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The AzTEC mm-wavelength camera |
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| Authors: | G W Wilson J E Austermann T A Perera K S Scott P A R Ade J J Bock J Glenn S R Golwala S Kim Y Kang D Lydon P D Mauskopf C R Predmore C M Roberts K Souccar M S Yun |
| Institution: | Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5, The Parade, PO Box 913, Cardiff CF24 3YB;Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA;Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, 389-UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA;California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 59-33, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA;Astronomy &Space Science Department, Sejong University, 98 Kwangjin-gu, Kunja-dong, 143-747, Seoul, South Korea;Predmore Associates, South Deerfield, MA 01373, USA |
| Abstract: | AzTEC is a mm-wavelength bolometric camera utilizing 144 silicon nitride micromesh detectors. Here, we describe the AzTEC instrument architecture and its use as an astronomical instrument. We report on several performance metrics measured during a three-month observing campaign at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and conclude with our plans for AzTEC as a facility instrument on the Large Millimetre Telescope. |
| Keywords: | instrumentation: detectors galaxies: high redshift galaxies: starburst submillimetre |