381 citations
Counting papers with at most 25 authors, so collaboration author lists do not stand in for the people here.
- Alenia AermacchiIT24 papers
- National Institute for AstrophysicsIT23 papers
- Space (Italy)IT20 papers
- University of MilanIT20 papers
- Institute of Plasma PhysicsIT16 papers
- University of California, Santa BarbaraUS13 papers
- University of TriesteIT13 papers
- University of ManchesterGB11 papers
- VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandFI11 papers
- Trieste Astronomical ObservatoryIT10 papers
- European Space Research and Technology CentreNL9 papers
- Instituto de Astrofísica de CanariasES9 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…
Planck pre-launch status: calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers
F. Villa, L. Terenzi, M. Sandri +71
The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) on-board the ESA Planck satellite carries eleven radiometer subsystems, called Radiometer Chain Assemblies (RCAs), each composed of a pair of pse…
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…
Optimization of Planck/LFI on--board data handling
M. Maris, M. Tomasi, S. Galeotta +34
To asses stability against 1/f noise, the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) onboard the Planck mission will acquire data at a rate much higher than the data rate allowed by its teleme…
The Planck-LFI flight model composite waveguides
O. D'Arcangelo, L. Figini, A. Simonetto +13
The Low Frequency Instrument on board the PLANCK satellite is designed to give the most accurate map ever of the CMB anisotropy of the whole sky over a broad frequency band spannin…
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…
The PLANCK LFI flight model ortho-mode transducers
O. D'Arcangelo, A. Simonetto, L. Figini +10
The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) of the ESA Planck CMB mission is an array of 22 ultra sensitive pseudocorrelation radiometers working at 30, 44, and 70 GHz. LFI has been calibra…
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…
Advanced modelling of the Planck-LFI radiometers
P. Battaglia, C. Franceschet, A . Zonca +22
The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) is a radiometer array covering the 30-70 GHz spectral range on-board the ESA Planck satellite, launched on May 14th, 2009 to observe the cosmic m…
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…
Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument calibration and expected scientific performance
A. Mennella, M. Bersanelli, R. C. Butler +83
We give the calibration and scientific performance parameters of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) measured during the ground cryogenic test campaign. These parameters char…
Planck pre-launch status: Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument
M. Bersanelli, N. Mandolesi, R. C. Butler +109
In this paper we present the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI), designed and developed as part of the Planck space mission, the ESA program dedicated to precision imaging of the cosmi…
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…