The COBRAS/SAMBA space mission
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:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 893633
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-61819; TRN: US200625%%355
- Journal Information:
- Nuovo cimento Della Societa Italiana di Fisica C, Vol. 20, Issue 5; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: Sept.-Oct.1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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