A map of the cosmic microwave background from the BEAST experiment

被引:11
作者
Meinhold, PR [1 ]
Bersanelli, M
Childers, J
Figueiredo, N
Gaier, TC
Halevi, D
Huey, GG
Kangas, M
Lawrence, CR
Levy, A
Lubin, PM
Malaspina, M
Mandolesi, N
Marvil, J
Mejía, J
Natoli, P
O'Dwyer, I
O'Neill, H
Parendo, S
Pina, A
Seiffert, MD
Stebor, NC
Tello, C
Villa, F
Villela, T
Wade, LA
Wandelt, BD
Williams, B
Wuensche, CA
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Univ Calif, White Mt Res Stn, CA 93514 USA
[3] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Ctr High Altitude Astrophys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[4] Univ Milan, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[5] Univ Fed Itajuba, Dept Quim & Fis, BR-37500903 Itajuba, MG, Brazil
[6] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
[7] Univ Illinois, Dept Astron, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[8] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[9] CNR, IASF, Sez Bologna, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
[10] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais, Div Astrofis, BR-12210070 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil
[11] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, I-00173 Rome, Italy
[12] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Sez INFN, I-00173 Rome, Italy
[13] CALTECH, Dept Appl Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
关键词
cosmic microwave background; cosmology : observations;
D O I
10.1086/429088
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the first sky maps from the BEAST (Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope) experiment. BEAST consists of a 2.2 m off-axis Gregorian telescope fed by a cryogenic millimeter wavelength focal plane currently consisting of six Q band (40 GHz) and two Ka band (30 GHz) scalar feed horns feeding cryogenic HEMT amplifiers. Data were collected from two balloon-borne flights in 2000, followed by a lengthy ground observing campaign from the 3.8 km altitude University of California White Mountain Research Station. This paper reports the initial results from the ground-based observations. The instrument produced an annular map covering the sky over 33 degrees < delta < 42 degrees. The maps cover an area of 2470 deg(2) with an effective resolution of 23' FWHM at 40 GHz and 30' at 30 GHz. The map rms (smoothed to 300 and excluding Galactic foregrounds) is 57 +/- 5 mu K (Rayleigh-Jeans) at 40 GHz. Comparison with the instrument noise and correcting for 5% atmospheric attenuation gives a cosmic signal rms contribution of 29 +/- 3 mu K (R-J) or 30 +/- 3 mu K relative to a Planck blackbody of 2.7 K. An estimate of the actual cosmic microwave background (CMB) sky signal requires taking into account the l space filter function of our experiment and analysis techniques, carried out in a companion paper. In addition to the robust detection of CMB anisotropies, we find a strong correlation between small portions of our maps and features in recent H alpha maps. In this work we describe the data set and analysis techniques leading to the maps, including data selection, filtering, pointing reconstruction, mapmaking algorithms, and systematic effects.
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