The BaR-SPOrt experiment is aimed at measuring the polarization of the microwave sky at 32 and 90 GHz with sub-degree angular resolution. In this spectral and angular window it is possible to detect the polarization of the cosmic microwave background, which is one of the most ambitious goals of the today astrophysics. The experiment has been designed to fly onboard a Long Duration Balloon to be launched from polar regions, where it is possible to observe low foreground emission sky patches situated at high galactic latitudes.

Cortiglioni, S., Bernardi, G., Carretti, E., Cecchini, S., Macculi, C., Sbarra, C., et al. (2003). BaR-SPOrt: An experiment to measure the linearly polarized sky emission from both the cosmic microwave background and foregrounds. In 16TH ESA SYMPOSIUM ON EUROPEAN ROCKET AND BALLOON PROGRAMMES AND RELATED RESEARCH (pp.271-277). 2200 AG NOORDWIJK : ESA PUBLICATIONS DIVISION C/O ESTEC.

BaR-SPOrt: An experiment to measure the linearly polarized sky emission from both the cosmic microwave background and foregrounds

BONOMETTO, SILVIO;SIRONI, GIORGIO;ZANNONI, MARIO;
2003

Abstract

The BaR-SPOrt experiment is aimed at measuring the polarization of the microwave sky at 32 and 90 GHz with sub-degree angular resolution. In this spectral and angular window it is possible to detect the polarization of the cosmic microwave background, which is one of the most ambitious goals of the today astrophysics. The experiment has been designed to fly onboard a Long Duration Balloon to be launched from polar regions, where it is possible to observe low foreground emission sky patches situated at high galactic latitudes.
paper
CMB, polarization, stratospheric balloon, LDB
English
16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
JUN 02-05, 2003
16TH ESA SYMPOSIUM ON EUROPEAN ROCKET AND BALLOON PROGRAMMES AND RELATED RESEARCH
92-9092-840-9
2003
530
271
277
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Cortiglioni, S., Bernardi, G., Carretti, E., Cecchini, S., Macculi, C., Sbarra, C., et al. (2003). BaR-SPOrt: An experiment to measure the linearly polarized sky emission from both the cosmic microwave background and foregrounds. In 16TH ESA SYMPOSIUM ON EUROPEAN ROCKET AND BALLOON PROGRAMMES AND RELATED RESEARCH (pp.271-277). 2200 AG NOORDWIJK : ESA PUBLICATIONS DIVISION C/O ESTEC.
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