The main goal of the Sky Polarization Observatory (SPOrt) Program is the measurement of the sky linear polarized emission in the 22-90 GHz frequency range. SPOrt payload will be accommodated on the International Space Station in 2003-2004 for a period of 18 months. The instrument configuration is presented together with most relevant ground activities in support to its realization. In particular, the development of hardware solutions for high sensitive polarimetric measurements, such as those requested by Galactic polarized emission and Cosmic Microwave Background observations, has been addressed by the SPOrt team to match the experiment requirements.
Carretti, E., Cortiglioni, S., Tucci, M., Cecchini, S., Macculi, C., Orsini, M., et al. (2005). The Sky Polarisation Observatory (SPOrt) Program. In New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters (pp.408-411). Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
The Sky Polarisation Observatory (SPOrt) Program
BONOMETTO, SILVIO;BOELLA, GIULIANO FILIPPO;GERVASI, MASSIMO;SIRONI, GIORGIO;ZANNONI, MARIO;
2005
Abstract
The main goal of the Sky Polarization Observatory (SPOrt) Program is the measurement of the sky linear polarized emission in the 22-90 GHz frequency range. SPOrt payload will be accommodated on the International Space Station in 2003-2004 for a period of 18 months. The instrument configuration is presented together with most relevant ground activities in support to its realization. In particular, the development of hardware solutions for high sensitive polarimetric measurements, such as those requested by Galactic polarized emission and Cosmic Microwave Background observations, has been addressed by the SPOrt team to match the experiment requirements.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.