Antenna instrumental polarization and its effects on E- and B-modes for CMBP observations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 420, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 437-445

  Carretti, E ^a   Cortiglioni, S ^a   Sbarra, C ^a   Tascone, R ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology: cosmic microwave background; Instrumentation: polarimeters; Methods: data analysis; Polarization

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; SPACE RESEARCH;

ANTENNA INSTRUMENTAL POLARIZATION; ANTENNA SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION MAPS; UNPOLARIZED EMISSION FIELDS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 2942617367     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035601     Document Type: Article

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