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Characterization of the BICEP Telescope for High-Precision Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry
Authors: Y. D. Takahashi, P. A. R. Ade, D. Barkats, J. O. Battle, E. M. Bierman, J. J. Bock, H. C. Chiang, C. D. Dowell, L. Duband, E. F. Hivon, W. L. Holzapfel, V. V. Hristov, W. C. Jones, B. G. Keating, J. M. Kovac, C. L. Kuo, A. E. Lange, E. M. Leitch, P. V. Mason, T. Matsumura, H. T. Nguyen, N. Ponthieu, C. Pryke, S. Richter, G. Rocha, K. W. Yoon Brian G. Keating, Peter A. Ade, James J. Bock, Eric Hivon, William L. Holzapfel, Andrew E. Lange, Hien Nguyen, Ki Won Yoon

Measurement of Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Power Spectra from Two Years of BICEP Data
Authors: H. C. Chiang, P. A. R. Ade, D. Barkats, J. O. Battle, E. M. Bierman, J. J. Bock, C. D. Dowell, L. Duband, E. F. Hivon, W. L. Holzapfel, V. V. Hristov, W. C. Jones, B. G. Keating, J. M. Kovac, C. L. Kuo, A. E. Lange, E. M. Leitch, P. V. Mason, T. Matsumura, H. T. Nguyen, N. Ponthieu, C. Pryke, S. Richter, G. Rocha, C. Sheehy, Y. D. Takahashi, J. E. Tolan, K. W. Yoon

CMB polarimetry with BICEP: instrument characterization, calibration, and performance
Authors: Yuki D. Takahashi, Denis Barkats, John O. Battle, Evan M. Bierman, James J. Bock, H. Cynthia Chiang, C. Darren Dowell, Eric F. Hivon, William L. Holzapfel, Viktor V. Hristov, William C. Jones, J. P. Kaufman, Brian G. Keating, John M. Kovac, Chao-Lin Kuo, Andrew E. Lange, Erik M. Leitch, Peter V. Mason, Tomotake Matsumura, Hien T. Nguyen, Nicolas Ponthieu, Graca M. Rocha, Ki Won Yoon, P. Ade, L. Duband

The Robinson Gravitational Wave Background Telescope (BICEP): a bolometric large angular scale CMB polarimeterr
Authors: K. W. Yoon, P. A. R. Ade, D. Barkats, J. O. Battle, E. M. Bierman, J. J. Bock, J. A. Brevik, H. C. Chiang, A. Crites, C. D. Dowell, L. Duband, G. S. Griffin, E. F. Hivon, W. L. Holzapfel, V. V. Hristov, B. G. Keating, J. M. Kovac, C. L. Kuo, A. E. Lange, E. M. Leitch, P. V. Mason, H. T. Nguyen, N. Ponthieu, Y. D. Takahashi, T. Renbarger, L. C. Weintraub, D. Woolsey

BICEP: A Large Angular Scale CMB Polarimeter
Authors: Brian G. Keating, Peter A. Ade, James J. Bock, Eric Hivon, William L. Holzapfel, Andrew E. Lange, Hien Nguyen, Ki Won Yoon

A New Window to the Early Universe
Eric Hivon & Marc Kamionkowski