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astro-ph.IM2019★ 23 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 492 cited

BICEP2 / Keck Array x: Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves using Planck, WMAP, and New BICEP2/Keck Observations through the 2015 Season

Keck Array, BICEP2 Collaborations, : +78

We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2/Keck CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2015 observing season. This includes the first Keck Ar…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 12 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 93 cited

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…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 10 cited

Measurements of Degree-Scale B-mode Polarization with the BICEP/Keck Experiments at South Pole

Keck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed +76

The BICEP and Keck Array experiments are a suite of small-aperture refracting telescopes observing the microwave sky from the South Pole. They target the degree-scale B-mode polari…

astro-ph.CO2017★ 61 cited

BICEP2 / Keck Array IX: New Bounds on Anisotropies of CMB Polarization Rotation and Implications for Axion-Like Particles and Primordial Magnetic Fields

Keck Array, BICEP2 Collaborations, : +65

We present the strongest constraints to date on anisotropies of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization rotation derived from 150 GHz data taken by the BICEP2/Keck Array CMB…

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.CO2016★ 104 cited

BICEP2 / Keck Array VIII: Measurement of gravitational lensing from large-scale B-mode polarization

The Keck Array, BICEP2 Collaborations, : +63

We present measurements of polarization lensing using the 150 GHz maps which include all data taken by the BICEP2 & Keck Array CMB polarization experiments up to and including the…

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.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.CO2015★ 13 cited

The Q/U Imaging ExperimenT: Polarization Measurements of the Galactic Plane at 43 and 95 GHz

QUIET Collaboration, T. M. Ruud, U. Fuskeland +39

We present polarization observations of two Galactic plane fields centered on Galactic coordinates (l,b)=(0 deg,0 deg) and (329 deg, 0 deg) at Q- (43 GHz) and W-band (95 GHz), cove…

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★ 64 cited

BICEP2 III: Instrumental Systematics

BICEP2 Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, R. W. Aikin +42

In a companion paper we have reported a detection of degree scale -mode polarization at 150 GHz by the BICEP2 experiment. Here we provide a detailed study of potential in…

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.GA2014★ 6 cited

The Q/U Imaging Experiment: Polarization Measurements of Radio Sources at 43 and 95 GHz

QUIET Collaboration, K. M. Huffenberger, D. Araujo +24

We present polarization measurements of extragalactic radio sources observed during the Cosmic Microwave Background polarization survey of the Q/U Imaging Experiment (QUIET), opera…

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.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…