190 citations
Counting papers with at most 25 authors, so collaboration author lists do not stand in for the people here.
- Thales (Italy)IT24 papers
- Space (Italy)IT18 papers
- National Institute for AstrophysicsIT14 papers
- University of MilanIT12 papers
- Institute of Plasma PhysicsIT8 papers
- University of California, Santa BarbaraUS7 papers
- University of TriesteIT7 papers
- European Space Research and Technology CentreNL6 papers
- Trieste Astronomical ObservatoryIT6 papers
- University of ManchesterGB6 papers
- VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandFI6 papers
- European Space Astronomy CentreES5 papers
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The Euclid mission design
Giuseppe D Racca, Rene Laureijs, Luca Stagnaro +39
Euclid is a space-based optical/near-infrared survey mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) to investigate the nature of dark energy, dark matter and gravity by observing the g…
POLARIX: a pathfinder mission of X-ray polarimetry
Enrico Costa, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Gianpiero Tagliaferri +30
Since the birth of X-ray astronomy, spectral, spatial and timing observation improved dramatically, procuring a wealth of information on the majority of the classes of the celestia…
LFI Radiometric Chain Assembly (RCA) data handling "Rachel"
M. Malaspina, E. Franceschi, P. Battaglia +26
This paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST (http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/1748-0221). Planck's Low Frequency Instrument is an array…
Planck-LFI: Design and Performance of the 4 Kelvin Reference Load Unit
Luca Valenziano, Francesco Cuttaia, Adriano De Rosa +35
The LFI radiometers use a pseudo-correlation design where the signal from the sky is continuously compared with a stable reference signal, provided by a cryogenic reference load sy…
The Planck/LFI Radiometer Electronics Box Assembly
J. M. Herreros, M. F. Gomez, R. Rebolo +12
The Radiometer Electronics Box Assembly (REBA) is the control and data processing on board computer of the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) of the Planck mission (ESA). The REBA was…
Design, development, and verification of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument 70 GHz Front-End and Back-End Modules
J. Varis, N. J. Hughes, M. Laaninen +26
70 GHz radiometer front-end and back-end modules for the Low Frequency Instrument of the European Space Agencys Planck Mission were built and tested. The operating principles and t…
Thermal susceptibility of the Planck-LFI receivers
L Terenzi, M J Salmon, A Colin +33
This paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst . This paper describes the impact of the Planck Low…
Planck-LFI radiometers tuning
Francesco Cuttaia, Aniello Mennella, Luca Stringhetti +33
"This paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst" This paper describes the Planck Low Frequency Inst…
Dynamic validation of the Planck/LFI thermal model
M. Tomasi, B. Cappellini, A. Gregorio +12
The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) is an array of cryogenically cooled radiometers on board the Planck satellite, designed to measure the temperature and polarization anisotropies…
Cryogenic environment and performance for testing the Planck radiometers
L. Terenzi, M. Lapolla, M. Laaninen +21
This paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst The Planck LFI Radiometer Chain Assemblies (RCAs) ha…
Planck LFI flight model feed horns
F. Villa, O. D'Arcangelo, M. Pecora +10
this paper is part of the Prelaunch status LFI papers published on JINST: http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.proc5/jinst The Low Frequency Instrument is optically interfaced…
The linearity response of the Planck-LFI flight model receivers
A. Mennella, F. Villa, L. Terenzi +37
In this paper we discuss the linearity response of the Planck-LFI receivers, with particular reference to signal compression measured on the 30 and 44 GHz channels. In the article…
Noise Properties of the Planck-LFI Receivers
P. Meinhold, R. Leonardi, B. Aja +47
The Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) radiometers have been tested extensively during several dedicated campaigns. The present paper reports the principal noise properties of t…
Planck-LFI radiometers' spectral response
A Zonca, C Franceschet, P Battaglia +22
The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) is an array of pseudo-correlation radiometers on board the Planck satellite, the ESA mission dedicated to precision measurements of the Cosmic Mi…
Simbol-X Background Minimization: Mirror Spacecraft Passive Shielding Trade-Off Study
V. Fioretti, G. Malaguti, A. Bulgarelli +3
The present work shows a quantitative trade-off analysis of the Simbol-X Mirror Spacecraft (MSC) passive shielding, in the phase space of the various parameters: mass budget, dimen…