A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background with a Long Duration Balloon-borne Receiver
iii This thesis describes Boomerang; a balloon-borne telescope and receiver designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at a resolution of 10 0 from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The millimeter-wave receiver employs new technology in bolometers, readout electronics, cold re-ima...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.634.8422 2023-05-15T13:37:45+02:00 A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background with a Long Duration Balloon-borne Receiver Brendan P. Crill The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2001 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.8422 http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3180/1/bpc_thesis.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.8422 http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3180/1/bpc_thesis.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/3180/1/bpc_thesis.pdf text 2001 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T15:39:10Z iii This thesis describes Boomerang; a balloon-borne telescope and receiver designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at a resolution of 10 0 from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The millimeter-wave receiver employs new technology in bolometers, readout electronics, cold re-imaging optics, millimeter-wave lters, and cryogenics to obtain high sensitivity to CMB anisotropy. Sixteen detectors observe in 4 spectral bands centered at 90, 150, 240 and 400 GHz. The wide frequency coverage, the long ight duration, the optical design and the observing strategy all provide strong rejection of systematic eects. We report the in- ight performance of the instrument during a short test ight from Palestine, Texas, that mapped 230 square degrees and during a 10.5 day stratospheric balloon ight launched from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, that mapped 2000 square degrees of the sky. The Antarctic data yielded a measurement of the angular Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Unknown Antarctic McMurdo Station ENVELOPE(166.667,166.667,-77.850,-77.850) The Antarctic |
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iii This thesis describes Boomerang; a balloon-borne telescope and receiver designed to map the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at a resolution of 10 0 from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) platform. The millimeter-wave receiver employs new technology in bolometers, readout electronics, cold re-imaging optics, millimeter-wave lters, and cryogenics to obtain high sensitivity to CMB anisotropy. Sixteen detectors observe in 4 spectral bands centered at 90, 150, 240 and 400 GHz. The wide frequency coverage, the long ight duration, the optical design and the observing strategy all provide strong rejection of systematic eects. We report the in- ight performance of the instrument during a short test ight from Palestine, Texas, that mapped 230 square degrees and during a 10.5 day stratospheric balloon ight launched from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, that mapped 2000 square degrees of the sky. The Antarctic data yielded a measurement of the angular |
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A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background with a Long Duration Balloon-borne Receiver |
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A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background with a Long Duration Balloon-borne Receiver |
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A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background with a Long Duration Balloon-borne Receiver |
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A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background with a Long Duration Balloon-borne Receiver |
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