MRI: Development of Bolometer Cameras for the Large Millimeter Telescope

MRI：大型毫米望远镜辐射热计相机的开发

• 批准号: 0215916
• 负责人: Grant Wilson
• 金额: $ 15.61万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-08-15 至 2005-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0215916&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Bolometer; Cameras; Large

AST-0215916Wilson, GrantRecently, two ground-breaking sets of observations -discoveries of continuum radiation from protogalaxies in the millimeter and submillimeter wavelength range, and the development of the largest catalog to date of galaxy clusters exhibiting the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect -have set the stage for advanced studies of galaxy and cluster evolution by a suite of continuum cameras on the US/Mexico Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT), currently under construction. To ensure immediate scientific payoff from the LMT, this award will contribute to funding the construction of a copy of BOLOCAM -an existing, wide format (144 pixel) bolometer camera developed for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. This camera, called BOLOCAM II, will be the flagship continuum array receiver in the early years of the LMT, and will be essential for telescope commissioning as well as early science results. ***

最近，两组开创性的观测--发现了毫米和亚毫米波长范围内原星系的连续辐射，以及迄今最大的星系团星系表的开发--为目前正在建设中的美国/墨西哥大毫米望远镜(LMT)上的一套连续介质相机对星系和星系团演化的高级研究奠定了基础。为了确保LMT立即获得科学回报，该奖项将为建造Bolocam的副本提供资金，Bolocam是为加州理工大学亚毫米天文台开发的现有宽幅(144像素)测辐射热计相机。这种名为Bolocam II的相机将是LMT早期的旗舰连续阵列接收器，对望远镜调试和早期科学成果至关重要。***