Calibration of a photometer for measurement of the cosmic microwave background
Conference
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OSTI ID:6714146
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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