Tenerife Experiment
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The Tenerife Experiment was a Cosmic Microwave Background (
Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife,[1] starting operations in October 1984,[2] and running with various upgrades and additional experiments until 2000.[1]
It measured anisotropy of the CMB on angular sizes of 5 degrees, about the size of the upper half of the constellation of Orion (from the "belt" to the "shoulders"). To reduce receiver instability, it performed fast Dicke Switching between two horns separated by 8 degrees. To remove long term drifts and atmospheric variations, it used a further switch of 8 degrees using a flat mirror in front of the horns.
References
- ^ a b "Anisotropías del Fondo Cósmico de Microondas - rad". research.iac.es. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Anisotropías del Fondo Cósmico de Microondas - Old webpage (1996-2000)". research.iac.es. Retrieved 3 October 2020.