Bibcode
Tauber, J. A.; Mandolesi, N.; Puget, J.-L.; Banos, T.; Bersanelli, M.; Bouchet, F. R.; Butler, R. C.; Charra, J.; Crone, G.; Dodsworth, J.; Efstathiou, G.; Gispert, R.; Guyot, G.; Gregorio, A.; Juillet, J. J.; Lamarre, J.-M.; Laureijs, R. J.; Lawrence, C. R.; Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U.; Passvogel, T.; Reix, J. M.; Texier, D.; Vibert, L.; Zacchei, A.; Ade, P. A. R.; Aghanim, N.; Aja, B.; Alippi, E.; Aloy, L.; Armand, P.; Arnaud, M.; Arondel, A.; Arreola-Villanueva, A.; Artal, E.; Artina, E.; Arts, A.; Ashdown, M.; Aumont, J.; Azzaro, M.; Bacchetta, A.; Baccigalupi, C.; Baker, M.; Balasini, M.; Balbi, A.; Banday, A. J.; Barbier, G.; Barreiro, R. B.; Bartelmann, M.; Battaglia, P.; Battaner, E.; Benabed, K.; Beney, J.-L.; Beneyton, R.; Bennett, K.; Benoit, A.; Bernard, J.-P.; Bhandari, P.; Bhatia, R.; Biggi, M.; Biggins, R.; Billig, G.; Blanc, Y.; Blavot, H.; Bock, J. J.; Bonaldi, A.; Bond, R.; Bonis, J.; Borders, J.; Borrill, J.; Boschini, L.; Boulanger, F.; Bouvier, J.; Bouzit, M.; Bowman, R.; Bréelle, E.; Bradshaw, T.; Braghin, M.; Bremer, M.; Brienza, D.; Broszkiewicz, D.; Burigana, C.; Burkhalter, M.; Cabella, P.; Cafferty, T.; Cairola, M.; Caminade, S.; Camus, P.; Cantalupo, C. M.; Cappellini, B.; Cardoso, J.-F.; Carr, R.; Catalano, A.; Cayón, L.; Cesa, M.; Chaigneau, M.; Challinor, A.; Chamballu, A.; Chambelland, J. P.; Charra, M.; Chiang, L.-Y. et al.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 520, id.A1
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2010
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Description
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 ({{Δ
T}over T} 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.
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Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background
The general goal of this project is to determine and characterize the spatial and spectral variations in the temperature and polarisation of the Cosmic Microwave Background in angular scales from several arcminutes to several degrees. The primordial matter density fluctuations which originated the structure in the matter distribution of the present
Rafael
Rebolo López