The Planck Telescope
Abstract
In this paper we present an overview of the Telescope designed for ESA's mission dedicated to map the Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies and Polarization. Two instruments, LFI and HFI, operate in an overall frequency range between 25 and 900 GHz and share the focal region of the 1.5 meter optimized telescope. The optimization techniques adopted for the optical design and the telescope characteristic are reported and discussed.
- Publication:
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Experimental Cosmology at Millimetre Wavelengths
- Pub Date:
- May 2002
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0112173
- Bibcode:
- 2002AIPC..616..224V
- Keywords:
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- 95.55.Jz;
- 98.70.Vc;
- 95.55.Rg;
- 07.87.+v;
- Radio telescopes and instrumentation;
- heterodyne receivers;
- Background radiations;
- Photoconductors and bolometers;
- Spaceborne and space research instruments apparatus and components;
- radiotelescopes;
- cosmic background radiation;
- radiofrequency cosmic radiation;
- radiometers;
- bolometers;
- astronomical polarimetry;
- space research;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- On behalf of the Planck collaboration. 5 pages, 4 figures. The following article has been submitted for publication in the AIP Proceedings of the Workshop on "Experimental Cosmology at millimeter wavelengths", Cervinia, Italy, 9-13 July 2001