Experiment Design and First Season Observations with the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer

• Main Authors: Leitch, E. M., Pryke, C., Halverson, N. W., Kovac, J., Davidson, G., LaRoque, S., Schartman, E., Yamasaki, J., Carlstrom, J. E., Holzapfel, W. L., Dragovan, M., Cartwright, J. K., Mason, B. S., Padin, S., Pearson, T. J., Shepherd, M. C., Readhead, A. C. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2001
• Subjects: Astrophysics astro-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Amundsen-Scott; Austral; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0104488; https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0104488

We describe the instrumentation, experiment design and data reduction for the first season of observations with the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (DASI), a compact microwave interferometer designed to measure anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) on degree and sub-degree scales (...