OLIMPO: A balloon-borne, arcminute-resolution survey of the sky at mm and sub-mm wavelengths

S. Masi*, P. Ade, A. Boscaleri, P. De Bernardis, M. De Petris, G. De Troia, M. Fabrini, A. Iacoangeli, L. Lamagna, A. Lange, P. Lubin, P. Mauskopf, A. Melchiorri, F. Melchiorri, L. Nati, F. Nati, A. Orlando, F. Piacentini, M. Pierre, G. PisanoG. Polenta, Y. Rephaeli, G. Romeo, L. Salvaterra, G. Savini, E. Valiante, D. Yvon

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Abstract

We describe OLIMPO, a balloon-borne telescope devoted to cosmological and astrophysical surveys in the mm and sub-nun range. We summarize the relevant science (principally surveys of SZ clusters, of the submm cosmic background and observations of galactic and cirrus dust) and the innovative sub-systems we have developed. The test flight of the telescope is planned for July 2004; the long duration flight is planned for the end of 2005.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)557-560
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Issue number530
StatePublished - 2003
EventProceedings of the 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research - Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Duration: 2 Jun 20035 Jun 2003

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