Inflight characterization and correction of Planck/HFI Analog to Digital Converter nonlinearity

摘要

The Planck Satellite launched in 2009 was targeted to observe the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) to an unprecedented sensitivity. While the Analog to Digital Converter of the HFI (High Frequency Instrument) readout electronics had not been properly characterized on ground, it has been shown to add a systematic nonlinearity effect up to 2% of the cosmological signal. This was a limiting factor for CMB science at large angular scale. We will present the inflight analysis and method used to characterize and correct this effect down to 0.05% level. We also discuss how to avoid this kind of complex issue for future missions.