BICEP2/SPUD

Aggressive "get there first" program
"Telescope in a can" approach for excellent systematic control, modularity and low cost
all cold optics and black forebaffle
super low sidelobes
downside is big beam - 0.9/0.6 deg @ 100/150GHz
Using new Caltech/JPL antenna coupled TES arrays
256 dual pol pixels per receiver (@ 150GHz)
BICEP2 to deploy for 2009 obs season
SPUD1 to deploy for 2010 obs season
"Foreground avoidance" strategy
Observe the cleanest 2% of the sky
Caltech/Chicago+ collaboration
Proposed to NSF/OPP
Driven by John Kovac (PI)