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Planck Early Results. II. The thermal performance of Planck

The performance of the Planck instruments in space is enabled by their low operating temperatures, 20K for LFI and 0.1K for HFI, achieved through a combination of passive radiative cooling and three active mechanical coolers. The scientific…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Planck Collaboration , P. A. R. Ade , N. Aghanim , M. Arnaud , M. Ashdown , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baker , A. Balbi , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , E. Battaner , K. Benabed , A. Benoit , J. P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bhandari , R. Bhatia , J. J. Bock , A. Bonaldi , J. R. Bond , J. Borders , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , B. Bowman , T. Bradshaw , E. Breelle , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , R. C. Butler , P. Cabella , P. Camus , C. M. Cantalupo , B. Cappellini , J. F. Cardoso , A. Catalano , L. Cayon , A. Challinor , A. Chamballu , J. P. Chambelland , J. Charra , M. Charra , L. Y Chiang , C. Chiang , P. R. Christensen , D. L. Clements , B. Collaudin , S. Colombi , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , M. Crook , F. Cuttaia , C. Damasio , L. Danese , R. D. Davies , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , G. de Gasperis , A. de Rosa , J. Delabrouille , J. M. Delouis , F. -X. Desert , U. Doerl , K. Dolag , S. Donzelli , O. Dore , M. Douspis , X. Dupac , G. Efstathiou , T. A. Enslin , H. K. Eriksen , F. Finelli , S. Foley , O. Forni , P. Fosalba , J. J. Fourmond , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , E. Gavila , M. Giard , G. Giardino , Y. Giraud-Heraud , J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , K. M. Gorski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , G. Guyot , D. Harrison , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versille , C. Hernandez-Monteagudo , D. Herranz , S. R. Hildebrandt , E. Hivon , M. Hobson , W. A. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , W. Hovest , R. J. Hoyland , K. M. Huffenberger , U. Israelsson , A. H. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , M. Juvela , E. Keihanen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , R. Kneissl , L. Knox , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , J. M. Lamarre , P. Lami , A. Lasenby , R. J. Laureijs , C. R. Lawrence , S. Leach , R. Leonardi , C. Leroy , P. B. Lilje , M. Lopez-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macias-Perez , T. Maciaszek , C. J. MacTavish , B. Maffei , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , R. Mann , M. Maris , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , S. Masi , S. Matarrese , F. Matthai , P. Mazzotta , P. McGehee , P. R. Meinhold , A. Melchiorri , F. Melot , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , M. -A. Miville-Deschenes , A. Moneti , L. Montier , J. Mora , G. Morgante , N. Morisset , D. Mortlock , D. Munshi , A. Murphy , P. Naselsky , A. Nash , P. Natoli , C. B. Netterfield , D. Novikov , I. Novikov , I. J. O'Dwyer , S. Osborne , F. Pajot , F. Pasian , G. Patanchon , D. Pearson , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , F. Perrotta , F. Piacentini , M. Piat , S. Plaszczynski , P. Platania , E. Pointecouteau , G. Polenta , N. Ponthieu , T. Poutanen , G. Prezeau , M. Prina , S. Prunet , J. L. Puget , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , C. Renault , S. Ricciardi , T. Riller , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , C. Rosset , J. A. Rubiino-Martin , B. Rusholme , M. Sandri , D. Santos , B. M. Schaefer , D. Scott , M. D. Seiffert , P. Shellard , G. F. Smoot , J. -L. Starck , P. Stassi , F. Stivoli , V. Stolyarov , R. Stompor , R. Sudiwala , J. -F. Sygnet , J. A. Tauber , L. Terenzi , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , J. -P. Torre , M. Tristram , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , L. Vibert , P. Vielva , F. Villa , N. Vittorio , L. A. Wade , B. D. Wandelt , C. Watson , S. D. M. White , A. Wilkinson , P. Wilson , D. Yvon , A. Zacchei , B. Zhang , A. Zonca

Cryogenic environment and performance for testing the Planck radiometers

This paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst The Planck LFI Radiometer Chain Assemblies (RCAs) have been calibrated in two dedicated cryogenic facilities. In…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-27 L. Terenzi , M. Lapolla , M. Laaninen , P. Battaglia , F. Cavaliere , A. De Rosa , N. Hughes , P. Jukkala , V. -H. Kilpiä , G. Morgante , M. Tomasi , J. Varis , M. Bersanelli , R. C. Butler , F. Ferrari , C. Franceschet , P. Leutenegger , N. Mandolesi , A. Mennella , R. Silvestri , L. Stringhetti , J. Tuovinen , L. Valenziano , F. Villa

Planck pre-launch status: calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers

The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) on-board the ESA Planck satellite carries eleven radiometer subsystems, called Radiometer Chain Assemblies (RCAs), each composed of a pair of pseudo-correlation receivers. We describe the on-ground…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Villa , L. Terenzi , M. Sandri , P. Meinhold , T. Poutanen , P. Battaglia , C. Franceschet , N. Hughes , M. Laaninen , P. Lapolla , M. Bersanelli , R. C. Butler , F. Cuttaia , O. D'Arcangelo , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , S. Galeotta , A. Gregorio , R. Leonardi , S. R. Lowe , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , L. Mendes , A. Mennella , G. Morgante , L. Stringhetti , M. Tomasi , L. Valenziano , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca , B. Aja , E. Artal , M. Balasini , T. Bernardino , E. Blackhurst , L. Boschini , B. Cappellini , F. Cavaliere , A. Colin , F. Colombo , R. J. Davis , L. De La Fuente , J. Edgeley , T. Gaier , A. Galtress , R. Hoyland , P. Jukkala , D. Kettle , V-H. Kilpia , C. R. Lawrence , D. Lawson , J. P. Leahy , P. Leutenegger , S. Levin , D. Maino , M. Malaspina , A. Mediavilla , M. Miccolis , L. Pagan , J. P. Pascual , F. Pasian , M. Pecora , M. Pospieszalski , N. Roddis , M. J. Salmon , M. Seiffert , R. Silvestri , A. Simonetto , P. Sjoman , C. Sozzi , J. Tuovinen , J. Varis , A. Wilkinson , F. Winder

Dynamic validation of the Planck/LFI thermal model

The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) is an array of cryogenically cooled radiometers on board the Planck satellite, designed to measure the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the cosmic microwave backgrond (CMB) at 30, 44 and 70…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-27 M. Tomasi , B. Cappellini , A. Gregorio , F. Colombo , M. Lapolla , L. Terenzi , G. Morgante , M. Bersanelli , R. C. Butler , S. Galeotta , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , A. Mennella , L. Valenziano , A. Zacchei

Planck-LFI radiometers tuning

"This paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst" This paper describes the Planck Low Frequency Instrument tuning activities performed through the ground test…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-27 Francesco Cuttaia , Aniello Mennella , Luca Stringhetti , Michele Maris , Luca Terenzi , Maurizio Tomasi , Fabrizio Villa , Marco Bersanelli , Christopher Reginald Butler , Benedetta Cappellini , Leticia Perez Cuevas , Ocleto D'Arcangelo , Richard Davis , Marco Frailis , Cristian Franceschet , Enrico Franceschi , Anna Gregorio , Roger Hoyland , Rodrigo Leonardi , Stuart Lowe , Nazzareno Mandolesi , Peter Meinhold , Luis Mendes , Neil Roddis , Maura Sandri , Luca Valenziano , Althea Wilkinson , Andrea Zacchei , Andrea Zonca , Paola Battaglia , Stefania De Nardo , Stefano Grassi , Marco Lapolla , Paolo Leutenegger , Maurizio Miccolis , Roberto Silvestri

Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument calibration and expected scientific performance

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli , R. C. Butler , F. Cuttaia , O. D'Arcangelo , R. J. Davis , M. Frailis , S. Galeotta , A. Gregorio , C. R. Lawrence , R. Leonardi , S. R. Lowe , N. Mandolesi , M. Maris , P. Meinhold , L. Mendes , G. Morgante , M. Sandri , L. Stringhetti , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , L. Valenziano , F. Villa , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca , M. Balasini , C. Franceschet , P. Battaglia , P. M. Lapolla , P. Leutenegger , M. Miccolis , L. Pagan , R. Silvestri , B. Aja , E. Artal , G. Baldan , P. Bastia , T. Bernardino , L. Boschini , G. Cafagna , B. Cappellini , F. Cavaliere , F. Colombo , L. de La Fuente , J. Edgeley , M. C. Falvella , F. Ferrari , S. Fogliani , E. Franceschi , T. Gaier , F. Gomez , J. M. Herreros , S. Hildebrandt , R. Hoyland , N. Hughes , P. Jukkala , D. Kettle , M. Laaninen , D. Lawson , P. Leahy , S. Levin , P. B. Lilje , D. Maino , M. Malaspina , P. Manzato , J. Marti-Canales , E. Martinez-Gonzalez , A. Mediavilla , F. Pasian , J. P. Pascual , M. Pecora , L. Peres-Cuevas , P. Platania , M. Pospieszalsky , T. Poutanen , R. Rebolo , N. Roddis , M. Salmon , M. Seiffert , A. Simonetto , C. Sozzi , J. Tauber , J. Tuovinen , J. Varis , A. Wilkinson , F. Winder

Cryogenic cooling with cryocooler on a rotating system

We developed a system that continuously maintains a cryocooler for long periods on a rotating table. A cryostat that holds the cryocooler is set on the table. A compressor is located on the ground and supplies high-purity (> 99.999%) and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-21 Shugo Oguri , Jihoon Choi , Masanori Kawai , Osamu Tajima

The Thermal Design, Characterization, and Performance of the SPIDER Long-Duration Balloon Cryostat

We describe the SPIDER flight cryostat, which is designed to cool six millimeter-wavelength telescopes during an Antarctic long-duration balloon flight. The cryostat, one of the largest to have flown on a stratospheric payload, uses liquid…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-14 J. E. Gudmundsson , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , O. Doré , J. P. Filippini , A. A. Fraisse , A. Gambrel , N. N. Gandilo , M. Hasselfield , M. Halpern , G. C. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. Kermish , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , K. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. E. Montroy , T. A. Morford , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. V. Wiebe , E. Young

Thermal architecture for the SPIDER flight cryostat

We describe the cryogenic system for SPIDER, a balloon-borne microwave polarimeter that will map 8% of the sky with degree-scale angular resolution. The system consists of a 1284 L liquid helium cryostat and a 16 L capillary-filled…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 J. E. Gudmundsson , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , S. J. Benton , R. Bihary , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , J. A. Bonetti , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , D. O'Dea , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , N. N. Gandilo , S. R. Golwala , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , K. R. Helson , G. Hilton , W. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. E. Montroy , T. A. Morford , C. B. Netterfield , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , M. A. Schenker , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , A. Trangsrud , C. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner

The PLANCK LFI flight model ortho-mode transducers

The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) of the ESA Planck CMB mission is an array of 22 ultra sensitive pseudocorrelation radiometers working at 30, 44, and 70 GHz. LFI has been calibrated and delivered for integration with the satellite to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-08 O. D'Arcangelo , A. Simonetto , L. Figini , E. Pagana , F. Villa , M. Pecora , P. Battaglia , M. Bersanelli , R. C. Butler , S. Garavaglia , P. Guzzi , N. Mandolesi , C. Sozzi

Ultralow-Temperature Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy Using a New Helium Flow Cryostat Stage

Advances in cryogenic electron microscopy have opened new avenues for probing quantum phenomena in correlated materials. This study reports the installation and performance of a new side-entry condenZero cryogenic cooling system for JEOL…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-30 Young-Hoon Kim , Fehmi Sami Yasin , Na Yeon Kim , Max Birch , Xiuzhen Yu , Akiko Kikkawa , Yasujiro Taguchi , Jiaqiang Yan , Miaofang Chi

Two-stage high frequency pulse tube cooler for refrigeration at 25 K

A two-stage Stirling-type U-shape pulse tube cryocooler driven by a 10 kW-class linear compressor was designed, built and tested. A special feature of the cold head is the absence of a heat exchanger at the cold end of the first stage,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-20 M. Dietrich , G. Thummes

Sub-Kelvin refrigeration with dry-coolers on a rotating system

We developed a cryogenic system on a rotating table that achieves sub-Kelvin conditions. The cryogenic system consists of a helium sorption cooler and a pulse tube cooler in a cryostat mounted on a rotating table. Two rotary-joint…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-19 S. Oguri , H. Ishitsuka , J. Choi , M. Kawai , O. Tajima

Design, development, and verification of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument 70 GHz Front-End and Back-End Modules

70 GHz radiometer front-end and back-end modules for the Low Frequency Instrument of the European Space Agencys Planck Mission were built and tested. The operating principles and the design details of the mechanical structures are described…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-27 J. Varis , N. J. Hughes , M. Laaninen , V. -H. Kilpia , P. Jukkala , J. Tuovinen , S. Ovaska , P. Sjoman , P. Kangaslahti , T. Gaier , R. Hoyland , P. Meinhold , A. Mennella , M. Bersanelli , R. C. Butler , F. Cuttaia , E. Franceschi , R. Leonardi , P. Leutenegger , M. Malaspina , N. Mandolesi , M. Miccolis , T. Poutanen , H. Kurki-Suonio , M. Sandri , L. Stringhetti , L. Terenzi , M. Tomasi , L. Valenziano

Sub-Kelvin Cooling for the BICEP Array Project

In the field of astrophysics, the faint signal from distant galaxies and other dim cosmological sources at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths require the use of high-sensitivity experiments. Cryogenics and the use of low-temperature…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-22 Lionel Duband , Thomas Prouve , James Bock , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Alessandro Schillaci

Thermal susceptibility of the Planck-LFI receivers

This paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst . This paper describes the impact of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument front end physical temperature…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-27 L Terenzi , M J Salmon , A Colin , A Mennella , G Morgante , M Tomasi , P Battaglia , M Lapolla , M Bersanelli , R C Butler , F Cuttaia , O D'Arcangelo , R Davis , C Franceschet , S Galeotta , A Gregorio , N Hughes , P Jukkala , D Kettle , M Laaninen , P Leutenegger , R Leonardi , N Mandolesi , M Maris , P Meinhold , M Miccolis , N Roddis , L Sambo , M Sandri , R Silvestri , J Tuovinen , L Valenziano , J Varis , F Villa , A Wilkinson , A Zonca

Sympathetic cooling schemes for separately trapped ions coupled via image currents

Cooling of particles to mK-temperatures is essential for a variety of experiments with trapped charged particles. However, many species of interest lack suitable electronic transitions for direct laser cooling. We study theoretically the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-03-30 C. Will , M. Bohman , T. Driscoll , M. Wiesinger , F. Abbass , M. J. Borchert , J. A. Devlin , S. Erlewein , M. Fleck , B. Latacz , R. Moller , A. Mooser , D. Popper , E. Wursten , K. Blaum , Y. Matsuda , C. Ospelkaus , W. Quint , J. Walz , C. Smorra , S. Ulmer

Basics of Low-temperature Refrigeration

This chapter gives an overview of the principles of low temperature refrigeration and the thermodynamics behind it. Basic cryogenic processes - Joule-Thomoson process, Brayton process as well as Claude process - are described and compared.…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-01-30 A. Alekseev

Planck LFI flight model feed horns

this paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst The Low Frequency Instrument is optically interfaced with the ESA Planck telescope through 11 corrugated feed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-27 F. Villa , O. D'Arcangelo , M. Pecora , L. Figini , R. Nesti , A. Simonetto , C. Sozzi , M. Sandri , P. Battaglia , P. Guzzi , M. Bersanelli , R. C. Butler , N. Mandolesi

Cooling power analysis of a small scale 4 K pulse tube cryocooler driven by an oil-free low input power Helium compressor

Here we report the performance of a small scale 4 K pulse tube cryocooler operating with a low input power reaching a minimum temperature of 2.2 K, as well as a cooling capacity of over 240 mW at 4.2 K. The compressor is air cooled and can…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-02 Jack-Andre Schmidt , Bernd Schmidt , Jens Falter , Jens Hoehne , Claudio Dal Savio , Sebatsian Schaile , Andre Schirmeisen