Browsing by Author "Kovac, John"

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    • Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP 

      Matsumura, Tomotake; Ade, Peter; Barkats, Denis; Barron, Darcy; Battle, John O.; Bierman, Evan M.; Bock, James J.; Chiang, H. Cynthia; Crill, Brendan P.; Dowell, C. Darren; Duband, Lionel; Hivon, Eric F.; Holzapfel, William L.; Hristov, Viktor V.; Jones, William C.; Keating, Brian G.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, Chao-lin; Lange, Andrew E.; Leitch, Erik M.; Mason, Peter V.; Nguyen, Hien T.; Ponthieu, Nicolas; Pryke, Clement L.; Richter, Steffen; Rocha, Graca M.; Takahashi, Yuki D.; Yoon, Ki Won (2017-08-04)
      We present a method of cross-calibrating the polarization angle of a polarimeter using Bicep Galactic observations. Bicep was a ground based experiment using an array of 49 pairs of polarization sensitive bolometers observing ...

    • Antenna-coupled TES bolometer arrays for BICEP2/Keck and SPIDER 

      Orlando, Abigail Claire; Aikin, R. W.; Amiri, M.; Bock, J. J.; Bonetti, J. A.; Brevik, J. A.; Burger, B.; Chattopadthyay, G.; Day, P. K.; Filippini, J. P.; Golwala, S. R.; Halpern, M.; Hasselfield, M.; Hilton, G. C.; Irwin, K. D.; Kenyon, M.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Lange, A. E.; LeDuc, H. G.; Llombart, N.; Nguyen, H. T.; Ogburn, R. W.; Reintsema, C. D.; Runyan, M. C.; Staniszewski, Z.; Sudiwala, R.; Teply, G.; Trangsrud, A. R.; Turner, A. D.; Wilson, P. (SPIE, 2010)
      BICEP2/Keck and SPIDER are cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeters targeting the B-mode polarization induced by primordial gravitational waves from inflation. They will be using planar arrays of polarization sensitive ...

    • Antenna-coupled TES Bolometers used in BICEP2, Keck Array, and SPIDER 

      Ade, P. A. R.; Aikin, R. W.; Amiri, M.; Barkats, D.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Bonetti, J. A.; Brevik, J. A.; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Chattopadhyay, G.; Davis, G.; Day, P. K.; Dowell, C. D.; Duband, L.; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Golwala, S. R.; Halpern, M.; Hasselfield, M.; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hilton, G. C.; Hristov, V.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K. D.; Jones, W. C.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, B. G.; Kefeli, S.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; LeDuc, H. G.; Leitch, E. M.; Llombart, N.; Lueker, M.; Mason, P.; Megerian, K.; Moncelsi, L.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O’Brient, R.; IV, R. W. Ogburn; Orlando, A.; Pryke, C; Rahlin, A. S.; Reintsema, C. D.; Richter, S.; Runyan, M. C.; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Tolan, J. E.; Trangsrud, A.; Tucker, R. S.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Weber, A.; Wiebe, D. V.; Wilson, P.; Wong, C; Yoon, K. W.; Zmuidzinas, J.; undefined, undefined (IOP Publishing, 2015)
      We have developed antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers for a wide range of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimetry experiments, including BICEP2, Keck Array, and the balloon borne SPIDER. These ...

    • Beam Characterization and Systematics of the Bicep2 and Keck Array Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Experiments 

      Wong, Chin Lin (2014-10-21)
      Inflation, which posits an exponential expansion in the early universe, is well motivated since it resolves questions that are left unexplained by standard LCDM cosmology, such as the flatness and homogeneity of the universe. ...

    • BICEP2 / Keck Array IX: New Bounds on Anisotropies of CMB Polarization Rotation and Implications for Axionlike Particles and Primordial Magnetic Fields 

      Ade, P. A. R.; Ahmed, Z.; Aikin, R. W.; Alexander, K. D.; Barkats, D.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, C. A.; Bock, J. J.; Bowens-Rubin, R.; Brevik, J. A.; Buder, I.; Bullock, E.; Buza, Victor; Connors, J.; Crill, B. P.; Duband, L.; Dvorkin, Cora; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; St. Germaine, Tyler; Ghosh, T.; Grayson, J.; Harrison, Steven; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hilton, G. C.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K. D.; Kang, J.; Karkare, K. S.; Karpel, E.; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, B. G.; Kefeli, S.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John; Kuo, C. L.; Larson, N.; Leitch, E. M.; Megerian, K. G.; Moncelsi, L.; Namikawa, T.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O’Brient, R.; Ogburn, R. W.; Pryke, C.; Richter, S.; Schillaci, A.; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Steinbach, B.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Thompson, K. L.; Tolan, J. E.; Tucker, C.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A; Weber, A. C.; Wiebe, D. V.; Willmert, J.; Wong, C; Wu, W. L. K.; Yoon, K. W. (American Physical Society (APS), 2017-11-09)
      We present the strongest constraints to date on anisotropies of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization rotation derived from 150 GHz data taken by the BICEP2 & Keck Array CMB experiments up to and including the ...

    • BICEP2 / Keck Array V: Measurements of B-mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales and 150 GHz by the Keck Array 

      Ade, P. A. R.; Ahmed, Z.; Aikin, R. W.; Alexander, Kate Denham; Barkats, D.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Brevik, J. A.; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Buza, Victor; Connors, Jake Anthony; Crill, B. P.; Dowell, C. D.; Dvorkin, Cora; Duband, L.; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Golwala, S. R.; Halpern, M.; Harrison, S.; Hasselfield, M.; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hilton, G. C.; Hristov, V. V.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K. D.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, B. G.; Kefeli, S.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Lueker, M.; Mason, P.; Megerian, K. G.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O’Brient, R.; Ogburn IV, R. W.; Orlando, A.; Pryke, C.; Reintsema, C. D.; Richter, Sonja Valeska; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Thompson, K. L.; Tolan, J. E.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Weber, A. C.; Willmert, J.; Wong, C. L.; Yoon, K. W. (IOP Publishing, 2015)
      The Keck Array is a system of cosmic microwave background polarimeters, each similar to the Bicep2 experiment. In this paper we report results from the 2012 to 2013 observing seasons, during which the Keck Array consisted ...

    • BICEP2 and Keck array operational overview and status of observations 

      Ogburn, R. W.; Ade, P. A. R.; Aikin, R. W.; Amiri, M.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Bonetti, J. A.; Brevik, J. A.; Bullock, E.; Burger, B.; Davis, G.; Dowell, C. D.; Duband, L.; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Golwala, S. R.; Gordon, M.; Halpern, M.; Hasselfield, M.; Hilton, G.; Hristov, V. V.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K.; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, B. G.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Lueker, M.; Montroy, T.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O, R.; Orlando, Abigail Claire; Pryke, C; Reintsema, C.; Richter, Sonja Valeska; Ruhl, J. E.; Runyan, M. C.; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Thompson, K.; Tolan, J. E.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wiebe, D. V.; Wilson, P.; Wong, C. L. (SPIE, 2012)
      The Bicep2 and Keck Array experiments are designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 2-4 degrees (ℓ = 50–100). This is the region in which the B-mode signal, a signature ...

    • BICEP2 III: Instrumental Systematics 

      Ade, P. A. R.; Aikin, R. W.; Barkats, Denis A.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Brevik, J. A.; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Dowell, C. D.; Duband, L.; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Golwala, S. R.; Halpern, M.; Hasselfield, M.; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hilton, G. C.; Irwin, K. D.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, B. G.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Lueker, M.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O’Brient, R.; IV, R. W. Ogburn; Orlando, Abigail Claire; Pryke, C; Richter, Sonja Valeska; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Tolan, J. E.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wong, C; Yoon, K. W. (IOP Publishing, 2015)
      In a companion paper, we have reported a >5σ detection of degree scale B-mode polarization at 150 GHz by the Bicep2 experiment. Here we provide a detailed study of potential instrumental systematic contamination to that ...

    • BICEP2. II. Experiment and three-year data set 

      Ade, P. A. R.; Aikin, R. W.; Amiri, M.; Barkats, Denis A.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Brevik, J. A.; Buder, I.; Bullock, E.; Davis, G.; Day, P. K.; Dowell, C. D.; Duband, L.; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Golwala, S. R.; Halpern, M.; Hasselfield, M.; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hilton, G. C.; Irwin, K. D.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, B. G.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Llombart, N.; Lueker, M.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O, R.; Ogburn, R. W.; Orlando, Abigail Claire; Pryke, C; Reintsema, C. D.; Richter, S.; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Story, K. T.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Tolan, J. E.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wilson, P.; Wong, C; Yoon, K. W. (IOP Publishing, 2014)
      We report on the design and performance of the BICEP2 instrument and on its three-year data set. BICEP2 was designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 1°-5°(l = ...

    • BICEP2/Keck Array VIII: Measurement of Gravitational Lensing from Large-scale B-Mode Polarization. 

      Array, The Keck; Ade, BICEP2; Ahmed, Z.; Aikin, R.; Alexander, Kate Denham; Barkats, Denis A.; Benton, S.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J.; Bowens-Rubin, R; Brevik, J.; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Buza, Victor; Connors, Jake Anthony; Crill, B.; Duband, L.; Dvorkin, Cora; Filippin, J.; Fliescher, S.; Grayson, J.; Halpern, M.; Harrison, Sarah; Hildebrandt, S.; Hilton, G.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K.; Kang, J.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Karpel, E.; Kaufman, J.; Keating, B.; Kefeli, S.; Kernasovskiy, S.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C.; Leitch, E.; Lueker, M.; Megerian, K.; Namikawa, T.; Netterfield, C.; Nguyen, H.; O'Brient, R.; Ogburn, R.; Orlando, A.; Pryke, C.; Richter, Sonja Valeska; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C.; Staniszewski, Z.; Steinbach, B.; Sudiwala, R.; Teply, G.; Thompson, K.; Tolan, J.; Tucker, C.; Turner, A.; Vieregg, A. (American Astronomical Society, 2016)
      We present measurements of polarization lensing using the 150 GHz maps, which include all data taken by the BICEP2 and Keck Array Cosmic Microwave Background polarization experiments up to and including the 2014 observing ...

    • bicep2/Keck Array. IV. Optical Characterization and Performance of the Bicep2 and Keck Array Experiments 

      Ade, P. A. R.; Aikin, R. W.; Barkats, Denis A.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Bradford, K. J.; Brevik, J. A.; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Dowell, C. D.; Duband, L.; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Golwala, S. R.; Halpern, M.; Hasselfield, M.; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hilton, G. C.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K. D.; Kang, J. H.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, B. G.; Kefeli, S.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Lueker, M.; Megerian, K. G.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O’Brient, R.; IV, R. W. Ogburn; Orlando, A.; Pryke, C; Richter, Sonja Valeska; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Thompson, K.; Tolan, J. E.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Weber, A. C.; Wong, C; Yoon, K. W. (IOP Publishing, 2015)
      bicep2 and the Keck Array are polarization-sensitive microwave telescopes that observe the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the South Pole at degree angular scales in search of a signature of inflation imprinted as ...

    • Bicep2/keck Array. Vii. Matrix Basede/bseparation Applied to Bicep2 and the Keck Array 

      Ade, P. A. R.; Ahmed, Z.; Aikin, R. W.; Alexander, Kate Denham; Barkats, Denis A.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Bowens-Rubin, Rachel; Brevik, J. A.; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Buza, Victor; Connors, Jake Anthony; Crill, B. P.; Duband, L.; Dvorkin, Cora; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Grayson, J.; Halpern, M.; Harrison, Sarah; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hilton, G. C.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K. D.; Kang, J.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Karpel, E.; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, B. G.; Kefeli, S.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Lueker, M.; Megerian, K. G.; Namikawa, T.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O’Brient, R.; IV, R. W. Ogburn; Orlando, A.; Pryke, C.; Richter, S.; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Steinbach, B.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Thompson, K. L.; Tolan, J. E.; Tucker, C.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Weber, A. C.; Wiebe, D. V.; Willmert, J.; Wong, C; Wu, W. L. K.; Yoon, K. W. (American Astronomical Society, 2016)
      A linear polarization field on the sphere can be uniquely decomposed into an E-mode and a B-mode component. These two components are analytically defined in terms of spin-2 spherical harmonics. Maps that contain filtered ...

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

      Nguyen, Hien Trong; Kovac, John M; Ade, Peter; Aikin, Randol; Benton, Steve; Bock, James; Brevik, Justus; Carlstrom, John; Dowell, Darren; Duband, Lionel; Golwala, Sunil; Halpern, Mark; Hasslefield, Matthew; Irwin, Kent; Jones, William; Kaufman, Jonathan; Keating, Brian; Kuo, Chao-Lin; Lange, Andrew; Matsumura, Tomotake; Netterfield, Barth; Pryke, Clem; Ruhl, John; Sheehy, Chris; Sudiwala, Rashmi (SPIE, 2008)
      BICEP2/SPUD is the new powerful upgrade of the existing BICEP1 experiment, a bolometric receiver to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation, which has been in operation at the South Pole since ...

    • BICEP3 focal plane design and detector performance 

      Hui, H.; Ade, P. A. R.; Ahmed, Z.; Alexander, Kate Denham; Amiri, M.; Barkats, Denis A.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Boenish, H.; Bowens-Rubin, R; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Buza, Victor; Connors, Jake Anthony; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Grayson, J. A.; Halpern, M.; Harrison, Sarah; Hilton, G. C.; Hristov, V. V.; Irwin, K. D.; Kang, J.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Karpel, E.; Kefeli, S.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Lueker, M.; Megerian, K. G.; Monticue, V.; Namikawa, T.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O, R.; Ogburn, R. W.; Pryke, C; Reintsema, C. D.; Richter, Sonja Valeska; Schwarz, R.; Sorensen, C.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Steinbach, B.; Teply, G. P.; Thompson, K. L.; Tolan, J. E.; Tucker, C.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wandui, A.; Weber, A. C.; Wiebe, D. V.; Willmert, J.; Wu, W. L. K.; Yoon, K. W. (SPIE, 2016)
      BICEP3, the latest telescope in the BICEP/Keck program, started science observations in March 2016. It is a 550mm aperture refractive telescope observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. We ...

    • BICEP3 performance overview and planned Keck Array upgrade 

      Grayson, J. A.; Ade, P. A. R.; Ahmed, Z.; Alexander, Kate Denham; Amiri, M.; Barkats, Denis A.; Benton, S. J.; Bischoff, Colin A.; Bock, J. J.; Boenish, H.; Bowens-Rubin, R; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Buza, Victor; Connors, Jake Anthony; Filippini, J. P.; Fliescher, S.; Halpern, M.; Harrison, Sarah; Hilton, G. C.; Hristov, V. V.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K. D.; Kang, J.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Karpel, E.; Kefeli, S.; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Leitch, E. M.; Lueker, M.; Megerian, K. G.; Monticue, V.; Namikawa, T.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O, R.; Ogburn, R. W.; Pryke, C; Reintsema, C. D.; Richter, Sonja Valeska; Schwarz, R.; Sorenson, C.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z. K.; Steinbach, B.; Teply, G. P.; Thompson, K. L.; Tolan, J. E.; Tucker, C.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wandui, A.; Weber, A. C.; Wiebe, D. V.; Willmert, J.; Wu, W. L. K.; Yoon, K. W. (2016)
      Bicep3 is a 520 mm aperture, compact two-lens refractor designed to observe the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95 GHz. Its focal plane consists of modularized tiles of antenna-coupled transition ...

    • BICEP3: A 95GHz Refracting Telescope for Degree-Scale CMB Polarization 

      Ahmed, Z.; Amiri, M.; Benton, S. J.; Bock, J. J.; Bowens-Rubin, R; Buder, I; Bullock, E.; Connors, Jake Anthony; Filippini, J. P.; Grayson, J. A.; Halpern, M.; Hilton, G. C.; Hristov, V. V.; Hui, H.; Irwin, K. D.; Kang, J.; Karkare, Kirit Sukrit; Karpel, E.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O, R.; Ogburn, R. W.; Pryke, C; Reintsema, C. D.; Richter, Sonja Valeska; Thompson, K. L.; Turner, A. D.; Vieregg, A. G.; Wu, W. L. K.; Yoon, K. W. (International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2014)
      Bicep3 is a 550 mm-aperture refracting telescope for polarimetry of radiation in the cosmic microwave background at 95 GHz. It adopts the methodology of Bicep1, Bicep2 and the Keck Array experiments — it possesses sufficient ...

    • Characterization and Fabrication of the TES Arrays for the Spider, Keck and BICEP2 CMB Polarimeters 

      Bonetti, J. A.; Turner, A. D.; Bock, J. J.; Brevik, J. A.; Day, P. K.; Filippini, J.; Golwala, S. R.; Holmes, W.; Jones, W. C.; Kenyon, M.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, C. L.; LeDuc, H. G.; Lueker, M.; Nguyen, H. T.; O’brient, R.; Orlando, A.; Runyan, M.; Staniszewski, Z.; Sudiwala, R.; Trangsrud, A. (Springer Science + Business Media, 2012)
      Spider, the Keck Array, and BICEP2 are projects to study the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). All three use large format arrays of antenna-coupled, membrane-isolated, transition edge sensors (TES’s). ...

    • Characterization of the BICEP Telescope for High-precision Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry 

      Takahashi, Yuki D.; Ade, Peter; Barkats, Denis; Battle, John O.; Bierman, Evan M.; Bock, James; Chiang, H. Cynthia; Dowell, C. Darren; Duband, Lionel; Hivon, Eric F.; Holzapfel, William L.; Hristov, Victor V.; Jones, William C.; Keating, Brian G.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, Chao-Lin; Lange, Andrew E.; Leitch, Erik M.; Mason, Peter V.; Matsumura, Tomotake; Nguyen, Hien T.; Ponthieu, N.; Pryke, Clement; Richter, Steffen; Rocha, Graca M.; Yoon, Ki Won (IOP Publishing, 2010)
      The Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) experiment was designed specifically to search for the signature of inflationary gravitational waves in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background ...

    • Characterization of the Millimeter-Wave Polarization of Centaurus A with QUaD 

      Zemcov, Michael B.; Ade, Peter; Bock, James; Bowden, Melanie; Brown, Michael L.; Cahill, Gary; Castro, Patricia G.; Church, Sarah; Culverhouse, Thomas; Friedman, Robert B.; Ganga, Ken; Gear, Walter K.; Gupta, Sujata; Hinderks, James; Kovac, John M; Lange, Andrew E.; Leitch, Erik; Melhuish, Simon J.; Memari, Yasin; Murphy, J. Anthony; Orlando, Angiola; O’ Sullivan, Creidhe; Piccirillo, Lucio; Pryke, Clem; Rajguru, Nutan; Rusholme, Ben; Schwarz, Robert; Taylor, Andrew N.; Thompson, Keith L.; Turner, Abigail H.; Wu, Ed Y. S. (IOP Publishing, 2010)
      Centaurus (Cen) A represents one of the best candidates for an isolated, compact, highly polarized source that is bright at typical cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiment frequencies. We present measurements of the ...

    • CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance 

      Takahashi, Yuki D.; Barkats, Denis; Battle, John O.; Bierman, Evan M.; Bock, James J.; Chiang, H. Cynthia; Dowell, C. Darren; Hivon, Eric F.; Holzapfel, William L.; Hristov, Viktor V.; Jones, William C.; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, Brian G.; Kovac, John M; Kuo, Chao-Lin; Lange, Andrew E.; Leitch, Erik M.; Mason, Peter V.; Matsumura, Tomotake; Nguyen, Hien T.; Ponthieu, Nicolas; Rocha, Graca M.; Yoon, Ki Won; Ade, P.; Duband, L. (2016-04-12)
      Bicep is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Currently in ...