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, C., Buder, I., Kaufman, J. P., Keating, B. G., Kovac, J. M., Su, M., 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.
• Other Authors: Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: cosmic background radiation; cosmology: observations; gravitational waves; inflation; polarization; Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Chiang; Lambda; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-03645700; https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/67

International audience 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 S...