BICEP2/SPUD: Searching for inflation with degree scale polarimetry from the South Pole

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7020, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nguyen, Hien Trong ^a   Kovac, John ^b   Ade, Peter ^c   Aikin, Randol ^b   Benton, Steve ^d   Bock, Jamie ^a   Brevik, Justus ^b   Carlstrom, John ^e   Dowell, Darren ^a   Duband, Lionel ^f   Golwala, Sunil ^c   Halpern, Mark ^g   Hasselfield, Matthew ^g   Irwin, Kent ^h   Jones, William ^a   Kaufman, Jonathan ⁱ   Keating, Brian ⁱ   Kuo, Chao Lin ^j   Lange, Andrew ^b   Matsumura, Tomotake ^b   Netterfield, Barth ^c   Pryke, Clem ^e   Ruhl, John ^k   Sheehy, Chris ^e   Sudiwala, Rashmi ^d   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Bolometer; CMB; Polarization; South pole; TES

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; COSMOLOGY; FOCUSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INSTRUMENTS; MODERNIZATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLES; SPEED;

BOLOMETER; CMB; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; POLARIZATION; SOUTH POLE; SUB-MILLIMETER; TES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 52249085618     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.787997     Document Type: Conference Paper

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