2011
Journal article  Open Access

Planck early results: the Planck mission

Salerno, E., Ade, P., D'Acqui, L. P.

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)  Cosmic background radiation  detectors [Instrumentation]  Catalogues  Instrumentation  detectors  FOS: Physical sciences  [SDU.ASTR.GA]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA]  115 Astronomy  Space vehicles  observations [Cosmology]  Space science  QB  instruments  Cosmology: observations  observations  Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics  Space vehicles: instruments  [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]  Instrumentation: detectors  Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)  Astronomy and Astrophysics  Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica  cosmic backround radiation  [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]  Space and Planetary Science  Surveys  Experimental Physics  [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]  Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies  [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]  instruments [Space vehicles]  catalogs  Cosmology  [PHYS.ASTR.GA]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA]  Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)  Catalogs  Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 

The European Space Agency's Planck satellite was launched on 14 May 2009, and has been surveying the sky stably and continuously since 13 August 2009. Its performance is well in line with expectations, and it will continue to gather scientific data until the end of its cryogenic lifetime. We give an overview of the history of Planck in its first year of operations, and describe some of the key performance aspects of the satellite. This paper is part of a package submitted in conjunction with Planck's Early Release Compact Source Catalogue, the first data product based on Planck to be released publicly. The package describes the scientific performance of the Planck payload, and presents results on a variety of astrophysical topics related to the sources included in the Catalogue, as well as selected topics on di use emission.

Source: Astronomy & astrophysics (Print) 536 (2011). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201116464

Publisher: EDP Sciences, Les Ulis , Francia


1 Aalto University Metsa¨hovi Radio Observatory, Metsa¨hovintie 114, FIN-02540 Kylma¨la¨, Finland
2 Agenzia Spaziale Italiana Science Data Center, c/o ESRIN, via Galileo Galilei, Frascati, Italy
3 Astroparticule et Cosmologie, CNRS (UMR7164), Universite´ Denis Diderot Paris 7, Baˆtiment Condorcet, 10 rue A. Domon et Le´onie Duquet, Paris, France
4 Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
5 Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, ALMA Santiago Central O ces, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Casilla 763 0355, Santiago, Chile
6 CITA, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
7 CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
8 CNR - ISTI, Area della Ricerca, via G. Moruzzi 1, Pisa, Italy
9 CNRS, IRAP, 9 Av. colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
10 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
11 Centre of Mathematics for Applications, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
12 DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, U.K. 60 Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway 82 School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardi Buildings, The Parade, Cardi , CF24 3AA, U.K. 61 Instituto de Astrof´ısica de Canarias, C/V´ıa La´ctea s/n, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 83 Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya Str, 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia 62 Instituto de F´ısica de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria), Avda. de los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain 84 Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
63 Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Association, Via R. Cozzi 53, Milano, Italy 85 Spitzer Science Center, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
64 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, U.S.A. 86 Stanford University, Dept of Physics, Varian Physics Bldg, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
65 Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
66 Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, U.K.
67 LERMA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, 61 l'Observatoire, Paris, France
68 Laboratoire AIM, IRFU/Service d'Astrophysique - CEA/DSM - CNRS - Universite´ Paris Diderot, Baˆt. 709, CEA-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
69 Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information, CNRS (UMR 5141) and Te´le´com ParisTech, 46 rue Barrault F75634 Paris Cedex 13, France
70 Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, CNRS/IN2P3, Universite´ Joseph Fourier Grenoble I, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, 38026 Grenoble cedex, France
71 Laboratoire de l'Acce´le´rateur Line´aire, Universite´ Paris-Sud 11, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France
72 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
73 Max-Planck-Institut fu¨ r Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 85741 Garching, Germany
74 MilliLab, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tietotie 3, Espoo, Finland
75 National University of Ireland, Department of Experimental Physics, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
76 Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
77 Observational Cosmology, Mail Stop 367-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, U.S.A.
78 Optical Science Laboratory, University College London, Gower Street, London, U.K.
79 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, U.K.
80 SISSA, Astrophysics Sector, via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy
81 SUPA, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, U.K.
87 Thales Alenia Space France, 100 Boulevard du Midi, Cannes la Bocca, France
88 Universita¨t Heidelberg, Institut fu¨ r Theoretische Astrophysik, Albert-U¨ berle-Str. 2, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
89 Universite´ de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
90 Universities Space Research Association, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, MS 211-3, Mo ett Field, CA 94035, U.S.A.
91 University of Granada, Departamento de F´ısica Te o´rica y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias, Granada, Spain
92 University of Miami, Knight Physics Building, 1320 Campo Sano Dr., Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.
93 Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland

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