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Optimization and sensitivity of the Keck Array Amiri, Mandana; Burger, Bryce; Davis, Greg; Halpern, Mark; Hasselfield, Matthew; Wiebe, Donald V.

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The Keck Array (SPUD) began observing the cosmic microwave background's polarization in the winter of 2011 at the South Pole. The Keck Array follows the success of the predecessor experiments Bicep and Bicep2,<sup>1</sup> using five on-axis refracting telescopes. These have a combined imaging array of 2500 antenna-coupled TES bolometers read with a SQUID-based time domain multiplexing system. We will discuss the detector noise and the optimization of the readout. The achieved sensitivity of the Keck Array is 11.5 &mu;K<inf>CMB</inf>&radic;s in the 2012 configuration. 2012 SPIE. Copyright 2012 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

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Optimization and sensitivity of the Keck Array
Creator
Amiri, Mandana; Burger, Bryce; Davis, Greg; Halpern, Mark; Hasselfield, Matthew; Wiebe, Donald V.
Publisher
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Date Issued
2012-09-27
Description
The Keck Array (SPUD) began observing the cosmic microwave background's polarization in the winter of 2011 at the South Pole. The Keck Array follows the success of the predecessor experiments Bicep and Bicep2,<sup>1</sup> using five on-axis refracting telescopes. These have a combined imaging array of 2500 antenna-coupled TES bolometers read with a SQUID-based time domain multiplexing system. We will discuss the detector noise and the optimization of the readout. The achieved sensitivity of the Keck Array is 11.5 &mu;K<inf>CMB</inf>&radic;s in the 2012 configuration. 2012 SPIE. Copyright 2012 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
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Conference Paper
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Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2014-03-10
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0107627
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46171
Affiliation
Science, Faculty of; Physics and Astronomy, Department of
Citation
Kernasovskiy, S. ; Ade, P.A.R. ; Aikin, R.W. ; Amiri, M. ; Benton, S. ; Bischoff, C. ; Bock, J.J. ; Bonetti, J.A. ; Brevik, J.A. ; Burger, B. ; Davis, G. ; Dowell, C.D. ; Duband, L. ; Filippini, J.P. ; Fliescher, S. ; Golwala, S.R. ; Halpern, M. ; Hasselfield, M. ; Hiltion, G. ; Hristov, V.V. ; Irwin, K. ; Kovac, J.M. ; Kuo, C.L. ; Leitch, E. ; Lueker, M. ; Netterfield, C.B. ; Nguyen, H.T. ; O'Brient, R. ; Ogburn IV, R.W. ; Pryke, C.L. ; Reintsema, C. ; Ruhl, J.E. ; Runyan, M.C. ; Schwarz, R. ; Sheehy, C.D. ; Staniszewski, Z. ; Sudiwala, R. ; Teply, G. ; Tolan, J.E. ; Turner, A.D. ; Vieregg, A. ; Wiebe, D.V. ; Wilson, P. ; Wong, C.L. Optimization and sensitivity of the Keck Array. Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VI edited by Wayne S. Holland, Jonas Zmuidzinas, Proceedings of SPIE 8452, 84521B, 2012
Publisher DOI
10.1117/12.926934
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
Halpern, Mark
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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