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Title: Constraints on Primordial Gravitational Waves Using P l a n c k , WMAP, and New BICEP2/ K e c k Observations through the 2015 Season

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
Keck Array and bicep2 Collaborations; Keck Array and bicep2 Collaborations
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC02-76SF00515; 0742818; 0742592; 1044978; 1110087; 1145172; 1145143; 1145248; 1639040; 1638957; 1638978; 1638970; 06-ARPA206-0040; 10-SAT10-0017; 12-SAT12-0031; 14-SAT14-0009; 16-SAT-16-0002; ST/N000706/1
OSTI ID:
1487242
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1483727; OSTI ID: 1490364
Report Number(s):
BNL-209746-2018-JAAM; PRLTAO
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 22; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 269 works
Citation information provided by
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Planck 2015 results. XV. Gravitational lensing text January 2015
Measurements of Sub-degree B-mode Polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background from 100 Square Degrees of SPTpol Data text January 2015
Polarized galactic synchrotron and dust emission and their correlation text January 2015
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The structure and statistics of interstellar turbulence text January 2017
No evidence for dust B-mode decorrelation in Planck data text January 2017
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