Difference between revisions of "Galactic stray light removal"
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Galactic sidelobe pickup alongside the convolved dipole in the fit | Galactic sidelobe pickup alongside the convolved dipole in the fit | ||
with the measured voltages. The beam pattern is decomposed into | with the measured voltages. The beam pattern is decomposed into | ||
| − | :<math>B_{main}+B_{sl}</math>, | + | :<math>B=B_{main}+B_{sl}</math>, |
and our estimate the gain <math>G</math> is given through a linear least-squares fit between the voltages <math>V(t)</math> and <math>T_{model}</math> , defined as | and our estimate the gain <math>G</math> is given through a linear least-squares fit between the voltages <math>V(t)</math> and <math>T_{model}</math> , defined as | ||
:<math>T_{model}=B\ast D+B_{sl}\ast T_{sky}</math>. | :<math>T_{model}=B\ast D+B_{sl}\ast T_{sky}</math>. | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 12 December 2014
The pickup of the Galactic signal through the sidelobes causes two kinds of systematic errors:
1. It introduces a bias in the calibration process. 2. It leaves a spurious signal in the calibrated map.
The first error is corrected including an estimate of the Galactic sidelobe pickup alongside the convolved dipole in the fit with the measured voltages. The beam pattern is decomposed into
- ,
and our estimate the gain is given through a linear least-squares fit between the voltages and , defined as
- .
The term is neglected in the fit because during the calibration we mask the Galactic plane, and we assume that the contribution to the fit given by the terms with is negligible.
The second error is corrected subtracting the residual signal caused by Galactic pickup through the sidelobes from the timelines immediately after calibration.
Cosmic Microwave background
