CMB Polarization with BICEP2 and Keck-Array
Abstract
BICEP2 is an evolution from the highly successful BICEP CMB polarization experiment. In turn Keck-Array is an array of BICEP2 like receivers to achieve an additional increase in sensitivity. All these experiments are located at the South Pole in Antarctica and target the CMB B-mode polarization signal which is predicted to exist in many simpler models of Inflation at angular scales of several degrees. The design and performance of BICEP2 and Keck-Array is described and some preliminary polarization maps are presented.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics from Antarctica
- Pub Date:
- January 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312016699
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..288...68P
- Keywords:
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- CMB;
- Polarization;
- Antarctica