Submillimetre/TeraHertz Astronomy at Dome C with CEA filled bolometer array

• Main Authors: Minier, Vincent, Durand, Gilles, Lagage, Pierre-Olivier, Talvard, Michel, Travouillon, Tony, Busso, Maurizio, Tosti, Gino
• Other Authors: Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TMT project, California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia Perugia, Università degli Studi di Perugia = University of Perugia (UNIPG), ARENA
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: Dome C; Antarctica; star formation; high redshift galaxies; bolometer; [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO]; [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00131723; https://hal.science/hal-00131723/document; https://hal.science/hal-00131723/file/minier.pdf

6 pages Submillimetre/TeraHertz (e.g. 200, 350, 450 microns) astronomy is the prime technique to unveil the birth and early evolution of a broad range of astrophysical objects. A major obstacle to carry out submm observations from ground is the atmosphere. Preliminary site testing and atmospheric transmission models tend to demonstrate that Dome C could offer the best conditions on Earth for submm/THz astronomy. The CAMISTIC project aims to install a filled bolometer-array camera with 16x16 pixels on IRAIT at Dome C and explore the 200-$\mu$m windows for potential ground-based observations.