Measurement of polarization with the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer
@article{Leitch2002MeasurementOP, title={Measurement of polarization with the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer}, author={Erik M. Leitch and John M. Kovac and Clement L Pryke and John E. Carlstrom and Nils W. Halverson and William L. Holzapfel and Mark Dragovan and B. Reddall and E. S. Sandberg}, journal={Nature}, year={2002}, volume={420}, pages={763-771} }
Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation can reveal with remarkable precision the conditions of the Universe when it was ∼400,000 years old. The three most fundamental properties of the CMB are its frequency spectrum (which determines the temperature), and the fluctuations in both the temperature and polarization across a range of angular scales. The frequency spectrum has been well determined, and considerable progress has been made in measuring the power spectrum of the…
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