BICEP PROJECT A-033-S
VertexRSI / RPSC / OPP
Interface Pages

BICEP is a new bolometer-based telescope designed to measure polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation on medium and large angular scales with extremely high sensitivity. BICEP will deploy to the South Pole in November 2005.

These interface pages are intended to communicate critical interface and planning information between

• the BICEP science team at Caltech and UC Berkeley
• VertexRSI, the vendor for the BICEP mount
• Raytheon Polar Services Company, support contractor for the USAP
• the Office of Polar Programs at the NSF.

DSL / BICEP Facility Modifications

• DSL modifications for SPT (RPSC interm drawings, 08/09/06)
  • Ralph Giardino reply to JMK comment on location of exhaust air unit EF-4 (09/07/06)
• DSL photos
• BICEP/DSL 2nd floor concept sketches, (BICEP team 11/02/04)
  • sptsite09_with_BICEP_elevation.pdf
  • sptsite09_with_BICEP_roofplan.pdf
  • DSL-A-05-REV1_with_BICEP.pdf
• BICEP/DSL 2nd floor concept drawings, Bicep_in_DSL-flr_plan.pdf and Bicep_and_DSL_elevation_view.pdf and (RPSC 11/25/04)
• DSL 12/04 design drawing set
• BICEP/DSL 2nd floor interior layout, (BICEP team 1/27/04)
  • proposed funiture plan: DSL-A-05_with_BICEP_Rev2.pdf
  • suggested ceiling plan: DSL/SP-110-MD-101-REV_BICEP1.pdf
• DSL 90% design drawing set (RPSC 2/17/05)
• DSL 90% drawings comments and roof plan (BICEP team 3/4/05)

Deployment Planning

• FY06 Science Team Deployment schedule (BICEP team, updated 10/18/05) :
  • BICEP_FY06_deployment.html plain text (based on below schedules, adds detail for science team tasking)
• FY06 Master Deployment schedule (BICEP team, 1/18/05) :
  • BICEP_SP_FY06_rev3.mpp (Microsoft Project original)
  • BICEP_SP_FY06_rev3.pdf (PDF)
  • BICEP_SP_FY06_rev3.xls (Microsoft Excel)
• FY06 SIP applicant version (BICEP team, 04/15/05)

Groundshield Design

• Groundshield dimensional reference drawings: BICEP_Ground_Shield-040712.1.dwg (or PDF versions of front and top views) (BICEP team, 3/29/04)
• Inner shield concept drawing (BICEP team, 5/12/04) : Horn-Window-6.040908.dwg and Horn-Window-5.040512.pdf

Cryostat Service Apparatus Design

• Cryostat loader apparatus concept sketch (BICEP team 9/22/04) : 8447-00-04a_RevA_cryoloader.pdf and dwg .
• LHe and LN2 transfer lines for BICEP cryostat (BICEP team, 7/20/04)
• Cryostat shipping crates: outer crate, inner crate bottom and top, and dwg.

BICEP Mount Design

• FINALIZED complete drawing set (VertexRSI 8/11/04) : here
• FINALIZED Dimensional control drawing (VertexRSI 6/14/04) : 8447-00-04a_RevA.dwg and 8447-00-04a_RevA.pdf
• FINALIZED Detail drawings of mount footprint and AZ brush seal (VertexRSI 6/14/04) : here
• Recent 3-d e-drawings (VertexRSI, 5/17/04) : Bicep_e-drwg_5-17-04.exe
• 3-d model (VertexRSI) : Solidworks 2004 (3/5/04) and Bicep_SWModel_3-24-04.IGS (IGES format)
  NOTE: Drawings are not for public release.