The low frequency instrument on-board the Planck satellite: Characteristics and performance

New Astronomy Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 287-297

  Valenziano, L ^a   Sandri, M ^a   Morgante, G ^a   Burigana, C ^a   Bersanelli, M ^b   Butler, R C ^a   Cuttaia, F ^a   Finelli, F ^a   Franceschi, E ^a   Galaverni, M ^a,c   Gruppuso, A ^a   Malaspina, M ^a   Mandolesi, N ^a   Mennella, A ^b   Paci, F ^a,d   Popa, L ^a,e   Procopio, P ^a,c   Stringhetti, L ^a   Terenzi, L ^a   Tomasi, M ^f   Villa, F ^a   Zuccarelli, J ^a,c   more..

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^f INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background; Experimental cosmology; Microwave and radiowave instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846918670     PISSN: 13876473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2006.11.030     Document Type: Review

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