Yurchenko, V. and Murphy, J.Anthony and Lamarre, J.-M. and Brossard, J. (2004) Gaussian Fitting Parameters of the ESA PLANCK HFI Beams. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 25. pp. 601-616. ISSN 0195-9271

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Abstract

We present Gaussian fitting parameters of simulated beams of the High Frequency Instrument (HFI) of the ESA PLANCK mission. This space probe is designed for measuring the anisotropy of temperature and polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The six HFI spectral bands cover the frequency range 0.1 - 1 THz with 52 bolometers. Their beams are computed by multi-mode physical optics propagation of the source field from the apertures of the horns simulated by the scattering matrix approach. Computed power patterns are fitted by the elliptical Gaussian beams minimizing the peak difference between the two power distributions within the beam. This approximation is generally considered as acceptable from the scientific viewpoint, although we show that induced errors are far from negligible.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Yurchenko, V.B., Murphy, J.A., Lamarre, JM. et al. Gaussian Fitting Parameters of the ESA PLANCK HFI Beams. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 25, 601–616 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:IJIM.0000020749.14869.e3
Keywords:	PLANCK mission; CMB; THz PO simulations;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics
Item ID:	14012
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1023/B:IJIM.0000020749.14869.e3
Depositing User:	Dr. Anthony Murphy
Date Deposited:	15 Feb 2021 15:48
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
Publisher:	Springer Verlag
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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