Plans for a 10-m submillimeter-wave telescope at the South Pole

• Main Authors: Stark, Antony A., Carlstrom, John E., Israel, Frank P., Menten, Karl M., Peterson, Jeffrey B., Phillips, T. G., Sironi, Giorgio, Walker, Christopher K.
• Other Authors: Phillips, Thomas G.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 1998
• Subjects: South Pole; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; South pole
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/88731/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/88731/1/495.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180809-161901893

A 10 meter diameter submillimeter-wave telescope has been proposed for installation and scientific use at the NSF Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Current evidence indicates that the South Pole is the best submillimeter-wave telescope site among all existing or proposed ground-based observatories....