The Primordial Anisotropy Polarization Pathfinder Array (PAPPA): Instrument overview and status

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6275, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chuss, D T ^a   Kogut, A ^a   Fixsen, D ^a,c   Hinshaw, G F ^a   Limon, M ^a,c   Moseley, S H ^a   Phillips, N ^a,c   Sharp, E ^a,d   Wollack, E J ^a   Yen, K U ^a   Cao, N ^a,b   Stevenson, T ^a   Hsieh, W ^a   Devlin, M ^e   Dicker, S ^e   Semisch, C ^e   Barker, S ^f   Irwin, K ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MEI Technologies   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d GLOBAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMB Polarization; MEMS; Polarization Modulation

Indexed keywords

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND (CMB); POLARIZATION MODULATION; PRIMORDIAL ANISOTROPY POLARIZATION PATHFINDER ARRAY (PAPPA); TRANSITION EDGE SENSORS (TES);

ANISOTROPY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MODULATION; POLARIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 33749636204     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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