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Bradford Benson 🔗
Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Argonne National Laboratory 🔗 University of Chicago 🔗
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Department(s)/lab(s): A&A / Physics | Benson Group @ UChicago
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Develops cryogenic detector technology for CMB experiments. Directions: (1) TES bolometer array design and fabrication for SPT-3G and CMB-S4; (2) MKID detector development as alternative to TES for next-generation CMB focal planes; (3) low-noise SQUID multiplexed readout for large-format arrays; (4) SPT-3G science: CMB lensing, cluster SZ, B-mode polarization. Argonne joint appointment.

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