Degree-Scale Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Measurements From Three Years of BICEP1 Data

• Published in: The Astrophysical Journal
• Main Authors: Barkats, D., Aikin, R., Bischoff, Colin A., Buder, Immanuel D., Kaufman, J. P., Keating, B. G., Kovac, John M, Su, Meng, Ade, P. A. R., Battle, J. O., Bierman, E. M., Bock, J. J., Chiang, H. C., Dowell, C. D., Duband, L., Filippini, J., Hivon, E. F., Holzapfel, W. L., Hristov, V. V., Jones, W. C., Kuo, C. L., Leitch, E. M., Mason, P. V., Matsumura, T., Nguyen, H. T., Ponthieu, N., Pryke, C., Richter, S., Rocha, G., Sheehy, C., Kernasovskiy, S. S., Takahashi, Y. D., Tolan, J. E., Yoon, K. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Astronomical Society 2014
• Subjects: cosmic background radiation; cosmology: observations; gravitational waves; inflation; polarization; South Pole; Lambda; Chiang; South pole
• Online Access: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12361251; https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/67

BICEP1 is a millimeter-wavelength telescope designed specifically to measure the inflationary B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background at degree angular scales. We present results from an analysis of the data acquired during three seasons of observations at the South Pole (2006-2008)....