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Mapping clusters of galaxies with a stratospheric balloon experiment

  • S. Masi
  • , D. Brienza
  • , L. Conversi
  • , P. De Bernardis
  • , M. De Petris
  • , P. Fiadino
  • , A. Iacoangeli
  • , L. Lamagna
  • , C. Marini Bettolo
  • , L. Moncelsi
  • , L. Nati
  • , F. Nati
  • , F. Piacentini
  • , G. Polenta
  • , R. Rispoli
  • , P. A R Ade
  • , P. Hargrave
  • , Philip Mauskopf
  • , G. Pisano
  • , G. Savini
  • C. Tucker, A. Boscaleri, S. Peterzen, D. Spoto, D. Carpinteri, S. Colafrancesco, Y. Rephaeli, G. Di Stefano, G. Romeo, A. Delbart, L. Doumoulin, P. Camus, J. B. Juin, C. Magneville, J. P. Pansart, D. Yvon, V. Gromov, I. Maslov

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Abstract

We describe the scientific rationale and the preliminary calibrations of the OLIMPO experiment: a 2.6 m stratospheric balloon borne telescope, to be flown in 2008 in a long duration circumpolar flight. One of the main goals of the experiment is to map with high sensitivity and resolution at mm and submm wavelengths the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in many clusters of galaxies, both in the Northern and in the Southern hemisphere.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEuropean Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Pages507-512
Number of pages6
Edition647 SP
StatePublished - Jun 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event18th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research - Visby, Sweden
Duration: Jun 3 2007Jun 7 2007

Other

Other18th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research
Country/TerritorySweden
CityVisby
Period6/3/076/7/07

Keywords

  • Clusters of galaxies
  • Cosmology
  • Long duration stratospheric balloons
  • mm/sub-mm astronomy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering

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