High Frequency Instrument

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The High Frequency Instrument was one of the two main detectors aboard the Planck spacecraft, designed to measure the cosmic microwave background at high frequencies with exceptional sensitivity and angular resolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cosmic microwave background detector
space telescope instrument
alsoKnownAs Planck focal plane
surface form: Planck HFI
angularResolution up to about 5 arcminutes
complements Low Frequency Instrument
coolingMethod cryogenic cooling
countryOfOperator Europe
dataReleaseUsedIn Planck 2013 results
Planck 2015 results
Planck 2018 results
deactivationDate 2012-01
designedFor high angular resolution measurements
high sensitivity measurements
detectorTechnology bolometer
developedBy European institutes
French laboratories
international collaboration
enablesMeasurementOf CMB power spectrum at small angular scales
cosmic infrared background anisotropies
thermal Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect in clusters
frequencyRange 100–857 GHz
hostSpacecraftOrbit Sun–Earth L2
launchDate 2009-05-14
locatedAt Planck focal plane
missionRole one of two main detectors on Planck
numberOfDetectors 52
numberOfFrequencyBands 6
observingBand 100 GHz
143 GHz
217 GHz
353 GHz
545 GHz
857 GHz
onMission Planck NERFINISHED
operatedBy European Space Agency
operatingTemperature 0.1 K
partOf Planck spacecraft ONNED1
primaryPurpose measure cosmic microwave background anisotropies
measure cosmic microwave background polarization
scienceGoal constrain cosmological parameters
map full-sky cosmic microwave background
measure CMB polarization anisotropies
measure CMB temperature anisotropies
study Galactic dust emission
study extragalactic foregrounds
sharesTelescopeWith Low Frequency Instrument
spacecraft Planck NERFINISHED
status decommissioned

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Planck spacecraft instrument High Frequency Instrument
Low Frequency Instrument coLocatedWith High Frequency Instrument
Low Frequency Instrument collaboratesWith High Frequency Instrument