Public Documents

The following documents are available for download:

• Summary publications

  • The updated science case of Planck (often referred to as the "Bluebook"), updated in 2005. 

  • Two recent summaries of the status of Planck:

    • The Planck Mission by J.A. Tauber, presented at the COSPAR 2003 meeting
    • Prospects for Polarimetry of the Interstellar Medium with the Planck satellite by J.A. Tauber, presented at the symposium on the Magnetized Interstellar Medium held in late 2003, emphasizing polarimetry aspects of Planck.

  • A recent description of the HFI instrument by Lamarre et al.

  • A recent description of the LFI instrument by Mennella et al.

  • A "glossy" brochure in PDF format.

  • The Report on the Phase A Study of COBRAS/SAMBA

• Publications in the literature

  • Papers on Planck (1998- Sept 2000)

  • Papers on Planck and other CMB experiments (1998- Sept 2000)

  • Papers on topics relevant to Planck (1998- Sept 2000)

• Other sources of papers in the literature

  • List of publications of the Cambridge Planck Analysis Centre

  • List of publications of the Planck-DPC L2 Team (at IAP)

• Generic Project documents

  • the Planck Science Management Plan (in PDF format)