Sidelobes and Galactic Pickup

Wide Angular Scale Beam Patterns

Full Sky Antenna Response Predictions
Predictions
Measured antenna response over wide angular regions
Measurements

Galactic Pickup via the Sidelobes

Galctic Sidelobe pickup from predicted sidelobes
Pickup calculated assuming
predicted sidelobes
Galactic Sidelobe pickup from measured far sidelobes
Pickup calculated using
measured sidelobe response


MAP Technical     Naming Conventions     Main Beams     Side Lobes     Instrument     Documentation

Log:
Last Modified: Christine McLeavey, 3.19.02.
Contact: L. Page