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Paper Abstract
The FIRAS instrument demonstrated the use of an external calibrator to compare the sky to an instrumented
blackbody. The PIXIE calibrator is improved from -35 dB to -65 dB. Another significant improvement is the
ability to insert the calibrator into either input of the FTS. This allows detection and correction of additional
errors, reduces the effective calibration noise by a factor of 2, eliminates an entire class of systematics and allows
continuous observations. This paper presents the design and use of the PIXIE calibrator.
Paper Details
Date Published: 19 July 2016
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 991439 (19 July 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2232836
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9914:
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Wayne S. Holland; Jonas Zmuidzinas, Editor(s)
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 9914, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 991439 (19 July 2016); doi: 10.1117/12.2232836
Show Author Affiliations
D. J. Fixsen, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park (United States)
D. T. Chuss, Villanova Univ. (United States)
Alan Kogut, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park (United States)
D. T. Chuss, Villanova Univ. (United States)
Alan Kogut, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Paul Mirel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
E. J. Wollack, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
E. J. Wollack, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9914:
Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Wayne S. Holland; Jonas Zmuidzinas, Editor(s)
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