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20202026
most citedUnified and consistent structure growth measurements from joint ACT, SPT and \textit{Planck} CMB lensing

20 citations · 24 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Status of BICEP Array and Integration of the 220/270 GHz Receiver

A. Steiger, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

Measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background are critical for modern cosmology as they constrain the physics of the early universe and cosmic inflation. BICE…

astro-ph.CO2026

Quantifying the systematic impact of differential beam response on the BICEP CMB polarization data from 2016 through 2024

B. D. Elwood, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

As cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiments, including BICEP3, BICEP Array, and future BICEP experiments, achieve ever-deeper polarization maps in search of primo…

astro-ph.IM2026

Optics and broadband anti-reflection coatings for the BA4-90/150 receiver

A. R. Polish, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +84

The BICEP Array telescopes search for primordial B-mode polarization from inflationary gravitational waves. This signal is exceedingly faint, demanding excellent map depth and syst…

astro-ph.IM2026

Optical characterization of the BICEP array 150 and 220/270GHz CMB polarimeters in the 2026 season

M. Izquierdo Poza, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +82

BICEP Array (BA) is the current-generation instrument in the BICEP series of small-aperture, on-axis refracting telescopes at the South Pole, designed to constrain the tensor-to-sc…

physics.ins-det2026

Aliased noise characterization and mitigation in BICEP Array 150, 220 and 270 GHz time-division multiplexed detectors

S. Fatigoni, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

Early observations with the BICEP Array 150 GHz (BA2-150) and 220/270 GHz (BA3-220/270) receivers revealed detector noise equivalent temperatures (NETs) higher than expected, toget…

astro-ph.IM2026

Overview and status of BICEP Array's BA4-90/150 CMB polarimeter

M. A. Petroff, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

The inflation paradigm postulates a period of rapid expansion in the early Universe, which would generate gravitational waves. These tensor perturbations would produce a faint B-mo…

astro-ph.CO2026

BICEP/Keck XXI: Constraints on Early-Universe Parity Violation from Multipole-Dependent Birefringence

Keck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Zeeshan Ahmed +94

We present the first constraints on multipole-dependent cosmic birefringence using CMB polarization data from the BK18 dataset, which combines observations from BICEP2, Keck Array,…

astro-ph.CO2025

Foreground Mitigation for CMB Lensing with the Global Minimum Variance Quadratic Estimator

Yuka Nakato, W. L. Kimmy Wu, Ana Carolina Silva Oliveira +2

Weak gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a powerful probe of cosmology, providing insight into structure formation and the evolution of the universe.…

astro-ph.CO2025★ 20 cited

Unified and consistent structure growth measurements from joint ACT, SPT and \textit{Planck} CMB lensing

Frank J. Qu, Fei Ge, W. L. Kimmy Wu +143

We present the tightest cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing constraints to date on the growth of structure by combining CMB lensing measurements from the Atacama Cosmology Te…

astro-ph.CO2024

Calibration Measurements of the BICEP3 and BICEP Array CMB Polarimeters from 2017 to 2024

Christos Giannakopoulos, Clara Vergès, P. A. R. Ade +83

The BICEP3 and BICEP Array polarimeters are small-aperture refracting telescopes located at the South Pole designed to measure primordial gravitational wave signatures in the Cosmi…

astro-ph.IM2022

Improved Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

J. Cornelison, C. Vergès, P. A. R. Ade +83

The BICEP3 Polarimeter is a small aperture, refracting telescope, dedicated to the observation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at 95GHz. It is designed to target degree an…

astro-ph.IM2022

Thermal Testing for Cryogenic CMB Instrument Optical Design

D. C. Goldfinger, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +83

Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background rely on cryogenic instrumentation with cold detectors, readout, and optics providing the low noise performance and instrumental stab…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 4 cited

Polarization Calibration of the BICEP3 CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

J. Cornelison, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +84

The BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter is a small-aperture refracting telescope located at the South Pole and is specifically designed to search for the possible signature of inflationary grav…

astro-ph.IM2020

Receiver development for BICEP Array, a next-generation CMB polarimeter at the South Pole

L. Moncelsi, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +72

A detection of curl-type (-mode) polarization of the primary CMB would be direct evidence for the inflationary paradigm of the origin of the Universe. The BICEP/Keck Array (BK)…