MAX Science

MAX has had five balloon flights. The publications that have resulted are:

"A Search for Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background on Intermediate Angular Scales," D.C. Alsop, E.S. Cheng, A.C. Clapp, D.A. Cottingham, M.L. Fischer, J.O. Gundersen, E. Kreysa, A.E. Lange, P.M. Lubin, P.R. Meinhold, P.L. Richards, and G.F. Smoot, Astrophysical Journal 395, 317 (1991)

"A Bolometric Millimeter-wave System for Observations of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation on Medium Angular Scales," M.L. Fischer, D.C. Alsop, E.S. Cheng, A.C. Clapp, D.A. Cottingham, J.O. Gundersen, T.C. Koch, E. Kreysa, P.R. Meinhold, A.E. Lange, P.M. Lubin, P.L. Richards, and G.F. Smoot, Astrophysical Journal 388, 242 (1992)

"Preliminary Results from the Third Flight of the Millimeter Anisotropy Experiment - MAX," M. Devlin, D. Alsop, A. Clapp, D. Cottingham, M. Fischer, J. Gundersen, W. Holmes, A. Lange, P. Lubin, P. Meinhold, P. Richards, and G. Smoot, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (1992)

"Measurements of the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation at 0.5o Scale Near the Star Mu Pegasi," P. Meinhold, A. Clapp, M. Devlin, M. Fischer, J. Gundersen, W. Holmes, A. Lange, P. Lubin, P. Richards, and G. Smoot, Astrophysical Journal 409, L1-L4 (1993)

"New Measurements of the Anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation at 0.5 degree," P. Meinhold, A. Clapp, D. Cottingham, M. Devlin, M. Fischer, J. Gundersen, W. Holmes, A. Lange, P. Lubin, P. Richards, G. Smoot, Astrophysical Journal 409:L1 (1993)

"A Degree Scale Anisotropy Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Near the Star Gamma Ursa Minoris," J. Gundersen, A. Clapp, M. Devlin, W. Holmes, M. Fischer, P. Meinhold, A. Lange, P. Lubin, P. Richards, G. Smoot, Astrophysical Journal, 413,L1 (1993)

"Results from the Third Flight of the Millimeter-wave Anisotropy Experiment," M.J. Devlin, A.C. Clapp, M.L. Fischer, J.O. Gundersen, W. Holmes, A.E. Lange, P.M. Lubin, P.R. Meinhold, P.L. Richards, and G.F. Smoot, Proceedings Texas/PASCOS '92: Relativistic Astrophysics and Particle Cosmology, edited by Carl W. Akerlof and Mark A. Srednicki, The New York Academy of Sciences (1993) *

"Measurements of the Millimeter-wave Spectrum of Interstellar Dust Emission," M.L. Fischer, M. Devlin, A. Clapp, J.O. Gundersen, A.E. Lange, P.M. Lubin, P.R. Meinhold, P.L. Richards, and G.F. Smoot, The Astrophysical Journal, 444, 226 May 1955 (1995)

"Measurements of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at 0.5 Degree Angular Scales Near the Star Gamma Ursai Minoris," M.J. Devlin, A.C. Clapp, J.O. Gundersen, C.A. Hagmann, V.V. Hristov, A.E. Lange, M. Lim, P.M. Lubin, P.D. Mauskopf, P.R. Meinhjold, P.L. Richards, G.F. Smoot, S.T. Tanaka, and P.T. Timbie, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 430, 1:1-4 July 20 (1994) astro-ph/9404036

"Max Searches for Intermediate-Scale Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background," P.L. Richards, A. Clapp, M. Devlin, M. Fischer, C. Hagmann, W. Holmes, A. Lange, S. Tanaka, P. Timbie, J. Gundersen, P. Meinhold, M. Lim P. Lubin, and G. Smoot, Infared Phys, Technol. 35 No 2/3: 431-438 (1994)

'Measurements of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at Degree Angluar Scales Near the Stars Sigma Hersules and Iota Draconis," A.C. Clapp, M.J. Devlin, J.O. Gundersen, C.A. Hagmann, V.V. Hristov, A.E. Lange, M. Lim, P.M. Lubin, P.D. Mauskopf, P.R. Meinhold, P.L. Richards, G.F. Smoot, S.T. Tanaka, P.T. Timbie, and C.A. Wuensche, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 433:57-60, Oct 1 (1994) astro-ph/9404072

"The Second Measurement of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at 0.5 Degree Scales near the Star Mu Pegasi" M. A. Lim, A. C. Clapp, M. J. Devlin, N. Figueiredo, J. O. Gundersen, S. Hanany, V. V. Hristov, A. E. Lange, P. M. Lubin, P. R. Meinhold, P. L. Richards, J. W. Staren, G. F. Smoot, S. T. Tanaka astro-ph/9605142

"Measurements of Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation at 0.5 Degree Scales near the Stars HR5127 and Phi Herculis" S. T. Tanaka, A. C. Clapp, M. J. Devlin, N. Figueiredo, J. O. Gundersen, S. Hanany, V. V. Hristov, A. E. Lange, M. A. Lim, P. M. Lubin, P. R. Meinhold, P. L. Richards, G. F. Smoot, J. Staren astro-ph/9512067