Year: 2016
Type: conference-paper
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 μKCMB√s noise performance of the BICEP3 receiver.
DOI: 10.1117/12.2232986
Authors: H. Hui, P. A. R. Ade, Z. Ahmed, K. D. Alexander, M. Amiri, D. Barkats, S. J. Benton, C. A. Bischoff, J. J. Bock, H. Boenish, R. Bowens-Rubin, R. Bowens-Rubin, I. Buder, E. Bullock, V. Buza, J. Connors, J. P. Filippini, S. Fliescher, J. A. Grayson, M. Halpern, S. Harrison, G. C. Hilton, V. V. Hristov, K. D. Irwin, J. Kang, K. S. Karkare, E. Karpel, S. Kefeli, S. A. Kernasovskiy, J. M. Kovac, C. L. Kuo, E. M. Leitch, M. Lueker, K. G. Megerian, V. Monticue, T. Namikawa, C. B. Netterfield, H. T. Nguyen, R. O'Brient, R. W. Ogburn, C. Pryke, C. D. Reintsema, S. Richter, R. Schwarz, C. Sorensen, C. D. Sheehy, Z. K. Staniszewski, B. Steinbach, G. P. Teply, K. L. Thompson, J. E. Tolan, C. Tucker, A. D. Turner, A. G. Vieregg, A. Wandui, A. C. Weber, D. V. Wiebe, J. Willmert, W. L. K. Wu, K. W. Yoon
Institutions: California Institute of Technology, Cardiff University, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, University of Minnesota, Stanford University, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Chicago, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: Collaborative Research: Science Observation with BICEP3 CMB Polarization Experiment, G2149418181, CAREER: Optimizing POLAR Array for CMB Lensing/Delensing, Collaborative Research: BICEP2 and SPUD - A Search for Inflation with Degree-Scale Polarimetry from the South Pole, Collaborative Research: Science Observation with BICEP3 CMB Polarization Experiment, Collaborative Research: Science Observation with BICEP3 CMB Polarization Experiment, Collaborative Research: BICEP2 and SPUD - A Search for Inflation with Degree-Scale Polarimetry from the South Pole, Collaborative Research: Science Observation with BICEP3 CMB Polarization Experiment, Collaborative Research: Imaging the Beginning of Time from the South Pole: Observations with the Full SPUD Array, G6061641863, MRI-R2: Development of POLAR-1, an expandable 5,000-detector CMB Polarimeter, Collaborative Research: BICEP2 and SPUD - A Search for Inflation with Degree-Scale Polarimetry from the South Pole, Collaborative Research: BICEP2 and SPUD - A Search for Inflation with Degree-Scale Polarimetry from the South Pole
OpenAlex ID: W2485311539