Optimised polarimeter configurations for measuring the Stokes parameters of the cosmic microwave background radiation

被引：24

作者：

Couchot, F

Delabrouille, J

Kaplan, J

Revenu, B

机构：

[1] Coll France, F-75231 Paris 05, France

[2] Univ Paris Sud, IN2P3, CNRS, Lab Accelerateur Lineaire, F-91405 Orsay, France

[3] CNRS, Inst Astrophys Spatiale, F-91405 Orsay, France

[4] Univ Paris 11, F-91405 Orsay, France

[5] Univ Chicago, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

来源：

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS SUPPLEMENT SERIES | 1999年 / 135卷 / 03期

关键词：

cosmic microwave background; cosmology : observations; instrumentation : polarimeters; methods : observational; polarisation;

D O I：

10.1051/aas:1999191

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We present configurations of polarimeters which measure the three Stokes parameters I, Q and U of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation with a nearly diagonal error matrix, independent of the global orientation of the polarimeters in the focal plane. These configurations also provide the smallest possible error box volume.

引用

页码：579 / 584

页数：6

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