Development of the 220/270 GHz Receiver of BICEP Array
Abstract
Measurements of B-mode polarization in the CMB sourced from primordial gravitational waves would provide information on the energy scale of inflation and its potential form. To achieve these goals, one must carefully characterize the Galactic foregrounds, which can be distinguished from the CMB by conducting measurements at multiple frequencies. BICEP Array is the latest-generation multi-frequency instrument of the BICEP/Keck program, which specifically targets degree-scale primordial B-modes in the CMB. In its final configuration, this telescope will consist of four small-aperture receivers, spanning frequency bands from 30 to 270 GHz. The 220/270 GHz receiver designed to characterize Galactic dust is currently undergoing commissioning at Stanford University and is scheduled to deploy to the South Pole during the 2024--2025 austral summer. Here, we will provide an overview of this high-frequency receiver and discuss the integration status and test results as it is being commissioned.
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@article{arxiv.2409.02296,
title = {Development of the 220/270 GHz Receiver of BICEP Array},
author = {Keck Collaboration and Y. Nakato and P. A. R. Ade and Z. Ahmed and M. Amiri and D. Barkats and R. Basu Thakur and C. A. Bischoff and D. Beck and J. J. Bock and V. Buza and B. Cantrall and J. R. Cheshire and J. Cornelison and M. Crumrine and A. J. Cukierman and E. Denison and M. Dierickx and L. Duband and M. Eiben and B. D. Elwood and S. Fatigoni and J. P. Filippini and A. Fortes and M. Gao and C. Giannakopoulos and N. Goeckner-Wald and D. C. Goldfinger and J. A. Grayson and P. K. Grimes and G. Hall and G. Halal and M. Halpern and E. Hand and S. Harrison and S. Henderson and J. Hubmayr and H. Hui and K. D. Irwin and J. Kang and K. S. Karkare and E. Karpel and S. Kefeli and J. M. Kovac and C. L. Kuo and K. Lau and M. Lautzenhiser and A. Lennox and T. Liu and K. G. Megerian and M. Miller and L. Minutolo and L. Moncelsi and H. T. Nguyen and R. O'Brient and A. Patel and M. Petroff and A. R. Polish and T. Prouve and C. Pryke and C. D. Reintsema and T. Romand and M. Salatino and A. Schillaci and B. L. Schmitt and B. Singari and A. Soliman and T. St. Germaine and A. Steiger and B. Steinbach and R. Sudiwala and K. L. Thompson and C. Tucker and A. D. Turner and C. Vergès and A. Wandui and A. C. Weber and J. Willmert and W. L. K. Wu and H. Yang and E. Young and C. Yu and L. Zeng and C. Zhang and S. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.02296},
year = {2024}
}