The BICEP and Planck groups are currently working on a joint assessment of the implications, and this will probably be released towards the end of the year; Even if the American and European approaches turn out to be unsuccessful this time, these groups will have pointed the way for future observations that are planned with superior technology. Planck has actually now identified parts of the sky that have less dust than the area probed by BICEP.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:29:10 +0000