Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument calibration and expected scientific performance
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2015-05-18 v1
Abstract
We give the calibration and scientific performance parameters of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) measured during the ground cryogenic test campaign. These parameters characterise the instrument response and constitute our best pre-launch knowledge of the LFI scientific performance. The LFI shows excellent stability and rejection of instrumental systematic effects; measured noise performance shows that LFI is the most sensitive instrument of its kind. The set of measured calibration parameters will be updated during flight operations through the end of the mission.
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@article{arxiv.1001.4562,
title = {Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument calibration and expected scientific performance},
author = {A. Mennella and M. Bersanelli and R. C. Butler and F. Cuttaia and O. D'Arcangelo and R. J. Davis and M. Frailis and S. Galeotta and A. Gregorio and C. R. Lawrence and R. Leonardi and S. R. Lowe and N. Mandolesi and M. Maris and P. Meinhold and L. Mendes and G. Morgante and M. Sandri and L. Stringhetti and L. Terenzi and M. Tomasi and L. Valenziano and F. Villa and A. Zacchei and A. Zonca and M. Balasini and C. Franceschet and P. Battaglia and P. M. Lapolla and P. Leutenegger and M. Miccolis and L. Pagan and R. Silvestri and B. Aja and E. Artal and G. Baldan and P. Bastia and T. Bernardino and L. Boschini and G. Cafagna and B. Cappellini and F. Cavaliere and F. Colombo and L. de La Fuente and J. Edgeley and M. C. Falvella and F. Ferrari and S. Fogliani and E. Franceschi and T. Gaier and F. Gomez and J. M. Herreros and S. Hildebrandt and R. Hoyland and N. Hughes and P. Jukkala and D. Kettle and M. Laaninen and D. Lawson and P. Leahy and S. Levin and P. B. Lilje and D. Maino and M. Malaspina and P. Manzato and J. Marti-Canales and E. Martinez-Gonzalez and A. Mediavilla and F. Pasian and J. P. Pascual and M. Pecora and L. Peres-Cuevas and P. Platania and M. Pospieszalsky and T. Poutanen and R. Rebolo and N. Roddis and M. Salmon and M. Seiffert and A. Simonetto and C. Sozzi and J. Tauber and J. Tuovinen and J. Varis and A. Wilkinson and F. Winder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.4562},
year = {2015}
}
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Accepted for publications in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2010 (acceptance date: 12 Jan 2010)