Hi all, BICEP2 team meeting and analysis/pipeline telecon today at the usual time: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 12:00 Eastern, 11:00 Central, 9:00 am Pacific Phone: 1-866-890-3820 (toll: 1-334-323-7229) Passcode: 59702175 # Our group-edited agenda is in the telecon notes http://goo.gl/LNvpx Please continue to add items. Here is the current agenda: 1) General business computing: panlfs inventory in progress, OK to add 10-20 TB for now bicepfs2 space and Keck tods [ Sarah ] 2) Final reports report [ Walt ] Highlighting a few final reports items: - Low-level reduction: new TOD’s done; remaking reducplots [ Angiola ] - Far sidelobes: progress on archival beam maps? [ Immanuel, Abby ] - Abscal: now running maps + sims [ Walt ] - Transfer functions [ Justus ] 3) Report this week: T->P from Residual Beam Mismatch [Chin Lin / Abby ] http://bmode.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/final_reports/pol_systematics/ 4) [ Clem ] Preview of this week’s new postings (and few defered from last week) 5) Analysis/Pipeline discussion John -- ___________________________________________________________________ John Kovac jmkovac(a)cfa.harvard.edu Assistant Professor, Astronomy and Physics, Harvard University 160 Concord Ave rm 310, Cambridge MA 02138, 617-496-0611

Hi all, BICEP2 team meeting and analysis/pipeline telecon today at the usual time: Tuesday, 28 May 2013 12:00 Eastern, 11:00 Central, 9:00 am Pacific Phone: 1-866-890-3820 (toll: 1-334-323-7229) Passcode: 59702175# Our group-edited agenda is in the telecon notes http://goo.gl/LNvpx Please continue to add items. Here is the current agenda: 1) General business Computing: Sim requirements? -- Chris Panlfs status New BICEP2 TOD’s copied over Things to delete? Planck MOU? 2) Final reports report [ Walt ] -- highlighting a few items New code, files ready for obs chi Switching to obs B_l in WMAP, Planck, input maps Beam width, ellipticity files Crosstalk report? 3) Preview of this week’s new postings [ Clem ] 4) Analysis/Pipeline discussion (> 1hr)

Our field outline on the Planck B-field vectors slide. -Jamie On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:42 AM, John Kovac <jmkovac(a)cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:

Hi all, BICEP2 team meeting and analysis/pipeline telecon today: Tuesday, 25 June 2013 12:00 Eastern, 11:00 Central, 9:00 am Pacific Phone: 1-866-890-3820 (toll: 1-334-323-7229) Passcode: 59702175# Our group-edited agenda is in the telecon notes http://goo.gl/LNvpx Please continue to add items. Here is the current agenda: 1) General business Computing: Panlfs, bicepfs2 current status Farmit now working on SLURM -- who’s using it? 2) Instrument/Systematics Paper writing organization (Walt) http://bicep0.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/2013_instrument/ http://bicep0.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/2013_systematics/ Beams (Abby) 3) Analysis/Pipeline discussion (> 1hr) 2013 Jun 18: What is a phase? (RWO) 2013 June 19: How to make tag subset signal only sims better (CLP) 2013 June 19: Manual cut update (AO) 2013 Jun 19: Galactic masking for deprojection (RWO) 2013 Jun 20: Updated version: Sims with constructed beam maps: First look (CLW) 2013 Jun 21: B2-3yr weights, cumulative sum (CDS) 2013 Jun 24: Input Maps Library Using Planck's LCDM Parameters (STF) 2013 Jun 24: FTS Center Frequency and Bandwidth (JPK) 2013 Jun 24: Views of our observing fields (RWO) 2013 Jun 25: Checking healpix pixel window function for abscal (RWO)

Hi all, BICEP2 team meeting and analysis/pipeline telecon today: Tuesday, 9 July 2013 12:00 Eastern, 11:00 Central, 9:00 am Pacific Phone: 1-866-890-3820 (toll: 1-334-323-7229) Passcode: 59702175# Our group-edited agenda is in the telecon notes http://goo.gl/LNvpx Please continue to add items. Here is the current agenda: 1) General business - Holyoke test: John/Stefan submitted proposal, waiting for approval Currently slated to start ~July 15, can we be ready? 2) Paper writing organization Instrument paper: [ Walt ] http://bmode.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/2013_instrument/ to-do items Beams paper writing page: [ Abby ] http://bicep0.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/2013_beams/ organization, to-do items 3) Critical analysis / pipeline tasks: (carried from last week) - Critical path items for full tag list BICEP2 sims: [ Stefan ] - only Planck noise map issues - run n>=10 of each kind for signal only sims, full tag list - also run n>=10 traditional B2 noise sims - Include Keck in same sims: Sarah to help on Keck rlz - For Keck sims: - AI: Figure out sim realization numbering between expts - Want to run Keck and BICEP2 sims together - Need channel cuts for Keck to make sign flip noise realizations work - Use BICEP2 B_l file for current sims for both expts AI: Sarah and Walt to run abscal for Keck as in BICEP2 AI: Sarah to look at channel cuts for Keck, implement B2 analogous cuts or justify why Keck can loosen them. - Deprojection options: - AI: Check which templates are generated by default - Planck input map, nhits-based noise now standard Want to use Planck noise maps, not nhits AI: Decide whether nhits is OK for now [ Stefan ] AI: Change code to use Planck noise maps in future [ Stefan ] - AI: Sanity check run on full tag list? 4) Analysis/pipeline discussion (> 1 hr) Main pipeline: 2013 July 3: Check on Deprojection Template Noise Matching Planck Maps (STF) 2013 July 8: Planck deprojection files and input maps for BICEP2 and Keck without pixel window functions. (SRH) 2013 July 5: How to make tag subset signal only sims better II (CLP) 2013 July 8: Tag Substitution Coadds (EWB) 2013 July 9: Sign Flip Noise in Comparison to Regular Noise Sims V (STF) 2013 July 8: Keck Channel Flags (SASK) Foregrounds and galaxy: 2013 July 7: Foregrounds, a short overview (SRH) 2013 July 7: Dust emission analysis: a proposal (SRH) 2013 July 7: The Planck dust model at 150 GHz for a 1 degree beam (SRH) 2013 July 7: The Planck dust model and how to scale it to 150 GHz (posted 07/02. Finished: 07/07) (SRH) 2013 July 8: Galactic masking and the Pac-Man (RWO)

Hi all, BICEP2 team meeting and analysis/pipeline telecon today: Tuesday, 16 July 2013 12:00 Eastern, 11:00 Central, 9:00 am Pacific Phone: 1-866-890-3820 (toll: 1-334-323-7229) Passcode: 59702175# Our group-edited agenda is in the telecon notes http://goo.gl/LNvpx Please continue to add items. Here is the current agenda: 1) General business - corrupt bicep1/2/keck files on panlfs deleted by Paul [ Stefan ] - Holyoke “Odyssey 2” tier 3 test [ John/Stefan ] - data staging needs (< 1 TB?) 2) Paper writing organization/status Paper I: Instrument paper: [ Walt ] http://bmode.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/2013_instrument/ to-do items: feedback on first sections; discussion Paper II: Beams paper: [ Abby ] http://bicep0.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/2013_beams/ 3) Critical analysis / pipeline tasks: (carried from last week) - BICEP2 sims: [ Stefan ] - driver code / SLURM - 10 sim realizations for bicep2 just finished coadding. They consist of: * traditional noise sim * signflip noise * flavour tagsubset sim, three different spectra * full taglist sim, 1 spectrum - implementation of last’s week’s agreed items: moon jack, deproj types - Keck sims: [ Sarah ] AI: Figure out sim realization numbering between expts AI: Sarah and Walt to run abscal for Keck as in BICEP2 AI: Sarah to look at channel cuts for Keck, implement B2 analogous cuts or justify why Keck can loosen them. - status of Keck 2012 sims - Keck2013partial rx3, rx4? 4) Analysis/pipeline discussion (> 1 hr) 2013 July 10: sim1450: Bicep2 real map pager (STF) 2013 July 10: Summer data statistics and cut fractions (AO) 2013 July 9: Deprojection coefficients (CDS) 2013 July 10: Deprojection coefficients II (CDS) 2013 July 16: Keck 2012 Beam Parameters (CLW) 2013 July 15: EE and BB vs time (JET)

"Beyond this detection, the lens- ing B-mode map which we have synthesized can be subtracted from the observed B modes in a process of “de- lensing”, reducing the effective noise level for the measurement of primordial B modes [7, 49–51]. " -Brian On Jul 23, 2013, at 8:51, "John Kovac" <jmkovac@cfa.harvard.edu<mailto:jmkovac@cfa.harvard.edu>> wrote: Hi all, BICEP2 team meeting and analysis/pipeline telecon today: Tuesday, 23 July 2013 12:00 Eastern, 11:00 Central, 9:00 am Pacific Phone: 1-866-890-3820 (toll: 1-334-323-7229) Passcode: 59702175# Our group-edited agenda is in the telecon notes http://goo.gl/LNvpx Please continue to add items. Here is the current agenda: 1) General business - long-awaited SPT lensing B result: http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.5830 lessons for longer-awaited B2/Keck result? 2) Paper writing organization/status How many weeks will it take to resolve each remaining item? Paper I: Instrument paper: [ Walt ] http://bmode.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/2013_instrument/ to-do items: feedback on first sections; discussion Paper II: Beams paper: [ Abby ] http://bicep0.caltech.edu/~bicep2/papers/2013_beams/ updates since last week sidelobe analysis plan [ proposed paper organization from June 18 telecon discussion ] Paper III: BICEP2 systematics paper Paper IV: Keck 2012 Experiment and systematics (?) Paper V: Degree scale B-mode measurement with B2 and Keck 2012 3) Review of critical steps remaining to first result [ from June 18 ] 1) Feed in per channel beams and see how much false B is predicted. This is happening. Hopefully there is enough s/n to reach a definite conclusion. We will know soon. 2) Make a proper self consistent B2/Keck “sim set” and re-do all existing jacks and cross spectra. This is happening. 3) Do a short list of additional jacks and data exclusions. Defining this list so it is not open ended is a major challenge! 4) Do cross correlations of our maps against reverse engineered Planck 350GHz maps. We probably want to limit this activity to prevent open ended-ness. Discussion: - how many weeks to complete the above? - what follow-on “interpretation” analysis can we anticipate the need for? - how does outcome of B2 / Keck consistency drive the scope of the initial result? 4) BICEP2 sims prep status: [ Stefan ] - Keck sims: [ Sarah ] 1350 / 1450 with matching realization numbers AI: Sarah and Walt to run abscal for Keck as in BICEP2 per-receiver coadds? additional channel splits? 2013 July 22: AB offset for Bicep2 and Keck (CLW) - How many sims to aim for? 500 on BICEP2 + 500 on Keck - What’s still needed before we are ready for “Odyssey 2” full-scale simset? 5) Analysis/pipeline discussion (> 1 hr) 2013 July 17: sim1450: Sign Flip Noise vs. Regular Noise Sim (STF) 2013 July 18: sim1450: Tag Flavour Subset vs Full Taglist Simulation II - bpdevs (STF) 2013 July 22: sim1450: Tag Flavour Subset vs Full Taglist Simulation II - bpdevs, updated (STF) 2013 July 19: sim1450: Bicep2 real map pager II (STF) 2013 Jun 22: Keck 2012 maps (SASK) 2013 July 22: B2 Even Weight Jack (EWB) 2013 July 22: Deprojection performance and residual contamination (CDS) 2013 July 23: Sim using constructed beam maps with different noise levels (CLW) _______________________________________________ Bicep2-list mailing list Bicep2-list@lists.fas.harvard.edu<mailto:Bicep2-list@lists.fas.harvard.edu> https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/bicep2-list

Hi John, We should set aside a telecon to review the results of the tests we wanted to do, and decide the path forward to publication. From the current rate of progress I think that discussion could take place fairly soon, even in a few weeks. The results should be solid, but do not need to be perfect because work will continue. What do you think? Jamie -----Original Message----- From: bicep2-list-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:bicep2-list-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of John Kovac Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 6:40 PM To: bicep2-list; bispud-pipeline-list Subject: [Bicep2-list] No BICEP2 Team meeting and analysis telecon this week Hi all, Many of us will be on vacation, traveling, or in meetings tomorrow, while Stefan, Sarah, and any who are helping them will be preoccupied by Day 2 of our 4-day exclusive Odyssey 2 simset run. So we'll skip this week's Tuesday team meeting. Today's Monday analysis call provided some good group feedback for Chin Lin's and Grant's latest postings. Next week let's aim to get as many people (including graybeards if possible) on the Monday call. Next Tuesday's team meeting will continue our focus on Paper I and Paper II progress and the critical analysis steps for our initial B-mode result. John On 7/23/13 11:51 AM, John Kovac wrote: -- ___________________________________________________________________ John Kovac jmkovac(a)cfa.harvard.edu Assistant Professor, Astronomy and Physics, Harvard University 160 Concord Ave rm 310, Cambridge MA 02138, 617-496-0611 _______________________________________________ Bicep2-list mailing list Bicep2-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/bicep2-list

Hi John, I see the notes from last week are still being written! Anyways I'm glad to hear we're staying focused. The worst/best beams was the one thing that I would like to add to the jackknifes. This would be a dedicated telecon to review where we are and to evaluate the tests and then make the decision if we go forward with the paper, so it may take a little preparation. Jamie PS since I saw you put up a note about data release, I would say that we should expect to have following papers on Keck 2013 x B2/Keck, Planck x B2/Keck, and 100 GHz x B2/Keck 150. I think we will want to maintain control on the maps until those are out, though it does not preclude us from sharing with anyone who wants to do a collaborative analysis. -----Original Message----- From: John Kovac [mailto:jmkovac@cfa.harvard.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:38 PM To: Jamie Bock Cc: 'bicep2-list'; 'bispud-pipeline-list' Subject: Re: [Bicep2-list] No BICEP2 Team meeting and analysis telecon this week Hi Jamie, Please have a look at the notes from last week's telecon at http://goo.gl/LNvpx to get caught up on this. Specific comments on that would be great. Please appreciate that what you propose below is exactly what we are already doing. Next week we will review progress on the characterization papers and the 4 critical analysis tests we've discussed. I expect we will have preliminary feedback from this week's simset and the next round of beammap based T->P results. Two weeks from today we should be in a position to take stock of where we are on the list of outcomes we discussed last week. John On 7/30/13 11:24 AM, Jamie Bock wrote: of few week of http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.5830 for? -- ___________________________________________________________________ John Kovac jmkovac(a)cfa.harvard.edu Assistant Professor, Astronomy and Physics, Harvard University 160 Concord Ave rm 310, Cambridge MA 02138, 617-496-0611