Measuring Polarization with DASI

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Leitch, E M, Kovács, J M, Pryke, C L, Reddall, B, Sandberg, E S, Dragovan, M, Carlstrom, J E, Halverson, N W, Holzapfel, W L
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Astrophysics and Astronomy; Amundsen-Scott; Austral; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01271; http://cds.cern.ch/record/582471

We describe an experiment to measure the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (DASI), a compact microwave interferometer optimized to detect CMB anisotropy at multipoles 140 to 900. The telescope has operated at the Amundsen-Scott South P...