BICEP and Keck Array
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BICEP and the Keck Array are a series of cosmic microwave background experiments, deployed near the South Pole. These are cryogenic telescopes with arrays of detectors sensitive to several frequencies
The BICEP2 detector array under a microscope
South Pole Telescope (left) and Dark Sector Laboratory with BICEP2 (right)
South Pole Telescope (left), Dark Sector Laboratory with BICEP3 (center background), Martin A. Pomerantz Observatory with Keck Array (right)
The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under the jurisdiction of the United States. The stati
BICEP and Keck Array
…background. Specifically, they aim to measure the B-modes (curl component) of the polarization of the CMB. BICEP operates from Antarctica, at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station. All three instruments have mapped the same part of the sky, around the south celestial pole. The institutions involved in the various instruments are…
The Amundsen–Scott Station in 2018. In the foreground is Destination Alpha, one of the two main entrances.
A U.S. Navy R4D-5L was the first aircraft to land at the South Pole, 31 October 1956 for Operation Deep Freeze II
Geographic South Pole, 2000
South Pole marker, 2018