A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background with a Long Duration Balloon-Borne Receiver

• Main Author: Crill, Brendan Patrick
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3180/; https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3180/4/bpc_thesis.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-08212001-163318

This thesis describes BOOMERANG; a balloon-borne telescope and receiver designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at a resolution of 10' from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The millimeter-wave receiver employs new technology in bolometers, readout electronics, cold re-ima...