@article{cbdefebad4ad4ea9a5eb33ddaba392da,
title = "Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE: survey requirements and mission design",
abstract = "Future observations of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarisation have the potential to answer some of the most fundamental questions of modern physics and cosmology. In this paper, we list the requirements for a future CMB polarisation survey addressing these scientific objectives, and discuss the design drivers of the CORE space mission proposed to ESA in answer to the {"}M5{"} call for a medium-sized mission. The rationale and options, and the methodologies used to assess the mission's performance, are of interest to other future CMB mission design studies. CORE is designed as a near-ultimate CMB polarisation mission which, for optimal complementarity with ground-based observations, will perform the observations that are known to be essential to CMB polarisation scienceand cannot be obtained by any other means than a dedicated space mission.",
keywords = "astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.CO",
author = "{CORE Collaboration} and J. Delabrouille and Bernardis, {P. de} and Bouchet, {F. R.} and A. Ach{\'u}carro and Ade, {P. A. R.} and R. Allison and F. Arroja and E. Artal and M. Ashdown and C. Baccigalupi and M. Ballardini and Banday, {A. J.} and R. Banerji and D. Barbosa and J. Bartlett and N. Bartolo and S. Basak and Baselmans, {J. J. A.} and K. Basu and Battistelli, {E. S.} and R. Battye and D. Baumann and A. Beno{\^i}t and M. Bersanelli and A. Bideaud and M. Biesiada and M. Bilicki and A. Bonaldi and M. Bonato and J. Borrill and F. Boulanger and T. Brinckmann and Brown, {M. L.} and M. Bucher and C. Burigana and A. Buzzelli and G. Cabass and Z.-Y. Cai and M. Calvo and A. Caputo and Carvalho, {C. -S.} and Casas, {F. J.} and G. Castellano and A. Catalano and A. Challinor and I. Charles and J. Chluba and S. Martin and G. Tasinato and V. Vennin",
note = "79 pages, 14 figures",
year = "2018",
month = apr,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1088/1475-7516/2018/04/014",
language = "English",
volume = "2018",
journal = "Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics",
issn = "1475-7516",
publisher = "IOP Publishing",
number = "4",
}