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First year wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe(wmap) observations: data processing methods and systematic errors limits
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Halpern, M. Bennett, C. L. Hinshaw, G. Limon, M. Meyer, S. S. Jarosik, N. Greason, M. R. Barnes, C. Kogut, A. Hill, R. S. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Description | We describe the calibration and data processing methods used to generate full-sky maps of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the first year of Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) observations. Detailed limits on residual systematic errors are assigned based largely on analyses of the flight data supplemented, where necessary, with results from ground tests. The data are calibrated in flight using the dipole modulation of the CMB due to the observatory's motion around the Sun. This constitutes a full-beam calibration source. An iterative algorithm simultaneously fits the time-ordered data to obtain calibration parameters and pixelized sky map temperatures. The noise properties are determined by analyzing the time-ordered data with this sky signal estimate subtracted. Based on this, we apply a pre-whitening filter to the time-ordered data to remove a low level of l/f noise. We infer and correct for a small (approx. 1 %) transmission imbalance between the two sky inputs to each differential radiometer, and we subtract a small sidelobe correction from the 23 GHz (K band) map prior to further analysis. No other systematic error corrections are applied to the data. Calibration and baseline artifacts, including the response to environmental perturbations, are negligible. Systematic uncertainties are comparable to statistical uncertainties in the characterization of the beam response. Both are accounted for in the covariance matrix of the window function and are propagated to uncertainties in the final power spectrum. We characterize the combined upper limits to residual systematic uncertainties through the pixel covariance matrix. |
| File Size | 2864154 |
| Page Count | 56 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030053390 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1bk6b337 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2003-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Radiometers Error Analysis Calibrating Microwave Anisotropy Probe Data Processing Perturbation Correction Pixels Sidelobes Interstellar Space Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Systematic Errors Covariance Sky Surveys Astronomy Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
