Calibration of a photometer for measurement of the cosmic microwave background

Conference · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6714146

Bonomo, J L; Peterson, J B; Richards, P L; Timusk, T

In this paper we describe the calibration of a photometer designed to measure the cosmic microwave background radiation in the frequency range from 3 to 10 cm/sup -1/. The general problem of absolute calibration for such measurements is discussed. The design of a new experiment which is different in most important respects from the Woody-Richards experimentis then presented. A mathematical model of the calibration procedure is developed which includes an analysis of ways in which the procedure can fail to give accurate results.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA); McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario (Canada). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6714146
• Report Number(s): LBL-14739; CONF-820752-1; ON: DE83001361; TRN: 82-026949
• Resource Relation: Conference: Gamow cosmology summer school, Varenna, Italy, 13 Jul 1982; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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IONIZING RADIATIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATIONS
SPECTRA
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