MRI: Development of Bolometer Cameras for the Large Millimeter Telescope

最近，两组突破性的观测结果——毫米和亚毫米波长范围内原星系的连续辐射的发现，以及迄今为止显示Sunyaev-Zeldovich效应的最大星系团目录的开发——为目前正在建设中的美国/墨西哥大型毫米望远镜（LMT）上的一套连续照相机对星系和星系团演化的高级研究奠定了基础。为了确保从LMT获得即时的科学回报，该奖项将资助建造BOLOCAM的副本，BOLOCAM是为加州理工学院亚毫米天文台开发的现有的宽格式（144像素）测热仪相机。这台被称为BOLOCAM II的相机将是LMT早期的旗舰连续阵列接收器，对于望远镜调试和早期科学结果至关重要。＊＊＊

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. ***