UCSB Cosmology Group

COFE - COsmic Foreground Explorer

A new balloon-borne mission to study the polarization spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) of the universe at low l numbers. COFE will have two primary scientific goals:

• Measurement and understanding of the polarization characteristics of important galactic foregrounds at low l (2-100) and frequencies below 50 GHz. These foregrounds include Synchrotron radiation, Bremstrahlung radiation, possible emission from spinning dust, and some potential (small) contribution from point sources.
• Exploration of the low- l systematic limits to sub-orbital CMB polarization experiments for possible future large scale balloon borne missions

Coming in 2008: COFEE CUPS
COsmic Foreground Explorer Educational Curricula for Understanding Power Spectra

Attachments:

COFE Paper

[Initial COFE Paper]

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