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In-flight calibration and verification of the Planck-LFI instrument

Bersanelli, M.; Butler, R. C.; Cuttaia, F. +40 more

In this paper we discuss the Planck-LFI in-flight calibration campaign. After a brief overview of the ground test campaigns, we describe in detail the calibration and performance verification (CPV) phase, carried out in space during and just after the cool-down of LFI. We discuss in detail the functionality verification, the tuning of the front-en…