BICEP2/SPUD: searching for inflation with degree scale polarimetry from the South Pole
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Nguyen, Hien Trong
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
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Nguyen, Hien Trong, John Kovac, Peter Ade, Randol Aikin, Steve Benton, et al. 2008. BICEP2/SPUD: searching for inflation with degree scale polarimetry from the South Pole. Proc. SPIE 7020: Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV.Abstract
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 January 2006. BICEP2 will provide an improvement up to 10 times mapping speed at 150 GHz compared to BICEP1, using the same BICEP telescope mount. SPUD, a series of compact, mechanically-cooled receivers deployed on the DASI mount at the Pole, will provide similar mapping speed in to BICEP2 in three bands, 100, 150, and 220 GHz. The new system will use large TES focal plane arrays to provide unprecedented sensitivity and excellent control of foreground contamination.Terms of Use
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