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

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7020, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Takahashi, Yuki D ^a   Barkats, Denis ^b   Battle, John O ^c   Bierman, Evan M ^d   Bock, James J ^b,c   Chiang, H Cynthia ^b   Dowell, C Darren ^c   Hivon, Eric F ^e   Holzapfel, William L ^a   Hristov, Viktor V ^b   Jones, William C ^b   Kaufman, J P ^d   Keating, Brian G ^d   Kovac, John M ^b   Kuo, Chao Lin ^f   Lange, Andrew E ^b   Leitch, Erik M ^c   Mason, Peter V ^b   Matsumura, Tomotake ^b   Nguyen, Hien T ^c   Ponthieu, Nicolas ^g   Rocha, Graca M ^b   Yoon, Ki Won ^h   Ade, P ⁱ   Duband, L ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

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Author keywords

Bolometers; Cosmic microwave background polarization; Cosmology; Inflation; Mm wave; South Pole

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; COSMOLOGY; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ANGULAR SCALES; B-MODE POLARIZATION; BOLOMETERS; CMB POLARIZATION; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POLARIZATION; GALACTIC PLANES; GROUND-BASED; INFLATION; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; INSTRUMENT CHARACTERIZATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; MM-WAVE; SOUTH POLE; SUB-MILLIMETER;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 52249085163     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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