The Robinson gravitational wave background telescope (BICEP): A bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6275, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Yoon, K W ^a,i   Ade, P A R ^b   Barkats, D ^a   Battle, J O ^c   Bierman, E M ^d   Bock, J J ^a,c   Brevik, J A ^a   Chiang, H C ^a   Crites, A ^a   Dowell, C D ^c   Duband, L ^e   Griffin, G S ^a   Hivon, E F ^f   Holzapfel, W L ^h   Hristov, V V ^a   Keating, B G ^d   Kovac, J M ^a   Kuo, C L ^c   Lange, A E ^a   Leitch, E M ^c   Mason, P V ^a   Nguyen, H T ^c   Ponthieu, N ^g   Takahashi, Y D ^h   Renbarger, T ^d   Weintraub, L C ^a   Woolsey, D ^h   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ MC 59 33 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bolometers; Cosmic microwave background polarization; Cosmology; Gravitational waves; Inflation; mm wave

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POLARIZATION; COSMOLOGY; SORPTION FRIDGE SYSTEMS;

BOLOMETERS; GRAVITY WAVES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POLARIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749602673     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672652     Document Type: Conference Paper

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