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1. Optical Characterization of the Keck Array and BICEP3 CMB Polarimeters from 2016 to 2019

Author

R. Basu Thakur, P. A. R. Ade, Mark Halpern, Sarah M. Harrison, S. Fliescher, Howard Hui, A. D. Turner, E. Bullock, E. Karpel, C. Tucker, B. Racine, Bryan Steinbach, S. A. Kernasovskiy, Lorenzo Moncelsi, Mandana Amiri, Victor Buza, T. St. Germaine, H. T. Nguyen, K. L. Thompson, E. M. Leitch, J. R. Cheshire, Chao Zhang, C. L. Kuo, J. J. Bock, H. Boenish, S. Fatigoni, L. Duband, S. R. Hildebrandt, King Tong Lau, E. Young, Roger O'Brient, John M Kovac, Kirit Karkare, Abigail G. Vieregg, Toshiya Namikawa, Zeeshan Ahmed, D. V. Wiebe, R. Schwarz, C. Pryke, Alessandro Schillaci, C. D. Sheehy, E. Yang, Kent D. Irwin, Stefan Richter, R. V. Sudiwala, S. Kefeli, S. Palladino, W. L. K. Wu, J. Cornelison, A. Wandui, Marion Dierickx, Carl D. Reintsema, C. L. Wong, J. Willmert, J. E. Tolan, G. Hall, K. G. Megerian, Gene C. Hilton, Denis Barkats, C. Yu, A. Cukierman, Jake Connors, R. W. Ogburn, J. A. Grayson, M. Crumrine, K. W. Yoon, C. Umilta, A. C. Weber, Colin A. Bischoff, J. Kang, Calvin B. Netterfield, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Ahmed Soliman, Namikawa, Toshiya [0000-0003-3070-9240], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Transition-edge sensor, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, BICEP3, Radio spectrum, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Optics, Polarization, 0103 physical sciences, General Materials Science, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, Gravitational wave, business.industry, Detector, Condensed Matter Physics, Polarization (waves), Inflation, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Refracting telescope, Keck Array, Transition edge sensor, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business, Beam (structure)
Abstract

The BICEP/Keck experiment (BK) is a series of small-aperture refracting telescopes observing degree-scale Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarization from the South Pole in search of a primordial $B$-mode signature. This $B$-mode signal arises from primordial gravitational waves interacting with the CMB, and has amplitude parametrized by the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. Since 2016, BICEP3 and the Keck Array have been observing with 4800 total antenna-coupled transition-edge sensor detectors, with frequency bands spanning 95, 150, 220, and 270 GHz. Here we present the optical performance of these receivers from 2016 to 2019, including far-field beams measured in situ with an improved chopped thermal source and instrument spectral response measured with a field-deployable Fourier Transform Spectrometer. As a pair differencing experiment, an important systematic that must be controlled is the differential beam response between the co-located, orthogonally polarized detectors. We generate per-detector far-field beam maps and the corresponding differential beam mismatch that is used to estimate the temperature-to-polarization leakage in our CMB maps and to give feedback on detector and optics fabrication. The differential beam parameters presented here were estimated using improved low-level beam map analysis techniques, including efficient removal of non-Gaussian noise as well as improved spatial masking. These techniques help minimize systematic uncertainty in the beam analysis, with the goal of constraining the bias on $r$ induced by temperature-to-polarization leakage to be subdominant to the statistical uncertainty. This is essential as we progress to higher detector counts in the next generation of CMB experiments., 8 pages, 3 figures. Accepted by the Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors)

Published
2020

2. BICEP/Keck XII: Constraints on axionlike polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background

Author

S. R. Hildebrandt, H. Boenish, D. V. Wiebe, P. A. R. Ade, K. G. Megerian, J. Kang, C. D. Sheehy, Bryan Steinbach, D. Barkats, S. Palladino, J. E. Tolan, J. Cheshire, J. J. Bock, C. L. Kuo, Edward D. Young, C. D. Reintsema, Tyler St. Germaine, Marion Dierickx, C. Yu, Colin A. Bischoff, Stefan Richter, S. Kefeli, A. C. Weber, Jake Connors, Ahmed Soliman, Lorenzo Moncelsi, A. Schillaci, R. W. Ogburn, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Roger O'Brient, M. Crumrine, K. W. Yoon, G. Hall, C. L. Wong, Abigail G. Vieregg, C. Umilta, Brian Keating, S. Henderson, R. Schwarz, Lingzhen Zeng, John M Kovac, Kirit Karkare, Mark Halpern, J. Hubmayr, Kei May Lau, Calvin B. Netterfield, S. Fatigoni, M. Amiri, Kent D. Irwin, A. Cukierman, E. Bullock, J. A. Grayson, Victor Buza, Howard Hui, Neil Goeckner-Wald, Grant Teply, C. Tucker, S. Fliescher, R. V. Sudiwala, W. L. K. Wu, Toshiya Namikawa, H. Yang, J. Cornelison, Z. Ahmed, S. A. Kernasovskiy, B. L. Schmitt, T. Prouve, C. Pryke, B. Racine, H. T. Nguyen, E. M. Leitch, Bicep, Chao Zhang, A. Wandui, A. D. Turner, E. Karpel, L. Duband, K. L. Thompson, Sarah M. Harrison, J. Willmert, Gene C. Hilton, and R. Basu Thakur

Subjects
Coupling constant, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Oscillation, Cosmic microwave background, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Parameter space, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Amplitude, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Axion
Abstract

We present an improved search for axion-like polarization oscillations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) with observations from the Keck Array. An all-sky, temporally sinusoidal rotation of CMB polarization, equivalent to a time-variable cosmic birefringence, is an observable manifestation of a local axion field and potentially allows a CMB polarimeter to detect axion-like dark matter directly. We describe improvements to the method presented in previous work, and we demonstrate the updated method with an expanded dataset consisting of the 2012-2015 observing seasons. We set limits on the axion-photon coupling constant for mass $m$ in the range $10^{-23}$-$10^{-18}~\mathrm{eV}$, which corresponds to oscillation periods on the order of hours to years. Our results are consistent with the background model. For periods between $1$ and $30~\mathrm{d}$ ($1.6 \times 10^{-21} \leq m \leq 4.8 \times 10^{-20}~\mathrm{eV}$), the $95\%$-confidence upper limits on rotation amplitude are approximately constant with a median of $0.27^\circ$, which constrains the axion-photon coupling constant to $g_{\phi\gamma} < (4.5 \times 10^{-12}~\mathrm{GeV}^{-1}) m/(10^{-21}~\mathrm{eV}$), if axion-like particles constitute all of the dark matter. More than half of the collected BICEP dataset has yet to be analyzed, and several current and future CMB polarimetry experiments can apply the methods presented here to achieve comparable or superior constraints. In the coming years, oscillation measurements can achieve the sensitivity to rule out unexplored regions of the axion parameter space.

Published
2021

3. A Demonstration of Improved Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves with Delensing

Author

Roger O'Brient, John M Kovac, Kirit Karkare, T. Natoli, Kent D. Irwin, A. E. Lowitz, N. Huang, Y. Omori, Victor Buza, Robert I. Citron, S. A. Kernasovskiy, W. L. Holzapfel, Ahmed Soliman, Jeff McMahon, C. Corbett Moran, P. A. R. Ade, Lingzhen Zeng, S. Henderson, W. B. Everett, J. D. Hrubes, Jessica Avva, C. Yu, Calvin B. Netterfield, Lorenzo Moncelsi, J. R. Cheshire, Jason W. Henning, J. A. Grayson, S. Patil, K. K. Schaffer, Elizabeth George, Abigail G. Vieregg, Denis Barkats, V. G. Yefremenko, Jason E. Austermann, N. W. Halverson, A. Cukierman, H. Boenish, B. L. Schmitt, Marion Dierickx, M. Crumrine, K. W. Yoon, Joaquin Vieira, E. Young, G. Hall, Stefan Richter, C. Sievers, Toshiya Namikawa, Graeme Smecher, C. Umilta, D. V. Wiebe, S. Fliescher, T.-L. Chou, H. C. Chiang, Johannes Hubmayr, H. Yang, C. D. Sheehy, Chao-Lin Kuo, Mark Halpern, Christian L. Reichardt, Marius Millea, Joshua Montgomery, S. Kefeli, J. Cornelison, J. J. Bock, Bryan Steinbach, Howard Hui, Gensheng Wang, Andreas Bender, Neil Goeckner-Wald, J. E. Ruhl, Dale Li, C. Tucker, K. G. Megerian, T. M. Crawford, M. A. Dobbs, Mandana Amiri, V. Novosad, R. Schwarz, S. Fatigoni, S. R. Hildebrandt, S. Padin, John E. Carlstrom, E. Bullock, Chao Zhang, T. de Haan, D. C. Goldfinger, John P. Nibarger, Andrew Nadolski, J. Willmert, Carl D. Reintsema, Gene C. Hilton, N. Whitehorn, B. Racine, H. T. Nguyen, A. A. Stark, E. M. Leitch, Alessandro Schillaci, A. D. Turner, E. Karpel, T. Veach, R. Basu Thakur, K. L. Thompson, T. Prouve, A. T. Crites, C. Pryke, C. L. Wong, C. L. Chang, J. Kang, Adam Anderson, Grant Teply, Benjamin Saliwanchik, A. Wandui, Gilbert Holder, A. Manzotti, A. C. Weber, G. I. Noble, Federico Bianchini, Nikhel Gupta, Jeffrey P. Filippini, R. V. Sudiwala, Adrian T. Lee, Bradford Benson, Lloyd Knox, W. L. K. Wu, Colin A. Bischoff, S. S. Meyer, Jason Gallicchio, T. St. Germaine, S. Palladino, L. Duband, J. E. Tolan, Zeeshan Ahmed, L. M. Mocanu, Jake Connors, Kei May Lau, Sarah M. Harrison, Lindsey Bleem, R. W. Ogburn, J. A. Beall, Département des Systèmes Basses Températures (DSBT ), Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SPTpol, BICEP/Keck, BICEP, and Keck

Subjects
data analysis method, satellite: Planck, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, cosmic background radiation: polarization, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmic background radiation, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, cosmic rays, gravitation: lens, statistical analysis, Cosmic infrared background, 0103 physical sciences, Experiments in gravity, Sample variance, Planck, numerical calculations, 010306 general physics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, polarization, background, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, gravitational radiation: primordial, BICEP, South Pole Telescope, Gravitational lens, B-mode, infrared, symbols, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We present a constraint on the tensor-to-scalar ratio, $r$, derived from measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization $B$-modes with "delensing," whereby the uncertainty on $r$ contributed by the sample variance of the gravitational lensing $B$-modes is reduced by cross-correlating against a lensing $B$-mode template. This template is constructed by combining an estimate of the polarized CMB with a tracer of the projected large-scale structure. The large-scale-structure tracer used is a map of the cosmic infrared background derived from Planck satellite data, while the polarized CMB map comes from a combination of South Pole Telescope, BICEP/Keck, and Planck data. We expand the BICEP/Keck likelihood analysis framework to accept a lensing template and apply it to the BICEP/Keck data set collected through 2014 using the same parametric foreground modelling as in the previous analysis. From simulations, we find that the uncertainty on $r$ is reduced by $\sim10\%$, from $��(r)$= 0.024 to 0.022, which can be compared with a $\sim26\%$ reduction obtained when using a perfect lensing template. Applying the technique to the real data, the constraint on $r$ is improved from $r_{0.05} < 0.090$ to $r_{0.05} < 0.082$ (95\% C.L.). This is the first demonstration of improvement in an $r$ constraint through delensing., 23 pages, 11 figures; match published version

Published
2020
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4. Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves Using Planck , WMAP, and New BICEP2/ Keck Observations through the 2015 Season

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Peter A. R. Ade, Lorenzo Moncelsi, N. A. Larsen, Abigail G. Vieregg, S. Kefeli, J. A. Grayson, Justus A. Brevik, Randol W. Aikin, King Tong Lau, Toshiya Namikawa, John M Kovac, Z. K. Staniszewski, Stefan Richter, Kirit Karkare, S. Palladino, K. G. Megerian, C. D. Sheehy, Chao-Lin Kuo, Denis Barkats, A. Wandui, J. J. Bock, Kent D. Irwin, Victor Buza, A. D. Turner, E. Karpel, L. Duband, R. Bowens-Rubin, M. Lueker, J. Cornelison, J. Kang, Cora Dvorkin, K. L. Thompson, Colin A. Bischoff, Howard Hui, Calvin B. Netterfield, J. P. Kaufman, J. E. Tolan, C. Tucker, R. Schwarz, Alessandro Schillaci, Marion Dierickx, T. St. Germaine, D. V. Wiebe, M. Crumrine, A. C. Weber, R. V. Sudiwala, Jake Connors, G. Hall, Brian Keating, J. Willmert, W. L. K. Wu, S. Fliescher, Ahmed Soliman, C. Umilta, Ki Won Yoon, Kate D. Alexander, Gene C. Hilton, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Steven J. Benton, R. W. Ogburn, B. P. Crill, Chao Zhang, C. Pryke, Grant Teply, Hyunsoo Yang, B. Racine, C. L. Wong, Sarah M. Harrison, H. T. Nguyen, E. M. Leitch, I. Buder, Bryan Steinbach, E. Bullock, Roger O'Brient, Mark Halpern, Z. Ahmed, S. A. Kernasovskiy, and S. R. Hildebrandt

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, General Physics and Astronomy, Planck temperature, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, CMB cold spot, Spectral line, symbols.namesake, 13. Climate action, Sky, 0103 physical sciences, symbols, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Planck, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common
Abstract

We present results from an analysis of all data taken by the bicep2/Keck CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2015 observing season. This includes the first Keck Array observations at 220 GHz and additional observations at 95 and 150 GHz. The Q and U maps reach depths of 5.2, 2.9, and 26 μKCMB arcmin at 95, 150, and 220 GHz, respectively, over an effective area of ≈400 square degrees. The 220 GHz maps achieve a signal to noise on polarized dust emission approximately equal to that of Planck at 353 GHz. We take auto and cross spectra between these maps and publicly available WMAP and Planck maps at frequencies from 23 to 353 GHz. We evaluate the joint likelihood of the spectra versus a multicomponent model of lensed-ΛCDM+r+dust+synchrotron+noise. The foreground model has seven parameters, and we impose priors on some of these using external information from Planck and WMAP derived from larger regions of sky. The model is shown to be an adequate description of the data at the current noise levels. The likelihood analysis yields the constraint r0.05

Published
2018

5. BICEP2/Keck Array XI: Beam Characterization and Temperature-to-Polarization Leakage in the BK15 Data Set

Author

Grant Teply, R. V. Sudiwala, Brian Keating, W. L. K. Wu, S. R. Hildebrandt, Howard Hui, S. A. Kernasovskiy, A. Wandui, S. Kefeli, Jeffrey P. Filippini, J. A. Grayson, D. V. Wiebe, Justus A. Brevik, Carole Tucker, King Tong Lau, John M Kovac, S. Palladino, Toshiya Namikawa, Tyler St. Germaine, Kirit Karkare, M. Lueker, Alessandro Schillaci, N. A. Larsen, Mark Halpern, Lionel Duband, Kent D. Irwin, H. Yang, C. D. Sheehy, Chao-Lin Kuo, J. Willmert, Gene C. Hilton, J. Cornelison, J. E. Tolan, Ki Won Yoon, Calvin B. Netterfield, Stefan Richter, Zeeshan Ahmed, A. C. Weber, R. Bowens-Rubin, B. P. Crill, S. Fliescher, Jake Connors, M. Crumrine, G. Hall, Steven J. Benton, R. W. Ogburn, Ahmed Soliman, C. Umilta, Colin A. Bischoff, J. J. Bock, J. Kang, C. Pryke, Peter A. R. Ade, Lorenzo Moncelsi, Denis Barkats, Chao Zhang, B. Racine, C. L. Wong, J. P. Kaufman, R. Schwarz, Abigail G. Vieregg, A. D. Turner, Randol W. Aikin, H. T. Nguyen, Victor Buza, E. M. Leitch, E. Bullock, E. Karpel, K. L. Thompson, Z. K. Staniszewski, Roger O'Brient, Marion Dierickx, I. Buder, Bryan Steinbach, Sarah M. Harrison, K. G. Megerian, Service des Basses Températures (SBT ), Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), BICEP2, Keck Array, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie (INAC), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)

Subjects
Planck, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, scalar tensor, Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, cosmic background radiation: polarization, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], inflation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Leakage (electronics), Physics, Gravitational wave, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, temperature, Astronomy and Astrophysics, BICEP, sensitivity, Polarization (waves), CMB cold spot, Computational physics, B-mode, WMAP, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, beam profile, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, statistical, Beam (structure), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Precision measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization require extreme control of instrumental systematics. In a companion paper we have presented cosmological constraints from observations with the BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments up to and including the 2015 observing season (BK15), resulting in the deepest CMB polarization maps to date and a statistical sensitivity to the tensor-to-scalar ratio of $\sigma(r) = 0.020$. In this work we characterize the beams and constrain potential systematic contamination from main beam shape mismatch at the three BK15 frequencies (95, 150, and 220 GHz). Far-field maps of 7,360 distinct beam patterns taken from 2010-2015 are used to measure differential beam parameters and predict the contribution of temperature-to-polarization leakage to the BK15 B-mode maps. In the multifrequency, multicomponent likelihood analysis that uses BK15, Planck, and WMAP maps to separate sky components, we find that adding this predicted leakage to simulations induces a bias of $\Delta r = 0.0027 \pm 0.0019$. Future results using higher-quality beam maps and improved techniques to detect such leakage in CMB data will substantially reduce this uncertainty, enabling the levels of systematics control needed for BICEP Array and other experiments that plan to definitively probe large-field inflation., Comment: 18 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables. Minor correction to Figure 2 and caption

Published
2019

6. Optical Characterization of the BICEP3 CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

Author

M. Lueker, John M Kovac, Kirit Karkare, Kent D. Irwin, Roger O'Brient, H. Boenish, J. Kang, S. Fliescher, K. G. Megerian, J. A. Grayson, Toshiya Namikawa, S. Kefeli, Ki Won Yoon, S. A. Harrison, Colin A. Bischoff, Chao-Lin Kuo, Carole Tucker, I. Buder, James J. Bock, C. L. Wong, Bryan Steinbach, J. Willmert, Gene C. Hilton, Viktor Hristov, Denis Barkats, V. Monticue, Howard Hui, W. L. K. Wu, Zeeshan Ahmed, A. D. Turner, E. Karpel, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Carl D. Reintsema, K. L. Thompson, Mandana Amiri, Peter A. R. Ade, Abigail G. Vieregg, Z. K. Staniszewski, M. T. St. Germaine, C. D. Sheehy, A. C. Weber, Calvin B. Netterfield, Victor Buza, S. A. Kernasovskiy, R. Bowens-Rubin, Kate D. Alexander, C. Pryke, A. Wandui, H. T. Nguyen, E. M. Leitch, S. J. Benton, S. Richter, Mark Halpern, R. Schwarz, E. Bullock, J. E. Tolan, Jake Connors, R. W. Ogburn, Grant Teply, Holland, Wayne S., and Zmuidzinas, Jonas

Subjects
Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Gravitational wave, business.industry, Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Near and far field, Polarimeter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Beamwidth, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

BICEP3 is a small-aperture refracting cosmic microwave background (CMB) telescope designed to make sensitive polarization maps in pursuit of a potential B-mode signal from inflationary gravitational waves. It is the latest in the BICEP/Keck Array series of CMB experiments at the South Pole, which has provided the most stringent constraints on inflation to date. For the 2016 observing season, BICEP3 was outfitted with a full suite of 2400 optically coupled detectors operating at 95 GHz. In these proceedings we report on the far field beam performance using calibration data taken during the 2015-2016 summer deployment season in situ with a thermal chopped source. We generate high-fidelity per-detector beam maps, show the array-averaged beam profile, and characterize the differential beam response between co-located, orthogonally polarized detectors which contributes to the leading instrumental systematic in pair differencing experiments. We find that the levels of differential pointing, beamwidth, and ellipticity are similar to or lower than those measured for BICEP2 and Keck Array. The magnitude and distribution of BICEP3's differential beam mismatch - and the level to which temperature-to-polarization leakage may be marginalized over or subtracted in analysis - will inform the design of next-generation CMB experiments with many thousands of detectors., Comment: 17 pages, 9 figures. Presented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conference 9914: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, June 2016

Published
2016
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7. BICEP3 focal plane design and detector performance

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Peter A. R. Ade, Ki Won Yoon, Abigail G. Vieregg, Bryan Steinbach, J. Kang, S. Fliescher, M. Lueker, Gene C. Hilton, John M Kovac, Kirit Karkare, Viktor Hristov, W. L. K. Wu, Zeeshan Ahmed, I. Buder, Kent D. Irwin, Victor Buza, Roger O'Brient, V. Monticue, C. D. Sheehy, E. Bullock, S. A. Kernasovskiy, Sarah M. Harrison, Keith L. Thompson, E. Karpel, Carl D. Reintsema, Z. K. Staniszewski, Calvin B. Netterfield, R. Schwarz, J. A. Grayson, H. Boenish, K. G. Megerian, Carole Tucker, Jeffrey P. Filippini, E. M. Leitch, Denis Barkats, S. Kefeli, C. Sorensen, A. C. Weber, Colin A. Bischoff, S. Richter, G. P. Teply, J. Willmert, J. E. Tolan, Donald V. Wiebe, Jake Connors, Steven J. Benton, R. W. Ogburn, Anthony D. Turner, R. Bowens-Rubin, Toshiya Namikawa, Chao-Lin Kuo, James J. Bock, Howard Hui, Mandana Amiri, A. Wandui, H. T. Nguyen, Mark Halpern, Kate D. Alexander, C. Pryke, Holland, Wayne S., and Zmuidzinas, Jonas

Subjects
Cosmic microwave background, Spectral response, FOS: Physical sciences, 02 engineering and technology, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Optical efficiency, Physics, business.industry, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Polarization (waves), Cardinal point, Refracting telescope, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 0210 nano-technology, business
Abstract

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 show the focal plane design and detector performance, including spectral response, optical efficiency and preliminary sensitivity of the upgraded BICEP3. We demonstrate 9.72$\mu$K$\sqrt{\textrm{s}}$ noise performance of the BICEP3 receiver., Comment: 11 pages, 10 figures. To be published in Proc. SPIE. Presented at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conference 9914: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, June 2016

Published
2016
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8. The Keck Array: A Multi Camera CMB Polarimeter at the South Pole

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J. E. Tolan, M. Lueker, D. V. Wiebe, R. W. Ogburn, C. D. Sheehy, Mark Halpern, J. E. Ruhl, Roger O'Brient, Viktor Hristov, S. J. Benton, Colin A. Bischoff, P. Wilson, John M Kovac, Mandana Amiri, Carl D. Reintsema, J. A. Bonetti, S. Stokes, Kent D. Irwin, C. Pryke, Grant Teply, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Abigail G. Vieregg, Chao-Lin Kuo, Randol W. Aikin, Justus A. Brevik, H. T. Nguyen, M. Hasselfield, B. Burger, Gene C. Hilton, A. D. Turner, K. L. Thompson, C. D. Dowell, Z. K. Staniszewski, Angiola Orlando, T. Montroy, Sunil Golwala, J. J. Bock, R. Schwarz, L. Duband, and Chin Lin Wong

Subjects
Physics, Gravitational wave, business.industry, Cosmic microwave background, Bolometer, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Polarimeter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Polarization (waves), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, law, General Materials Science, Transition edge sensor, business
Abstract

The Keck array is a new multi-camera Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimeter. Each camera contains 256 polarization pairs of antenna-coupled transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers. We recently deployed three of five cameras at the geographic South Pole, and plan to deploy the final two cameras in early 2012. This new telescope is an ideal instrument to search for the primordial B-mode polarization signal imprinted in the CMB by inflationary gravitational waves. We will discuss the design of the detectors and receivers, the status of current observations, and report on progress toward upgrading the instrument with the full compliment of polarized receivers.

Published
2012

9. MEASUREMENT OF COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POLARIZATION POWER SPECTRA FROM TWO YEARS OF BICEP DATA

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John M Kovac, Viktor Hristov, L. Duband, W. L. Holzapfel, H. C. Chiang, Andrew E. Lange, E. M. Bierman, Ki Won Yoon, Chao-Lin Kuo, J. E. Tolan, C. D. Sheehy, C. Pryke, James J. Bock, Tomotake Matsumura, C. D. Dowell, Denis Barkats, H. T. Nguyen, G. Rocha, S. Richter, Eric Hivon, Brian Keating, Nicolas Ponthieu, P. V. Mason, W. C. Jones, E. M. Leitch, Y. D. Takahashi, J. Battle, and Peter A. R. Ade

Subjects
Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), COSMIC cancer database, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Polarimeter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Gravitational wave background, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, media_common
Abstract

Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) is a bolometric polarimeter designed to measure the inflationary B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. During three seasons of observing at the South Pole (2006 through 2008), BICEP mapped ~2% of the sky chosen to be uniquely clean of polarized foreground emission. Here we present initial results derived from a subset of the data acquired during the first two years. We present maps of temperature, Stokes Q and U, E and B modes, and associated angular power spectra. We demonstrate that the polarization data are self-consistent by performing a series of jackknife tests. We study potential systematic errors in detail and show that they are sub-dominant to the statistical errors. We measure the E-mode angular power spectrum with high precision at 21 < ell < 335, detecting for the first time the peak expected at ell ~ 140. The measured E-mode spectrum is consistent with expectations from a LCDM model, and the B-mode spectrum is consistent with zero. The tensor-to-scalar ratio derived from the B-mode spectrum is r = 0.03+0.31-0.26, or r < 0.72 at 95% confidence, the first meaningful constraint on the inflationary gravitational wave background to come directly from CMB B-mode polarization., Updated to reflect published version

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2010

10. Joint analysis of BICEP2/Keck array and planck data

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K. Ganga, N. Krachmalnicoff, Olivier Doré, W. A. Holmes, M. Lueker, Jose M. Diego, A. Mennella, Nabila Aghanim, Ben Rusholme, F. Elsner, Reijo Keskitalo, C. L. Wong, L. Toffolatti, H. T. Nguyen, J. Jewell, Federico Nati, Valeria Pettorino, Davide Maino, S. J. Benton, Anthony Lasenby, Jacques Delabrouille, Luca Terenzi, C. Combet, F. Piacentini, Simon D. M. White, J. A. Murphy, J. E. Tolan, W. Hovest, Cora Dvorkin, Fabio Finelli, R. Schwarz, M. Frailis, P. B. Lilje, Carlo Baccigalupi, James G. Bartlett, A. Mangilli, Jussi-Pekka Väliviita, F. Pasian, Alessandro Gruppuso, Sunil Golwala, E. Bullock, Guilaine Lagache, François Levrier, E. Hivon, E. Keihänen, M. Rowan-Robinson, G. Patanchon, F. Couchot, L. P. L. Colombo, Dmitry Novikov, Jake Connors, Antony Lewis, M. Tomasi, M. López-Caniego, George Helou, François R. Bouchet, L. A. Wade, Daniela Paoletti, Dipak Munshi, George Efstathiou, Jean-François Cardoso, Ingunn Kathrine Wehus, Marco Bersanelli, J.-F. Sygnet, E. Martínez-González, Etienne Pointecouteau, Charles R. Lawrence, A. D. Turner, J. Aumont, D. Herranz, R. W. Ogburn, J.-M. Lamarre, M. Tucci, Rafael Rebolo, A. C. Weber, Kevin M. Huffenberger, D. Yvon, Roger O'Brient, M. Piat, O. Perdereau, Alain Benoit, Planck Collaborations, Luca Valenziano, Massimiliano Lattanzi, Mark Halpern, Zeeshan Ahmed, S. R. Hildebrandt, E. M. Leitch, A. de Rosa, R. Sudiwala, Mika Juvela, C. Renault, Kate D. Alexander, N. Ponthieu, Alessandro Melchiorri, D. Santos, Hannu Kurki-Suonio, A. Ducout, Stéphane Plaszczynski, Marian Douspis, Daniel J. Mortlock, Fabrizio Villa, Luigi Danese, C. D. Sheehy, Carlo Burigana, G. Hurier, C. Pryke, M. Rossetti, Olivier Forni, L. Montier, M. Tristram, K. L. Thompson, Davide Pietrobon, Lloyd Knox, M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, R. Kneissl, Jörg P. Rachen, Pavel Naselsky, Colin A. Bischoff, R. J. Davis, Locke D. Spencer, Silvia Masi, Andrea Zacchei, W. C. Jones, Bicep, Michael Seiffert, G. Polenta, M. Linden-Vørnle, Duncan Hanson, R. C. 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Observational cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory, Background radiations, Gravitational wave detectors and experiments, Astronomy, General Physics and Astronomy, ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), law, Spectral behaviors, probe wmap observations gravity-waves polarization anisotropy emission submillimeter spectrum scaledust Physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, media_common, QB, Physics, Power-spectra, Lower frequencies, ta213, CDM modeling, Cross correlations, Dust emission, Joint analysis, Model variation, Polarization (waves), Synchrotron, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, symbols, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), media_common.quotation_subject, ta221, Cosmic background radiation, ta1171, Radio microwave, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [ PHYS.ASTR.CO ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], NO, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], symbols.namesake, Physics and Astronomy (all), Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, Planck, ta216, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, ta115, ta114, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Sky, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Data_GENERAL
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We report the results of a joint analysis of data from BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck. BICEP2 and Keck Array have observed the same approximately 400 deg2 patch of sky centered on RA 0 h, Dec. −57.5°. The combined maps reach a depth of 57 nK deg in Stokes Q and U in a band centered at 150 GHz. Planck has observed the full sky in polarization at seven frequencies from 30 to 353 GHz, but much less deeply in any given region (1.2 μK deg in Q and U at 143 GHz). We detect 150×353 cross-correlation in B modes at high significance. We fit the single- and cross-frequency power spectra at frequencies ≥150 GHz to a lensed-ΛCDM model that includes dust and a possible contribution from inflationary gravitational waves (as parametrized by the tensor-to-scalar ratio r), using a prior on the frequency spectral behavior of polarized dust emission from previous Planck analysis of other regions of the sky. We find strong evidence for dust and no statistically significant evidence for tensor modes. We probe various model variations and extensions, including adding a synchrotron component in combination with lower frequency data, and find that these make little difference to the r constraint. Finally, we present an alternative analysis which is similar to a map-based cleaning of the dust contribution, and show that this gives similar constraints. The final result is expressed as a likelihood curve for r, and yields an upper limit r0.05, National Science Foundation (NSF) ANT-0742818 ANT-1044978 ANT-0742592 ANT-1110087, JPL Research and Technology Development Fund from the NASA 06-ARPA206-0040 10-SAT10-0017, National Science Foundation (NSF) ANT-1145172 ANT-1145143 ANT-1145248, Keck Foundation (Caltech), European Space Agency, Centre National D'etudes Spatiales, CNRS/INSU-IN2P3-INP (France), Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italian National Research Council, Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF), National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), United States Department of Energy (DOE), Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UKSA (UK), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), MINECO (Spain), JA (Spain), RES (Spain), Finnish Funding Agency for Technology & Innovation (TEKES), AoF (Finland), CSC (Finland), Helmholtz Association, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Max Planck Society, CSA (Canada), DTU Space (Denmark), SER/SSO (Switzerland), RCN (Norway), Science Foundation Ireland, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, ERC (EU), European Union (EU), Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ST/K00106X/1 ST/K001051/1 ST/K002805/1 ST/L000768/1 ST/K004131/1 ST/N001206/1 ST/K000985/1 ST/L000636/1 ST/K003674/1 ST/M007685/1 ST/L000393/1 ST/L000652/1, Villum Fonden 10056

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2015

11. Antenna-coupled TES bolometers used in BICEP2, Keck array, and SPIDER

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M. Lueker, Grant Teply, Sunil Golwala, E. Bullock, R. Schwarz, Howard Hui, H. T. Nguyen, Nuria Llombart, J. A. Bonetti, Roger O'Brient, Ki Won Yoon, C. L. Wong, S. J. Benton, I. Buder, Gene C. Hilton, R. S. Tucker, Mandana Amiri, Justus A. Brevik, A. C. Weber, Matthew Hasselfield, Colin A. Bischoff, W. C. Jones, Peter K. Day, Donald V. Wiebe, John M Kovac, A. D. Turner, Kirit Karkare, P. Wilson, Henry G. LeDuc, Kent D. Irwin, K. G. Megerian, E. M. Leitch, Goutam Chattopadhyay, Alexandra S. Rahlin, J. E. Tolan, Carl D. Reintsema, G. Davis, L. Duband, S. Richter, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Amy Trangsrud, R. W. Ogburn, S. A. Kernasovskiy, Chao-Lin Kuo, James J. Bock, R. Sudiwala, P. V. Mason, Z. K. Staniszewski, Marcus Runyan, Calvin B. Netterfield, Denis Barkats, C. D. Dowell, C. Pryke, J. P. Kaufman, Mark Halpern, S. Fliescher, Brian Keating, Jonas Zmuidzinas, S. Kefeli, Viktor Hristov, A. Orlando, S. R. Hildebrandt, C. D. Sheehy, Peter A. R. Ade, Lorenzo Moncelsi, Abigail G. Vieregg, and Randol W. Aikin

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Physics, Spider, business.industry, Detector, Cosmic microwave background, Bandwidth (signal processing), Bolometer, Polarimetry, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectral bands, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Multiplexing, law.invention, Optics, Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

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 detectors have reached maturity and this paper reports on their design principles, overall performance, and key challenges associated with design and production. Our detector arrays repeatedly produce spectral bands with 20%-30% bandwidth at 95, 150, or 220~GHz. The integrated antenna arrays synthesize symmetric co-aligned beams with controlled side-lobe levels. Cross-polarized response on boresight is typically ~0.5%, consistent with cross-talk in our multiplexed readout system. End-to-end optical efficiencies in our cameras are routinely 35% or higher, with per detector sensitivities of NET~300 uKrts. Thanks to the scalability of this design, we have deployed 2560 detectors as 1280 matched pairs in Keck Array with a combined instantaneous sensitivity of ~9 uKrts, as measured directly from CMB maps in the 2013 season. Similar arrays have recently flown in the SPIDER instrument, and development of this technology is ongoing., Comment: 16 pgs, 20 figs

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2015
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12. BICEP2 and Keck array: upgrades and improved beam characterization

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J. P. Kaufman, Grant Teply, D. Barkats, H. T. Nguyen, D. V. Wiebe, E. M. Leitch, A. D. Turner, Calvin B. Netterfield, K. L. Thompson, Peter A. R. Ade, Jeffrey P. Filippini, J. E. Tolan, Abigail G. Vieregg, Kate D. Alexander, C. Pryke, Randol W. Aikin, Peter Mason, R. W. Ogburn, M. Hasselfield, Gene C. Hilton, Howard Hui, M. Lueker, Carl D. Reintsema, S. Fliescher, K. G. Megerian, A. Orlando, Ki Won Yoon, Viktor Hristov, S. Richter, Mark Halpern, Zeeshan Ahmed, Mandana Amiri, B. P. Crill, B. Burger, C. D. Dowell, G. Davis, S. A. Kernasovskiy, Chao-Lin Kuo, R. V. Sudiwala, John M Kovac, C. D. Sheehy, James J. Bock, Brian Keating, Kirit Karkare, Z. K. Staniszewski, S. Kefeli, Kent D. Irwin, P. Wilson, J. A. Bonetti, L. Duband, Sunil Golwala, E. Bullock, C. L. Wong, S. R. Hildebrandt, A. C. Weber, R. Schwarz, Colin A. Bischoff, Justus A. Brevik, Roger O'Brient, I. Buder, Michael S. Gordon, S. J. Benton, Holland, Wayne S., and Zmuidzinas, Jonas

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Physics, Gravitational wave, business.industry, Cosmic microwave background, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Noise-equivalent temperature, Polarization (waves), law.invention, Telescope, Optics, Side lobe, law, business, Beam (structure)
Abstract

Searching for evidence of inflation by measuring B-modes in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization at degree angular scales remains one of the most compelling experimental challenges in cosmology. BICEP2 and the Keck Array are part of a program of experiments at the South Pole whose main goal is to achieve the sensitivity and systematic control necessary for measurements of the tensor-to-scalar ratio at σ(r) ~0:01. Beam imperfections that are not sufficiently accounted for are a potential source of spurious polarization that could interfere with that goal. The strategy of BICEP2 and the Keck Array is to completely characterize their telescopes' polarized beam response with a combination of in-lab, pre-deployment, and on-site calibrations. We Sereport the status of these experiments, focusing on continued improved understanding of their beams. Far-field measurements of the BICEP2 beam with a chopped thermal source, combined with analysis improvements, show that the level of residual beam-induced systematic errors is acceptable for the goal of σ(r) ~ 0:01 measurements. Beam measurements of the Keck Array side lobes helped identify a way to reduce optical loading with interior cold baffles, which we installed in late 2013. These baffles reduced total optical loading, leading to a ~ 10% increase in mapping speed for the 2014 observing season. The sensitivity of the Keck Array continues to improve: for the 2013 season it was 9:5 μK _/s noise equivalent temperature (NET). In 2014 we converted two of the 150-GHz cameras to 100 GHz for foreground separation capability. We have shown that the BICEP2 and the Keck Array telescope technology is sufficient for the goal of σ(r) ~ 0:01 measurements. Furthermore, the program is continuing with BICEP3, a 100-GHz telescope with 2560 detectors. © (2014) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

Published
2014

13. BICEP2/KECK ARRAY. VII. MATRIX BASEDE/BSEPARATION APPLIED TO BICEP2 AND THE KECK ARRAY

Author

Ki Won Yoon, Grant Teply, S. Fliescher, Z. K. Staniszewski, Roger O'Brient, Angiola Orlando, B. P. Crill, Howard Hui, R. V. Sudiwala, Calvin B. Netterfield, Donald V. Wiebe, J. E. Tolan, Brian Keating, W. L. K. Wu, Jake Connors, Steven J. Benton, S. R. Hildebrandt, R. W. Ogburn, C. L. Wong, John M Kovac, Kirit Karkare, J. Kang, H. T. Nguyen, J. Willmert, Kent D. Irwin, A. D. Turner, E. M. Leitch, S. A. Kernasovskiy, J. P. Kaufman, Lionel Duband, Gene C. Hilton, I. Buder, A. C. Weber, Victor Buza, Bryan Steinbach, R. Bowens-Rubin, Toshiya Namikawa, Colin A. Bischoff, J. A. Grayson, Kate D. Alexander, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Justus A. Brevik, C. Pryke, Chao-Lin Kuo, Carole Tucker, S. Richter, E. Karpel, James J. Bock, K. L. Thompson, Mark Halpern, C. D. Sheehy, Sarah M. Harrison, Denis Barkats, Zeeshan Ahmed, Cora Dvorkin, R. Schwarz, E. Bullock, S. Kefeli, Peter A. R. Ade, Abigail G. Vieregg, K. G. Megerian, Randol W. Aikin, and M. Lueker

Subjects
Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Pixel, Spatial filter, Linear polarization, media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, Spherical harmonics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Covariance, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Computational physics, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, 0103 physical sciences, Tensor, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, media_common
Abstract

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 modes on a partial sky can also be decomposed into E-mode and B-mode components. However, the lack of full sky information prevents orthogonally separating these components using spherical harmonics. In this paper, we present a technique for decomposing an incomplete map into E and B-mode components using E and B eigenmodes of the pixel covariance in the observed map. This method is found to orthogonally define E and B in the presence of both partial sky coverage and spatial filtering. This method has been applied to the BICEP2 and the Keck Array maps and results in reducing E to B leakage from LCDM E-modes to a level corresponding to a tensor-to-scalar ratio of $r, 21 pages, 23 figures, minor updates to reflect accepted version

Published
2016

14. BICEP2 and Keck array operational overview and status of observations

Author

John M Kovac, Kent D. Irwin, M. C. Runyan, Brian Keating, M. Lueker, C. Pryke, J. E. Tolan, Roger O'Brient, H. T. Nguyen, A. Orlando, C. D. Dowell, Justus A. Brevik, J. A. Bonetti, Keith L. Thompson, S. J. Benton, L. Duband, S. A. Kernasovskiy, Colin A. Bischoff, R. Schwarz, R. W. Ogburn, V. V. Hristov, Anthony D. Turner, C. D. Sheehy, Sunil Golwala, E. Bullock, C. L. Wong, M. Hasselfield, J. P. Kaufman, B. Burger, E. M. Leitch, S. Fliescher, Rashmikant V. Sudiwala, Gene C. Hilton, P. Wilson, Peter A. R. Ade, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Calvin B. Netterfield, Abigail G. Vieregg, Z. K. Staniszewski, J. E. Ruhl, Michael S. Gordon, Mark Halpern, R. W. Aikin, S. Richter, T. E. Montroy, G. P. Teply, Carl D. Reintsema, Donald V. Wiebe, G. Davis, Chao-Lin Kuo, James J. Bock, Howard Hui, Mandana Amiri, Holland, Wayne S., and Zmuidzinas, Jonas

Subjects
Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Cosmic microwave background, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

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 prediction of cosmic inflation, is expected to peak. BICEP2 was deployed to the South Pole at the end of 2009 and is in the middle of its third year of observing with 500 polarization-sensitive detectors at 150 GHz. The Keck Array was deployed to the South Pole at the end of 2010, initially with three receivers--each similar to BICEP2. An additional two receivers have been added during the 2011-12 summer. We give an overview of the two experiments, report on substantial gains in the sensitivity of the two experiments after post-deployment optimization, and show preliminary maps of CMB polarization from BICEP2., Presented at SPIE Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, July 6, 2012. To be published in Proceedings of SPIE Volume 8452

Published
2012

15. Optical Characterization of the Keck Array Polarimeter at the South Pole

Author

Roger O'Brient, Chao-Lin Kuo, M. Lueker, T. E. Montroy, John M Kovac, James J. Bock, H. T. Nguyen, Z. K. Staniszewski, G. P. Teply, C. Pryke, Colin A. Bischoff, Anthony D. Turner, R. Schwarz, Calvin B. Netterfield, L. Duband, J. E. Tolan, C. L. Wong, K. J. Bradford, Mark Halpern, V. V. Hristov, Michael S. Gordon, R. W. Ogburn, R. W. Aikin, M. C. Runyan, Kent D. Irwin, Rashmikant V. Sudiwala, C. D. Dowell, E. M. Leitch, S. Fliescher, P. Wilson, Sarah S. Kernasovskiy, Peter A. R. Ade, Abigail G. Vieregg, Gene C. Hilton, J. A. Bonetti, Sunil Golwala, Jeffrey P. Filippini, C. D. Sheehy, J. E. Ruhl, Justus A. Brevik, Holland, Wayne S., and Zmuidzinas, J.

Subjects
Physics, Large field of view, business.industry, Detector, Cosmic microwave background, Polarimetry, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Polarimeter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Summer season, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, 14. Life underwater, 010306 general physics, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Microwave
Abstract

The Keck Array (SPUD) is a set of microwave polarimeters that observes from the South Pole at degree angular scales in search of a signature of Inflation imprinted as B-mode polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The first three Keck Array receivers were deployed during the 2010-2011 Austral summer, followed by two new receivers in the 2011-2012 summer season, completing the full five-receiver array. All five receivers are currently observing at 150 GHz. The Keck Array employs the field-proven BICEP/BICEP2 strategy of using small, cold, on-axis refractive optics, providing excellent control of systematics while maintaining a large field of view. This design allows for full characterization of far-field optical performance using microwave sources on the ground. We describe our efforts to characterize the main beam shape and beam shape mismatch between co-located orthogonally-polarized detector pairs, and discuss the implications of measured differential beam parameters on temperature to polarization leakage in CMB analysis., Comment: 13 pages, 11 figures, Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol 8452: Millimeter, Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, July 2012

Published
2012
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16. Scientific verification of Faraday Rotation Modulators: Detection of diffuse polarized Galactic emission

Author

John M Kovac, Edward J. Wollack, S. Richter, W. L. Holzapfel, G. Rocha, Ki Won Yoon, J. P. Kaufman, H. T. Nguyen, L. Duband, W. C. Jones, E. M. Leitch, E. M. Bierman, Tomotake Matsumura, R. Aiken, C. Pryke, C. D. Dowell, Chao-Lin Kuo, James J. Bock, Denis Barkats, Nicolas Ponthieu, C. D. Sheehy, P. V. Mason, S. Moyerman, Colin A. Bischoff, Viktor Hristov, H. C. Chiang, Brian Keating, Peter A. R. Ade, J. E. Tolan, Y. D. Takahashi, and Eric Hivon

Subjects
Physics, COSMIC cancer database, Pixel, business.industry, Linear polarization, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Radio spectrum, 010309 optics, symbols.namesake, Optics, Space and Planetary Science, Modulation, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, Faraday effect, symbols, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

The design and performance of a wide bandwidth linear polarization modulator based on the Faraday effect is described. Faraday Rotation Modulators (FRMs) are solid-state polarization switches that are capable of modulation up to ~10 kHz. Six FRMs were utilized during the 2006 observing season in the Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP) experiment; three FRMs were used at each of BICEP's 100 and 150 GHz frequency bands. The technology was verified through high signal-to-noise detection of Galactic polarization using two of the six FRMs during four observing runs in 2006. The features exhibit strong agreement with BICEP's measurements of the Galaxy using non-FRM pixels and with the Galactic polarization models. This marks the first detection of high signal-to-noise mm-wave celestial polarization using fast, active optical modulation. The performance of the FRMs during periods when they were not modulated was also analyzed and compared to results from BICEP's 43 pixels without FRMs., Comment: 13 pages, 15 figures, 2 tables

Published
2012
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17. Optical performance of the BICEP2 Telescope at the South Pole

Author

Brian Keating, J. A. Bonetti, John M Kovac, V. V. Hristov, Lionel Duband, C. D. Sheehy, Andrew E. Lange, S. Stokes, Kent D. Irwin, Jeffrey P. Filippini, M. C. Runyan, J. E. Tolan, S. J. Benton, Justus A. Brevik, R. W. Ogburn, C. L. Wong, Anthony D. Turner, Rashmikant V. Sudiwala, J. P. Kaufman, J. E. Ruhl, Sunil Golwala, Peter A. R. Ade, Angiola Orlando, R. W. Aikin, P. Wilson, C. Pryke, C. D. Dowell, Calvin B. Netterfield, H. T. Nguyen, G. P. Teply, S. Richter, Chao-Lin Kuo, James J. Bock, Mark Halpern, Holland, Wayne S., and Zmuidzinas, Jonas

Subjects
Physics, business.industry, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic background radiation, Near and far field, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Ghost imaging, Polarization (waves), Cosmology, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, law, business, Microwave
Abstract

Bicep2 deployed to the South Pole during the 2009-2010 austral summer, and is now mapping the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), searching for evidence of inflationary cosmology. Bicep2 belongs to a new class of telescopes including Keck (ground-based) and Spider (balloon-borne) that follow on Bicep's strategy of employing small, cold, on-axis refracting optics. This common design provides key advantages ideal for targeting the polarization signature from inflation, including: (i) A large field of view, allowing substantial light collecting power despite the small aperture, while still resolving the degree-scale polarization of the CMB; (ii) liquid helium-cooled optics and cold stop, allowing for low, stable instrument loading; (iii) the ability to rotate the entire telescope about the boresight; (iv) a baffled primary aperture, reducing sidelobe pickup; and (v) the ability to characterize the far field optical performance of the telescope using ground-based sources. We describe the last of these advantages in detail, including our efforts to measure the main beam shape, beammatch between orthogonally-polarized pairs, polarization efficiency and response angle, sidelobe pickup, and ghost imaging. We do so with ground-based polarized microwave sources mounted in the far field as well as with astronomical calibrators. Ultimately, Bicep2's sensitivity to CMB polarization from inflation will rely on precise calibration of these beam features.

Published
2010

18. Initial performance of the BICEP2 antenna-coupled superconducting bolometers at the South Pole

Author

J. E. Tolan, R. Sudiwala, R. W. Ogburn, John M Kovac, Charles D. Dowell, Kent D. Irwin, C. D. Sheehy, S. Richter, L. Duband, P. Wilson, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Carl D. Reintsema, J. E. Ruhl, Randol W. Aikin, S. J. Benton, M. Hasselfield, Marcus Runyan, Calvin B. Netterfield, Brian Keating, Mark Halpern, Mandana Amiri, Sunil Golwala, B. Burger, Justus A. Brevik, Andrew E. Lange, C. L. Wong, Viktor Hristov, C. Pryke, J. A. Bonetti, H. T. Nguyen, Chao-Lin Kuo, E. M. Leitch, James J. Bock, J. P. Kaufman, Gene C. Hilton, Angiola Orlando, Z. K. Staniszewski, A. D. Turner, Holland, Wayne S., and Zmuidzinas, Jonas

Subjects
Physics, Pixel, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Bolometer, Detector, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), Multiplexer, Microstrip, Particle detector, law.invention, Optics, law, business
Abstract

We report on the preliminary detector performance of the B icep 2 mm-wave p olarimeter, deployed in 2009 tothe South Pole. B icep 2 is currently imaging the polarization of the cosmic micro wave bac kground at 150 GHzusing an array of 512 antenna-coupled superconducting bolometers. The antennas, band-de“ning “lters andtransition edge sensor (TES) bolometers are photolithographically fabricated on 4 silicon tiles. Each tile consistsof an 8 × 8 grid of 7 mm spatial pixels, for a total of 256 detector pairs. A spatial pixel contains 2 sets oforthogonal antenna slots summed in-phase, with each set coupled to a TES by a “ltered microstrip. The detectorsare read out using time-domain multiplexed SQUIDs. The detector pair of each spatial pixel is dierenced tomeasure polarization. We report on the performance of the B icep 2 detectors in the “eld, including the focalplane yield, detector and multiplexer optimization, detector noise and stability, and a preliminary estimate ofthe improvement in mapping speed compared to B icep 1.Keywords: Cosmic micr owave bac kground, polarization, TES, noise, in”ation, gravitational waves, cosmology

Published
2010

19. BICEP2. II. EXPERIMENT AND THREE-YEAR DATA SET

Author

J. E. Tolan, R. W. Ogburn, Ki Won Yoon, Gene C. Hilton, M. Lueker, S. R. Hildebrandt, C. D. Sheehy, P. Wilson, Denis Barkats, Matthew Hasselfield, S. Fliescher, J. P. Kaufman, Chao-Lin Kuo, Grant Teply, Nuria Llombart, John M Kovac, Kirit Karkare, James J. Bock, Peter A. R. Ade, L. Duband, G. Davis, A. D. Turner, Kent D. Irwin, K. T. Story, I. Buder, M. Amiri, Abigail G. Vieregg, C. Pryke, R. Sudiwala, Randol W. Aikin, S. A. Kernasovskiy, C. D. Reintsema, Brian Keating, C. L. Wong, Roger O'Brient, S. Richter, Viktor Hristov, Colin A. Bischoff, E. M. Leitch, H. T. Nguyen, Z. K. Staniszewski, S. J. Benton, Mark Halpern, Calvin B. Netterfield, C. D. Dowell, R. Schwarz, Sunil Golwala, E. Bullock, Justus A. Brevik, Jeffrey P. Filippini, and A. Orlando

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Gravitational wave, Detector, Antenna aperture, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), Square degree, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

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 to 5 degrees ($\ell$=40-200), near the expected peak of the B-mode polarization signature of primordial gravitational waves from cosmic inflation. Measuring B-modes requires dramatic improvements in sensitivity combined with exquisite control of systematics. The BICEP2 telescope observed from the South Pole with a 26~cm aperture and cold, on-axis, refractive optics. BICEP2 also adopted a new detector design in which beam-defining slot antenna arrays couple to transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers, all fabricated on a common substrate. The antenna-coupled TES detectors supported scalable fabrication and multiplexed readout that allowed BICEP2 to achieve a high detector count of 500 bolometers at 150 GHz, giving unprecedented sensitivity to B-modes at degree angular scales. After optimization of detector and readout parameters, BICEP2 achieved an instrument noise-equivalent temperature of 15.8 $\mu$K sqrt(s). The full data set reached Stokes Q and U map depths of 87.2 nK in square-degree pixels (5.2 $\mu$K arcmin) over an effective area of 384 square degrees within a 1000 square degree field. These are the deepest CMB polarization maps at degree angular scales to date. The power spectrum analysis presented in a companion paper has resulted in a significant detection of B-mode polarization at degree scales., Comment: 30 pages, 24 figures

Published
2014

20. The Keck Array: a pulse tube cooled CMB polarimeter

Author

M. C. Runyan, M. Lueker, R. Sudiwala, Lionel Duband, J. A. Bonetti, C. L. Wong, John M Kovac, B. Burger, Justus A. Brevik, S. Stokes, Kent D. Irwin, Jeffrey P. Filippini, Gene C. Hilton, G. P. Teply, Chao-Lin Kuo, E. M. Leitch, M. Hasselfield, James J. Bock, Colin A. Bischoff, S. Richter, R. W. Aikin, Angiola Orlando, V. V. Hristov, Mandana Amiri, Keith L. Thompson, Z. K. Staniszewski, Brian Keating, C. D. Dowell, Andrew E. Lange, J. E. Tolan, R. W. Ogburn, Carl D. Reintsema, P. R. Wilson, Sunil Golwala, J. E. Ruhl, C. D. Sheehy, Mark Halpern, Calvin B. Netterfield, J. P. Kaufman, Peter A. R. Ade, Anthony D. Turner, C. Pryke, H. T. Nguyen, S. J. Benton, Holland, Wayne S., and Zmuidzinas, Jonas

Subjects
Cryostat, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Particle detector, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Liquid helium, business.industry, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Polarimeter, Pulse (physics), business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Microwave, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The Keck Array is a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeter that will begin observing from the South Pole in late 2010. The initial deployment will consist of three telescopes similar to BICEP2 housed in ultra-compact, pulse tube cooled cryostats. Two more receivers will be added the following year. In these proceedings we report on the design and performance of the Keck cryostat. We also report some initial results on the performance of antenna-coupled TES detectors operating in the presence of a pulse tube. We find that the performance of the detectors is not seriously impacted by the replacement of BICEP2's liquid helium cryostat with a pulse tube cooled cryostat., 8 pages, 6 figures; SPIE proceedings for Millimeter, Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V (Conference 7741, June 2010, San Diego, CA, USA)

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