Multifrequency Beam Systematics and Measurements of B-Mode Polarization with the BICEP/Keck Array Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments

• Main Author: Karkare, Kirit S.
• Other Authors: Eisenstein, Daniel, Kovac, John, Padin, Stephen, Stark, Antony, Stubbs, Christopher
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Physics; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Curl; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:40046430

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