Plans for a 10-m Submillimeter-wave Telescope at the South Pole
A 10 meter diameter submillimeter-wave telescope has been proposed for 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. Proposed scientific programs place...
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ftcern:oai:cds.cern.ch:347057 2023-05-15T13:24:27+02:00 Plans for a 10-m Submillimeter-wave Telescope at the South Pole Stark, A A Carlstrom, J E Israel, F P Menten, K M Peterson, J B Phillips, T G Sironi, G Walker, C K 1998-02-26 https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317383 http://cds.cern.ch/record/347057 eng eng doi:10.1117/12.317383 http://cds.cern.ch/record/347057 astro-ph/9802326 oai:cds.cern.ch:347057 Astrophysics and Astronomy 1998 ftcern https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317383 2018-07-28T03:34:46Z A 10 meter diameter submillimeter-wave telescope has been proposed for 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. Proposed scientific programs place stringent requirements on the optical quality of the telescope design. In particular, reduction of the thermal background and offsets requires an off-axis, unblocked aperture, and the large field of view needed for survey observations requires shaped optics. This mix of design elements is well-suited for large scale (square degree) mapping of line and continuum radiation from submillimeter-wave sources at moderate spatial resolutions (4 to 60 arcsecond beam size) and high sensitivity (milliJansky flux density levels). the telescope will make arcminute angular scale, high frequency Cosmic Microwave Background measurements from the best possible ground-based site, using an aperture which is larger than is currently possible on orbital or airborne platforms. Effective use of this telescope will require development of large (1000 element) arrays of submillimeter detectors which are background-limited when illuminated by antenna temperatures near 50 K. Other/Unknown Material Amundsen-Scott South pole CERN Document Server (CDS) Amundsen Scott South Pole Station ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Amundsen-Scott ENVELOPE(0.000,0.000,-90.000,-90.000) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station ENVELOPE(139.273,139.273,-89.998,-89.998) South Pole SPIE Proceedings, Advanced Technology MMW, Radio, and Terahertz Telescopes 3357 495 506 |
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A 10 meter diameter submillimeter-wave telescope has been proposed for 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. Proposed scientific programs place stringent requirements on the optical quality of the telescope design. In particular, reduction of the thermal background and offsets requires an off-axis, unblocked aperture, and the large field of view needed for survey observations requires shaped optics. This mix of design elements is well-suited for large scale (square degree) mapping of line and continuum radiation from submillimeter-wave sources at moderate spatial resolutions (4 to 60 arcsecond beam size) and high sensitivity (milliJansky flux density levels). the telescope will make arcminute angular scale, high frequency Cosmic Microwave Background measurements from the best possible ground-based site, using an aperture which is larger than is currently possible on orbital or airborne platforms. Effective use of this telescope will require development of large (1000 element) arrays of submillimeter detectors which are background-limited when illuminated by antenna temperatures near 50 K. |
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Plans for a 10-m Submillimeter-wave Telescope at the South Pole |
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Plans for a 10-m Submillimeter-wave Telescope at the South Pole |
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