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Randol W. Aikin
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 54
Citations - 6602
Randol W. Aikin is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cosmic microwave background & Detector. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 54 publications receiving 6205 citations. Previous affiliations of Randol W. Aikin include Apple Inc. & University of Colorado Boulder.
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Detection of $B$-Mode Polarization at Degree Angular Scales by BICEP2
Peter A. R. Ade,Randol W. Aikin,Denis Barkats,S. J. Benton,Colin A. Bischoff,James J. Bock,Justus A. Brevik,I. Buder,E. Bullock,C. D. Dowell,L. Duband,Jeffrey P. Filippini,S. Fliescher,Sunil Golwala,Mark Halpern,M. Hasselfield,S. R. Hildebrandt,Gene C. Hilton,Viktor Hristov,Kent D. Irwin,Kent D. Irwin,Kirit Karkare,J. P. Kaufman,Brian Keating,S. A. Kernasovskiy,John M Kovac,Chao-Lin Kuo,E. M. Leitch,M. Lueker,Peter Mason,Calvin B. Netterfield,Calvin B. Netterfield,H. T. Nguyen,Roger O'Brient,R. W. Ogburn,A. Orlando,C. Pryke,Carl D. Reintsema,S. Richter,R. Schwarz,C. D. Sheehy,C. D. Sheehy,Z. K. Staniszewski,Rashmikant V. Sudiwala,Grant Teply,J. E. Tolan,A. D. Turner,Abigail G. Vieregg,Abigail G. Vieregg,C. L. Wong,Ki Won Yoon +50 more
TL;DR: An excess of B-mode power over the base lensed-ΛCDM expectation is found in the range 30 < ℓ < 150, inconsistent with the null hypothesis at a significance of >5σ, and it is shown that systematic contamination is much smaller than the observed excess.
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Joint Analysis of BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck Data
Peter A. R. Ade,Nabila Aghanim,Zeeshan Ahmed,Randol W. Aikin,Kate D. Alexander,Monique Arnaud,J. Aumont,Carlo Baccigalupi,A. J. Banday,A. J. Banday,Denis Barkats,R. B. Barreiro,James G. Bartlett,James G. Bartlett,Nicola Bartolo,Nicola Bartolo,E. Battaner,K. Benabed,K. Benabed,Alain Benoit,A. Benoit-Lévy,A. Benoit-Lévy,A. Benoit-Lévy,S. J. Benton,J.-P. Bernard,J.-P. Bernard,Marco Bersanelli,Marco Bersanelli,P. Bielewicz,P. Bielewicz,P. Bielewicz,Colin A. Bischoff,James J. Bock,Anna Bonaldi,Laura Bonavera,J. R. Bond,Julian Borrill,Julian Borrill,François R. Bouchet,F. Boulanger,Justus A. Brevik,M. Bucher,I. Buder,E. Bullock,Carlo Burigana,Carlo Burigana,R. C. Butler,Victor Buza,Erminia Calabrese,Jean-François Cardoso,Jean-François Cardoso,Jean-François Cardoso,A. Catalano,A. Catalano,Anthony Challinor,Ranga-Ram Chary,H. C. Chiang,H. C. Chiang,P. R. Christensen,L. P. L. Colombo,L. P. L. Colombo,C. Combet,Jake Connors,F. Couchot,A. Coulais,B. P. Crill,A. Curto,A. Curto,F. Cuttaia,Luigi Danese,R. D. Davies,R. J. Davis,P. de Bernardis,A. de Rosa,G. de Zotti,G. de Zotti,Jacques Delabrouille,J.-M. Delouis,J.-M. Delouis,F.-X. Désert,Clive Dickinson,Jose M. Diego,H. Dole,H. Dole,S. Donzelli,Olivier Doré,Marian Douspis,C. D. Dowell,L. Duband,A. Ducout,A. Ducout,Jo Dunkley,X. Dupac,Cora Dvorkin,George Efstathiou,F. Elsner,F. Elsner,F. Elsner,Torsten A. Enßlin,H. K. Eriksen,E. Falgarone,Jeffrey P. Filippini,Jeffrey P. Filippini,Fabio Finelli,S. Fliescher,Olivier Forni,Olivier Forni,M. Frailis,A. A. Fraisse,E. Franceschi,A. Frejsel,S. Galeotta,S. Galli,K. Ganga,Tuhin Ghosh,M. Giard,M. Giard,E. Gjerløw,Sunil Golwala,J. González-Nuevo,J. González-Nuevo,Krzysztof M. Gorski,Krzysztof M. Gorski,Serge Gratton,A. Gregorio,A. Gregorio,Alessandro Gruppuso,Jon E. Gudmundsson,Mark Halpern,F. K. Hansen,Duncan Hanson,Duncan Hanson,Duncan Hanson,D. L. Harrison,Matthew Hasselfield,George Helou,Sophie Henrot-Versille,D. Herranz,S. R. Hildebrandt,Gene C. Hilton,E. Hivon,E. Hivon,Michael P. Hobson,W. A. Holmes,W. Hovest,Viktor Hristov,Kevin M. Huffenberger,Howard Hui,G. Hurier,Kent D. Irwin,Kent D. Irwin,Kent D. Irwin,Andrew H. Jaffe,T. R. Jaffe,T. R. Jaffe,J. Jewell,W. C. Jones,Mika Juvela,A. Karakci,Kirit Karkare,J. P. Kaufman,Brian Keating,S. Kefeli,E. Keihänen,S. A. Kernasovskiy,Reijo Keskitalo,Theodore Kisner,R. Kneissl,R. Kneissl,J. Knoche,Lloyd Knox,John M Kovac,N. Krachmalnicoff,Martin Kunz,Martin Kunz,Martin Kunz,Chao-Lin Kuo,Chao-Lin Kuo,Hannu Kurki-Suonio,Hannu Kurki-Suonio,Guilaine Lagache,Guilaine Lagache,Anne Lähteenmäki,Anne Lähteenmäki,J.-M. Lamarre,Anthony Lasenby,Massimiliano Lattanzi,Charles R. Lawrence,E. M. Leitch,R. Leonardi,François Levrier,Antony Lewis,Michele Liguori,Michele Liguori,P. B. Lilje,M. Linden-Vørnle,M. López-Caniego,M. López-Caniego,Philip Lubin,M. Lueker,J. F. Macías-Pérez,Bruno Maffei,Davide Maino,Davide Maino,N. Mandolesi,N. Mandolesi,A. Mangilli,M. Maris,Peter G. Martin,E. Martínez-González,Silvia Masi,Peter Mason,Sabino Matarrese,Sabino Matarrese,K. G. Megerian,Peter Meinhold,Alessandro Melchiorri,L. Mendes,A. Mennella,A. Mennella,M. Migliaccio,Subhabrata Mitra,Subhabrata Mitra,M.-A. Miville-Deschênes,M.-A. Miville-Deschênes,A. Moneti,L. Montier,L. Montier,Gianluca Morgante,Daniel J. Mortlock,Adam Moss,Dipak Munshi,J. A. Murphy,Pavel Naselsky,Federico Nati,Paolo Natoli,Paolo Natoli,Paolo Natoli,Calvin B. Netterfield,H. T. Nguyen,Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen,F. Noviello,Dmitry Novikov,I. D. Novikov,I. D. Novikov,Roger O'Brient,R. W. Ogburn,R. W. Ogburn,A. Orlando,L. Pagano,F. Pajot,Roberta Paladini,Daniela Paoletti,Bruce Partridge,F. Pasian,G. Patanchon,T. J. Pearson,O. Perdereau,L. Perotto,Valeria Pettorino,F. Piacentini,M. Piat,Davide Pietrobon,Stéphane Plaszczynski,Etienne Pointecouteau,Etienne Pointecouteau,G. Polenta,G. Polenta,N. Ponthieu,N. Ponthieu,G. W. Pratt,Simon Prunet,Simon Prunet,C. Pryke,J.-L. Puget,Jörg P. Rachen,William T. Reach,Rafael Rebolo,Rafael Rebolo,M. Reinecke,Mathieu Remazeilles,Mathieu Remazeilles,Mathieu Remazeilles,C. Renault,A. Renzi,S. Richter,I. Ristorcelli,I. Ristorcelli,Graca Rocha,M. Rossetti,M. Rossetti,G. Roudier,G. Roudier,G. Roudier,M. Rowan-Robinson,Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin,Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin,Ben Rusholme,M. Sandri,D. Santos,M. Savelainen,M. Savelainen,Giorgio Savini,R. Schwarz,Douglas Scott,Michael Seiffert,C. D. Sheehy,C. D. Sheehy,Locke D. Spencer,Z. K. Staniszewski,V. Stolyarov,V. Stolyarov,R. Sudiwala,R. A. Sunyaev,D. Sutton,A.-S. Suur-Uski,A.-S. Suur-Uski,J.-F. Sygnet,J. A. Tauber,Grant Teply,Luca Terenzi,K. L. Thompson,L. Toffolatti,L. Toffolatti,L. Toffolatti,J. E. Tolan,M. Tomasi,M. Tomasi,M. Tristram,M. Tucci,A. D. Turner,A. D. Turner,Luca Valenziano,Jussi-Pekka Väliviita,Jussi-Pekka Väliviita,B. Van Tent,L. Vibert,P. Vielva,Abigail G. Vieregg,Fabrizio Villa,L. A. Wade,Benjamin D. Wandelt,Benjamin D. Wandelt,Benjamin D. Wandelt,Robert A. Watson,A. C. Weber,Ingunn Kathrine Wehus,Martin White,Simon D. M. White,J. Willmert,C. L. Wong,Ki Won Yoon,Ki Won Yoon,D. Yvon,Andrea Zacchei,Andrea Zonca,Bicep,Planck Collaborations +357 more
TL;DR: Strong evidence for dust and no statistically significant evidence for tensor modes is found and various model variations and extensions are probe, including adding a synchrotron component in combination with lower frequency data, and find that these make little difference to the r constraint.
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Improved Constraints on Cosmology and Foregrounds from BICEP2 and Keck Array Cosmic Microwave Background Data with Inclusion of 95 GHz Band
Peter A. R. Ade,Zeeshan Ahmed,Randol W. Aikin,Kate D. Alexander,Denis Barkats,S. J. Benton,Colin A. Bischoff,J. J. Bock,R. Bowens-Rubin,Justus A. Brevik,I. Buder,E. Bullock,Victor Buza,Jake Connors,B. P. Crill,L. Duband,Cora Dvorkin,Jeffrey P. Filippini,S. Fliescher,J. A. Grayson,Mark Halpern,Sarah M. Harrison,Gene C. Hilton,Howard Hui,Kent D. Irwin,Kirit Karkare,E. Karpel,J. P. Kaufman,Brian Keating,S. Kefeli,S. A. Kernasovskiy,John M Kovac,Chao-Lin Kuo,E. M. Leitch,M. Lueker,K. G. Megerian,Calvin B. Netterfield,H. T. Nguyen,Roger O'Brient,R. W. Ogburn,A. Orlando,C. Pryke,S. Richter,R. Schwarz,C. D. Sheehy,Z. K. Staniszewski,Bryan Steinbach,R. V. Sudiwala,Grant Teply,K. L. Thompson,J. E. Tolan,Carole Tucker,A. D. Turner,Abigail G. Vieregg,A. C. Weber,D. V. Wiebe,J. Willmert,C. L. Wong,W. L. K. Wu,Ki Won Yoon +59 more
TL;DR: An analysis of all data taken by the BICEP2 and Keck Array cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarization experiments up to and including the 2014 observing season yields an upper limit r_{0.05}<0.09 at 95% confidence, which is robust to variations explored in analysis and priors.
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Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves Using Planck, WMAP, and New BICEP2/Keck Observations through the 2015 Season.
Peter A. R. Ade,Z. Ahmed,Randol W. Aikin,Kate D. Alexander,Denis Barkats,Steven J. Benton,Colin A. Bischoff,J. J. Bock,J. J. Bock,R. Bowens-Rubin,Justus A. Brevik,I. Buder,E. Bullock,Victor Buza,Jake Connors,J. Cornelison,B. P. Crill,M. Crumrine,Marion Dierickx,L. Duband,Cora Dvorkin,Jeffrey P. Filippini,S. Fliescher,J. A. Grayson,G. Hall,Mark Halpern,Sarah M. Harrison,S. R. Hildebrandt,S. R. Hildebrandt,Gene C. Hilton,Howard Hui,Kent D. Irwin,Kent D. Irwin,J. Kang,Kirit Karkare,E. Karpel,J. P. Kaufman,Brian Keating,S. Kefeli,S. A. Kernasovskiy,John M Kovac,Chao-Lin Kuo,N. A. Larsen,King Tong Lau,E. M. Leitch,M. Lueker,K. G. Megerian,Lorenzo Moncelsi,Toshiya Namikawa,Calvin B. Netterfield,Calvin B. Netterfield,H. T. Nguyen,Roger O'Brient,Roger O'Brient,R. W. Ogburn,S. Palladino,C. Pryke,B. Racine,Stefan Richter,Alessandro Schillaci,R. Schwarz,C. D. Sheehy,Ahmed Soliman,T. St. Germaine,Z. K. Staniszewski,Z. K. Staniszewski,Bryan Steinbach,R. V. Sudiwala,Grant Teply,Grant Teply,K. L. Thompson,J. E. Tolan,C. Tucker,A. D. Turner,C. Umilta,Abigail G. Vieregg,A. Wandui,A. C. Weber,D. V. Wiebe,J. Willmert,C. L. Wong,W. L. K. Wu,Hyunsoo Yang,Ki Won Yoon,Chao Zhang +84 more
TL;DR: Results from an analysis of all data taken by the bicep2/Keck CMB polarization experiments up to and including the 2015 observing season are presented, showing the strongest constraints to date on primordial gravitational waves.
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BICEP2 II: Experiment and Three-Year Data Set
Peter A. R. Ade,Randol W. Aikin,M. Amiri,Denis Barkats,S. J. Benton,Colin A. Bischoff,James J. Bock,James J. Bock,Justus A. Brevik,I. Buder,E. Bullock,G. Davis,C. D. Dowell,L. Duband,Jeffrey P. Filippini,S. Fliescher,Sunil Golwala,Mark Halpern,Matthew Hasselfield,S. R. Hildebrandt,S. R. Hildebrandt,Gene C. Hilton,Viktor Hristov,Kent D. Irwin,Kent D. Irwin,Kirit Karkare,J. P. Kaufman,Brian Keating,S. A. Kernasovskiy,John M Kovac,Chao-Lin Kuo,E. M. Leitch,Nuria Llombart,M. Lueker,Calvin B. Netterfield,H. T. Nguyen,Roger O'Brient,R. W. Ogburn,A. Orlando,C. Pryke,C. D. Reintsema,S. Richter,R. Schwarz,C. D. Sheehy,C. D. Sheehy,Z. K. Staniszewski,K. T. Story,R. Sudiwala,Grant Teply,J. E. Tolan,A. D. Turner,Abigail G. Vieregg,Abigail G. Vieregg,P. Wilson,C. L. Wong,Ki Won Yoon +55 more
TL;DR: The BICEP2 telescope as mentioned in this paper measured the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) on angular scales of 1 to 5 degrees, near the expected peak of the B-mode polarization signature of primordial gravitational waves from cosmic inflation.