The Saskatoon Experiment: A Measurement of the Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background

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Session 20 -- Cosmic X-Ray and Microwave Background
Oral presentation, Monday, 30, 1994, 2:00-3:30

[20.04] The Saskatoon Experiment: A Measurement of the Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background

E.J. Wollack, N.C. Jarosik, C.B. Netterfield, L.A. Page, D. Wilkinson (Princeton University)

We present an overview of the instrumentation and scan strategy used to observe the cosmic microwave background radiation from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This degree scale anisotropy experiment has maximum sensitivity at a coherence angle, $\theta_c=1.2^\circ$. Multifrequency and polarization coverage from 26 to 46 GHz is obtained with two independent radiometers which are used on an off-axis telescope. A discussion of systematic error discrimination and investigations will be presented.

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