A MILLIMETER SUBMILLIMETER COMMON USER PHOTOMETER FOR THE MAXWELL,JAMES,CLERK TELESCOPE

被引:174
作者
DUNCAN, WD
ROBSON, EI
ADE, PAR
GRIFFIN, MJ
SANDELL, G
机构
[1] LANCASHIRE POLYTECH,SCH PHYS & ASTRON,PRESTON PR1 2TQ,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV LONDON QUEEN MARY COLL,DEPT PHYS,LONDON E1 4NS,ENGLAND
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10.1093/mnras/243.1.126
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We describe a multi-wavelength common user millimetre/submillimetre receiver which is now in operation on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT)∗ on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. It is a single channel photometer employing a composite germanium bolometric detector cooled by helium-3 to 0.35 K. The receiver has a set of bandpass filters allowing observations to be made in all of the atmospheric transmission windows between 350 μm and 2 mm. © Royal Astronomical Society.
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页码:126 / 132
页数:7
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