Gerrit S. Farren

Gerrit S. Farren

I am a PhD student in theoretical cosmology at the University of Cambridge.

Confirming the Calibration of ALMA Using Planck Observations

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2021

We aim to transfer Planck’s absolute calibration based on the motional dipole induced by the satellite’s orbit around the solar system barycenter to ALMA. Because Planck and ALMA were not observing at the same time and many of the compact sources used for the comparison are variable we use ACT data to “bridge” the gap between them.