Planck 2013 results. VIII. HFI photometric calibration and mapmaking

P.A.R Ade; N. Aghanim; C. Armitage-Caplan; M. Arnaud; M. Ashdown; F. Atrio-Barandela; J. Aumont; C. Baccigalupi; A.J. Banday; Per Rex Christensen; Pavel Nasselski; Igor Dmitrievich Novikov; Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321538

Planck 2013 results. VIII. HFI photometric calibration and mapmaking

P.A.R Ade, N. Aghanim, C. Armitage-Caplan, M. Arnaud, M. Ashdown, F. Atrio-Barandela, J. Aumont, C. Baccigalupi, A.J. Banday, Per Rex Christensen, Pavel Nasselski, Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen

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This paper describes the methods used to produce photometrically calibrated maps from the Planck High Frequency Instrument (HFI) cleaned, time-ordered information. HFI observes the sky over a broad range of frequencies, from 100 to 857 GHz. To obtain the best calibration accuracy over such a large range, two different photometric calibration schemes have to be used. The 545 and 857 GHz data are calibrated by comparing flux-density measurements of Uranus and Neptune with models of their atmospheric emission. The lower frequencies (below 353 GHz) are calibrated using the solar dipole. A component of this anisotropy is time-variable, owing to the orbital motion of the satellite in the solar system. Photometric calibration is thus tightly linked to mapmaking, which also addresses low-frequency noise removal. By comparing observations taken more than one year apart in the same configuration, we have identified apparent gain variations with time. These variations are induced by non-linearities in the read-out electronics chain. We have developed an effective correction to limit their effect on calibration. We present several methods to estimate the precision of the photometric calibration. We distinguish relative uncertainties (between detectors, or between frequencies) and absolute uncertainties. Absolute uncertainties lie in the range from 0.54% to 10% from 100 to 857 GHz. We describe the pipeline used to produce the maps from the HFI timelines, based on the photometric calibration parameters, and the scheme used to set the zero level of the maps a posteriori. We also discuss the cross-calibration between HFI and the SPIRE instrument on board Herschel. Finally we summarize the basic characteristics of the set of HFI maps included in the 2013 Planck data release.

Original language	English
Article number	A8
Journal	Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volume	571
Number of pages	25
ISSN	0004-6361
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321538
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2014

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Ade, P. A. R., Aghanim, N., Armitage-Caplan, C., Arnaud, M., Ashdown, M., Atrio-Barandela, F., Aumont, J., Baccigalupi, C., Banday, A. J., Christensen, P. R., Nasselski, P., Novikov, I. D., & Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U. (2014). Planck 2013 results. VIII. HFI photometric calibration and mapmaking. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 571, Article A8. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321538

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Planck 2013 results. VIII. HFI photometric calibration and mapmaking

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