2 papers
astro-ph2003
The Low Frequency Instrument in the ESA Planck mission
A. Mennella, M. Bersanelli, B. Cappellini +8
Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) allow high precision observation of the cosmic plasma at redshift z~1100. After the success of the NASA satellite COBE, that i…
astro-ph2003
High Performances Corrugated Feed Horns for Space Applications at Millimetre Wavelengths
F. Villa, M. Sandri, N. Mandolesi +11
We report on the design, fabrication and testing of a set of high performance corrugated feed horns at 30 GHz, 70 GHz and 100 GHz, built as advanced prototypes for the Low Frequenc…