A 33 GHz polarimeter for observations of the cosmic microwave background

New Astronomy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Sironi, G ^a   Boella, G ^a   Bonelli, G ^b   Brunetti, L ^c   Cavaliere, F ^a   Gervasi, M ^a   Giardino, G ^a   Passerini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ELETTROTECNICO NAZIONALE GALILEO FERRARIS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Instrumentation polarimeters; Polarization; Techniques: polarimetric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012338405     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(97)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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