Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP

Tomotake Matsumura; Peter Ade; Denis Barkats; Darcy Barron; John O. Battle; Evan M. Bierman; James J. Bock; H. Cynthia Chiang; Brendan P. Crill; C. Darren Dowell; Lionel Duband; Eric F. Hivon; William L. Holzapfel; Viktor V. Hristov; William C. Jones; Brian G. Keating; John M. Kovac; Chao Lin Kuo; Andrew E. Lange; Erik M. Leitch; Peter V. Mason; Hien T. Nguyen; Nicolas Ponthieu; Clem Pryke; Steffen Richter; Graca M. Rocha; Yuki D. Takahashi; Ki Won Yoon

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Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP

Tomotake Matsumura, Peter Ade, Denis Barkats, Darcy Barron, John O. Battle, Evan M. Bierman, James J. Bock, H. Cynthia Chiang, Brendan P. Crill, C. Darren Dowell, Lionel Duband, Eric F. Hivon, William L. Holzapfel, Viktor V. Hristov, William C. Jones, Brian G. Keating, John M. Kovac, Chao Lin Kuo, Andrew E. Lange, Erik M. LeitchPeter V. Mason, Hien T. Nguyen, Nicolas Ponthieu, Clem Pryke, Steffen Richter, Graca M. Rocha, Yuki D. Takahashi, Ki Won Yoon

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Abstract

We present a method of cross-calibrating the polarization angle of a polarimeter using Bicep Galactic observations. Bicep was a ground based experiment using an array of 49 pairs of polarization sensitive bolometers observing from the geographic South Pole at 100 and 150 GHz. The Bicep polarimeter is calibrated to ±0.01 in cross-polarization and less than ±0.7° in absolute polarization orientation. Bicep observed the temperature and polarization of the Galactic plane (R.A = 100° ~ 270° and Dec. = -67° ~ -48°). We show that the statistical error in the 100 GHz Bicep Galaxy map can constrain the polarization angle offset of Wmap W band to 0.6° ± 1.4°. The expected 1σ errors on the polarization angle cross-calibration for Planck or EPIC are 1.3° and 0.3° at 100 and 150 GHz, respectively. We also discuss the expected improvement of the Bicep Galactic field observations with forthcoming Bicep2 and Keck observations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856855
State	Published - 2010
Event	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jun 29 2010 → Jul 2 2010

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7741
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	6/29/10 → 7/2/10

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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calibration source
cosmic microwave background polarization
millimeter wave
polarization calibration
polarized galactic emission

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Matsumura, T., Ade, P., Barkats, D., Barron, D., Battle, J. O., Bierman, E. M., Bock, J. J., Chiang, H. C., Crill, B. P., Dowell, C. D., Duband, L., Hivon, E. F., Holzapfel, W. L., Hristov, V. V., Jones, W. C., Keating, B. G., Kovac, J. M., Kuo, C. L., Lange, A. E., ... Yoon, K. W. (2010). Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP. In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V Article 77412O (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7741). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856855

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Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP. / Matsumura, Tomotake; Ade, Peter; Barkats, Denis et al.
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V. 2010. 77412O (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7741).

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Matsumura T, Ade P, Barkats D, Barron D, Battle JO, Bierman EM et al. Absolute polarization angle calibration using polarized diffuse Galactic emission observed by BICEP. In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V. 2010. 77412O. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.856855

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