7 papers
BICEP2 / Keck Array XI: Beam Characterization and Temperature-to-Polarization Leakage in the BK15 Dataset
Keck Array, BICEP2 Collaborations, : +76
Precision measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization require extreme control of instrumental systematics. In a companion paper we have presented cosmological co…
High-Precision Scanning Water Vapor Radiometers for Cosmic Microwave Background Site Characterization and Comparison
D. Barkats, R. Bowens-Rubin, W. H. Clay +7
The compelling science case for the observation of B-mode polarization in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) is driving the CMB community to expand the observed sky fraction, ei…
Design and performance of wide-band corrugated walls for the BICEP Array detector modules at 30/40 GHz
A. Soliman, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +75
BICEP Array is a degree-scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiment that will search for primordial B-mode polarization while constraining Galactic foregrounds. BICEP Array…
Ultra-Thin Large-Aperture Vacuum Windows for Millimeter Wavelengths Receivers
Denis Barkats, Marion I. Dierickx, John M. Kovac +75
Targeting faint polarization patterns arising from Primordial Gravitational Waves in the Cosmic Microwave Background requires excellent observational sensitivity. Optical elements…
BICEP Array cryostat and mount design
M. Crumrine, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +74
Bicep Array is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiment that will begin observing at the South Pole in early 2019. This experiment replaces the five Bicep2 style…
BICEP Array: a multi-frequency degree-scale CMB polarimeter
Howard Hui, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +75
BICEP Array is the newest multi-frequency instrument in the BICEP/Keck Array program. It is comprised of four 550 mm aperture refractive telescopes observing the polarization of th…