Astronomical Studies with the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory

AST 96 - 15025。加州理工学院。该奖项支持加州理工学院亚毫米天文台（CSO）的研究、技术发展和学生教育。天文台由一个10.4米的精密天线组成，它被包裹在一个圆顶内，位于夏威夷莫纳克亚山顶附近。CSO的任务是对波长范围为1mm- 350mm的天体进行光谱和连续观测；地球大气层对这些波长的辐射不透明，这是天文台位于近4300米高空的原因。天文台是在1984-1987年期间由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）资助建造的。CSO是目前美国唯一一个能够在整个亚毫米大气窗口内运行的设施。在未来三年，公民社会组织将重点关注三个主要目标：1。在遥远的和可能是原始的星系中对星际介质的探测和研究2. 星际介质中恒星形成的研究，尤指该过程的早期阶段3. 将先前成功的Sunyaev-Zel'dovich测量扩展到更大范围的星系团，从而可以估计哈勃常数。

AST 96-15025. California Institute of Technology. PI: T. G. Phillips Astronomical Studies with the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory This award supports research, technological development and student education at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO). The Observatory consists of a precision 10.4m antenna enclosed in a dome located near the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The CSO's mission is to carry out spectroscopic and continuum observations of astronomical objects in the wavelength range 1mm-350 mm; the opacity of the Earth's atmosphere to radiation at these wavelengths is the reason for the observatory's location at an altitude of nearly 4,300m. The observatory was constructed with funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF) during the period 1984-1987. The CSO is presently the only US facility capable of operations throughout the full submillimeter atmospheric window. Over the next three years, the CSO will focus on three major goals: 1. The detection and study of the interstellar medium in distant and possibly primeval galaxies. 2. The study of star formation in the interstellar medium, particularly the very early stages of the process. 3. The extension of previously-successful Sunyaev-Zel'dovich measurements to a wide range of galaxy clusters to allow estimates of the Hubble constant.