Opportunities for Terahertz Facilities on the High Plateau

• Main Authors: M. G. Burton, X. Cui, N. F. H. Tothill, Craig A. Kulesa, Michael C. B. Ashley, Yael Augarten, Colin S, Michael G. Burton, Luke Bycroft, Jon Lawrence, H. Lesser, John Loomis, Daniel M. Luong-van, Christopher L, Martin Campbell Mclaren, Storey Brandon J. Swift, Abram G. Young
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Polar Plateau; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.639.4400; http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/Papers/pdf/iaus288/Kulesa_IAUS288_ed.pdf

Abstract. While the summit of the Antarctic Plateau has long been expected to harbor the best ground-based sites for terahertz (THz) frequency astronomical investigations, it is only recently that direct observations of exceptional THz atmospheric transmission and stability have been obtained. These...