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most citedMeasurement of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Power Spectra from Two Years of BICEP Data

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astro-ph.IM2013★ 69 cited

Self-Calibration of BICEP1 Three-Year Data and Constraints on Astrophysical Polarization Rotation

J. P. Kaufman, N. J. Miller, M. Shimon +33

Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimeters aspire to measure the faint -mode signature predicted to arise from inflationary gravitational waves. They also have the potential…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 64 cited

Degree-Scale CMB Polarization Measurements from Three Years of BICEP1 Data

BICEP1 Collaboration, D. Barkats, R. Aikin +32

BICEP1 is a millimeter-wavelength telescope designed specifically to measure the inflationary B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at degree angular scales.…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 19 cited

Scientific verification of Faraday Rotation Modulators: Detection of diffuse polarized Galactic emission

S. Moyerman, E. Bierman, P. A. R. Ade +28

The design and performance of a wide bandwidth linear polarization modulator based on the Faraday effect is described. Faraday Rotation Modulators (FRMs) are solid-state polarizati…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 25 cited

A Millimeter-Wave Galactic Plane Survey With The BICEP Polarimeter

E. M. Bierman, T. Matsumura, C. D. Dowell +26

In addition to its potential to probe the Inflationary cosmological paradigm, millimeter-wave polarimetry is a powerful tool for studying the Milky Way galaxy's composition and mag…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 8 cited

Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP

Tomotake Matsumura, Peter Ade, Denis Barkats +25

We present a method of cross-calibrating the polarization angle of a polarimeter using BICEP Galactic observations. \bicep\ was a ground based experiment using an array of 49 pairs…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 79 cited

Characterization of the BICEP Telescope for High-Precision Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry

Y. D. Takahashi, P. A. R. Ade, D. Barkats +23

The BICEP experiment was designed specifically to search for the signature of inflationary gravitational waves in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Using a…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 192 cited

Measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Power Spectra from Two Years of BICEP Data

H. C. Chiang, P. A. R. Ade, D. Barkats +25

Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) is a bolometric polarimeter designed to measure the inflationary B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave backgro…

astro-ph2008★ 22 cited

CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance

Yuki D. Takahashi, Denis Barkats, John O. Battle +22

BICEP is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at de…

astro-ph2006★ 68 cited

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter

K. W. Yoon, P. A. R. Ade, D. Barkats +24

The Robinson Telescope (BICEP) is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) and galactic…