BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery
BLAST-pol (Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery) combines a 1.9 meter Cassegrain telescope and a submillimeter polarimeter that operates in three bands (250, 350, and 500 microns), each with 30% bandwidth. The detection system is comprised of 270 silicon-nitride micr...
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ftunivcardiff:oai:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk:34043 2023-05-15T13:48:37+02:00 BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery Thomas, N. E. Ade, Peter A. R. Angile, F. E. Benton, S. J. Chapin, E. L. Devlin, M. J. Fissel, L. M. Gandilo, N. N. Gundersen, J. O. Hargrave, Peter Charles Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. Korotkov, A. L. Matthews, T. G. Moncelsi, Lorenzo Mrockowski, T. Netterfield, C. B. Novak, G. Olmi, L. Pascale, Enzo Savini, Giorgio Scott, D. Shariff, J. A. Soler, J. D. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, Carole Elizabeth Tucker, G. S. Ward-Thompson, Derek Wiebe, D. V. 2010-05 https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/34043/ unknown Thomas, N. E., Ade, Peter A. R. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0479492.html orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401 orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401, Angile, F. E., Benton, S. J., Chapin, E. L., Devlin, M. J., Fissel, L. M., Gandilo, N. N., Gundersen, J. O., Hargrave, Peter Charles https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0092488.html orcid:0000-0002-3109-6629 orcid:0000-0002-3109-6629, Hughes, D. H., Klein, J., Korotkov, A. L., Matthews, T. G., Moncelsi, Lorenzo https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A127930O.html, Mrockowski, T., Netterfield, C. B., Novak, G., Olmi, L., Pascale, Enzo https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A1208841.html orcid:0000-0002-3242-8154 orcid:0000-0002-3242-8154, Savini, Giorgio https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A063414R.html, Scott, D., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Truch, M. D. P., Tucker, Carole Elizabeth https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A016987K.html orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918 orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918, Tucker, G. S., Ward-Thompson, Derek https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A071164T.html orcid:0000-0003-1140-2761 orcid:0000-0003-1140-2761 and Wiebe, D. V. 2010. BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery. Presented at: Proceedings of the American Astronomical Society, 216 Meeting held in Miami FL May 23-27 2010, Miami, Fl., 23-27 May 2010. QB Astronomy Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed 2010 ftunivcardiff 2022-11-10T23:32:24Z BLAST-pol (Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery) combines a 1.9 meter Cassegrain telescope and a submillimeter polarimeter that operates in three bands (250, 350, and 500 microns), each with 30% bandwidth. The detection system is comprised of 270 silicon-nitride micromesh bolometers distributed on three focal plane arrays with 30", 42", and 60" FWHM beam sizes, respectively. The detectors are a prototype for the SPIRE instrument used on Herschel. Polarization sensitivity is achieved by placing polarized grids on the bolometer arrays and with a rotatable Achromatic Half Wave Plate (AHWP) located in front of the arrays. The instrument operates on a balloon at an altitude of ~40km due to the high opacity of the earth’s sea level atmosphere at submillimeter wavelengths. The main scientific objective of BLAST-pol is to determine what role magnetic fields play in star formation. This is achieved by making large, high resolution, linear polarization maps of giant molecular clouds (GMCs), and their substructures. These maps can then be compared to maps created using numerical turbulence simulations to ascertain how magnetic fields affect the morphology and lifetime of these structures. The non-polarized version of BLAST has had two scientific flights and is scheduled to fly again as BLAST-pol in December 2010 from McMurdo, Antarctica. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctica Cardiff University: ORCA (Online Research @ Cardiff) |
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BLAST-pol (Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery) combines a 1.9 meter Cassegrain telescope and a submillimeter polarimeter that operates in three bands (250, 350, and 500 microns), each with 30% bandwidth. The detection system is comprised of 270 silicon-nitride micromesh bolometers distributed on three focal plane arrays with 30", 42", and 60" FWHM beam sizes, respectively. The detectors are a prototype for the SPIRE instrument used on Herschel. Polarization sensitivity is achieved by placing polarized grids on the bolometer arrays and with a rotatable Achromatic Half Wave Plate (AHWP) located in front of the arrays. The instrument operates on a balloon at an altitude of ~40km due to the high opacity of the earth’s sea level atmosphere at submillimeter wavelengths. The main scientific objective of BLAST-pol is to determine what role magnetic fields play in star formation. This is achieved by making large, high resolution, linear polarization maps of giant molecular clouds (GMCs), and their substructures. These maps can then be compared to maps created using numerical turbulence simulations to ascertain how magnetic fields affect the morphology and lifetime of these structures. The non-polarized version of BLAST has had two scientific flights and is scheduled to fly again as BLAST-pol in December 2010 from McMurdo, Antarctica. |
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Thomas, N. E. Ade, Peter A. R. Angile, F. E. Benton, S. J. Chapin, E. L. Devlin, M. J. Fissel, L. M. Gandilo, N. N. Gundersen, J. O. Hargrave, Peter Charles Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. Korotkov, A. L. Matthews, T. G. Moncelsi, Lorenzo Mrockowski, T. Netterfield, C. B. Novak, G. Olmi, L. Pascale, Enzo Savini, Giorgio Scott, D. Shariff, J. A. Soler, J. D. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, Carole Elizabeth Tucker, G. S. Ward-Thompson, Derek Wiebe, D. V. |
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Thomas, N. E. Ade, Peter A. R. Angile, F. E. Benton, S. J. Chapin, E. L. Devlin, M. J. Fissel, L. M. Gandilo, N. N. Gundersen, J. O. Hargrave, Peter Charles Hughes, D. H. Klein, J. Korotkov, A. L. Matthews, T. G. Moncelsi, Lorenzo Mrockowski, T. Netterfield, C. B. Novak, G. Olmi, L. Pascale, Enzo Savini, Giorgio Scott, D. Shariff, J. A. Soler, J. D. Truch, M. D. P. Tucker, Carole Elizabeth Tucker, G. S. Ward-Thompson, Derek Wiebe, D. V. |
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BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery |
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BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery |
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BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery |
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BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery |
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BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery |
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blast-pol: balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetery |
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Thomas, N. E., Ade, Peter A. R. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0479492.html orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401 orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401, Angile, F. E., Benton, S. J., Chapin, E. L., Devlin, M. J., Fissel, L. M., Gandilo, N. N., Gundersen, J. O., Hargrave, Peter Charles https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0092488.html orcid:0000-0002-3109-6629 orcid:0000-0002-3109-6629, Hughes, D. H., Klein, J., Korotkov, A. L., Matthews, T. G., Moncelsi, Lorenzo https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A127930O.html, Mrockowski, T., Netterfield, C. B., Novak, G., Olmi, L., Pascale, Enzo https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A1208841.html orcid:0000-0002-3242-8154 orcid:0000-0002-3242-8154, Savini, Giorgio https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A063414R.html, Scott, D., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Truch, M. D. P., Tucker, Carole Elizabeth https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A016987K.html orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918 orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918, Tucker, G. S., Ward-Thompson, Derek https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A071164T.html orcid:0000-0003-1140-2761 orcid:0000-0003-1140-2761 and Wiebe, D. V. 2010. BLAST-pol: Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetery. Presented at: Proceedings of the American Astronomical Society, 216 Meeting held in Miami FL May 23-27 2010, Miami, Fl., 23-27 May 2010. |
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