CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance
Bicep is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Currently in its third year of operation at the South Pole, Bicep is measuring the CMB polar...
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ftharvardudash:oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/26523048 2023-05-15T18:22:12+02:00 CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance Takahashi, Yuki D. Barkats, Denis Battle, John O. Bierman, Evan M. Bock, James J. Chiang, H. Cynthia Dowell, C. Darren Hivon, Eric F. Holzapfel, William L. Hristov, Viktor V. Jones, William C. Kaufman, J. P. Keating, Brian G. Kovac, John M Kuo, Chao-Lin Lange, Andrew E. Leitch, Erik M. Mason, Peter V. Matsumura, Tomotake Nguyen, Hien T. Ponthieu, Nicolas Rocha, Graca M. Yoon, Ki Won Ade, P. Duband, L. 2016-04-12 application/pdf http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:26523048 https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790306 en_US eng doi:10.1117/12.790306 http://arxiv.org/pdf/0808.1763v1.pdf Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV Takahashi, Yuki D., Denis Barkats, John O. Battle, Evan M. Bierman, James J. Bock, H. Cynthia Chiang, C. Darren Dowell et al. 2008. "CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance." In SPIE Astronomical Telescopes+ Instrumentation 70201D. International Society for Optics and Photonics. 0277-786X http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:26523048 Conference Paper 2016 ftharvardudash https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790306 2022-04-05T11:54:44Z Bicep is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Currently in its third year of operation at the South Pole, Bicep is measuring the CMB polarization with unprecedented sensitivity at 100 and 150 GHz in the cleanest available 2% of the sky, as well as deriving independent constraints on the diffuse polarized foregrounds with select observations on and off the Galactic plane. Instrument calibrations are discussed in the context of rigorous control of systematic errors, and the performance during the first two years of the experiment is reviewed. Astronomy Version of Record Conference Object South pole Harvard University: DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard South Pole SPIE Proceedings, Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV 7020 70201D |
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Bicep is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Currently in its third year of operation at the South Pole, Bicep is measuring the CMB polarization with unprecedented sensitivity at 100 and 150 GHz in the cleanest available 2% of the sky, as well as deriving independent constraints on the diffuse polarized foregrounds with select observations on and off the Galactic plane. Instrument calibrations are discussed in the context of rigorous control of systematic errors, and the performance during the first two years of the experiment is reviewed. Astronomy Version of Record |
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Takahashi, Yuki D. Barkats, Denis Battle, John O. Bierman, Evan M. Bock, James J. Chiang, H. Cynthia Dowell, C. Darren Hivon, Eric F. Holzapfel, William L. Hristov, Viktor V. Jones, William C. Kaufman, J. P. Keating, Brian G. Kovac, John M Kuo, Chao-Lin Lange, Andrew E. Leitch, Erik M. Mason, Peter V. Matsumura, Tomotake Nguyen, Hien T. Ponthieu, Nicolas Rocha, Graca M. Yoon, Ki Won Ade, P. Duband, L. |
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Takahashi, Yuki D. Barkats, Denis Battle, John O. Bierman, Evan M. Bock, James J. Chiang, H. Cynthia Dowell, C. Darren Hivon, Eric F. Holzapfel, William L. Hristov, Viktor V. Jones, William C. Kaufman, J. P. Keating, Brian G. Kovac, John M Kuo, Chao-Lin Lange, Andrew E. Leitch, Erik M. Mason, Peter V. Matsumura, Tomotake Nguyen, Hien T. Ponthieu, Nicolas Rocha, Graca M. Yoon, Ki Won Ade, P. Duband, L. CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance |
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CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance |
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