2017 upgrade and performance of BICEP3: A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization

Jae Hwan Kang; P. A.R. Ade; Z. Ahmed; R. W. Aikin; K. D. Alexander; D. Barkats; S. J. Benton; C. A. Bischoff; J. J. Bock; H. Boenish; R. Bowens-Rubin; J. A. Brevik; I. Buder; E. Bullock; V. Buza; J. Connors; J. Cornelison; B. P. Crill; M. Crumrine; M. Dierickx; L. Duband; C. Dvorkin; J. P. Filippini; S. Fliescher; J. A. Grayson; G. Hall; M. Halpern; S. Harrison; S. R. Hildebrandt; G. C. Hilton; H. Hui; K. D. Irwin; K. S. Karkare; E. Karpel; J. P. Kaufman; B. G. Keating; S. Kefeli; S. A. Kernasovskiy; J. M. Kovac; C. L. Kuo; N. A. Larsen; K. Lau; E. M. Leitch; M. Lueker; K. G. Megerian; L. Moncelsi; T. Namikawa; B. Netterfield; H. T. Nguyen; R. O'Brient; R. W. Ogburn; S. Palladino; C. Pryke; B. Racine; S. Richter; A. Schillaci; R. Schwarz; C. D. Sheehy; A. Soliman; T. St Germaine; Z. K. Staniszewski; B. Steinbach; R. V. Sudiwala; G. P. Teply; K. L. Thompson; J. E. Tolan; C. Tucker; A. D. Turner; C. Umiltà; A. G. Vieregg; A. Wandui; A. C. Weber; D. V. Wiebe; J. Willmert; C. L. Wong; W. L.K. Wu; H. Yang; K. W. Yoon; C. Zhang

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2017 upgrade and performance of BICEP3: A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization

Jae Hwan Kang, P. A.R. Ade, Z. Ahmed, R. W. Aikin, K. D. Alexander, D. Barkats, S. J. Benton, C. A. Bischoff, J. J. Bock, H. Boenish, R. Bowens-Rubin, J. A. Brevik, I. Buder, E. Bullock, V. Buza, J. Connors, J. Cornelison, B. P. Crill, M. Crumrine, M. DierickxL. Duband, C. Dvorkin, J. P. Filippini, S. Fliescher, J. A. Grayson, G. Hall, M. Halpern, S. Harrison, S. R. Hildebrandt, G. C. Hilton, H. Hui, K. D. Irwin, K. S. Karkare, E. Karpel, J. P. Kaufman, B. G. Keating, S. Kefeli, S. A. Kernasovskiy, J. M. Kovac, C. L. Kuo, N. A. Larsen, K. Lau, E. M. Leitch, M. Lueker, K. G. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. Namikawa, B. Netterfield, H. T. Nguyen, R. O'Brient, R. W. Ogburn, S. Palladino, C. Pryke, B. Racine, S. Richter, A. Schillaci, R. Schwarz, C. D. Sheehy, A. Soliman, T. St Germaine, Z. K. Staniszewski, B. Steinbach, R. V. Sudiwala, G. P. Teply, K. L. Thompson, J. E. Tolan, C. Tucker, A. D. Turner, C. Umiltà, A. G. Vieregg, A. Wandui, A. C. Weber, D. V. Wiebe, J. Willmert, C. L. Wong, W. L.K. Wu, H. Yang, K. W. Yoon, C. Zhang

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BICEP3 is a 520mm aperture on-axis refracting telescope observing the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at 95GHz in search of the B-mode signal originating from in ationary gravitational waves. BICEP3's focal plane is populated with modularized tiles of antenna-coupled transition edge sensor (TES) bolometers. BICEP3 was deployed to the South Pole during 2014-15 austral summer and has been operational since. During the 2016-17 austral summer, we implemented changes to optical elements that lead to better noise performance. We discuss this upgrade and show the performance of BICEP3 at its full mapping speed from the 2017 and 2018 observing seasons. BICEP3 achieves an order-of-magnitude improvement in mapping speed compared to a Keck 95GHz receiver. We demonstrate 6.6μK√s noise performance of the BICEP3 receiver.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Editors	Jonas Zmuidzinas, Jian-Rong Gao
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Print)	9781510619692
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313854
State	Published - 2018
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018 - Austin, United States Duration: Jun 12 2018 → Jun 15 2018

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10708
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	6/12/18 → 6/15/18

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Funding Information:
The Bicep/Keck projects have been made possible through a series of grants from the National Science Foundation including 0742818, 0742592, 1044978, 1110087, 1145172, 1145143, 1145248, 1639040, 1638957, 1638978,

Funding Information:
1638970, & 1726917, by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, by the Keck Foundation, and by the grant 55802 from John Templeton Foundation. The development of antenna-coupled detector technology was supported by the JPL Research and Technology Development Fund and NASA Grants 06-ARPA206-0040, 10-SAT10-0017, 12-SAT12-0031, 14-SAT14-0009 & 16-SAT16-0002. The development and testing of focal planes were supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation at Caltech. Readout electronics were supported by a Canada Foundation for Innovation grant to UBC. The computations in this paper were run on the Odyssey cluster supported by the FAS Science Division Research Computing Group at Harvard University. The analysis effort at Stanford and SLAC is partially supported by the U.S. DoE Office of Science. We thank the staff of the U.S. Antarctic Program and in particular the South Pole Station without whose help this research would not have been possible. We thank all those who have contributed past efforts to the Bicep/Keck series of experiments, including the Bicep1 team. Tireless administrative support was provided by Kathy Deniston, Sheri Stoll, Irene Coyle, Donna Hernandez, Dana Volponi, and Julie Shih.

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BICEP3
Cosmic Microwave Background
Gravitational Waves
Inflation
Keck Array
Polarization

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Kang, J. H., Ade, P. A. R., Ahmed, Z., Aikin, R. W., Alexander, K. D., Barkats, D., Benton, S. J., Bischoff, C. A., Bock, J. J., Boenish, H., Bowens-Rubin, R., Brevik, J. A., Buder, I., Bullock, E., Buza, V., Connors, J., Cornelison, J., Crill, B. P., Crumrine, M., ... Zhang, C. (2018). 2017 upgrade and performance of BICEP3: A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization. In J. Zmuidzinas, & J.-R. Gao (Eds.), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX Article 107082N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10708). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313854

2017 upgrade and performance of BICEP3: A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization. / Kang, Jae Hwan; Ade, P. A.R.; Ahmed, Z. et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. ed. / Jonas Zmuidzinas; Jian-Rong Gao. SPIE, 2018. 107082N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10708).

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Kang, JH, Ade, PAR, Ahmed, Z, Aikin, RW, Alexander, KD, Barkats, D, Benton, SJ, Bischoff, CA, Bock, JJ, Boenish, H, Bowens-Rubin, R, Brevik, JA, Buder, I, Bullock, E, Buza, V, Connors, J, Cornelison, J, Crill, BP, Crumrine, M, Dierickx, M, Duband, L, Dvorkin, C, Filippini, JP, Fliescher, S, Grayson, JA, Hall, G, Halpern, M, Harrison, S, Hildebrandt, SR, Hilton, GC, Hui, H, Irwin, KD, Karkare, KS, Karpel, E, Kaufman, JP, Keating, BG, Kefeli, S, Kernasovskiy, SA, Kovac, JM, Kuo, CL, Larsen, NA, Lau, K, Leitch, EM, Lueker, M, Megerian, KG, Moncelsi, L, Namikawa, T, Netterfield, B, Nguyen, HT, O'Brient, R, Ogburn, RW, Palladino, S, Pryke, C, Racine, B, Richter, S, Schillaci, A, Schwarz, R, Sheehy, CD, Soliman, A, St Germaine, T, Staniszewski, ZK, Steinbach, B, Sudiwala, RV, Teply, GP, Thompson, KL, Tolan, JE, Tucker, C, Turner, AD, Umiltà, C, Vieregg, AG, Wandui, A, Weber, AC, Wiebe, DV, Willmert, J, Wong, CL, Wu, WLK, Yang, H, Yoon, KW & Zhang, C 2018, 2017 upgrade and performance of BICEP3: A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization. in J Zmuidzinas & J-R Gao (eds), Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX., 107082N, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10708, SPIE, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018, Austin, United States, 6/12/18. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313854

Kang JH, Ade PAR, Ahmed Z, Aikin RW, Alexander KD, Barkats D et al. 2017 upgrade and performance of BICEP3: A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization. In Zmuidzinas J, Gao JR, editors, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. SPIE. 2018. 107082N. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2313854

Kang, Jae Hwan ; Ade, P. A.R. ; Ahmed, Z. et al. / 2017 upgrade and performance of BICEP3 : A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization. Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. editor / Jonas Zmuidzinas ; Jian-Rong Gao. SPIE, 2018. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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2017 upgrade and performance of BICEP3: A 95GHz refracting telescope for degree-scale CMB polarization

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