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Characterization of the BICEP Telescope for High-precision Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimetry,” ApJ 711

Citation Takahashi
Yuki D
Peter A. R. Ade
Denis Barkats
John O. Battle
Evan M. Bierman
James J. Bock
H. Cynthia Chiang
S. Richter
G. Rocha
K. W. Yoon

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January 2010

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