Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-09-11
Astron.Astrophys.409:375-386,2003
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 15 figures, accepted to Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20030927
Accurate measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy call for high precision and reliability of the in-flight calibration. For extended surveys the CMB dipole provides an excellent calibration source at frequencies lower than 200 GHz; however poorly known foreground emissions, such as diffuse galactic components, complicate the signal and introduce a systematic error in the calibration. We show that introducing a weight function that takes into account the uncertainty in the a priori knowledge of the sky, allows us to substantially improve the calibration accuracy with respect to methods involving galactic latitude cuts. This new method is tested for Planck-LFI radiometers at 30 and 100 GHz. On short time scales (less than 1 day) the absolute calibration of each channel can be recovered with an overall 1-2% accuracy. We also consider the effect of CMB anisotropy itself on the calibration, and find that knowledge of the CMB pattern on large scales is needed to keep the short-time scale calibration accuracy within 1%
Albetti G.
Bersanelli Marco
Cappellini Benedetta
Maino Davide
Mennella Aniello
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