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BICEP2 and Keck array operational overview and status of observations
- Source :
- Quick submit: 2017-02-12T20:54:17-0500, Ogburn, R. W., P. A. R. Ade, R. W. Aikin, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, C. A. Bischoff, J. J. Bock et al. 2012. "BICEP2 and Keck Array operational overview and status of observations." In Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Astronomical Telescopes+ Instrumentation, San Fransisco, CA, January 21-26, 2012: 84521A-84521A.
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- SPIE, 2012.
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Abstract
- The Bicep2 and Keck Array experiments are designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 2-4 degrees (ℓ = 50–100). This is the region in which the B-mode signal, a signature prediction of cosmic inflation, is expected to peak. Bicep2 was deployed to the South Pole at the end of 2009 and is in the middle of its third year of observing with 500 polarization-sensitive detectors at 150 GHz. The Keck Array was deployed to the South Pole at the end of 2010, initially with three receivers—each similar to Bicep2. An additional two receivers have been added during the 2011-12 summer. We give an overview of the two experiments, report on substantial gains in the sensitivity of the two experiments after post-deployment optimization, and show preliminary maps of CMB polarization from Bicep2.<br />Astronomy
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- Language :
- English
- ISBN :
- 978-0-8194-9153-4
0-8194-9153-5 - ISBNs :
- 9780819491534 and 0819491535
- Database :
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH)
- Journal :
- Quick submit: 2017-02-12T20:54:17-0500, Ogburn, R. W., P. A. R. Ade, R. W. Aikin, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, C. A. Bischoff, J. J. Bock et al. 2012. "BICEP2 and Keck Array operational overview and status of observations." In Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Astronomical Telescopes+ Instrumentation, San Fransisco, CA, January 21-26, 2012: 84521A-84521A.
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- edshld.1.33445980
- Document Type :
- Conference Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925731