Glossary

This page gives definition of some words commonly used in this Explanatory Supplement.

• HFI detector set (aka detset aka quad) : a detector set is a combinaison of two pairs of Polarization Sensitive Bolometers pairs at the proper orientations. The lists of detsets is given in http://www.sciops.esa.int/wikiSI/planckpla/index.php?title=Frequency_Maps&instance=Planck_PLA_ES
• HFI effective beam
• HFI focal plane geometry
• HFI HPR
• HFI IMO/RIMO
• HFI mission
• HFI optical beam
• HFI PBR
• HFI polarization leakage
• HFI ring
• HFI sample
• HFI scanning beam
• HFI survey