Detection of  B  -Mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales by BICEP2

Ade, P. A. R.; Aikin, R. W.; Barkats, D.; Benton, Steven J.; Bischoff, C. 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, Matthew; Hildebrandt, S. R.; Hilton, G. C.; Hristov, V. V.; Irwin, K. D.; Karkare, K. S.; Kaufman, J. P.; Keating, Brian; Kernasovskiy, S. A.; Kovac, J. M.; Kuo, C.-L.; Leitch, E. M.; Lueker, M.; Mason, P.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nguyen, H. T.; O’Brient, Roger; Ogburn, R. W.; Orlando, A.; Pryke, C.; Reintsema, C. D.; Richter, S.; Schwarz, R.; Sheehy, C. D.; Staniszewski, Z.; Sudiwala, R. V.; Teply, G. P.; Tolan, J. E.; Turner, Anthony; Vieregg, A. G.; Wong, C. L.; Yoon, K. W.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.112.241101

articlePhysical Review LettersJun 19, 2014HYBRID OA

Detection of B -Mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales by BICEP2

PAP. A. R. Ade RWR. W. Aikin DBD. Barkats SJSteven J. Benton CAC. A. Bischoff

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We report results from the BICEP2 experiment, a cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarimeter specifically designed to search for the signal of inflationary gravitational waves in the B-mode power spectrum around ℓ∼80. The telescope comprised a 26 cm aperture all-cold refracting optical system equipped with a focal plane of 512 antenna coupled transition edge sensor 150 GHz bolometers each with temperature sensitivity of ≈300 μK(CMB)√s. BICEP2 observed from the South Pole for three seasons from 2010 to 2012. A low-foreground region of sky with an effective area of 380 square deg was observed to a depth of 87 nK deg in Stokes Q and U. In this paper we describe the observations, data reduction, maps,…

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