CMB B-mode Plot Data SourcesHere is a text file containing the data points used to generate the plot. The data are for l(l+1)Cl/2π, and are supplied in μK2. ACTPol
BICEP1
B1_3yr_BBlimits_20131003.txt BICEP2
B2_3yr_bandpowers_20140314.txt BICEP2+Keck
Plotted points are the CMB component from a decomposition of the BB spectrum into CMB, dust, and synchrotron components. For the first bin, the CMB BB value is zero so the 95% confidence upper limit is plotted. BICEP2+Keck/Planck
Plotted points are the dust-subtracted B-mode power as shown in figure 12 of the joint analysis paper and the plotted uncertainties are from the lensed-LambdaCDM+noise+dust simulations. The uncertainty values were provided by C. Pryke. For the first bin where the dust-subtracted BB is negative, we plot a 95% confidence upper limit calculated from the part of the Gaussian likelihood function corresponding to C_l > 0. BOOMERANG
Plotted limits are max(0,BB) + 2*sigma_BB. BB and sigma_BB from NA pipeline results in Table 1 of Montroy et al., also in B03_NA_21July05.tar CAPMAP
BB limits from Figure 18 of this paper were provided by C. Bischoff, CAPMAP_95pc_BB_limits.dat. CBI
CBIpol_2.0_final.newdat Plotted limits are max(0,BB) + 2*sigma_BB DASI
leitch_table1.txt MAXIPOL
lmin, lmax, 95% upper limit: 151, 693, 90.25 uK^2 POLARBEAR
The plotted data are POLARBEAR bandpowers from Pipeline A given in their Table 4 and the plotted error bars show statistical uncertainties only. QUaD
QUAD_95pc_BB_limits.dat QUIET-Q
QUIET_first_season_bandpowers.txt QUIET-W
QUIET_second_season_bandpowers-ML.txt QUIET_second_season_bandpowers-PCL.txt SPTpol
WMAP lowest l bin:
lmin, lmax, 95% upper limit: 2, 7, 0.055 uK^2 higher l bins:
Plotted limits are max(0,BB) + 2*sigma_BB wmap_binned_bb_spectrum_9yr_v5.txt |