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I work on an experiment called BICEP: Background (or Badass) Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization. BICEP is a milimeter-wave bolometric receiver designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background. In particular, we are looking for the curl mode in the polarization, also affectionately known as the "smoking gun" of inflation. BICEP successfully deployed to the South Pole in November 2005 and is now in its third season of observations. The photo to the right shows (most of) the people on the experiment. For more detailed information, check out some of the following links. png The movie below shows the microwave sky as seen by BICEP from the South Pole. Starting from our primary CMB field, the view moves in a circle around the sky, passing through the Galactic plane. The color scale adjusts throughout the movie so that both the CMB temperature fluctuations and Galactic plane are visible.

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