Astrophysical polarized backgrounds : workshop on astrophysical polarized backgrounds : Bologna, Italy, 9-12 October 2001 / editors, Stefano Cecchini... [and others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Cecchini, Stefano.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Astrophysical Polarized Backgrounds (2001 : Bologna, Italy)

Bologna APB Workshop.

Series:

AIP conference proceedings ; no. 609.

AIP conference proceedings, 0094-243X ; 609

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cosmic background radiation--Congresses.

Cosmic background radiation.

Polarimetry--Congresses.

Polarimetry.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Melville, NY : American Institute of Physics, [2002]

Contents:

Diffuse Polarized Emission and Magnetic Fields

Polarization Surveys of the Galaxy / W. Reich, E. Furst, P. Reich, R. Wielebinski, M. Wolleben 3

Polarization Imaging of the Galactic Emission at 1420 MHz

The Canadian Galactic Plane Survey / T. L. Landecker, B. Uyaniker, R. Kothes 9

Counter-intuitive Polarization Structures / B. Uyaniker, T. Landecker 15

High Resolution Polarimetry of the Inner Galaxy / B. M. Gaensler, J. M. Dickey, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, N. S. Bizunok, A. J. Green 20

Low Frequency Polarization Observations of the Galactic Radio Emission / E. N. Vinyajkin, V. A. Razin 26

Polarized Microwave Emission from Dust / A. Lazarian, S. Prunet 32

Dust Polarization from Starlight Data / P. Fosalba, A. Lazarian, S. Prunet, J. A. Tauber 44

Small Scale I, U, Q Galaxy Noise at cm. Waves / Y. N. Parijskij, A. B. Berlin, A. Bogdantsov, N. N. Bursov, N. A. Nizhelskij, P. Tsibulev, I. D. Novikov, P. D. Naselskij 51

A Multifrequency Analysis of the Polarized Diffuse Galactic Radio Emission at Degree Scales / C. Burigana, L. La Porta 54

Angular Spectra of Galactic Polarized Synchrotron Emission at Arcmin Scales / M. Tucci, E. Carretti, S. Cecchini, L. Nicastro, R. Fabbri, B. M. Gaensler, J. M. Dickey, N. M. McClure-Griffiths 60

Galactic Synchrotron Foreground and the CMB Polarization Measurements / M. V. Sazhin 66

Parsec-scale Structure in the Warm ISM from Polarized Galactic Radio Background Observations / M. Haverkorn, P. Katgert, A. G. de Bruyn 72

CMB Polarization: Scientific Case and Data Analysis Issues / A. Balbi, P. Cabella, G. de Gasperis, P. Natoli, N. Vittorio 78

Polarized Foregrounds Power Spectra vs CMB / C. Baccigalupi, G. De Zotti, C. Burigana, F. Perrotta 84

Cosmic Magnetic Fields: What We Know, What We Must Discover / R. Wielebinski 90

Magnetic Fields in Our Galaxy: How Much Do We Know? (II) Halo Fields and the Global Field Structure / J. L. Han 96

Whistlers in Interstellar Gas Dynamics / S. Bastrukov, J. Yang, D. Podgainy 102

Polarimetry Experiments and Instrumentation

The SPOrt Experiment / E. Carretti, M. Baralis, G. Bernardi, G. Boella, S. Bonometto, M. Bruscoli, S. Cecchini, S. Cortiglioni, R. Fabbri, M. Gervasi, C. Macculi, J. Monari, K. W. Ng, L. Nicastro, A. Orfei, O. Peverini, S. Poppi, V. A. Razin, M. V. Sazhin, C. Sbarra, G. Sironi, I. A. Strukov, R. Tascone, M. Tucci, E. N. Vinyajkin, M. Zannoni 109

The BaR-SPOrt Experiment / M. Zannoni, M. Baralis, G. Bernardi, G. Boella, S. Bonometto, A. Boscaleri, E. Carretti, S. Cecchini, S. Cortiglioni, R. Fabbri, M. Gervasi, C. Macculi, J. Monari, E. Morelli, V. Natale, R. Nesti, L. Nicastro, E. Pascale, O. Peverini, S. Poppi, C. Sbarra, G. Sironi, R. Tascone, M. Tucci, G. Ventura 115

B2K: The Polarization-sensitive BOOMERanG Experiment / S. Masi, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, A. Boscaleri, P. de Bernardis, G. De Troia, G. Di Stefano, V. V. Hristov, A. Iacoangeli, W. C. Jones, T. Kisner, A. E. Lange, P. D. Mauskopf, C. Mac Tavish, T. Montroy, C. B. Netterfield, E. Pascale, F. Piacentini, F. Pongetti, G. Romeo, J. E. Ruhl, E. Torbet, J. Watt 122

ELISA: A Small Balloon Experiment for a Large Scale Survey in the Sub-millimeter / J.-P. Bernard, I. Ristorcelli, B. Stepnik, A. Abergel, F. Boulanger, M. Giard, G. Lagache, J. M. Lamarre, C. Meny, J. P. Torre, M. Armengaud, J. P. Crussaire, B. Leriche, Y. Longval 129

Measuring CMB Polarisation with the Planck HFI / J. Delabrouille, J. Kaplan 135

The Low Frequency Instrument of the Planck Mission / F. Villa, N. Mandolesi, M. Bersanelli, R. C. Butler, C. Burigana, A. Mennella, G. Morgante, M. Sandri, L. Valenziano 144

Precision and Widefield Polarimetry with the Australia Telescope Compact Array / R. J. Sault, D. P. Rayner, M. J. Kesteven 150

AMiBA

Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy / M. Kesteven 156

QUEST

A 2.6-m mm-Wave Telescope for CMB Polarization Studies / L. Piccirillo, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, M. Bowden, S. E. Church, K. Ganga, W. K. Gear, J. Hinderks, B. G. Keating, A. E. Lange, B. Maffei, O. Mallie, S. J. Melhuish, J. A. Murphy, G. Pisano, B. Rusholme, A. Taylor, K. Thompson 159

The Milano Polarization Experiment Devoted to the Study of the Cosmic Microwave Background / M. Gervasi, E. S. Battistelli, G. Boella, F. Cavaliere, A. Passerini, G. Sironi, M. Zannoni 164

The Polarimetric Observation Facility at the Medicina 32 m Parabolic Antenna / A. Orfei, M. Roma 169

Devices, Analysis Tools and Systematics

Millimeter Wave Passive Components for Polarization Measurements / O. A. Peverini, M. Baralis, R. Tascone, D. Trinchero, A. Olivieri, E. Carretti, S. Cortiglioni 177

Calibrating CMB Polarization Telescopes / S. T. Staggs, D. Barkats, J. O. Gundersen, M. M. Hedman, C. P. Herzog, J. J. McMahon, B. Winstein 183

The Moon as a Calibrator of Linearly Polarized Radio Emission for the SPOrt Project / S. Poppi, E. Carretti, S. Cortiglioni, V. D. Krotikov, E. N. Vinyajkin 187

A Destriping Technique for SPOrt Polarization Data / C. Sbarra, E. Carretti, S. Cortiglioni, M. Zannoni, R. Fabbri, C. Macculi, M. Tucci 193

Statistical Evaluation and Processing of Uncorrelated and Correlated Outputs of the SPOrt Radiometer / P. Attina, B. Audone, F. Amisano 199

A Code for Dust Polarized Emission Simulation / N. Ponthieu 205

Some Sources of Systematic Errors on CMB Polarized Measurements with Bolometers / J. Kaplan, J. Delabrouille 209

Systematics of Microwave Polarimetry with the Planck LFI / J. P. Leahy, V. Yurchenko, M. A. Hastie, M. Bersanelli, N. Mandolesi 215

Space and Balloon Facilities and Agencies

The ASI Science Program / C. Musso 225

Luigi Broglio Base Facilities and Activities: The ASI Balloon Program / O. Cosentino, R. Ibba 228

The NASA Balloon Program: An Overview / G. D. Orr, D. R. J. Ball, I. S. Smith Jr. 235

The Esrange Facility in Northern Sweden

Your Partner for Successful Aerospace Operations / P. Baldemar, O. Widell 239

Scientific Balloons from Svalbard / K. Boen 243

Poster Presentations

The Rapid Prototyping Approach in the Design and Testing of Radiometric Systems / P. Attina, B. Audone, D. Boschetti 251

Calibration Techniques and Devices for Correlation Radiometers Used in Polarization Measurements / M. Baralis, O. A. Peverini, R. Tascone, D. Trinchero, V. Niculae, A. Olivieri, E. Carretti, S. Cortiglioni, C. Macculi, J. Monari, A. Orfei, G. Sironi, M. Zannoni 257

Synchrotron Angular Spectra at Various Galactic Latitudes and Frequencies / M. Bruscoli, M. Tucci, V. Natale, E. Carretti, R. Fabbri, C. Sbarra 261

Submillimetre Polarization of M82 and the Galactic Centre: Implications for CMB Polarimetry / J. S. Greaves, W. S. Holland 267

Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background from Non-Uniform Reionization / G.-C. Liu, N. Sugiyama, A. J. Benson, C. G. Lacey, A. Nusser 271

Thermal Design and Preliminary Performance Evaluation of the Cooling System for BaR-SPOrt / C. Macculi, M. Zannoni 275

SDAMS: SPOrt Data Archiving and Management System / L. Nicastro, G. Calderone 279

A Millimeter Polarimeter for the 45m Telescope at Nobeyama / H. Shinnaga, M. Tsuboi, T. Kasuga 283

Observations of Linear Polarization of Background Galactic Radio Emission in Selected Directions at 8.3 GHz / E. N. Vinyajkin, E. Carretti, S. Cortiglioni, S. Poppi 287

Radio Polarimetry: A Historical Development at Effelsberg / R. Wielebinski, O. Lochner, W. Reich, H. Mattes 291

Workshop Summary and the Future / G. De Zotti 295.

Notes:

"The Workshop ... also known as the Bologna APB Workshop ..."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0735400555

OCLC:

50761490