BICEP experiments

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cosmic microwave background experiment series ground-based telescope program

The BICEP experiments are a series of ground-based cosmic microwave background telescopes designed to measure polarization patterns in the early universe to study cosmic inflation.

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BICEP/Keck Array	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cosmic microwave background experiment series ⓘ ground-based telescope program ⓘ
advantageOfSite	low atmospheric water vapor ⓘ stable, dry, cold observing conditions ⓘ
aimsToMeasure	B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background ⓘ E-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Planck mission NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaborationIncludes	California Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ Cardiff University NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics NERFINISHED ⓘ Jet Propulsion Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford University NERFINISHED ⓘ University of British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataUsedFor	constraints on inflationary models ⓘ constraints on tensor-to-scalar ratio ⓘ measurements of gravitational lensing of the CMB ⓘ
designedTo	probe inflationary gravitational waves ⓘ
environment	Antarctic plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	astrophysics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ
frequencyCoverageIncludes	150 GHz ⓘ 220 GHz ⓘ 270 GHz ⓘ 95 GHz ⓘ
fullName	Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization experiments NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	BICEP NERFINISHED ⓘ BICEP Array NERFINISHED ⓘ BICEP1 NERFINISHED ⓘ BICEP2 NERFINISHED ⓘ BICEP3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Keck Array NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAt	Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	2014 announcement of BICEP2 B-mode detection later attributed largely to dust foregrounds ⓘ
notableResult	first high-sensitivity measurement of CMB B-mode polarization at degree scales ⓘ
observes	large-angular-scale polarization patterns ⓘ microwave sky at degree angular scales ⓘ
operatedBy	BICEP/Keck collaboration NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal	detect primordial B-mode polarization from inflation ⓘ
secondaryScienceGoal	characterize Galactic foreground emission ⓘ measure lensing B-modes ⓘ
studies	cosmic inflation ⓘ cosmic microwave background polarization ⓘ
uses	bolometric detector arrays ⓘ cryogenic receivers ⓘ refracting telescopes ⓘ

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Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station → hostsFacility → BICEP experiments ⓘ

South Pole Telescope → nearbyFacility → BICEP experiments ⓘ

this entity surface form: BICEP/Keck Array