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1. Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: Survey requirements and mission design

Author: Macìas-Pérez, JF, Delabrouille, J, De Bernardis, P, Bouchet, FR, Achúcarro, A, Ade, PAR, Allison, R, Arroja, F, Artal, E, Ashdown, M, Baccigalupi, C, Ballardini, M, Banday, AJ, Banerji, R, Barbosa, D, Bartlett, J, Bartolo, N, Basak, S, Baselmans, JJA, Basu, K, Battistelli, ES, Battye, R, Baumann, D, Benoít, A, Bersanelli, M, Bideaud, A, Biesiada, M, Bilicki, M, Bonaldi, A, Bonato, M, Borrill, J, Boulanger, F, Brinckmann, T, Brown, ML, Bucher, M, Burigana, C, Buzzelli, A, Cabass, G, Cai, ZY, Calvo, M, Caputo, A, Carvalho, CS, Casas, FJ, Castellano, G, Catalano, A, Challinor, A, Charles, I, Chluba, J, Clements, DL, Clesse, S, Colafrancesco, S, Colantoni, I, Contreras, D, Coppolecchia, A, Crook, M, D'Alessandro, G, D'Amico, G, Silva, AD, De Avillez, M, De Gasperis, G, Petris, MD, De Zotti, G, Danese, L, Désert, FX, Desjacques, V, Valentino, ED, Dickinson, C, Diego, JM, Doyle, S, and Durrer, R
Subjects: CMBR polarisation, gravitational lensing, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, CMBR experiments, physics of the early universe, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: © 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab. Future observations of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarisation have the potential to answer some of the most fundamental questions of modern physics and cosmology, including: what physical process gave birth to the Universe we see today? What are the dark matter and dark energy that seem to constitute 95% of the energy density of the Universe? Do we need extensions to the standard model of particle physics and fundamental interactions? Is the ΛCDM cosmological scenario correct, or are we missing an essential piece of the puzzle? In this paper, we list the requirements for a future CMB polarisation survey addressing these scientific objectives, and discuss the design drivers of the COREmfive space mission proposed to ESA in answer to the "M5" call for a medium-sized mission. The rationale and options, and the methodologies used to assess the mission's performance, are of interest to other future CMB mission design studies. COREmfive has 19 frequency channels, distributed over a broad frequency range, spanning the 60-600 GHz interval, to control astrophysical foreground emission. The angular resolution ranges from 2′ to 18′, and the aggregate CMB sensitivity is about 2 μKċarcmin. The observations are made with a single integrated focal-plane instrument, consisting of an array of 2100 cryogenically-cooled, linearly-polarised detectors at the focus of a 1.2-m aperture cross-Dragone telescope. The mission is designed to minimise all sources of systematic effects, which must be controlled so that no more than 10-4 of the intensity leaks into polarisation maps, and no more than about 1% of E-type polarisation leaks into B-type modes. COREmfive observes the sky from a large Lissajous orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 point on an orbit that offers stable observing conditions and avoids contamination from sidelobe pick-up of stray radiation originating from the Sun, Earth, and Moon. The entire sky is observed repeatedly during four years of continuous scanning, with a combination of three rotations of the spacecraft over different timescales. With about 50% of the sky covered every few days, this scan strategy provides the mitigation of systematic effects and the internal redundancy that are needed to convincingly extract the primordial B-mode signal on large angular scales, and check with adequate sensitivity the consistency of the observations in several independent data subsets. COREmfive is designed as a "near-ultimate" CMB polarisation mission which, for optimal complementarity with ground-based observations, will perform the observations that are known to be essential to CMB polarisation science and cannot be obtained by any other means than a dedicated space mission. It will provide well-characterised, highly-redundant multi-frequency observations of polarisation at all the scales where foreground emission and cosmic variance dominate the final uncertainty for obtaining precision CMB science, as well as 2′ angular resolution maps of high-frequency foreground emission in the 300-600 GHz frequency range, essential for complementarity with future ground-based observations with large telescopes that can observe the CMB with the same beamsize.
Published: 2018

2. Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: Survey requirements and mission design

Author: Delabrouille, J, de Bernardis, P, Bouchet, FR, Achúcarro, A, Ade, PAR, Allison, R, Arroja, F, Artal, E, Ashdown, M, Baccigalupi, C, Ballardini, M, Banday, AJ, Banerji, R, Barbosa, D, Bartlett, J, Bartolo, N, Basak, S, Baselmans, JJA, Basu, K, Battistelli, ES, Battye, R, Baumann, D, Benoít, A, Bersanelli, M, Bideaud, A, Biesiada, M, Bilicki, M, Bonaldi, A, Bonato, M, Borrill, J, Boulanger, F, Brinckmann, T, Brown, ML, Bucher, M, Burigana, C, Buzzelli, A, Cabass, G, Cai, Z-Y, Calvo, M, Caputo, A, Carvalho, C-S, Casas, FJ, Castellano, G, Catalano, A, Challinor, A, Charles, I, Chluba, J, Clements, DL, Clesse, S, Colafrancesco, S, Colantoni, I, Contreras, D, Coppolecchia, A, Crook, M, D'Alessandro, G, D'Amico, G, da Silva, A, de Avillez, M, de Gasperis, G, De Petris, M, de Zotti, G, Danese, L, Désert, F-X, Desjacques, V, Di Valentino, E, Dickinson, C, Diego, JM, Doyle, S, Durrer, R, Dvorkin, C, Eriksen, HK, Errard, J, Feeney, S, Fernández-Cobos, R, Finelli, F, Forastieri, F, Franceschet, C, Fuskeland, U, Galli, S, Génova-Santos, RT, Gerbino, M, Giusarma, E, Gomez, A, González-Nuevo, J, Grandis, S, Greenslade, J, Goupy, J, Hagstotz, S, Hanany, S, Handley, W, Henrot-Versillé, S, Hernández-Monteagudo, C, Hervias-Caimapo, C, Hills, M, Hindmarsh, M, Hivon, E, Hoang, DT, Hooper, DC, Hu, B, and Keihänen, E
Subjects: CMBR polarisation, gravitational lensing, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Molecular, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Atomic, Particle and Plasma Physics, Affordable and Clean Energy, CMBR experiments, astro-ph.CO, physics of the early universe, Nuclear, Astronomical and Space Sciences, astro-ph.IM
Abstract: Future observations of cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarisation have the potential to answer some of the most fundamental questions of modern physics and cosmology, including: what physical process gave birth to the Universe we see today? What are the dark matter and dark energy that seem to constitute 95% of the energy density of the Universe? Do we need extensions to the standard model of particle physics and fundamental interactions? Is the ΛCDM cosmological scenario correct, or are we missing an essential piece of the puzzle? In this paper, we list the requirements for a future CMB polarisation survey addressing these scientific objectives, and discuss the design drivers of the COREmfive space mission proposed to ESA in answer to the "M5" call for a medium-sized mission. The rationale and options, and the methodologies used to assess the mission's performance, are of interest to other future CMB mission design studies. COREmfive has 19 frequency channels, distributed over a broad frequency range, spanning the 60-600 GHz interval, to control astrophysical foreground emission. The angular resolution ranges from 2′ to 18′, and the aggregate CMB sensitivity is about 2 μKċarcmin. The observations are made with a single integrated focal-plane instrument, consisting of an array of 2100 cryogenically-cooled, linearly-polarised detectors at the focus of a 1.2-m aperture cross-Dragone telescope. The mission is designed to minimise all sources of systematic effects, which must be controlled so that no more than 10-4 of the intensity leaks into polarisation maps, and no more than about 1% of E-type polarisation leaks into B-type modes. COREmfive observes the sky from a large Lissajous orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 point on an orbit that offers stable observing conditions and avoids contamination from sidelobe pick-up of stray radiation originating from the Sun, Earth, and Moon. The entire sky is observed repeatedly during four years of continuous scanning, with a combination of three rotations of the spacecraft over different timescales. With about 50% of the sky covered every few days, this scan strategy provides the mitigation of systematic effects and the internal redundancy that are needed to convincingly extract the primordial B-mode signal on large angular scales, and check with adequate sensitivity the consistency of the observations in several independent data subsets. COREmfive is designed as a "near-ultimate" CMB polarisation mission which, for optimal complementarity with ground-based observations, will perform the observations that are known to be essential to CMB polarisation science and cannot be obtained by any other means than a dedicated space mission. It will provide well-characterised, highly-redundant multi-frequency observations of polarisation at all the scales where foreground emission and cosmic variance dominate the final uncertainty for obtaining precision CMB science, as well as 2′ angular resolution maps of high-frequency foreground emission in the 300-600 GHz frequency range, essential for complementarity with future ground-based observations with large telescopes that can observe the CMB with the same beamsize.
Published: 2018

3. The QUIJOTE experiment: project status and first scientific results

Author: Rubiño-Martín, J. A., Génova-Santos, R., Rebolo, R., Aguiar, M., Juan Cozar-Castellano, Gómez-Reñasco, F., Gutiérrez, C., Hoyland, R. J., López-Caraballo, C., Peláez-Santos, A. E., Pérez-De-Taoro, M. R., Poidevin, F., Ruiz-Granados, B., Sánchez La Rosa, V., Tramonte, D., Vega-Moreno, A., Viera-Curbelo, T., Vignaga, R., Martínez-González, E., Barreiro, R. B., Casaponsa, B., Casas, F. J., Diego, J. M., Fernández-Cobos, R., Herranz, D., López-Caniego, M., Ortiz, D., Vielva, P., Artal, E., Aja, B., Cagigas, J., Cano, J. L., La Fuente, L., Mediavilla, A., Terán, J. V., Villa, E., Piccirillo, L., Dickinson, C., Grainge, K., Harper, S., Maffei, B., Mcculloch, M., Melhuish, S., Pisano, G., Watson, R. A., Lasenby, A., Ashdown, M., Perrott, Y., Razavi-Ghods, N., Titterington, D., Scott, P., Arribas, S, Alonso-Herrero, A, Figueras, F, Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Sánchez-Lavega, A, and Pérez-Hoyos, S
Subjects: Microwave receivers, Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, Millimetre waves, B-Modes, Polarization, Polarimetry, Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, B-Modes, Instrumentation, Polarimetry, Millimetre waves, Microwave receivers, Polarization, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We present the current status of the QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) experiment, a new polarimeter with the aim of characterizing the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, and other galactic or extra-galactic physical processes that emit in microwaves in the frequency range 10–42 GHz, and at large angular scales (around 1 degree resolution). The experiment has been designed to reach the required sensitivity to detect a primordial gravitational wave component in the CMB, provided its tensor-to-scalar ratio is larger than r ∼ 0.05. The project consists of two telescopes and three instruments which will survey a large sky area from the Teide Observatory to provide I, Q and U maps of high sensitivity. The first QUIJOTE instrument, known as Multi-Frequency Instrument (MFI), has been surveying the northern sky in four individual frequencies between 10 and 20 GHz since November 2012, providing data with an average sensitivity of 80 µK beam−1 in Q and U in a region of 20, 000 square-degrees. The second instrument, or Thirty-GHz Instrument (TGI), is currently undergoing the commissioning phase, and the third instrument, or Forty-GHz Instrument (FGI), is in the final fabrication phase. Finally, we describe the first scientific results obtained with the MFI. Some specific regions, mainly along the Galactic plane, have been surveyed to a deeper depth, reaching sensitivities of around 40 µK beam−1. We present new upper limits on the polarization of the anomalous dust emission, resulting from these data, in the Perseus molecular complex and in the W43 molecular complex.
Published: 2016

4. Planck early results. III. First assessment of the Low Frequency Instrument in-flight performance

Author: Poutanen, T., Lähteenmäki, A., León-Tavares, J., Polenta, G., Natoli, P., Falvella, M.C., Bartlett, J.G., Smoot, G.F., Bonavera, L., Banday, A.J., Seiffert, M.D., Paladini, R., Prézeau, G., Rocha, G., Lilje, P.B., Hughes, N., Jukkala, P., Kilpia, V.-H., Sjoman, P., Nørgaard-Nielsen, Hans Ulrik, Toffolatti, L., Aja, B., Artal, E., Cruz, M., Moss, A., Scott, D., Colombo, L., Kurki-Suonio, H., Suur-Uski, A.-S., Juvela, M., Keihänen, E., Keskitalo, R., Savelainen, M., Knox, L., Meinhold, P.R., Zonca, A., Leonardi, R., Lubin, P.M., Bartolo, N., Matarrese, S., Melchiorri, A., Mennella, A., Maino, D., Tomasi, M., Franceschet, C., Gregorio, A., Cabella, P., De Gasperis, G., Migliaccio, M., Quercellini, C., Vittorio, N., Marinucci, D., Génova-Santos, R.T., Rebolo, R., Rubi No-Martín, J.A., Mendes, L., Foley, S., Watson, C., Bennett, K., Tauber, J.A., Partridge, B., Nesti, R., Tofani, G., Umana, G., Bonaldi, A., De Zotti, G., Massardi, M., Frailis, M., Galeotta, S., Maris, M., Tavagnacco, D., Zacchei, A., Pasian, F., Butler, R.C., Cuttaia, F., Mandolesi, N., Morgante, G., Sandri, M., Terenzi, L., Villa, F., Burigana, C., De Rosa, A., Finelli, F., Franceschi, E., Gruppuso, A., Malaspina, M., Paoletti, D., Procopio, P., Ricciardi, S., Stringhetti, L., Valenziano, L., Cappellini, B., Donzelli, S., Türler, M., Chen, X., Puget, J.-L., Bouchet, F.R., Efstathiou, G., Valiviita, J., Eriksen, H.K., Hansen, F.K., Gómez, F., Herreros, J.M., Hoyland, R.J., Curto, A., Martínez-González, E., Barreiro, R.B., Diego, J.M., Herranz, D., López-Caniego, M., Vielva, P., D'Arcangelo, O., Simonetto, A., Sozzi, C., Lawrence, C.R., Pearson, D., Gaier, T.C., Górski, K.M., Jewell, J., Kangaslahti, P., Mitra, S., Pagano, L., Pietrobon, D., Prina, M., Wade, L.A., Davis, R.J., Leahy, J.P., Lowe, S., Watson, R., Wilkinson, A., Davies, R.D., Dickinson, C., Roddis, N., Winder, F., Lamarre, J.-M., Borrill, J., Kisner, T.S., Enßlin, T.A., Knoche, J., Matthai, F., Rachen, J.P., Reinecke, M., Robbers, G., White, S.D.M., Tuovinen, J., Varis, J., Pospieszalski, M., Laaninen, M., Dick, J., Leach, S., Perrotta, F., Baccigalupi, C., Danese, L., González-Nuevo, J., Pettorino, V., George, D., Battaglia, P., Leutenegger, P., Miccolis, M., Silvestri, R., APC - Cosmologie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), PLANCK, Universidad de Cantabria, Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mennella, A., Bersanelli, M., Butler, R. C., Curto, A., Cuttaia, F., Davis, R. J., Dick, J., Frailis, M., Galeotta, S., Gregorio, Anna, Kurki Suonio, H., Lawrence, C. R., Leach, S., Leahy, J. P., Lowe, S., Maino, D., Mandolesi, N., Maris, M., Mart'inez González, E., Meinhold, P. R., Morgante, G., Pearson, D., Perrotta, F., Polenta, G., Poutanen, T., Sandri, M., Seiffert, M. D., Suur Uski, A. S., Tavagnacco, Daniele, Terenzi, L., Tomasi, M., Valiviita, J., Villa, F., Watson, R., Wilkinson, A., Zacchei, A., Zonca, A., Aja, B., Artal, E., Baccigalupi, C., Banday, A. J., Barreiro, R. B., Bartlett, J. G., Bartolo, N., Battaglia, P., Bennett, K., Bonaldi, A., Bonavera, L., Borrill, J., Bouchet, F. R., Burigana, C., Cabella, P., Cappellini, B., Chen, X., Colombo, L., Cruz, M., Danese, L., D'Arcangelo, O., Davies, R. D., de Gasperis, G., de Rosa, A., de Zotti, G., Dickinson, C., Diego, J. M., Donzelli, S., Efstathiou, G., Ensslin, T. A., Eriksen, H. K., Falvella, M. C., Finelli, F., Foley, S., Franceschet, C., Franceschi, E., Gaier, T. C., Génova Santos, R. T., George, D., Gómez, F., González Nuevo, J., Górski, K. M., Gruppuso, A., Hansen, F. K., Herranz, D., Herreros, J. M., Hoyland, R. J., Hughes, N., Jewell, J., Jukkala, P., Juvela, M., Kangaslahti, P., Keihänen, E., Keskitalo, R., Kilpia, V. H., Kisner, T. S., Knoche, J., Knox, L., Laaninen, M., Lähteenmäki, A., Lamarre, J. M., Leonardi, R., León Tavares, J., Leutenegger, P., Lilje, P. B., López Caniego, M., Lubin, P. M., Malaspina, M., Marinucci, D., Massardi, M., Matarrese, S., Matthai, F., Melchiorri, A., Mendes, L., Miccolis, M., Migliaccio, M., Mitra, S., Moss, A., Natoli, P., Nesti, R., Norgaard Nielsen, H. U., Pagano, L., Paladini, R., Paoletti, D., Partridge, B., Pasian, F., Pettorino, V., Pietrobon, D., Pospieszalski, M., Prézeau, G., Prina, M., Procopio, P., Puget, J. L., Quercellini, C., Rachen, J. P., Rebolo, R., Reinecke, M., Ricciardi, S., Robbers, G., Rocha, G., Roddis, N., Rubino Martín, J. A., Savelainen, M., Scott, D., Silvestri, R., Simonetto, A., Sjoman, P., Smoot, G. F., Sozzi, C., Stringhetti, L., Tauber, J. A., Tofani, G., Tuovinen, J., Türler, M., Umana, G., Valenziano, L., Varis, J., Vielva, P., Vittorio, N., Wade, L. A., Watson, C., White, S., Winder, F., Department of Physics, and Helsinki Institute of Physics
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], education, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, cosmic background radiation, Low frequency, Cosmic backround radiation, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, instruments [Space vehicles], [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, CMB physics, 0103 physical sciences, Space vehicles: instruments, Instrumentation: detectors, Planck, cosmology: observations, space vehicles: instruments, instrumentation: detectors, observations [Cosmology], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), detectors [Instrumentation], detectors, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Planck ESA mission, Cosmology: observations, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], observations, Early results, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, space vehicles, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, cosmology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: 29 páginas, 31 figuras, 15 tablas.-- Planck Collaboration: et al., The scientific performance of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) after one year of in-orbit operation is presented. We describe the main optical parameters and discuss photometric calibration, white noise sensitivity, and noise properties. A preliminary evaluation of the impact of the main systematic effects is presented. For each of the performance parameters, we outline the methods used to obtain them from the flight data and provide a comparison with pre-launch ground assessments, which are essentially confirmed in flight., The Consortia are led by the Principal Investigators: J.-L. Puget in France for HFI (funded principally by CNES and CNRS/INSU-IN2P3) and N. Mandolesi in Italy for LFI (funded principally via ASI). NASA’s US Planck Project, based at JPL and involving scientists at many US institutions, contributes significantly to the efforts of these two Consortia. In Finland, the Planck LFI 70 GHz work was supported by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes). This work was also supported by the Academy of Finland, CSC, and DEISA (EU).
Published: 2011

5. The QUIJOTE experiment: Project overview and first results

Author: Génova-Santos, R., Rubiño-Martín, J. A., Rebolo, R., Aguiar, M., Gómez-Reñasco, F., Gutiérrez, C., Hoyland, R. J., López-Caraballo, C., Peláez-Santos, A. E., Pérez-De-Taoro, M. R., Poidevin, F., Sánchez La Rosa, V., Tramonte, D., Vega-Moreno, A., Viera-Curbelo, T., Vignasa, R., Martínez-González, E., Barreiro, R. B., Casaponsa, B., Casas, F. J., Diego, J. M., Fernández-Cobos, R., Herranz, D., López-Caniego, M., Ortiz, D., Vielva, P., Artal, E., Aja, B., Cagigas, J., Cano, J. L., La Fuente, L., Mediavilla, A., Terán, J. V., Villa, E., Piccirillo, L., Davies, R., Davis, R. J., Dickinson, C., Grainge, K., Harper, S., Maffei, B., Mcculloch, M., Melhuish, S., Pisano, G., Robert Watson, Lasenby, A., Ashdown, M., Hobson, M., Perrott, Y., Razavi-Ghods, N., Saunders, R., Titterington, D., and Scott, P.
Subjects: Microwave receivers, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, B-Modes, Instrumentation, Polarimetry, Millimetre waves, Microwave receivers, Polarization, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Millimetre waves, B-Modes, Polarization, Polarimetry, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Instrumentation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife) is a new polarimeter aimed to characterize the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and other Galactic and extragalactic signals at medium and large angular scales in the frequency range 10-40 GHz. The multi-frequency (10-20~GHz) instrument, mounted on the first QUIJOTE telescope, saw first light on November 2012 from the Teide Observatory (2400~m a.s.l). During 2014 the second telescope has been installed at this observatory. A second instrument at 30~GHz will be ready for commissioning at this telescope during summer 2015, and a third additional instrument at 40~GHz is now being developed. These instruments will have nominal sensitivities to detect the B-mode polarization due to the primordial gravitational-wave component if the tensor-to-scalar ratio is larger than r=0.05., To appear in "Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII", Proceedings of the XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, Teruel, Spain (2014)
Published: 2014

6. Cosmic microwave background polarization receivers: QUIJOTE experiment

Author: Artal, E., La Fuente, L., Aja, B., Juan Luis Cano, Villa, E., Hoyland, R., Rubiño-Martin, J. A., Génova, R., and Universidad de Cantabria
Subjects: Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: The QUIJOTE (Q U I JOint TEnerife) Experiment will characterize the polarization of Cosmic Microwave Background radiation and other galactic and extragalactic emissions in the frequency range from 10 to 30 GHz, and at large angular scales. The polarimeter receivers at 11, 13, 17, 19 and 30 GHz are radiometers based on broadband waveguide rotating polar modulators and broadband orthomode transducers. High sensitivity of polarimeters is achieved with very low noise cryogenic amplifiers (Noise temperature < 15 K in 11-19 GHz channels and < 20 K in 30 GHz channel). Subsystems test results and integration measurements of front-end and back-end units show wideband operation in all channels. This work has been funded by the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain) under Astronomy and Astrophysics program, reference AYA2007-68058-C03.
Published: 2010

7. Advanced pseudo-correlation radiometers for the Planck-LFI instrument

Author: Mennella, A., Bersanelli, M., Butler, R. C., Maino, D., Mandolesi, N., Morgante, G., Luca Valenziano, Villa, F., Gaier, T., Seiffert, M., Levin, S., Lawrence, C., Meinhold, P., Lubin, P., Tuovinen, J., Varis, J., Karttaavi, T., Hughes, N., Jukkala, P., Sjman, P., Kangaslahti, P., Roddis, N., Kettle, D., Winder, F., Blackhurst, E., Davis, R., Wilkinson, A., Castelli, C., Aja, B., Artal, E., La Fuente, L., Mediavilla, A., Pascual, J. P., Gallegos, J., Martinez-Gonzalez, E., Paco, P., and Pradell, L.
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics
Abstract: The LFI (Low Frequency Instrument) on board the ESA Planck satellite is constituted by an array of radiometric detectors actively cooled at 20 K in the 30-70 GHz frequency range in the focal plane of the Planck telescope. In this paper we present an overview of the LFI instrument, with a particular focus on the radiometer design. The adopted pseudo-correlation scheme uses a software balancing technique (with a tunable parameter called gain modulation factor) which is effective in reducing the radiometer susceptibility to amplifier instabilities also in presence of small non-idealities in the radiometric chain components, provided that the gain modulation factor is estimated with an accuracy of the order of 0.2%. These results have been recently confirmed by experimental laboratory measurements conducted on the LFI prototype radiometers at 30, 70 and 100 GHz., 6 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2003

8. Planck-LFI: Instrument Design and Ground Calibration Strategy

Author: Bersanelli, M., Aja, B., Artal, E., Balasini, M., Baldan, G., Battaglia, P., Bernardino, T., Bhandari, P., Blackhurst, E., Boschini, L., Bowman, R., Burigana, C., Butler, R. C., Cappellini, B., Cavaliere, F., Colombo, F., Cuttaia, F., Davis, R., Dupac, X., Edgeley, J., D Arcangelo, O., La Fuente, L., Rosa, A., Ferrari, F., Figini, L., Fogliani, S., Franceschet, C., Franceschi, E., Jukkala, P., Gaier, T., Galtress, A., Garavaglia, S., Gomez-Renasco, F., Guzzi, P., Herreros, J. M., Hoyland, R., Huges, N., Kettle, D., Kilpel, V. H., Laaninen, M., Lapolla, M., Lawrence, C. R., Lawson, D., Leonardi, R., Leutenegger, P., Levin, S., Lilje, P. B., Lubin, P. M., Maino, D., Malaspina, M., Mandolesi, N., Mari, G., Maris, M., Martinez-Gonzalez, E., Mediavilla, A., Meinhold, P., Mennella, A., Miccolis, M., Morgante, G., Nash, A., Nesti, R., Pagan, L., Paine, C., Pascual, J. P., Pasian, F., Pecora, M., Pezzati, S., Pospieszalski, M., Platania, P., Prina, M., Rebolo, R., Roddis, N., Sabatini, N., Sandri, M., Salmon, M. J., Seiffert, M., Silvestri, R., Simonetto, A., Smoot, G. F., Sozzi, C., Stringhetti, L., Terenzi, L., Tomasi, M., Tuovinen, J., Luca Valenziano, Varis, J., Villa, F., Wade, L., Wilkinson, A., Winder, F., and Zacchei, A.
Subjects: ___, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The ESA Planck satellite is designed to achieve precision imaging of the Cosmic Microwave Background with an unprecedented combination of angular resolution, sensitivity, spectral range and sky coverage. The Low Frequency Instrument is one of two complementary instruments, and covers 30, 44, and 70 GHz with an array of wideband pseudo-correlation, cryogenic radiometers. Advanced qualification models of the radiometer chains and of the instrument electronics have been manufactured, tested and integrated into the LFI Qualification Model. The main radiometer calibration, RF tuning and performance characterization is carried out at a single radiometer chain level, and then verified at instrument integrated level in dedicated cryofacilities. Here we describe the main requirements and instrument design, and we summarize the radiometer calibration strategy optimised during the qualification activity in view of the LFI Flight Model campaign.

9. The QUIJOTE CMB Experiment: status and first results with the multi-frequency instrument

Author: López-Caniego, M., Rebolo, R., Aguiar, M., Génova-Santos, R., Gómez-Reñasco, F., Gutierrez, C., Herreros, J. M., Hoyland, R. J., López-Caraballo, C., Pelaez Santos, A. E., Poidevin, F., Rubiño-Martín, J. A., Sanchez La Rosa, V., Tramonte, D., Vega-Moreno, A., Viera-Curbelo, T., Vignaga, R., Martínez-González, E., Barreiro, R. B., Casaponsa, B., Casas, F. J., Diego, J. M., Fernández-Cobos, R., Herranz, D., Ortiz, D., Vielva, P., Artal, E., Aja, B., Cagigas, J., Cano, J. L., La Fuente, L., Mediavilla, A., Terán, J. V., Villa, E., Lucio Piccirillo, Richard Battye, Blackhurst, E., Michael Brown, Davies, R. D., Davis, R. J., Clive Dickinson, Keith Grainge, Harper, S., Bruno Maffei, Mcculloch, M., Melhuish, S., Pisano, G., Robert Watson, Hobson, M., Lasenby, A., Saunders, R., and Scott, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint Tenerife) CMB Experiment is designed to observe the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background and other Galactic and extragalactic signals at medium and large angular scales in the frequency range of 10-40 GHz. The first of the two QUIJOTE telescopes and the multi-frequency (10-20 GHz) instrument have been in operation since November 2012. In 2014 a second telescope and a new instrument at 30GHz will be ready for commissioning, and an additional instrument at 40 GHz is in its final design stages. After three years of effective observations, the data obtained by these telescopes and instruments will have the required sensitivity to detect a primordial gravitational-wave component if the tensor-to-scalar ratio is larger than r = 0.05. At the moment, we have completed half of the wide Galactic survey with the multi-frequency instrument covering 18 000 square degrees of the Northern hemisphere. When we finish this survey in early 2014, we shall have reached approximately 14{\mu}K per one degree beam at 11, 13, 17 and 19 GHz, in both Q and U., Comment: Rencontres du Vietnam 2013: Cosmology in the Planck Era. Conference Proceedings. Typos added

10. Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE:survey requirements and mission design

Author: Karl Young, N. Mandolesi, A. Renzi, D. McCarthy, Andrea Lapi, F. Voisin, F. Oppizzi, Mark Hindmarsh, A. Mennella, Josquin Errard, S. Martin, Jose M. Diego, Enrico Pajer, Douglas Scott, A. Da Silva, Luigi Danese, R. B. Partridge, Subodh P. Patil, Créidhe O'Sullivan, A. M. C. Le Brun, Gianluca Polenta, Deanna C. Hooper, Alessandro Buzzelli, O. Perdereau, Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin, Nicolas Ponthieu, C. J. A. P. Martins, Eric Hivon, M. De Petris, Reijo Keskitalo, Bruno Maffei, Rashid Sunyaev, Michael L. Brown, Elena Giusarma, Marek Biesiada, Joanes Lizarraga, Nicola Bartolo, F. Piacentini, Stephen M. Feeney, G. de Zotti, Neil Trappe, Bin Hu, Cristian Franceschet, Matthieu Tristram, Pasquale Mazzotta, R. Allison, Hannu Kurki-Suonio, Jens Chluba, J. Greenslade, R. Fernandez-Cobos, Alicia Gomez, Stephen Serjeant, A. Catalano, Paolo Natoli, C. S. Carvalho, K. Kiiveri, David L. Clements, Diego Molinari, S. Paradiso, Martina Gerbino, Vincent Vennin, Carole Tucker, Kaustuv Basu, Alexei A. Starobinsky, Sabino Matarrese, Andrea Ravenni, L. Salvati, Eduardo Artal, G. Vermeulen, M. Piat, M. Tucci, F. Noviello, Ingunn Kathrine Wehus, Elia S. Battistelli, Matteo Bonato, R. Banerji, Ted Kisner, Jean-Baptiste Melin, Christophe Ringeval, Christopher G. R. Wallis, Benjamin D. Wandelt, Julian Borrill, Massimiliano Lattanzi, Aurelien Bideaud, Sebastien Clesse, Tiziana Trombetti, Martin Crook, Will Handley, P. de Bernardis, Ruth Durrer, Francois Boulanger, Matthieu Roman, C. Y. Tan, Sébastien Triqueneaux, Silvia Galli, G. Signorelli, A. Tartari, Gianmassimo Tasinato, S. Basak, Nicola Vittorio, D. Tramonte, V. Lindholm, Julien Lesgourgues, J. F. Macías-Pérez, E. Di Valentino, Francesco Forastieri, G. de Gasperis, Thomas Kitching, Vincent Desjacques, François R. Bouchet, Zhen-Yi Cai, Sergio Colafrancesco, Richard A. Battye, Alessandro Monfardini, F.-X. 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Subjects: CMBR experiments, CMBR polarisation, gravitational lensing, physics of the early universe, POLARIZATION, Computer science, Cosmic microwave background, cosmic background radiation: polarization, CMB, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology, Physics, Particles & Fields, cosmic flows, CMBR polarization, astronomy and astrophysics, Cosmic physics, CMBR experiments – CMBR theory – reionization – high redshift galaxies, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, COSMIC cancer database, Physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, cryogenics, Physical Sciences, Physics::Space Physics, Systems engineering, astro-ph.CO, proposed experiment, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, CMBR experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, performance, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), CMBR experiments, CMBR polarisation, gravitational lensing, physics of the early universe, satellite, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, NO, HALF-WAVE PLATE, 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics, Mission design, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), detector: design, activity report, Science & Technology, Cosmologia, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, astro-ph.IM, 115 Astronomy, Space science, sensitivity, Complementarity (physics), 0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences, angular resolution, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Física còsmica
Abstract: The CORE collaboration thanks CNES, Thales Alenia Space, and Air Liquide Advanced Technologies for advice and technical support during the preparation of the CORE proposal. We also thank the ESA CDF team for the CMB Polarisation CDF study performed in March 2016, the results of which were extensively used to define the mission concept presented in this paper. J.G.N. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish MINECO for a Ramon y Cajal fellowship (RYC-2013-13256) and the I+D 2015 project AYA2015-65887-P (MINECO/FEDER). CJM is supported by an FCT Research Professorship, contract reference IF/00064/2012, funded by FCT/MCTES (Portugal) and POPH/FSE. F.J.C., R.F.-C., E.M.-G. and P.V. acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministerio de Econom´ıa y Competitividad project ESP2015-70646-C2-1-R (cofinanced with EU FEDER funds), ConsoliderIngenio 2010 project CSD2010-00064 and from the CSIC “Proyecto Intramural Especial” project 201550E091. FA is supported by the National Taiwan University (NTU) under Project No. 103R4000 and by the NTU Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (LeCosPA) under Project No. FI121. BFR acknowledges support from the National Science Centre, Poland, under grant 2014/13/B/ST9/00845., Macìas-Pérez, J.F., Delabrouille, J., De Bernardis, P., Bouchet, F.R., Achúcarro, A., Ade, P.A.R., Allison, R., Arroja, F., Artal, E., Ashdown, M., Baccigalupi, C., Ballardini, M., Banday, A.J., Banerji, R., Barbosa, D., Bartlett, J., Bartolo, N., Basak, S., Baselmans, J.J.A., Basu, K., Battistelli, E.S., Battye, R., Baumann, D., Benoít, A., Bersanelli, M., Bideaud, A., Biesiada, M., Bilicki, M., Bonaldi, A., Bonato, M., Borrill, J., Boulanger, F., Brinckmann, T., Brown, M.L., Bucher, M., Burigana, C., Buzzelli, A., Cabass, G., Cai, Z.-Y., Calvo, M., Caputo, A., Carvalho, C.-S., Casas, F.J., Castellano, G., Catalano, A., Challinor, A., Charles, I., Chluba, J., Clements, D.L., Clesse, S., Colafrancesco, S., Colantoni, I., Contreras, D., Coppolecchia, A., Crook, M., D'Alessandro, G., D'Amico, G., Silva, A.D., De Avillez, M., De Gasperis, G., Petris, M.D., De Zotti, G., Danese, L., Désert, F.-X., Desjacques, V., Valentino, E.D., Dickinson, C., Diego, J.M., Doyle, S., Durrer, R., Dvorkin, C., Eriksen, H.K., Errard, J., Feeney, S., Fernández-Cobos, R., Finelli, F., Forastieri, F., Franceschet, C., Fuskeland, U., Galli, S., Génova-Santos, R.T., Gerbino, M., Giusarma, E., Gomez, A., González-Nuevo, J., Grandis, S., Greenslade, J., Goupy, J., Hagstotz, S., Hanany, S., Handley, W., Henrot-Versillé, S., Hernández-Monteagudo, C., Hervias-Caimapo, C., Hills, M., Hindmarsh, M., Hivon, E., Hoang, D.T., Hooper, D.C., Hu, B., Keihänen, E., Keskitalo, R., Kiiveri, K., Kisner, T., Kitching, T., Kunz, M., Kurki-Suonio, H., Lagache, G., Lamagna, L., Lapi, A., Lasenby, A., Lattanzi, M., Brun, A.M.C.L., Lesgourgues, J., Liguori, M., Lindholm, V., Lizarraga, J., Luzzi, G., Macìas-Pérez, J.F., Maffei, B., Mandolesi, N., Martin, S., Martinez-Gonzalez, E., Martins, C.J.A.P., Masi, S., Massardi, M., Matarrese, S., Mazzotta, P., McCarthy, D., Melchiorri, A., Melin, J.-B., Mennella, A., Mohr, J., Molinari, D., Monfardini, A., Montier, L., Natoli, P., Negrello, M., Notari, A., Noviello, F., Oppizzi, F., O'Sullivan, C., Pagano, L., Paiella, A., Pajer, E., Paoletti, D., Paradiso, S., Partridge, R.B., Patanchon, G., Patil, S.P., Perdereau, O., Piacentini, F., Piat, M., Pisano, G., Polastri, L., Polenta, G., Pollo, A., Ponthieu, N., Poulin, V., Prêle, D., Quartin, M., Ravenni, A., Remazeilles, M., Renzi, A., Ringeval, C., Roest, D., Roman, M., Roukema, B.F., Rubiño-Martin, J.-A., Salvati, L., Scott, D., Serjeant, S., Signorelli, G., Starobinsky, A.A., Sunyaev, R., Tan, C.Y., Tartari, A., Tasinato, G., Toffolatti, L., Tomasi, M., Torrado, J., Tramonte, D., Trappe, N., Triqueneaux, S., Tristram, M., Trombetti, T., Tucci, M., Tucker, C., Urrestilla, J., Väliviita, J., De Weygaert, R.V., Tent, B.V., Vennin, V., Verde, L., Vermeulen, G., Vielva, P., Vittorio, N., Voisin, F., Wallis, C., Wandelt, B., Wehus, I.K., Weller, J., Young, K., Zannoni, M.
Published: 2018

11. Planck pre-launch status: The Planck mission

Author: J. A. Tauber1, N. Mandolesi2, J.-L. Puget3, T. Banos4, M. Bersanelli5, F. R. Bouchet6, R. C. Butler2, J. Charra3, G. Crone7, J. Dodsworth8, G. Efstathiou9, R. Gispert3, G. Guyot3, A. Gregorio10, J. J. Juillet4, J.-M. Lamarre11, R. J. Laureijs1, C. R. Lawrence12, H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen13, T. Passvogel7, J. M. Reix4, D. Texier14, L. Vibert3, A. Zacchei15, P. A. R. Ade16, N. Aghanim3, B. Aja17, E. Alippi18, L. Aloy7, P. Armand4, M. Arnaud19, A. Arondel3, A. Arreola-Villanueva12, E. Artal17, E. Artina18, A. Arts7, M. Ashdown20, J. Aumont21, M. Azzaro22, A. Bacchetta23, C. Baccigalupi24, M. Baker7, M. Balasini18, A. Balbi25, A. J. Banday26, G. Barbier28, R. B. Barreiro29, M. Bartelmann26, P. Battaglia18, E. Battaner31, K. Benabed6, J.-L. Beney32, R. Beneyton6, K. Bennett1, A. Benoit28, J.-P. Bernard27, P. Bhandari12, R. Bhatia12, M. Biggi33, R. Biggins8, G. Billig8, Y. Blanc34, H. Blavot3, J. J. Bock12, A. Bonaldi35, R. Bond36, J. Bonis32, J. Borders12, J. Borrill37, L. 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Subjects: [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Astrophysics, general [Submillimeter], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, DESIGN, Aeronautics, CMB physics, SPACE, Space vehicles: instruments, Instrumentation: detectors, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, detectors [Instrumentation], QB, CALIBRATION, Physics, Planck ESA mission, general [Radio continuum], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, space vehicles: instrument, MICROWAVE BACKGROUND ANISOTROPY, instrumentation: polarimeter, HIGH-FREQUENCY INSTRUMENT, cosmic microwave background, Submillimeter: general, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Cosmic microwawe background, education, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, instrumentation: detector, Instrumentation: polarimeters, Cosmic microwave background, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], instruments [Space vehicles], Radio continuum: general, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, polarimeters [Instrumentation], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space vehicles, PERFORMANCE, 115 Astronomy, Space science, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], space vehicles: instruments, instrumentation: detectors, instrumentation: polarimeters, submillimeter: general, radio continuum: general, CMB EXPERIMENTS, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astronautics, Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Instruments, Astronàutica
Abstract: 22 páginas, 16 figuras, 6 tablas.-- Planck Science Team: et al., The European Space Agency's Planck satellite, launched on 14 May 2009, is the third-generation space experiment in the field of cosmic microwave background (CMB) research. It will image the anisotropies of the CMB over the whole sky, with unprecedented sensitivity ( ~ 2 × 10-6) and angular resolution (~5 arcmin). Planck will provide a major source of information relevant to many fundamental cosmological problems and will test current theories of the early evolution of the Universe and the origin of structure. It will also address a wide range of areas of astrophysical research related to the Milky Way as well as external galaxies and clusters of galaxies. The ability of Planck to measure polarization across a wide frequency range (30-350 GHz), with high precision and accuracy, and over the whole sky, will provide unique insight, not only into specific cosmological questions, but also into the properties of the interstellar medium. This paper is part of a series which describes the technical capabilities of the Planck scientific payload. It is based on the knowledge gathered during the on-ground calibration campaigns of the major subsystems, principally its telescope and its two scientific instruments, and of tests at fully integrated satellite level. It represents the best estimate before launch of the technical performance that the satellite and its payload will achieve in flight. In this paper, we summarise the main elements of the payload performance, which is described in detail in the accompanying papers. In addition, we describe the satellite performance elements which are most relevant for science, and provide an overview of the plans for scientific operations and data analysis.
Published: 2010

12. Planck pre-launch status:Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument

Author: M. Bersanelli, N. Mandolesi, R. C. Butler, A. Mennella, F. Villa, B. Aja, E. Artal, E. Artina, C. Baccigalupi, M. Balasini, G. Baldan, A. Banday, P. Bastia, P. Battaglia, T. Bernardino, E. Blackhurst, L. Boschini, C. Burigana, G. Cafagna, B. Cappellini, F. Cavaliere, F. Colombo, G. Crone, F. Cuttaia, O. D'Arcangelo, L. Danese, R. D. Davies, R. J. Davis, L. De Angelis, G. C. De Gasperis, L. De La Fuente, A. De Rosa, G. De Zotti, M. C. Falvella, F. Ferrari, R. Ferretti, L. Figini, S. Fogliani, C. Franceschet, E. Franceschi, T. Gaier, S. Garavaglia, F. Gomez, K. Gorski, A. Gregorio, P. Guzzi, J. M. Herreros, S. R. Hildebrandt, R. Hoyland, N. Hughes, M. Janssen, P. Jukkala, D. Kettle, V. H. Kilpiä, M. Laaninen, P. M. Lapolla, C. R. Lawrence, D. Lawson, J. P. Leahy, R. Leonardi, P. Leutenegger, S. Levin, P. B. Lilje, S. R. Lowe, P. M. Lubin, D. Maino, M. Malaspina, M. Maris, J. Marti-Canales, E. Martinez-Gonzalez, A. Mediavilla, P. Meinhold, M. Miccolis, G. Morgante, P. Natoli, R. Nesti, L. Pagan, C. Paine, B. Partridge, J. P. Pascual, F. Pasian, D. Pearson, M. Pecora, F. Perrotta, P. Platania, M. Pospieszalski, T. Poutanen, M. Prina, R. Rebolo, N. Roddis, J. A. Rubiño-Martin, M. J. Salmon, M. Sandri, M. Seiffert, R. Silvestri, A. Simonetto, P. Sjoman, G. F. Smoot, C. Sozzi, L. Stringhetti, E. Taddei, J. Tauber, L. Terenzi, M. Tomasi, J. Tuovinen, L. Valenziano, J. Varis, N. Vittorio, L. A. Wade, A. Wilkinson, F. Winder, A. Zacchei, A. Zonca, APC - Cosmologie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), PLANCK, Universidad de Cantabria, Bersanelli, M, Mandolesi, N, BUTLER R., C, Mennella, A, Villa, F, Aja, B, Artal, E, Artina, E, Baccigalupi, C, Balasini, M, Baldan, G, Banday, A, Bastia, P, Battaglia, P, Bernardino, T, Blackhurst, E, Boschini, L, Burigana, C, Cafagna, G, Cappellini, B, Cavaliere, F, Colombo, F, Crone, G, Cuttaia, F, Darcangelo, O, Danese, L, DAVIES R., D, DAVIS R., J, DE ANGELIS, L, DE GASPERIS G., C, DE LA FUENTE, L, DE ROSA, A, DE ZOTTI, G, FALVELLA M., C, Ferrari, F, Ferretti, R, Figini, L, Fogliani, S, Franceschet, C, Franceschi, E, Gaier, T, Garavaglia, S, Gomez, F, Gorski, K, Gregorio, Anna, Guzzi, P, HERREROS J., M, HILDEBRANDT S., R, Hoyland, R, Hughes, N, Janssen, M, Jukkala, P, Kettle, D, KILPIA V., H, Laaninen, M, LAPOLLA P., M, LAWRENCE C., R, Lawson, D, LEAHY J., P, Leonardi, R, Leutenegger, P, Levin, S, LILJE P., B, LOWE S., R, LUBIN P., M, Maino, D, Malaspina, M, Maris, M, MARTI CANALES, J, MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, E, Mediavilla, A, Meinhold, P, Miccolis, M, Morgante, G, Natoli, P, Nesti, R, Pagan, L, Paine, C, Partridge, B, PASCUAL J., P, Pasian, F, Pearson, D, Pecora, M, Perrotta, F, Platania, P, Pospieszalski, M, Poutanen, T, Prina, M, Rebolo, R, Roddis, N, RUBINO MARTIN J., A, SALMON M., J, Sandri, M, Seiffert, M, Silvestri, R, Simonetto, A, Sjoman, P, SMOOT G., F, Sozzi, C, Stringhetti, L, Taddei, E, Tauber, J, Terenzi, L, Tomasi, M, Tuovinen, J, Valenziano, L, Varis, J, Vittorio, N, WADE L., A, Wilkinson, A, Winder, F, Zacchei, A, Zonca, A., Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: detectors – instrumentation, Computer science, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Cosmic microwave background, cosmic microwave background, cosmology: observations, space vehicles: instruments, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, CMB physics, observations [Cosmology], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Planck ESA mission, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), symbols, Radiometric dating, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), FOS: Physical sciences, Low frequency, Radio spectrum, instruments – instrumentation [cosmic microwave background – telescopes – space vehicles], [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], instruments [Space vehicles], symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, Electronic engineering, Calibration, Black-body radiation, Sensitivity (control systems), Planck, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), cosmic microwave background – telescopes – space vehicles: instruments – instrumentation, Radiometer, cosmology-observations, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Amplifier, Astronomy and Astrophysics, polarimeters – submillimeter, Space and Planetary Science, general, space vehicles-instruments, Microwave
Abstract: 21 páginas, 23 figuras, 13 tablas.-- et al., In this paper we present the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI), designed and developed as part of the Planck space mission, the ESA programme dedicated to precision imaging of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Planck-LFI will observe the full sky in intensity and polarisation in three frequency bands centred at 30, 44 and 70 GHz, while higher frequencies (100–850 GHz) will be covered by the HFI instrument. The LFI is an array of microwave radiometers based on state-of-the-art indium phosphide cryogenic HEMT amplifiers implemented in a differential system using blackbody loads as reference signals. The front end is cooled to 20 K for optimal sensitivity and the reference loads are cooled to 4 K to minimise low-frequency noise. We provide an overview of the LFI, discuss the leading scientific requirements, and describe the design solutions adopted for the various hardware subsystems. The main drivers of the radiometric, optical, and thermal design are discussed, including the stringent requirements on sensitivity, stability, and rejection of systematic effects. Further details on the key instrument units and the results of ground calibration are provided in a set of companion papers., T.P.’s work was supported in part by the Academy of Finland grants 205800, 214598, 121703, and 121962. T.P. thanks the Waldemar von Frenckells Stiftelse, Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation, and Väisälä Foundation for financial support. We acknowledge partial support from the NASA LTSA Grant NNG04CG90G.
Published: 2010

13. Planck pre-launch status:Calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers

Author: Angel Colin, Davide Maino, Charles R. Lawrence, O. D'Arcangelo, Andrea Zonca, Jussi Varis, F. Pasian, Andrea Zacchei, R. Silvestri, Gianluca Morgante, M. J. Salmon, E. Franceschi, E. Blackhurst, M. Laaninen, D. Lawson, A. Simonetto, M. Sandri, S. R. Lowe, L. Pagan, F. Winder, S. Galeotta, L. de la Fuente, J. Edgeley, A. Mennella, M. Frailis, Althea Wilkinson, N. Hughes, J. P. Leahy, P. Sjoman, M. Balasini, F. Cuttaia, D. Kettle, V. H. Kilpiä, Anna Gregorio, A. Galtress, M. Pecora, M. Maris, P. Battaglia, Beatriz Aja, Eduardo Artal, Fabrizio Villa, P. Leutenegger, Roger J. Hoyland, Luca Valenziano, T. Poutanen, Luca Stringhetti, M. Miccolis, Peter Meinhold, N. Mandolesi, M. Tomasi, Marco Bersanelli, Marian Pospieszalski, Francesco Cavaliere, B. Cappellini, L. Mendes, P. Jukkala, Cristian Franceschet, Michael Seiffert, Carlo Sozzi, Juan Pablo Pascual, F. Colombo, L. Boschini, J. Tuovinen, A. Mediavilla, Steven Levin, N. Roddis, P. M. Lapolla, R. J. Davis, R. C. Butler, Rodrigo Leonardi, Todd Gaier, Luca Terenzi, M. Malaspina, T. Bernardino, Villa, F., Terenzi, L., Sandri, M., Meinhold, P., Poutanen, T., Battaglia, P., Franceschet, C., Hughes, N., Laaninen, M., Lapolla, P., Bersanelli, M., Butler, R. C., Cuttaia, F., D'Arcangelo, O., Frailis, M., Franceschi, E., Galeotta, S., Gregorio, Anna, Leonardi, R., Lowe, S. R., Mandolesi, N., Maris, M., Mendes, L., Mennella, A., Morgante, G., Stringhetti, L., Tomasi, M., Valenziano, L., Zacchei, A., Zonca, A., Aja, B., Artal, E., Balasini, M., Bernardino, T., Blackhurst, E., Boschini, L., Cappellini, B., Cavaliere, F., Colin, A., Colombo, F., Davis, R. J., De La Fuente, L., Edgeley, J., Gaier, T., Galtress, A., Hoyland, R., Jukkala, P., Kettle, D., Kilpia, V. H., Lawrence, C. R., Lawson, D., Leahy, J. P., Leutenegger, P., Levin, S., Maino, D., Malaspina, M., Mediavilla, A., Miccolis, M., Pagan, L., Pascual, J. P., Pasian, F., Pecora, M., Pospieszalski, M., Roddis, N., Salmon, M. J., Seiffert, M., Silvestri, R., Simonetto, A., Sjoman, P., Sozzi, C., Tuovinen, J., Varis, J., Wilkinson, A., Winder, F., and Universidad de Cantabria
Subjects: cosmic microwave background, media_common.quotation_subject, miscellaneous [Techniques], FOS: Physical sciences, Low frequency, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Cosmic microwave background, instruments [Space vehicles], techniques-miscellaneous, CMB physics, 0103 physical sciences, cosmic microwave background – cosmology, Black-body radiation, Space vehicles: instruments, Instrumentation: detectors, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), detectors [Instrumentation], Remote sensing, media_common, Physics, Noise temperature, Radiometer, Techniques: miscellaneous, observations – space vehicles, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Planck ESA mission, Bandwidth (signal processing), Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Linearity, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, space vehicles-instruments, instruments, instrumentation-detectors, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: 14 páginas, 17 figuras, 15 tablas.-- et al., The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) on-board the ESA Planck satellite carries eleven radiometer subsystems, called radiometer chain assemblies (RCAs), each composed of a pair of pseudo-correlation receivers. We describe the on-ground calibration campaign performed to qualify the flight model RCAs and to measure their pre-launch performances. Each RCA was calibrated in a dedicated flight-like cryogenic environment with the radiometer front-end cooled to 20 K and the back-end at 300 K, and with an external input load cooled to 4 K. A matched load simulating a blackbody at different temperatures was placed in front of the sky horn to derive basic radiometer properties such as noise temperature, gain, and noise performance, e.g. 1/f noise. The spectral response of each detector was measured as was their susceptibility to thermal variation. All eleven LFI RCAs were calibrated. Instrumental parameters measured in these tests, such as noise temperature, bandwidth, radiometer isolation, and linearity, provide essential inputs to the Planck-LFI data analysis., Planck is a project of the European Space Agency with instruments funded by ESA member states, and with special contributions from Denmark and NASA (USA). The Planck-LFI project is developed by an International Consortium lead by Italy and involving Canada, Finland, Germany, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA. The Italian contribution to Planck is supported by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). In Finland, the Planck LFI 70 GHz work was supported by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes) T.P.’s work was supported in part by the Academy of Finland grants 205800, 214598, 121703, and 121962. T.P. thank Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse, Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation, and Väisälä Foundation for financial support. The Spanish participation is funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion through the projects ESP2004-07067-C03-01 and AYA2007-68058- C03-02.
Published: 2010

14. Planck pre-launch status: The Planck-LFI programme

Author: P. B. Lilje, Amedeo Balbi, Fabio Finelli, S. Leach, Roger J. Hoyland, L. A. Wade, Krzysztof M. Gorski, F. Gasparo, E. Franceschi, Luigi Danese, Jose M. Diego, T. Riller, Christopher G. Paine, M. C. Falvella, Hannu Kurki-Suonio, A. Mennella, Francesca Perrotta, Joseph Silk, Matthias Bartelmann, U. Dörl, L. Mendes, A. Bonaldi, Jose Alberto Rubino-Martin, Carlo Burigana, Sabino Matarrese, Anne Lähteenmäki, G. de Zotti, Torsten A. Enßlin, G. Prézeau, M. Bremer, E. Keihänen, M. Prina, S. Galeotta, M. Sandri, G. De Troia, X. Dupac, L. Popa, L. Pérez-Cuevas, S. Donzelli, Althea Wilkinson, Adam Moss, M. Maris, Alessandro Melchiorri, F. Pasian, Kevin M. Huffenberger, R. Hell, J. Dick, Rafael Rebolo, R. J. Davis, Reijo Keskitalo, F. Gomez, M. López-Caniego, Michael Janssen, Ted Kisner, G. Giardino, Luca Terenzi, Davide Maino, Anna Gregorio, M. Tomasi, N. Mandolesi, F. K. Hansen, Pradeep Bhandari, Eduardo Artal, Fabrizio Villa, Enrique Martínez-González, Charles R. Lawrence, Todd Gaier, J. P. Leahy, O. D'Arcangelo, Andrea Zacchei, T. Passvogel, J. Sternberg, Alessandro Gruppuso, F. Matthai, Julian Borrill, Paolo Cabella, S. Ricciardi, Steven Levin, Jörg P. Rachen, Nicola Vittorio, Peter Meinhold, N. Morisset, Marc Türler, Jussi Varis, Marco Bersanelli, R. Rohlfs, A. Nash, Sergi R. Hildebrandt, B. Cappellini, Diego Herranz, J. Marti-Canales, J. González-Nuevo, Martin White, Douglas Scott, George F. Smoot, R. B. Barreiro, N. Roddis, Emanuele Salerno, Michael Seiffert, P. Vielva, S. N. White, Marcella Massardi, J. A. Tauber, F. Cuttaia, Renzo Nesti, T. Poutanen, A. J. Banday, R. C. Butler, R. D. Davies, Robert C. Bowman, S. R. Lowe, José Miguel Herreros, Luca Stringhetti, Paolo Natoli, J. Tuovinen, H. K. Eriksen, Rodrigo Leonardi, David Pearson, Bruce Partridge, T. Jaffe, G. Polenta, Clive Dickinson, G. de Gasperis, M. Frailis, L. De Angelis, Carlo Baccigalupi, Philip Lubin, C. Cantalupo, A. de Rosa, F. Stivoli, Gianluca Morgante, Andrea Zonca, G. Crone, Luca Valenziano, T. J. L. Courvoisier, M. Malaspina, Carlo Sozzi, Graca Rocha, M. Reinecke, A. Simonetto, G. Morigi, K. Bennett, W. Hovest, Department of Physics, Helsinki Institute of Physics, APC - Cosmologie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PLANCK, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Mandolesi, N, Bersanelli, M, BUTLER R., C, Artal, E, Baccigalupi, C, Balbi, A, BANDAY A., J, BARREIRO R., B, Bartelmann, M, Bennett, K, Bhandari, P, Bonaldi, A, Borrill, J, Bremer, M, Burigana, C, BOWMAN R., C, Cabella, P, Cantalupo, C, Cappellini, B, Courvoisier, T, Crone, G, Cuttaia, F, Danese, L, Darcangelo, O, DAVIES R., D, DAVIS R., J, DE ANGELIS, L, DE GASPERIS, G, DE ROSA, A, DE TROIA, G, DE ZOTTI, G, Dick, J, Dickinson, C, DIEGO J., M, Donzelli, S, Dorl, U, Dupac, X, ENLIN T., A, ERIKSEN H., K, FALVELLA M., C, Finelli, F, Frailis, M, Franceschi, E, Gaier, T, Galeotta, S, Gasparo, F, Giardino, G, Gomez, F, GONZALEZ NUEVO, J, GORSKI K., M, Gregorio, Anna, Gruppuso, A, Hansen, F, Hell, R, Herranz, D, HERREROS J., M, Hildebrandt, S, Hovest, W, Hoyland, R, Huffenberger, K, Janssen, M, Jaffe, T, Keihanen, E, Keskitalo, R, Kisner, T, KURKI SUONIO, H, Lahteenmaki, A, LAWRENCE C., R, M., S, J., Leach, Leahy, P, Leonardi, R, Levin, S, LILJE P., B, LOPEZ CANIEGO, M, LOWE S., R, LUBIN P., M, Maino, D, Malaspina, M, Maris, M, MARTI CANALES, J, MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, E, Massardi, M, Matarrese, S, Matthai, F, Meinhold, P, Melchiorri, A, Mendes, L, Mennella, A, Morgante, G, Morigi, G, Morisset, N, Moss, A, Nash, A, Natoli, P, Nesti, R, Paine, C, Partridge, B, Pasian, F, Passvogel, T, Pearson, D, PEREZ CUEVAS, L, Perrotta, F, Polenta, G, POPA L., A, Poutanen, T, Prezeau, G, Prina, M, RACHEN J., P, Rebolo, R, Reinecke, M, Ricciardi, S, Riller, T, Rocha, G, Roddis, N, Rohlfs, R, RUBINO MARTIN J., A, Salerno, E, Sandri, M, Scott, D, Seiffert, M, Silk, J, Simonetto, A, SMOOT G., F, Sozzi, C, Sternberg, J, Stivoli, F, Stringhetti, L, Tauber, J, Terenzi, L, Tomasi, M, Tuovinen, J, Turler, M, Valenziano, L, Varis, J, Vielva, P, Villa, F, Vittorio, N, Wade, L, White, M, White, S, Wilkinson, A, Zacchei, A, Zonca, A., Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Universidad de Cantabria
Subjects: Electromagnetic spectrum, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], submillimeter: generaltelescopes, cosmic microwave background, space vehicles: instruments, submillimeter: general, instrumentation: polarimeters, telescopes, instrumentation: detectors, Cosmic microwave background, data analysis, Astrophysics, general [Submillimeter], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, CMB physics, cosmic microwave backgroundin, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, detectors [Instrumentation], media_common, Physics, Data processing, Planck ESA mission, Galactic and extragalactic asrophysics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, STRAYLIGHT CONTAMINATION, LOW-FREQUENCY INSTRUMENT, DMR SKY MAPS, MICROWAVE BACKGROUND MAPS, galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, symbols, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, GALACTIC FOREGROUNDS, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], COMPONENT SEPARATION, Cosmic microwawe background, media_common.quotation_subject, ANGULAR POWER SPECTRA, education, strumentation: detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 114 Physical sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], instruments [Space vehicles], symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, Ground segment, Planck, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), DATA-PROCESSING CENTERS, Remote sensing, polarimeters [Instrumentation], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, calibration, 115 Astronomy, Space science, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Space and Planetary Science, Sky, NON-GAUSSIANITY, space vehicles, Telescopes
Abstract: 24 páginas, 16 figuras, 5 tablas.-- et al., This paper provides an overview of the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) programme within the ESA Planck mission. The LFI instrument has been developed to produce high precision maps of the microwave sky at frequencies in the range 27–77 GHz, below the peak of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation spectrum. The scientific goals are described, ranging from fundamental cosmology to Galactic and extragalactic astrophysics. The instrument design and development are outlined, together with the model philosophy and testing strategy. The instrument is presented in the context of the Planck mission. The LFI approach to ground and inflight calibration is described. We also describe the LFI ground segment. We present the results of a number of tests demonstrating the capability of the LFI data processing centre (DPC) to properly reduce and analyse LFI flight data, from telemetry information to calibrated and cleaned time ordered data, sky maps at each frequency (in temperature and polarization), component emission maps (CMB and diffuse foregrounds), catalogs for various classes of sources (the Early Release Compact Source Catalogue and the Final Compact Source Catalogue). The organization of the LFI consortium is briefly presented as well as the role of the core team in data analysis and scientific exploitation. All tests carried out on the LFI flight model demonstrate the excellent performance of the instrument and its various subunits. The data analysis pipeline has been tested and its main steps verified. In the first three months after launch, the commissioning, calibration, performance, and verification phases will be completed, after which Planck will begin its operational life, in which LFI will have an integral part., The Planck-LFI project is developed by an International Consortium led by Italy and involving Canada, Finland, Germany, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA. The Italian contribution to Planck is supported by the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and INAF. We also wish to thank the many people of the Herschel/Planck Project and RSSD of ESA, ASI, THALES Alenia Space Industries and the LFI Consortium that have contributed to the realization of LFI. We are grateful to our HFI colleagues for such a fruitful collaboration during so many years of common work. The German participation at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik is funded by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie through the Raumfahrt- Agentur of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) [FKZ: 50 OP 0901] and by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG). The Finnish contribution is supported by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes) and the Academy of Finland. The Spanish participation is funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion through the project ESP2004-07067-C03 and AYA2007-68058-C03. The UK contribution is supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). C. Baccigalupi and F. Perrotta acknowledge partial support of the NASA LTSA Grant NNG04CG90G.
Published: 2010

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1. Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: Survey requirements and mission design

2. Exploring cosmic origins with CORE: Survey requirements and mission design

3. The QUIJOTE experiment: project status and first scientific results

4. Planck early results. III. First assessment of the Low Frequency Instrument in-flight performance

5. The QUIJOTE experiment: Project overview and first results

6. Cosmic microwave background polarization receivers: QUIJOTE experiment

7. Advanced pseudo-correlation radiometers for the Planck-LFI instrument

8. Planck-LFI: Instrument Design and Ground Calibration Strategy

9. The QUIJOTE CMB Experiment: status and first results with the multi-frequency instrument

10. Exploring Cosmic Origins with CORE:survey requirements and mission design

11. Planck pre-launch status: The Planck mission

12. Planck pre-launch status:Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument

13. Planck pre-launch status:Calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers

14. Planck pre-launch status: The Planck-LFI programme

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