Optimization and sensitivity of the Keck Array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8452, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kernasovskiy, S ^a,b   Ade, P A R ^c   Aikin, R W ^d   Amiri, M ^e   Benton, S ^f   Bischoff, C ^g   Bock, J J ^d,h   Bonetti, J A ^h   Brevik, J A ^d   Burger, B ^e   Davis, G ^e   Dowell, C D ^d,h   Duband, L ⁱ   Filippini, J P ^d   Fliescher, S ^j   Golwala, S R ^d   Halpern, M ^e   Hasselfield, M ^e   Hiltion, G ^k   Hristov, V V ^d   Irwin, K ^k   Kovac, J M ^g   Kuo, C L ^a,b   Leitch, E ^l   Lueker, M ^d,h   Netterfield, C B ^f   Nguyen, H T ^d,h   O'Brient, R ^d,h   Ogburn IV, R W ^a,b   Pryke, C L ^j   Reintsema, C ^k   Ruhl, J E ^m   Runyan, M C ^d   Schwarz, R ^j   Sheehy, C D ^j   Staniszewski, Z ^d,h   Sudiwala, R ^c   Teply, G ^d   Tolan, J E ^a,b   Turner, A D ^h   Vieregg, A ^g   Wiebe, D V ^e   Wilson, P ^h   Wong, C L ^g   more..

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^j University of Minnesota   (United States)

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

^l UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^m CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bicep2; Cosmic microwave background; Detector noise; Inflation; Keck array; Polarization; TES

Indexed keywords

BICEP2; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUNDS; DETECTOR NOISE; INFLATION; KECK ARRAY; TES;

ANTENNAS; ASTRONOMY; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 84872094708     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.926934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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