Optical characterization of the keck array polarimeter at the south pole

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8452, Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^f University of Minnesota   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^k CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Ination; Polarization; The keck array

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SCALE; ARRAY POLARIMETERS; ARRAY RECEIVER; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; B-MODE POLARIZATION; BEAM PARAMETER; BEAM SHAPES; CO-LOCATED; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUNDS; FAR-FIELD; INATION; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; MAIN BEAMS; MICROWAVE SOURCES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; REFRACTIVE OPTICS; SOUTH POLE; SUMMER SEASON; THE KECK ARRAY;

ASTRONOMY; INFRARED DETECTORS; POLARIZATION; POLES;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 84872095118     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.926639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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