INTER-DIVISION IX-X WORKING GROUP ENCOURAGING THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ANTARCTIC ASTRONOMY

• Published in: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
• Main Authors: Burton, Michael, Abia, Carlos A., Carlstrom, John E., du Foresto, Vincent Coudé, Cui, Xiangqun, Gurovich, Sebastián, Ichikawa, Takashi, Lloyd, James P., McCaughrean, Mark J., Tosti, Gino, Zinnecker, Hans
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Astronomy and Astrophysics; Space and Planetary Science; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarctic; South Pole; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1743921308025799; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1743921308025799

Two major astronomical experiments are underway at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The first is the South Pole Telescope, a 10m sub-millimetre telescope designed to measure primary and secondary anisotropies in the CMBR, with the aim of placing constraints on the equation of state for dark...