The Sky Polarization Observatory (SPOrt) is presented as a project aimed to measure the diffuse sky polarized emission, from the International Space Station, in the frequency range 20-90 GHz with 7 degrees of HPBW. The SPOrt experimental configuration is described with emphasis on the aspects that make SPOrt the first European scientific payload operating at microwave wavelengths.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9901362,
title = {The SPOrt Project: an Experimental Overview},
author = {S. Cortiglioni and S. Cecchini and E. Carretti and M. Orsini and R. Fabbri and G. Boella and G. Sironi and J. Monari and A. Orfei and R. Tascone and U. Pisani and K. W. Ng and L. Nicastro and L. Popa and I. A. Strukov and M. V. Sazhin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9901362},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages; 5 PS figures; requires aipproc2.cls, aipproc2.sty, epsfc.sty; to appear in Proc. of ``3K Cosmology'', Rome 5-10 Oct. 1998