BOOMERanG: balloon observations of millimetric extragalactic radiation and geophysics

de Bernardis, P., Ade, Peter A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-0401, Aquilini, E., Bock, J., Boscaleri, A., Cardoni, P., Ganga, K., Giacometti, M., Griffin, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0033-177X, Hanany, S., Hristov, V., Lange, A., Lee, A., Martinis, L., Masi, S., Mauskopf, Philip Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6397-5516, Melchiorri, F., Palangio, P., Pascale, Enzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-8154, Raccanelli, A., Richards, P., Romeo, G., Scaramuzzi, F. and Sforna, D. 1997. BOOMERanG: balloon observations of millimetric extragalactic radiation and geophysics. Presented at: Microwave background anisotropies: Proceedings of the XVIth Moriond Astrophysics Meeting, Savoie, France, 16 - 23 March 1996. Published in: Bouchet, François R. ed. Microwave background anisotropies: Proceedings of the XVIth Moriond Astrophysics Meeting Les Arcs, Savoie, France, March 16th-23rd 1996. France: Editions Frontieres, pp. 155-160.

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Abstract

The BOOMERanG experiment is an international effort to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background(CMB) anisotropy at an angular resolution of 12÷20 arcmin, with unprecedented sensitivity, sky and spectral coverage. The telescope will be flown from Antarctica by NASA-NSBF with a long duration stratospheric balloon (7 - 14 days), and is presently scheduled for a test flight in 1996 and an Antarctic flight in 1997. The experiment is designed to measure the power spectrum of the CMB anisotropies up to l ≡ 700 and to produce an image of the CMB sky with high sensitivity and angular resolution. It will be an important precursor of future space-borne missions, producing crucial cosmological data and testing new technologies which are essential to the design of a CMB mapping satellite experiment.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cosmic Microwave Background: Anisotropy
Publisher:	Editions Frontieres
ISBN:	9782863322086
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 08:27
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/70825

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