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: California Institute of Technology 2001
• Subjects: Astronomical instrumentation; Physics; cosmic microwave background; cosmology; Antarctic; McMurdo Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7907/gvj5-gc44; 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...