HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2019 · 73 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsCosmologyParticle PhysicsInflationary CosmologyNeutrino CosmologyObservational CosmologyParticle DetectorsSpace-based Gamma-ray ObservatoriesAll-sky SurveysCosmic InflationEffective Number Of Neutrino SpeciesNeutrino AstronomyNeutrino AstrophysicsPlanck Scale PhysicsSlow-roll InflationSum Of Neutrino Masses
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.