Mapping the CMB Sky: The BOOMERANG experiment
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We describe the BOOMERanG experiment, a stratospheric balloon telescope intended to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy at angular scales between a few degrees and ten arcminutes. The experiment has been optimized for a long duration (7 to 14 days) flight circumnavigating Antarctica at the end of 1998. A test flight was performed on Aug.30, 1997 in Texas. The level of performance achieved in the test flight was satisfactory and compatible with the requirements for the long duration flight.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9911461,
title = {Mapping the CMB Sky: The BOOMERANG experiment},
author = {P. de Bernardis and P. A. R. Ade and R. Artusa and J. J. Bock and A. Boscaleri and B. P. Crill and G. De Troia and P. C. Farese and M. Giacommetti and V. V. Hristov and A. Iacoangeli and A. E. Lange and A. T. Lee and S. Masi and L. Martinis and P. V. Mason and P. D. Mauskopf and F. Melchiorri and L. Miglio and T. Montroy and C. B. Netterfield and E. Pascale and F. Piacentini and P. L. Richards and J. E. Ruhl and F. Scaramuzzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9911461},
year = {2008}
}
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11 pages, 6 figures