Optical performance of the BICEP2 Telescope at the South Pole

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7741, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Aikin, Randol W ^a   Ade, P A ^b   Benton, S ^c   Bock, J J ^a,d   Bonetti, J A ^d   Brevik, J A ^a   Dowell, C D ^a,d   Duband, L ^e   Filippini, J P ^a   Golwala, S R ^a   Halpern, M ^f   Hristov, V V ^a   Irwin, K ^g   Kaufman, J P ^h   Keating, B G ^h   Kovac, J M ⁱ   Kuo, C L ^j,k   Lange, A E ^a   Netterfield, C B ^c   Nguyen, H T ^a   Ogburn Iv, R W ^j,k   Orlando, A ^a   Pryke, C ^l,m   Richter, S ^a   Ruhl, J E ⁿ   Runyan, M C ^a   Sheehy, C ^l,m   Stokes, S A ^j   Sudiwala, R ^b   Teply, G P ^a   Tolan, J E ^j   Turner, A D ^d   Wilson, P ^d   Wong, C L ⁱ   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Commissaraitá l'Energie Atomique ^*  (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁿ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bicep; Bicep2; Cosmic microwave background; Keck; Polarization; Spider

Indexed keywords

BICEP; BICEP2; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUNDS; KECK; SPIDER;

ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGY; DETECTORS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POLES; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77956199370     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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