Keck array and BICEP3: spectral characterization of 5000+ detectors

• Published in: SPIE Proceedings, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
• Main Authors: Karkare, K. S., Aikin, R. W., Bock, J. J., Brevik, J. A., Crill, B. P., Filippini, J. P., Golwala, S. R., Hildebrandt, S. R., Hristov, V. V., Hui, H., Kefeli, S., Lueker, M., Mason, P., Staniszewski, Z. K., Teply, G. P., Weber, A.
• Other Authors: Holland, Wayne S., Zmuidzinas, Jonas
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2014
• Subjects: Inflation; Gravitational waves; Cosmic microwave background; Polarization; BICEP; Keck Array; British Columbia; Canada; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056779

The inflationary paradigm of the early universe predicts a stochastic background of gravitational waves which would generate a B-mode polarization pattern in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Precise measurement of B-modes is one of the most compelling observational goa...