Antarctic Astronomy: from Infrared to Millimeter Wave

• Main Author: Burton Joint Australian
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarctic; Dome Argus; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.27.3535; http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~mgb/Antbib/pasp97_mgb.ps.gz

. The dry, cold, tenuous and stable air above the Antarctic plateau provides superb conditions for the conduct of many classes of astronomical observations. We review the rationale for undertaking photon astronomy from Antarctica, and the disciplines where telescopes are now operating at the Amundse...