BOOMERANG: A Balloon-borne Millimeter Wave Telescope and Total Power Receiver for Mapping Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background

• Main Authors: Crill, B P, Ade, P A R, Artusa, D R, Bhatia, R S, Bock, J J, Boscaleri, A, Cardoni, P, Church, S E, Coble, K, De Bernardis, P, De Troia, G, Farese, P, Ganga, K, Giacometti, M, Haynes, C V, Hivon, E, Hristov, V V, Iacoangeli, A, Jones, W C, Lange, A E, Martinis, L, Masi, S, Mason, P V, Mauskopf, P D, Miglio, L, Montroy, T, Netterfield, C B, Paine, C G, Pascale, E, Piacentini, F, Pongetti, F, Romeo, G, Ruhl, J E, Scaramuzzi, F, Sforza, D M, Turner, A D
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Astrophysics and Astronomy; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://cds.cern.ch/record/560564

We describe BOOMERANG; a balloon-borne microwave telescope 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-imaging optics,...