QMAP was a balloon experiment to measure the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). It flew twice in 1996, and was used with an interlocking scan of the skies to produce CMB maps at angular scales between 0.7° and 9°.[1]
| First light | 1996  |
|---|---|
| Telescope style | balloon-borne telescope cosmic microwave background experiment radio telescope |
| Website | www |
The gondola was later used for ground-based observations in the MAT/TOCO experiment.[2]
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edit- ^ Devlin, Mark; de Oliveira-Costa, Angelica; Herbig, Tom; Miller, Amber; Netterfield, Barth; Page, Lyman; Tegmark, Max (1998-12-20). "Mapping the CMB I: the first flight of the QMAP experiment". The Astrophysical Journal. 509 (2): L69–L72. arXiv:astro-ph/9808043. doi:10.1086/311769. S2CID 221609363.
- ^ Torbet, E.; Devlin, M. J.; Dorwart, W. B.; Herbig, T.; et al. (1999). "A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Microwave Background Made from the High Chilean Andes". The Astrophysical Journal. 521 (2): L79–L82. arXiv:astro-ph/9905100. Bibcode:1999ApJ...521L..79T. doi:10.1086/312197. S2CID 16534514.
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