MITO-Pol, a polarimeter for the Testa Grigia Observatory

摘要

After a short review of the existing upper limits on CMB polarization and planned experiments, we present the solution adopted to resolve polarized signals with MITO-Pol, a polarimeter that will operate at the focal plane of MITO telescope. The first MITO-Pol campaign is planned for Winter 2002-2003. The main goals of this instrument are search for calibration sources and investigation of the polarization field around the CMB anisotropy peaks.