用于测量中间角尺度 CMB 极化的 COMPASS 仪器
天体物理学
2015-06-24 v2
摘要
COMPASS 是一台轴向 2.6 米望远镜配备相关极化仪的仪器。整个仪器专为 CMB 极化研究构建。我们严格注意接收器和光学设计、指向平台稳定性、避免系统偏移以及数据分析技术的开发。本文描述了该实验、其优势与不足，以及我们已学到的各种可能对未来测量 CMB 极化的有益经验。
引用
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0305608,
title = {COMPASS: An Instrument for Measuring the Polarization of the CMB on Intermediate Angular Scales},
author = {Philip C. Farese and Giorgio Dall'Oglio and Josh Gundersen and Brian Keating and Slade Klawikowski and Lloyd Knox and Alan Levy and Chris O'Dell and Alan Peel and Lucio Piccirillo and John Ruhl and Peter Timbie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0305608},
year = {2015}
}
备注
To be published in the proceedings of "The Cosmic Microwave Background and its Polarization", New Astronomy Reviews, (eds. S. Hanany and K.A. Olive)