The Maxima and Boomerang Experiments

1997/02/22 by S. Hanany, Hanany, S., MAXIMA Collaboration +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9702200

3 pages, Latex, sprocl.sty file attached, to appear in the Proceedings of the 18th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

arxiv created 1997/02/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

MAXIMA and BOOMERanG are balloon borne experiments designed to map the cosmic microwave background anisotropy power spectrum from l=10 to l=900 with high resolution. Here we describe the program of observations, the experiments, their capabilities, and their expected performance.

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