GEM Publication List

This page contains a list of the GEM (Galactic Emission Mapping) project published papers.
Order is reverse-cronological

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Title: Design of an IF section for a Galactic Emission Mapping experiment
Authors: M. Bergano, L. Cupido, D. Barbosa, R. Fonseca, D.M. Santos, G.F. Smoot
Journal-ref: 2007, Proceedings of Conftele, an IT and IEEE sponsored Conference, May 2007, Peniche, Portugal
arXiv: astro-ph/0702629


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Title: Site Evaluation and RFI spectrum measurements in Portugal at the frequency range 0.408-10 GHz for a GEM polarized galactic radio emission experiment
Authors: R. Fonseca, D. Barbosa, L. Cupido, D. M. dos Santos, G. F. Smoot, C. Tello
Journal-ref: 2005, New Astronomy
arXiv: astro-ph/0411477

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Title: A New Radio Continuum Survey of the Sky at 1465 MHz between declinations -52 degrees and +68 degrees
Authors: C. Tello, T. Villela, G. F. Smoot, S. Torres, M. Bersanelli
Journal-ref: 2000, IAU Symposium 201, New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters, Manchester
arXiv: astro-ph/0011412

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Title: Spillover and diffraction sidelobe contamination in a double-shielded experiment for mapping Galactic synchrotron emission
Authors: C. Tello, T. Villela, G. F. Smoot, M. Bersanelli, N. Figueiredo, G. De Amici, M. Bensadoun, C. A. Wuensche, S. Torres
Journal-ref: 2000, Astronomy and Astrophysics
arXiv: astro-ph/0007066

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Title: CMB Synchrotron Foreground
Author: G.F. Smoot
Journal-ref: 1999, Sloan Meeting on CMB Foregrounds editors: A. de Oliveira-Costa & M. Tegmark Melchorri et. al.
arXiv: astro-ph/9902201

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Title: A Determination of the Spectral Index of Galactic Synchrotron Emission in the 1-10 GHz range
Authors: P. Platania, M. Bensadoun, M. Bersanelli, G. De Amici, A. Kogut, S. Levin, D. Maino, G.F. Smoot
Journal-ref:
1997
arXiv:
astro-ph/9707252

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Title: The GEM Project: an International Collaboration to Survey Galactic Radiation Emission
Authors: S. Torres, V. Canon, R. Casas, A. Umana, C. Tello, T. Villela, M. Bersanelli, M. Bensadoun, G. De Amici, M. Limon, G. Smoot, and C. Witebsky
Journal-ref:
1996, Astrophysics and Space Science, 240, pp. 225-234 
arXiv: astro-ph/9605060

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Title: A backfire helix antenna as prime focus feed for a radioastronomical parabolic antenna
Author: G. De Amici
Journal-ref: 1996, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation XX, YY
Links: postscript text and figures

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Title: The importance of accurate galactic observations at radio-frequency for CMB experiments
Authors: S. Cortiglioni, M.R. Attolini, N. Mandolesi, E. Palazzi, S. Montebugnoli, A. Orfei, M. Bersanelli and G. De Amici
Journal-ref: 1995, Mem. Soc. Astr. It., 66, 84 

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Title: Foreground emission in ground-based absolute measurements of the CMB
Authors: Bersanelli, M., Bensadoun, M., De Amici, G., Kogut, A., Levin, S., Limon, S., M., Levin, Maino, D., Smoot, G.F., Witebsky, C.
Journal-ref: 1995, Mem. S.A. It., 66, ....

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Title: A new instrument to map the absolute brightness of the sky at low radio frequencies
Authors: De Amici, G., Bensadoun, M., Limon, M., Smoot, G., Bersanelli, M.
Journal-ref: 1995, Astroph. Lett Comm., 32, 153

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Title: A research program to map the galactic emission at low frequencies
Authors: De Amici, G., Torres, S., Bensadoun, M. Bersanelli, M, Dall'Oglio, G., Limon, M., Smoot, G, Sironi, G., Villela, T. and Witebsky, C.
Journal-ref: 1994, Astrop. and Space Science, 214, 151

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Title: Site evaluation and RFI measurements in Colombia for a galactic radio survey
Authors: Torres, S., Smoot, G., De Amici, G., Becerra, M., Chaux, E. Gomez, J., and Umana, A.
Journal-ref: 1993, Rev. Col. Fis., 25, 23

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Title: A new program to map the absolute temperature of the sky at low frequencies
Authors: De Amici, G., Smoot, G., Bensadoun, M, Bersanelli, M., Levin, S., Limon, M., and Vinje, W.
Journal-ref: 1993, in G. Chincarini et al. (edts): "Observational Cosmology", ASP Conference Series (ASP, San Francisco) 51, 527

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Title: Modelling galactic microwave emission from 0.4 to 50 GHz;
Authors: Witebsky, C., Smoot, G., De Amici, G., and Aymon, J.
Journal-ref: 1993, in S. Holt and F. Verter (edts) "Back to the galaxy", AIP conference proceedings 278, (AIP, New York), 210

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Title: Mapping the absolute brightness of the sky at low frequencies
Authors: De Amici, G., Bensadoun, M,, Limon, M., G., Smoot, Witebsky, C., Torres, S., Umana, M., and Becerra, M
Journal-ref: 1993, in S. Holt and F. Verter. (edts) "Back to the galaxy", AIP conference proceedings 278, (AIP, New York), 208

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Student Theses:


Kate Marvel's Thesis (2003)  "A User's guide to the GEM Project" (5 GHz) 

Arman Cingoz’s Thesis (2002) "Galactic Emission Mapping at 2.3 GHz"

James Lamb's Thesis (2002) "Galactic Emission Mapping" (2.3 GHz)

 

Return to the Smoot Group page for a complete description of Dr. Smoot's group's research activities.