WMPol

WMPOL – White Mountain Polarimeter  

Ground-based microwave telescope and receiver system for observing polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). It’s located at the University of California White Mountain Research Station (WMRS). The WMPol telescope is similar to that of BEAST.

WMPol Sketch

Installing WMPol in Dome -2003

Some links to publications about WMPol:

The White Mountain Polarimeter Telescope and an Upper Limit on Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization

An astronomical site survey at the Barcroft Facility of the White Mountain Research Station