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BICEP2/SPUD: Searching for Inflation with Degree Scale Polarimetry from the South PoleBICEP2/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.
Document ID
20150008629
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Nguyen, Hien Trong
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kovac, John
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Adec, Peter
(Cardiff Univ. United Kingdom)
Aikin, Randol
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Benton, Steve
(Toronto Univ. Ontario, Canada)
Bock, Jamie
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brevik, Justus
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Carlstrom, John
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
Dowell, Darren
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Duband, Lionel
(Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique Grenoble, France)
Golwala, Sunil
(Cardiff Univ. United Kingdom)
Halpern, Mark
(British Columbia Univ. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Hasselfield, Matthew
(British Columbia Univ. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Irwin, Kent
(National Inst. of Standards and Technology Boulder, CO, United States)
Jones, William
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kaufman, Jonathan
(California Univ. San Diego, CA, United States)
Keating, Brian
(California Univ. San Diego, CA, United States)
Kuo, Chao-Lin
(Stanford Univ. Stanford, CA, United States)
Lange, Andrew
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Matsumura, Tomotake
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Netterfield, Barth
(Cardiff Univ. United Kingdom)
Pryke, Clem
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
Ruhl, John
(Case Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland, OH, United States)
Sheehy, Chris
(Chicago Univ. Chicago, IL, United States)
Sudiwala, Rashmi
(Toronto Univ. Ontario, Canada)
Date Acquired
May 20, 2015
Publication Date
June 23, 2008
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation
Location: Marseille
Country: France
Start Date: June 23, 2008
End Date: June 28, 2008
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering, SPIE Europe
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF OPP-0742818
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
polarization
bolometer
TES
CMB

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