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BICEP: a large angular scale CMB polarimeter

Authors :
Fineschi, Silvano
Keating, Brian G.
Ade, Peter A.
Bock, James J.
Hivon, Eric
Holzapfel, William L.
Lange, Andrew E.
Nguyen, Hien
Yoon, Ki Won
Fineschi, Silvano
Keating, Brian G.
Ade, Peter A.
Bock, James J.
Hivon, Eric
Holzapfel, William L.
Lange, Andrew E.
Nguyen, Hien
Yoon, Ki Won
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

We describe the design and expected performance of BICEP, a millimeter wave receiver designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background. BICEP uses an array of polarization sensitive bolometers operating at 100 and 150 GHz to measure polarized signals over a 20 degree field of view with 1 degree resolution. BICEP is designed with particular attention to systematic effects which can potentially degrade the polarimetric fidelity of the observations. BICEP is optimized to detect the faint signature of a primordial gravitational wave background which is a generic prediction of inflationary cosmologies.

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OAIster
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application/pdf, BICEP: a large angular scale CMB polarimeter, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1091067423
Document Type :
Electronic Resource