Receiver development for BICEP Array, a next-generation CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

• Published in: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X
• Main Authors: Moncelsi, L., Ade, Peter A., Ahmed, Zeeshan, Amiri, Mandana, Barkats, Denis, Thakur, R. Basu, Bischoff, Colin A., Bock, J. J., Buza, Victor, Cheshire, James R., Connors, Jake, Cornelison, James, Crumrine, Michael, Cukierman, Ari J., Denison, Edward, Dierickx, Marion, Duband, Lionel, Eiben, Miranda, Fatigoni, Sofia, Filippini, Jeffrey P., Goeckner-Wald, Neil, Goldfinger, David, Grayson, James A., Grimes, Paul, Hall, Grantland, Halpern, Mark, Harrison, Samuel A., Henderson, Shawn, Hildebrandt, S. R., Hilton, Gene, Hubmayr, Johannes, Hui, H., Irwin, Kent D., Kang, J. H., Karkare, Kirit S., Kefeli, S., Kovac, John M., Kuo, Chao-Lin, Lau, Kenny, Leitch, Erik M., Megerian, K. G., Minutolo, L., Nakato, Yuka, Namikawa, Toshiya, Nguyen, H. T., O'Brient, R., Palladino, Steven, Precup, Nathan, Prouve, Thomas, Pryke, Clement, Racine, Benjamin, Reintsema, Carl D., Schillaci, A., Schmitt, Benjamin, Soliman, A., St. Germaine, Tyler, Steinbach, B., Sudiwala, Rashmi, Thompson, Keith L., Tucker, Carole, Turner, Anthony D., Umiltà , Caterina, Vieregg, Abigail G., Wandui, A., Weber, A. C., Wiebe, Don V., Willmert, Justin, Wu, Wai Ling K., Yang, Hung-I E., Yoon, Ki Won, Young, Edward Y., Yu, Cyndia, Zeng, Lingzhen, Zhang, C., Zhang, S.
• Other Authors: Zmuidzinas, Jonas, Gao, Jian-Rong
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2020
• Subjects: Cosmic Microwave Background; Polarization; Instrumentation; Cosmology; B-Modes; Inflation; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561995

A detection of curl-type (B-mode) polarization of the primary CMB would be direct evidence for the inflationary paradigm of the origin of the Universe. The Bicep/Keck Array (BK) program targets the degree angular scales, where the power from primordial B-mode polarization is expected to peak, with e...