NASA NTRS · 20170002735
The Calibration of PIXIE
Abstract
The FIRAS instrument demonstrated the use of an external calibrator to compare the sky to an instrumented blackbody. The PIXIE calibrator is improved from -35 dB to -65 dB. Another significant improvement is the ability to insert the calibrator into either input of the FTS. This allows detection and correction of additional errors, reduces the effective calibration noise by a factor of 2, eliminates an entire class of systematics and allows continuous observations. This paper presents the design and use of the PIXIE calibrator.
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Fixsen, D. J., Chuss, David T., Kogut, Alan, Mirel, Paul, Wollack, E. J.. 2016-07-19. The Calibration of PIXIE. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20170002735
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