The COBRAS/SAMBA space mission

Journal Article · Wed Dec 04 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Nuovo cimento Della Societa Italiana di Fisica C

OSTI ID:893633

Mandolesi, N; Bersanelli, M; Cesarsky, C; Danese, L; Efstathiou, G; Griffin, M; Lamarre, J M; Norgaard-Nielsen, H U; Pace, O; Puget, J L; Raisanen, A; Smoot, GF; Tauber, J; Volonte, S

COBRAS/SAMBA is an ESA mission designed for extensive, accurate mapping of the anisotropies of the Cosmic Background Radiation, with angular sensitivity from sub-degree scales up to and overlapping with the COBE-DMR resolution. This will allow a full identification of the primordial density perturbations which grew to form the large-scale structures observed in the present universe. The COBRAS/SAMBA maps will provide powerful tests for the inflationary model and decisive answers on the origin of cosmic structure. A combination of bolometric and radiometric instrumentation will ensure the sensitivity and spectral coverage required for accurate foreground discrimination, A far-Earth orbit has been selected to minimize the unwanted emission from the Earth. The project is currently in the Phase A study within the European Space Agency M3 program.

• Research Organization: COLLABORATION -CNR/Italy
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 893633
• Report Number(s): LBNL--61819
• Journal Information: Nuovo cimento Della Societa Italiana di Fisica C, Journal Name: Nuovo cimento Della Societa Italiana di Fisica C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 20
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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