Summary of LFI data characteristics
Quantification of the performance of LFI is summarized in Table 1 below. All the details can be found in the LFI data processing paper Planck-2020-A2[1].
| Parameter | 30 GHz | 44 GHz | 70 GHz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre frequency [GHz] | 28.4 | 44.1 | 70.4 |
| Bandwidth [GHz] | 9.89 | 10.72 | 14.90 |
| Scanning beam FWHMa [arcmin] | 33.10 | 27.94 | 13.08 |
| Scanning beam ellipticitya | 1.37 | 1.25 | 1.27 |
| Effective beam FWHMb [arcmin] | 32.29 | 27.00 | 13.22 |
| White noise level in timelinesc [μKCMB s1/2] | 147.9 | 174.0 | 151.9 |
| fkneec [mHz] | 113.9 | 53.0 | 19.6 |
| 1/f slopec | -0.92 | -0.88 | -1.20 |
| Overall calibration uncertaintyd [%] | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.20 |
a Determined by fitting Jupiter observations directly in the timelines.
b Calculated from the main beam solid angle of the effective beam, Ωeff = mean(Ω). These values are used in the source extraction pipeline (Planck-2015-A26[2]).
c Typival values derived from fitting noise spectra
d difference between first and last iteration of the iterative calibration (for 30 and 44 GHz) or E2E 2015 result (for 70 GHz). In 2015 the calibration uncertainity was 0.35% and 0.26% at 30 and 44, respectively.
References[edit]
- ↑ Planck 2018 results. II. Low Frequency Instrument data processing, Planck Collaboration, 2020, A&A, 641, A2.
- ↑ Planck 2015 results. XXVI. The second Planck catalogue of compact sources, Planck Collaboration, 2016, A&A, 594, A26.
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