A dual output polarimeter devoted to the study of the cosmic microwave background

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4843, Issue , 2002, Pages 336-347

  Gervasi, Massimo ^a   Boella, Giuliano ^a   Cavaliere, Francesco ^b   Grossetti, Giovanni ^a,b   Passerini, Andrea ^a   Sironi, Giorgio ^a   Tartari, Andrea ^a   Zannoni, Mario ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmic Microwave Background; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COSMIC RAYS; MICROWAVES; POLARIZATION; RADIO TELESCOPES;

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND (CMB);

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0038416073     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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