The BOOMERANG North America instrument: A balloon-borne bolometric radiometer optimized for measurements of cosmic background radiation anisotropies from 0°.3 To 4°

F. Piacentini; P. A.R. Ade; R. S. Bhatia; J. J. Bock; A. Boscaleri; P. Cardoni; B. P. Crill; P. De Bernardis; H. Del Castillo; G. De Troia; P. Farese; M. Giacometti; E. F. Hivon; V. V. Hristov; A. Iacoangeli; A. E. Lange; S. Masi; P. D. Mauskopf; L. Miglio; C. B. Netterfield; P. Palangio; E. Pascale; A. Raccanelli; S. Rao; G. Romeo; J. Ruhl; F. Scaramuzzi

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The BOOMERANG North America instrument: A balloon-borne bolometric radiometer optimized for measurements of cosmic background radiation anisotropies from 0°.3 To 4°

F. Piacentini, P. A.R. Ade, R. S. Bhatia, J. J. Bock, A. Boscaleri, P. Cardoni, B. P. Crill, P. De Bernardis, H. Del Castillo, G. De Troia, P. Farese, M. Giacometti, E. F. Hivon, V. V. Hristov, A. Iacoangeli, A. E. Lange, S. Masi, P. D. Mauskopf, L. Miglio, C. B. NetterfieldP. Palangio, E. Pascale, A. Raccanelli, S. Rao, G. Romeo, J. Ruhl, F. Scaramuzzi

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We describe the BOOMERANG North America instrument, a balloon-borne bolometric radiometer designed to map the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation with 0°.3 resolution over a significant portion of the sky. This receiver employs new technologies in bolometers, readout electronics, millimeterwave optics and filters, cryogenics, scan, and attitude reconstruction. All these subsystems are described in detail in this paper. The system has been fully calibrated in flight using a variety of techniques, which are described and compared. Using this system, we have obtained a measurement of the first peak in the CMB angular power spectrum in a single, few hour long balloon flight. The instrument described here was a prototype of the BOOMERANG Long Duration Balloon experiment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	315-336
Number of pages	22
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	138
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/324265
State	Published - Feb 1 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Balloons
Cosmic microwave background
Cosmology: observations
Instrumentation: photometers

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Piacentini, F., Ade, P. A. R., Bhatia, R. S., Bock, J. J., Boscaleri, A., Cardoni, P., Crill, B. P., De Bernardis, P., Del Castillo, H., De Troia, G., Farese, P., Giacometti, M., Hivon, E. F., Hristov, V. V., Iacoangeli, A., Lange, A. E., Masi, S., Mauskopf, P. D., Miglio, L., ... Scaramuzzi, F. (2002). The BOOMERANG North America instrument: A balloon-borne bolometric radiometer optimized for measurements of cosmic background radiation anisotropies from 0°.3 To 4°. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 138(2), 315-336. https://doi.org/10.1086/324265

The BOOMERANG North America instrument: A balloon-borne bolometric radiometer optimized for measurements of cosmic background radiation anisotropies from 0°.3 To 4°. / Piacentini, F.; Ade, P. A.R.; Bhatia, R. S. et al.
In: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Vol. 138, No. 2, 01.02.2002, p. 315-336.

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Piacentini, F, Ade, PAR, Bhatia, RS, Bock, JJ, Boscaleri, A, Cardoni, P, Crill, BP, De Bernardis, P, Del Castillo, H, De Troia, G, Farese, P, Giacometti, M, Hivon, EF, Hristov, VV, Iacoangeli, A, Lange, AE, Masi, S, Mauskopf, PD, Miglio, L, Netterfield, CB, Palangio, P, Pascale, E, Raccanelli, A, Rao, S, Romeo, G, Ruhl, J & Scaramuzzi, F 2002, 'The BOOMERANG North America instrument: A balloon-borne bolometric radiometer optimized for measurements of cosmic background radiation anisotropies from 0°.3 To 4°', Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, vol. 138, no. 2, pp. 315-336. https://doi.org/10.1086/324265

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