@inproceedings{1ce83358a73e4a409fd8468e934dfad9,
title = "CMB polarimetry with BICEP: Instrument characterization, calibration, and performance",
abstract = "BICEP is a ground-based millimeter-wave bolometric array designed to target the primordial gravity wave signature on the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at degree angular scales. Currently in its third year of operation at the South Pole, BICEP is measuring the CMB polarization with unprecedented sensitivity at 100 and 150 GHz in the cleanest available 2% of the sky, as well as deriving independent constraints on the diffuse polarized foregrounds with select observations on and off the Galactic plane. Instrument calibrations are discussed in the context of rigorous control of systematic errors, and the performance during the first two years of the experiment is reviewed.",
keywords = "Bolometers, Cosmic microwave background polarization, Cosmology, Inflation, Mm-wave, South Pole",
author = "Takahashi, {Yuki D.} and Denis Barkats and Battle, {John O.} and Bierman, {Evan M.} and Bock, {James J.} and Chiang, {H. Cynthia} and Dowell, {C. Darren} and Hivon, {Eric F.} and Holzapfel, {William L.} and Hristov, {Viktor V.} and Jones, {William C.} and Kaufman, {J. P.} and Keating, {Brian G.} and Kovac, {John M.} and Kuo, {Chao Lin} and Lange, {Andrew E.} and Leitch, {Erik M.} and Mason, {Peter V.} and Tomotake Matsumura and Nguyen, {Hien T.} and Nicolas Ponthieu and Rocha, {Graca M.} and Yoon, {Ki Won} and P. Ade and L. Duband",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1117/12.790306",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819472304",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV",
note = "Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV ; Conference date: 26-06-2008 Through 28-06-2008",
}