Mapping the CMB Sky: The BOOMERANG experiment

• Main Authors: De Bernardis, P, Ade, P A R, Artusa, R, Bock, J J, Boscaleri, A, Crill, B P, De Troia, G, Farese, P C, Giacommetti, M, Hristov, V V, Iacoangeli, A, Lange, A E, Lee, A T, Masi, S, Martinis, L, Mason, P V, Mauskopf, P D, Melchiorri, F, Miglio, L, Montroy, T, Netterfield, C B, Pascale, E, Piacentini, F, Richards, P L, Ruhl, J E, Scaramuzzi, F
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Astrophysics and Astronomy; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://cds.cern.ch/record/409335

We describe the BOOMERanG experiment, a stratospheric balloon telescope intended to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy at angular scales between a few degrees and ten arcminutes. The experiment has been optimized for a long duration (7 to 14 days) flight circumnavigating Antarctica at the end of 1998. A test flight was performed on Aug.30, 1997 in Texas. The level of performance achieved in the test flight was satisfactory and compatible with the requirements for the long duration flight.