The Planck collaboration unveils the oldest picture of the Universe with amazing precision and resolution. The history of our Universe encrypted in this image is remarkably simple and starts before the creation of the matter. Yes, but ... More details on http://planck.esa.int .
The LPSC is involved in the Planck project since 1995 with the responsibilities of the electronic of the 0.1K cryogenic system and of the electronic and on-board software of the 20K cooler. Five researchers, four PhD students and three post-doctoral researchers have worked on the preparation of the mission (calibration of the high frequency instrument HFI, implementation of tools for data analysis), on the map making (analysis and qualification of input Time ordered information, CO map production) and on the scientific interpretation of the data (galaxy clusters by Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, dark matter annihilation, reionization).
