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astro-ph.EP2022★ 13 cited

Asteroid Measurements at Millimeter Wavelengths with the South Pole Telescope

P. M. Chichura, A. Foster, C. Patel +141

We present the first measurements of asteroids in millimeter wavelength (mm) data from the South Pole Telescope (SPT), which is used primarily to study the cosmic microwave backgro…

astro-ph.IM2021

BICEP Array: 150 GHz detector module development

A. Schillaci, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +81

The BICEP/Keck Collaboration is currently leading the quest to the highest sensitivity measurements of the polarized CMB anisotropies on degree scale with a series of cryogenic tel…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 3 cited

Plastic Laminate Antireflective Coatings for Millimeter-wave Optics in BICEP Array

Marion Dierickx, P. A. R. Ade, Zeeshan Ahmed +82

The BICEP/Keck series of experiments target the Cosmic Microwave Background at degree-scale resolution from the South Pole. Over the next few years, the "Stage-3" BICEP Array (BA)…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

BICEP / Keck XV: The BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter and the First Three Year Data Set

Keck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +89

We report on the design and performance of the BICEP3 instrument and its first three-year data set collected from 2016 to 2018. BICEP3 is a 52cm aperture, refracting telescope desi…

astro-ph.IM2021

The Design and Integrated Performance of SPT-3G

J. A. Sobrin, A. J. Anderson, A. N. Bender +120

SPT-3G is the third survey receiver operating on the South Pole Telescope dedicated to high-resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Sensitive measurements…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 47 cited

A Demonstration of Improved Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves with Delensing

BICEP/Keck, SPTpol Collaborations, : +139

We present a constraint on the tensor-to-scalar ratio, , derived from measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization -modes with "delensing," whereby the unce…

hep-ex2020★ 7 cited

Study of the normalized transverse momentum distribution of bosons produced in collisions at TeV

D0 Collaboration

We present a study of the normalized transverse momentum distribution of bosons produced in collisions, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.35…

hep-ex2019★ 12 cited

Properties of produced in collision

D0 Collaboration

We study the production of the exotic charged charmonium-like state in collisions through the sequential process $ψ(4260) \rightarrow Z_c^{\pm}(3900) π…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 12 cited

BICEP3 focal plane design and detector performance

H. Hui, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +56

BICEP3, the latest telescope in the BICEP/Keck program, started science observations in March 2016. It is a 550mm aperture refractive telescope observing the polarization of the co…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 58 cited

BICEP3 performance overview and planned Keck Array upgrade

J. A. Grayson, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +56

BICEP3 is a 520 mm aperture, compact two-lens refractor designed to observe the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95 GHz. Its focal plane consists of modular…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 7 cited

Optical Characterization of the BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

K. S. Karkare, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +56

BICEP3 is a small-aperture refracting cosmic microwave background (CMB) telescope designed to make sensitive polarization maps in pursuit of a potential B-mode signal from inflatio…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 25 cited

BICEP2 / Keck Array VII: Matrix based E/B Separation applied to BICEP2 and the Keck Array

Keck Array, BICEP2 Collaborations, : +63

A linear polarization field on the sphere can be uniquely decomposed into an E-mode and a B-mode component. These two components are analytically defined in terms of spin-2 spheric…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 38 cited

Initial Performance of BICEP3: A Degree Angular Scale 95 GHz Band Polarimeter

W. L. K. Wu, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +49

BICEP3 is a aperture telescope with cold, on-axis, refractive optics designed to observe at the band from the South Pole. It is the newest member of the BICEP/Kec…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 47 cited

The HerMES sub-millimetre local and low-redshift luminosity functions

L. Marchetti, M. Vaccari, A. Franceschini +44

We used wide area surveys over 39 deg by the HerMES collaboration, performed with the Herschel Observatory SPIRE multi-wavelength camera, to estimate the low-redshift, $0.02<z<…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 663 cited

BICEP2 / Keck Array VI: Improved Constraints On Cosmology and Foregrounds When Adding 95 GHz Data From Keck Array

Keck Array, BICEP2 Collaborations, : +60

We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2 & Keck Array CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2014 observing season. This includes the first…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 90 cited

Antenna-coupled TES bolometers used in BICEP2, Keck array, and SPIDER

P. A. R. Ade, R. W. Aikin, M. Amiri +64

We have developed antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers for a wide range of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimetry experiments, including BICEP2, Keck Arra…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 104 cited

BICEP2 / Keck Array V: Measurements of B-mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales and 150 GHz by the Keck Array

The BICEP2, Keck Array Collaborations, : +59

The Keck Array is a system of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters, each similar to the BICEP2 experiment. In this paper we report results from the 2012 and 2013 observin…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 985 cited

A Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data

BICEP2/Keck, Planck Collaborations, : +276

We report the results of a joint analysis of data from BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck. BICEP2 and Keck Array have observed the same approximately 400 deg patch of sky centered on…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 46 cited

BICEP2/Keck Array IV: Optical Characterization and Performance of the BICEP2 and Keck Array Experiments

The BICEP2, Keck Array Collaborations, : +51

BICEP2 and the Keck Array are polarization-sensitive microwave telescopes that observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the South Pole at degree angular scales in search…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 86 cited

BICEP3: a 95 GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization

Z. Ahmed, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton +29

BICEP3 is a 550 mm-aperture refracting telescope for polarimetry of radiation in the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. It adopts the methodology of BICEP1, BICEP2 and the Keck…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 325 cited

SPT-3G: A Next-Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Experiment on the South Pole Telescope

B. A. Benson, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +61

We describe the design of a new polarization sensitive receiver, SPT-3G, for the 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT). The SPT-3G receiver will deliver a factor of ~20 improvement i…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 45 cited

Herschel-ATLAS and ALMA: HATLAS J142935.3-002836, a lensed major merger at redshift 1.027

Hugo Messias, Simon Dye, Neil Nagar +29

[Abridged] Aims: This work focuses on one lensed system, HATLAS J142935.3-002836 (H1429-0028), selected in the Herschel-ATLAS field. Gathering a rich, multi-wavelength dataset, we…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 225 cited

BICEP2 II: Experiment and Three-Year Data Set

BICEP2 Collaboration, P. A. R Ade, R. W. Aikin +49

We report on the design and performance of the BICEP2 instrument and on its three-year data set. BICEP2 was designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 1.6k cited

BICEP2 I: Detection Of B-mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales

P. A. R Ade, R. W. Aikin, D. Barkats +44

(abridged for arXiv) We report results from the BICEP2 experiment, a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeter specifically designed to search for the signal of inflationary gr…