Dr. Emily M. Gleeson Profile

Dr. Emily M. Gleeson

at National Univ of Ireland/Maynooth

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Proceedings Article | 13 April 2018 Paper

PLANCK-HFI: performances of an optical concept for the cosmic microwave background anisotropies measurement

J. Brossard, V. Yurchenko, E. Gleeson, Y. Longval, B. Maffei, A. Murphy, Isabelle Ristorcelli, J.-M. Lamarre

Proceedings Volume 10568, 105682E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500109

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PLANCK is a project of the European Space Agency to be launched in February 2007 by an ArianeV rocket with the Herschel Space Observatory . It is designed for imaging the temperature and polarization anisotropies of the millimetre and submillimetre radiation over the whole sky with unprecedented sensitivity, accuracy and angular resolution using 9 frequency channels ranging between 25 and 1000 GHz. The main source at these frequencies is the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), i.e. the radiation emitted by the early universe when, about 300000 years old, ionised hydrogen recombined and became transparent from the visible to radio frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum. The main goal of the PLANCK mission is to retrieve the main cosmological parameters of the Universe with accuracies of a few percent from the observation and analysis of random small contrast (10–4) features in the CMB. The angular power spectrum of the CMB anisotropies is a function of the fundamental cosmological parameters. A proper measurement of all the angular frequencies of the CMB is essential for an accurate interpretation of the data. In consequence the optical performances of Planck will directly impact the ability of retrieving theses parameters. Recent results of the Willkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) mission show that polarization information of CMB radiation is very challenging, and that the precise measurement of the CMB could completely change the knowledge we have on our universe ([1]). The focal plane assembly (FPA) of the PLANCK telescope is composed of two instruments. The High Frequency Instrument (HFI) of PLANCK is the most sensitive CMB experiment ever planned ([2]). Together with the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI), this will make a unique tool to measure the full sky and to separate various components of its spectrum. This paper describes the main performances of the HFI beams and compares results obtained with 2 different softwares: GRASP8 [3] and an home-made software developed at the Ireland National University of Maynooth [4]. Specials attention will be paid to polarized beams (100, 143, 217, 353 GHz) and multimoded channels (545 and 857 GHz).

Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper

Planck-HFI focal plane concept

Bruno Maffei, Peter Ade, James Bock, J. Brossard, Emily Gleeson, Jean-Michel Lamarre, Andrew Lange, Yu-Ying Longval, John Murphy, Giampaolo Pisano, Jean-Loup Puget, I. Ristorcelli, Rashmi Sudiwala, Vladimir Yurchenko

Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552577

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Polarization, Telescopes, Bolometers, Space telescopes, Optical filters, Data modeling, Anisotropy, Antennas, Waveguides

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 2004 Paper

Study of corrugated Winston horns

Bruno Maffei, Emily Gleeson, J. Anthony Murphy, Giampaolo Pisano

Proceedings Volume 5498, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552922

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Sensors, Waveguides, Astronomy, Beam shaping, Bolometers, Microwave radiation, Receivers, Telescopes, Signal detection

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 2004 Paper

The quasi-optical design of the QUaD Telescope

Gary Cahill, Creidhe O'Sullivan, J. Anthony Murphy, William Lanigan, Emily Gleeson, Peter Ade, James Bock, Melanie Bowden, John Carlstrom, Sarah Church, Ken Ganga, Walter Gear, John Harris, James Hinderks, Wayne Hu, John Kovac, Andrew Lange, Erik Leitch, Bruno Maffei, Olivier Mallie, Simon Melhuish, Angiola Orlando, Giampaolo Pisano, Lucio Piccirillo, Clem Pryke, Ben Rusholme, Andy Taylor, Keith Thompson, Michael Zemcov

Proceedings Volume 5498, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551680

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Polarization, Lenses, Diffraction, Mirrors, Antireflective coatings, Zemax, Wave plates, Coating, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 8 October 2004 Paper

Bandwidth characteristics of corrugated waveguide-horn feeds for CMB experiments

Emily Gleeson, William Lanigan, J. Anthony Murphy, Creidhe O'Sullivan, Bruno Maffei, Sarah Church, Eoin Cartwright

Proceedings Volume 5498, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550934

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Telescopes, Antennas, Scattering, Sensors, Wave propagation, Polarization, Optical filters, Electronic filtering, Laser scattering

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