Planck
Overview
The Planck satellite is a European Space Agency (ESA)
survey
mission to measure the anisotropy and polarization of the cosmic microwave
background (CMB) radiation. Planck was launched on May 14th, 2009.
The survey will be completed near end of 2010, after which there
is a proprietary period
of two years, for analyzing the data and deriving the scientific results of
the mission.
After that, the Planck data will be released to the public domain.
ESA has now approved an extension of the survey by another year, to near the
end of 2011, which corresponds to the expected lifetime of the satellite's
cooling systems.
The CMB is radiation from the early universe. It was emitted when the
universe was about 400 000 years old. Its intensity and polarization varies
over the sky, and these variations reflect the properties and structure of
the early universe as well as the later history of the universe through
which this radiation has traveled.
We develop data analysis methods,
participate in
analyzing the Planck data,
and in preparing the scientific publications from Planck.
Project leader: Hannu Kurki-Suonio
Personnel
Hannu Kurki-Suonio, Planck Scientist, LFI Co-I, lecturer, project leader, C328, tel:+358-9-191 50752E-mail: hannu.kurki-suonio
helsinki.fi
Anne Lähteenmäki,
Planck Scientist, LFI Co-I, Academy reseach fellow, project vice leader,
Metsähovi Radio Observatory, tel:+358-9-2564424
E-mail: alienkurp.tkk.fi
Torsti Poutanen,
Planck Scientist, PhD,
A329,
E-mail: torsti.poutanenhelsinki.fi
Reijo Keskitalo,
PhD in 2009
Currently at JPL, USA
Matti Savelainen,
PhD in Engineering, Physics graduate student,
A314, tel:+358-9-191 50544
E-mail: matti.savelainenhelsinki.fi
At Univ. Helsinki Physics Dept:
Elina Keihänen,
Planck Scientist, PhD,
C329,
E-mail: elina.keihanenhelsinki.fi
Anna-Stiina Suur-Uski,
Graduate student,
C329,
E-mail: anna-stiina.suur-uskihelsinki.fi
Links
Metsähovi Planck pages
University of Helsinki Physics Department Planck pages
European Space Agency Planck pages
Planck Science Team pages
