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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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…