Building the Next-Generation BLAST Experiment

Maps of the polarized thermal emission from dust in our galaxy hold the keys to unlock multiple astrophysical and cosmological questions. For measurements of the polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB), this dust emission is the dominant foreground. Subtracting this dust signal from the data is...

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Main Author: Lourie, Nathan P
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: ScholarlyCommons 2018
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Online Access:https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI10974726