Optical characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019
The BICEP/Keck experiment (BK) is a series of small-aperture refracting telescopes observing degree-scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization from the South Pole in search of a primordial $B$-mode signature. This $B$-mode signal arises from primordial gravitational waves interacting with...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.2002.05197 2023-05-15T18:23:13+02:00 Optical characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019 Keck Collaboration Germaine, T. St Ade, P. A. R. Ahmed, Z. Amiri, M. Barkats, D. Thakur, R. Basu Bischoff, C. A. Bock, J. J. Boenish, H. Bullock, E. Buza, V. Cheshire, J. Connors, J. Cornelison, J. Crumrine, M. Cukierman, A. Dierickx, M. Duband, L. Fatigoni, S. Filippini, J. P. Fliescher, S. Grayson, J. A. Hall, G. Halpern, M. Harrison, S. Hildebrandt, S. R. Hilton, G. C. Hui, H. Irwin, K. D. Kang, J. Karkare, K. S. Karpel, E. Kefeli, S. Kernasovskiy, S. A. Kovac, J. M. Kuo, C. L. Lau, K. Leitch, E. M. Megerian, K. G. Moncelsi, L. Namikawa, T. Netterfield, C. B. Nguyen, H. T. O'Brient, R. Ogburn, R. W. Palladino, S. Pryke, C. Racine, B. Reintsema, C. D. Richter, S. Schillaci, A. Schwarz, R. Sheehy, C. D. Soliman, A. Steinbach, B. Sudiwala, R. V. Thompson, K. L. Tolan, J. E. Tucker, C. Turner, A. D. Umilta, C. Vieregg, A. G. Wandui, A. Weber, A. C. Wiebe, D. V. Willmert, J. Wong, C. L. Wu, W. L. K. Yang, E. Yoon, K. W. Young, E. Yu, C. Zhang, C. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2002.05197 https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.05197 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10909-020-02392-8 arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM Astrophysics of Galaxies astro-ph.GA FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2002.05197 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-020-02392-8 2022-03-10T15:58:08Z The BICEP/Keck experiment (BK) is a series of small-aperture refracting telescopes observing degree-scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization from the South Pole in search of a primordial $B$-mode signature. This $B$-mode signal arises from primordial gravitational waves interacting with the CMB, and has amplitude parametrized by the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. Since 2016, BICEP3 and the Keck Array have been observing with 4800 total antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor detectors, with frequency bands spanning 95, 150, 220, and 270 GHz. Here we present the optical performance of these receivers from 2016 to 2019, including far-field beams measured in situ with an improved chopped thermal source and instrument spectral response measured with a field-deployable Fourier Transform Spectrometer. As a pair differencing experiment, an important systematic that must be controlled is the differential beam response between the co-located, orthogonally polarized detectors. We generate per-detector far-field beam maps and the corresponding differential beam mismatch that is used to estimate the temperature-to-polarization leakage in our CMB maps and to give feedback on detector and optics fabrication. The differential beam parameters presented here were estimated using improved low-level beam map analysis techniques, including efficient removal of non-Gaussian noise as well as improved spatial masking. These techniques help minimize systematic uncertainty in the beam analysis, with the goal of constraining the bias on $r$ induced by temperature-to-polarization leakage to be subdominant to the statistical uncertainty. This is essential as we progress to higher detector counts in the next generation of CMB experiments. : 8 pages, 3 figures. Accepted by the Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors) Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) South Pole |
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Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM Astrophysics of Galaxies astro-ph.GA FOS Physical sciences Keck Collaboration Germaine, T. St Ade, P. A. R. Ahmed, Z. Amiri, M. Barkats, D. Thakur, R. Basu Bischoff, C. A. Bock, J. J. Boenish, H. Bullock, E. Buza, V. Cheshire, J. Connors, J. Cornelison, J. Crumrine, M. Cukierman, A. Dierickx, M. Duband, L. Fatigoni, S. Filippini, J. P. Fliescher, S. Grayson, J. A. Hall, G. Halpern, M. Harrison, S. Hildebrandt, S. R. Hilton, G. C. Hui, H. Irwin, K. D. Kang, J. Karkare, K. S. Karpel, E. Kefeli, S. Kernasovskiy, S. A. Kovac, J. M. Kuo, C. L. Lau, K. Leitch, E. M. Megerian, K. G. Moncelsi, L. Namikawa, T. Netterfield, C. B. Nguyen, H. T. O'Brient, R. Ogburn, R. W. Palladino, S. Pryke, C. Racine, B. Reintsema, C. D. Richter, S. Schillaci, A. Schwarz, R. Sheehy, C. D. Soliman, A. Steinbach, B. Sudiwala, R. V. Thompson, K. L. Tolan, J. E. Tucker, C. Turner, A. D. Umilta, C. Vieregg, A. G. Wandui, A. Weber, A. C. Wiebe, D. V. Willmert, J. Wong, C. L. Wu, W. L. K. Yang, E. Yoon, K. W. Young, E. Yu, C. Zhang, C. Optical characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019 |
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The BICEP/Keck experiment (BK) is a series of small-aperture refracting telescopes observing degree-scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization from the South Pole in search of a primordial $B$-mode signature. This $B$-mode signal arises from primordial gravitational waves interacting with the CMB, and has amplitude parametrized by the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. Since 2016, BICEP3 and the Keck Array have been observing with 4800 total antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor detectors, with frequency bands spanning 95, 150, 220, and 270 GHz. Here we present the optical performance of these receivers from 2016 to 2019, including far-field beams measured in situ with an improved chopped thermal source and instrument spectral response measured with a field-deployable Fourier Transform Spectrometer. As a pair differencing experiment, an important systematic that must be controlled is the differential beam response between the co-located, orthogonally polarized detectors. We generate per-detector far-field beam maps and the corresponding differential beam mismatch that is used to estimate the temperature-to-polarization leakage in our CMB maps and to give feedback on detector and optics fabrication. The differential beam parameters presented here were estimated using improved low-level beam map analysis techniques, including efficient removal of non-Gaussian noise as well as improved spatial masking. These techniques help minimize systematic uncertainty in the beam analysis, with the goal of constraining the bias on $r$ induced by temperature-to-polarization leakage to be subdominant to the statistical uncertainty. This is essential as we progress to higher detector counts in the next generation of CMB experiments. : 8 pages, 3 figures. Accepted by the Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors) |
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Keck Collaboration Germaine, T. St Ade, P. A. R. Ahmed, Z. Amiri, M. Barkats, D. Thakur, R. Basu Bischoff, C. A. Bock, J. J. Boenish, H. Bullock, E. Buza, V. Cheshire, J. Connors, J. Cornelison, J. Crumrine, M. Cukierman, A. Dierickx, M. Duband, L. Fatigoni, S. Filippini, J. P. Fliescher, S. Grayson, J. A. Hall, G. Halpern, M. Harrison, S. Hildebrandt, S. R. Hilton, G. C. Hui, H. Irwin, K. D. Kang, J. Karkare, K. S. Karpel, E. Kefeli, S. Kernasovskiy, S. A. Kovac, J. M. Kuo, C. L. Lau, K. Leitch, E. M. Megerian, K. G. Moncelsi, L. Namikawa, T. Netterfield, C. B. Nguyen, H. T. O'Brient, R. Ogburn, R. W. Palladino, S. Pryke, C. Racine, B. Reintsema, C. D. Richter, S. Schillaci, A. Schwarz, R. Sheehy, C. D. Soliman, A. Steinbach, B. Sudiwala, R. V. Thompson, K. L. Tolan, J. E. Tucker, C. Turner, A. D. Umilta, C. Vieregg, A. G. Wandui, A. Weber, A. C. Wiebe, D. V. Willmert, J. Wong, C. L. Wu, W. L. K. Yang, E. Yoon, K. W. Young, E. Yu, C. Zhang, C. |
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Keck Collaboration Germaine, T. St Ade, P. A. R. Ahmed, Z. Amiri, M. Barkats, D. Thakur, R. Basu Bischoff, C. A. Bock, J. J. Boenish, H. Bullock, E. Buza, V. Cheshire, J. Connors, J. Cornelison, J. Crumrine, M. Cukierman, A. Dierickx, M. Duband, L. Fatigoni, S. Filippini, J. P. Fliescher, S. Grayson, J. A. Hall, G. Halpern, M. Harrison, S. Hildebrandt, S. R. Hilton, G. C. Hui, H. Irwin, K. D. Kang, J. Karkare, K. S. Karpel, E. Kefeli, S. Kernasovskiy, S. A. Kovac, J. M. Kuo, C. L. Lau, K. Leitch, E. M. Megerian, K. G. Moncelsi, L. Namikawa, T. Netterfield, C. B. Nguyen, H. T. O'Brient, R. Ogburn, R. W. Palladino, S. Pryke, C. Racine, B. Reintsema, C. D. Richter, S. Schillaci, A. Schwarz, R. Sheehy, C. D. Soliman, A. Steinbach, B. Sudiwala, R. V. Thompson, K. L. Tolan, J. E. Tucker, C. Turner, A. D. Umilta, C. Vieregg, A. G. Wandui, A. Weber, A. C. Wiebe, D. V. Willmert, J. Wong, C. L. Wu, W. L. K. Yang, E. Yoon, K. W. Young, E. Yu, C. Zhang, C. |
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Optical characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019 |
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Optical characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019 |
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Optical characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019 |
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Optical characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019 |
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Optical characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019 |
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optical characterization of the keck array and bicep3 cmb polarimeters from 2016 to 2019 |
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