BICEP2 experiment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf scientific experiment
gptkbp:built 2010
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
interdisciplinary research
international collaboration
Caltech
multi-institutional effort
BICEP_collaboration
gptkbp:collection microwave observations
photodetector arrays
gptkbp:conference 2014 AAS meeting
2014 APS meeting
gptkbp:controversy foreground contamination
gptkbp:dataTransmission open access policy
gptkbp:dataUsage statistical analysis
cosmic microwave background
noise reduction
Bayesian analysis
gptkbp:debutYear 2016
gptkbp:design_feature refracting telescope
gptkbp:duration two years
gptkbp:field cosmology
gptkbp:follows SPT-3G
gptkbp:frequency 150 GHz
gptkbp:funding gptkb:Department_of_Energy
NASA
private donations
gptkbp:future_plans understand early universe
gptkbp:goal detect primordial gravitational waves
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label BICEP2 experiment
gptkbp:impact advancement of cosmology
gptkbp:instrument telescope
submillimeter-wave telescope
gptkbp:is_recognized_for cross-correlation with other experiments
gptkbp:leads Chao-Lin_Kuo
John_Kovac
gptkbp:legacy influence on future experiments
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Pole
gptkbp:notableWork inflationary theory
Keck_Array
gptkbp:partnerships gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:productionYears 2010-2012
gptkbp:provides gptkb:National_Science_Foundation
gptkbp:publications 2014 BICEP2 results
2014 paper in PRL
gptkbp:publishes Physical Review Letters
gptkbp:related_to quantum_gravity
gptkbp:releaseFormat publicly available datasets
gptkbp:research observational astronomy
gptkbp:researchAndDevelopment evidence for inflation
gptkbp:scientificName mixed reactions
foreground emission separation
gptkbp:significance 5 sigma
first evidence of B-mode polarization
gptkbp:successor BICEP3_experiment
gptkbp:technique differential measurement
polarization measurement
gptkbp:theory cosmic inflation
gptkbp:type CMB polarization data
gptkbp:year 2014