A COOLED TELESCOPE FOR MEASUREMENTS OF THE NEAR-INFRARED COSMOLOGICALBACKGROUND AT BALLOON ALTITUDE (TRIP EXPERIMENT)

Authors
ATTOLINI MR BOSCALERI A BRIGHENTI A CAZZOLA P CALZOLARI P CORTIGLIONI S GIOVANNINI G MALASPINA M MANDOLESI N MORIGI G PALAZZI E VENTURA G
Citation
Mr. Attolini et al., A COOLED TELESCOPE FOR MEASUREMENTS OF THE NEAR-INFRARED COSMOLOGICALBACKGROUND AT BALLOON ALTITUDE (TRIP EXPERIMENT), Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics, 20(5), 1997, pp. 713-719
Citations number
12
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics
ISSN journal
11241896 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
713 - 719
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1896(1997)20:5<713:ACTFMO>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A cooled telescope has been designed and prepared for measurements of both local and cosmological Near InfraRed Backgrounds in the waveband 1-5 mu m at balloon altitude (40 km). The detection system consists of a linear array with 32 InSb pixels placed in the focal plane of the t elescope, cryogenically cooled and thermally controlled. A short descr iption is given of the main characteristics of the instrument and of t he expected performances. The experiment, repeatedly tested in laborat ory, flew in the 1995 summer from Palestine (Texas, USA).