An Overview of the SPOrt Experiment
arXiv:astro-ph/0005430 · doi:10.1080/10556790008238577
Abstract
The Sky Polarization Observatory is an experiment selected by ESA for the Early Opportunity Phase onboard the International Space Station. SPOrt is the first payload specifically designed for polarization measurements, it will provide near full sky maps of the sky polarized emission at four microwave frequencies between 22 and 90 GHz. Current design of SPOrt will be presented, together with an overview of the scientific goals of the experiment.
9 pages, 4 Postscript figures; to be published in Gamov Memorial International Conference Proceedings, Astronomy and Astrophysical Transactions, v.20, 2000; SPOrt Project Home Page: http://sport.tesre.bo.cnr.it/
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