The Far Infra-Red Survey
This Page contains information about the Far Infra-Red Survey (FIRS),
a balloon-borne experiment designed to map the large scale anisotropy
in the cosmic microwave background radiation.
The Players
- Edward Cheng (NASA/GSFC)
- Ken Ganga (Princeton/Berkeley)
- Stephan Meyer (Chicago)
- Lyman Page (Princeton)
- Hume Feldman (Princeton)
References
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Ganga, K.M. et al. 1994.
Sets limits on the spectral index of primordial density fluctuations.
Accepted by the Astrophysical Journal.
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Ganga, K.M. et al. 1993,
Astrophysical Journal, 391(2):L49-L52.
Describes the cross-correlation between the FIRS map and the COBE/DMR
first-year map.
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Meyer, S.S., Cheng, E.S., and Page, L.A. 1991,
Astrophysical Journal, 371(1):L7-L9.
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Meyer, S.S., Cheng, E.S., and Page, L.A.,
``Early results from the MIT millimeter and sub-millimeter
balloon-borne anisotropy experiment.''
- Page, L.A. 1989, PhD thesis, MIT.
- Page, L.A. et al. 1994,
To Appear in Astrophysical Letters and Communications:
Proceedings from the 1994 Capri CMBR Workshop.
- Page, L.A., et al. 1994, Applied Optics, 33(1):11-23.
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Page, L.A., Cheng, E.S., and Meyer, S.S. 1990,
Astrophysical Journal, 355(1)L1-L4.
- Page, L.A., Cheng, E.S., and Meyer, S.S. 1992,
Applied Optics, 31(1):95-100.
Related References
- Bond, J.R. 1994,
To Appear in Astrophysical Letters and Communications:
Proceedings from the 1994 Capri CMBR Workshop.
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