Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992sesd.reptq....f&link_type=abstract
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Physics
Optics
Anisotropy, Background Radiation, Balloon-Borne Instruments, Bolometers, Microwaves, Millimeter Waves, Receivers, Telescopes, Astronomical Models, Brightness, Modulation, Photometers, Relic Radiation
Scientific paper
We report the performance of a bolometric system designed to measure the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation on angular scales from 0 deg 3 min to 3 deg. The system represents a collaborative effort combining a low-background 1 m diameter balloon-borne telescope with new multimode feed optics, a beam modulation mechanism with high stability, and a four-channel bolometric receiver with passbands centered near frequencies of 3 (90), 6 (180), 9 (270), and 12 (360) cm-1 (GHz). The telescope was flown three times with the bolometric receiver and has demonstrated detector noise limited performance capable of reaching sensitivity levels of Delta(T)/TCMB is approximately equal to 10-5 with detectors operated at T = 0.3 K.
Alsop D. C.
Cheng Edward S.
Clapp Andre Charles
Cottingham David A.
Fischer Marc L.
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