a solicited whitepaper for the Snowmass 2021 community planning exercise. The paper focuses on measurements and science with the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The CMB is foundational to our understanding of modern physics and continues to be a powerful tool driving our understanding of cosmology and particle physics. In this paper, we outline the broad and unique impact of CMB science for the High Energy Cosmic Frontier in the upcoming decade. We also describe the progression of ground-based CMB experiments, which shows that the community is prepared to develop the key capabilities and facilities needed to achieve these transformative CMB measurements.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- March 2022
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2203.07638
- Bibcode:
- 2022arXiv220307638C
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Experiment;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- contribution to Snowmass 2021