A kilopixel array of TES bolometers for ACT:: Development, testing, and first light

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作者
Niemack, M. D. [1 ]
Zhao, Y. [1 ]
Wollack, E. [2 ]
Thornton, R. [3 ]
Switzer, E. R. [1 ]
Swetz, D. S. [3 ]
Staggs, S. T. [1 ]
Page, L. [1 ]
Stryzak, O. [1 ]
Moseley, H. [2 ]
Marriage, T. A. [1 ]
Limon, M. [3 ]
Lau, J. M. [1 ]
Klein, J. [3 ]
Kaul, M. [3 ]
Jarosik, N. [1 ]
Irwin, K. D. [5 ]
Hincks, A. D. [1 ]
Hilton, G. C. [5 ]
Halpern, M. [4 ]
Fowler, J. W. [1 ]
Fisher, R. P. [1 ]
Duenner, R. [6 ]
Doriese, W. B. [5 ]
Dicker, S. R. [3 ]
Devlin, M. J. [3 ]
Chervenak, J. [2 ]
Burger, B. [4 ]
Battistelli, E. S. [4 ]
Appel, J. [1 ]
Amiri, M. [4 ]
Allen, C. [2 ]
Aboobaker, A. M. [7 ]
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[3] Univ Penn, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[4] Univ British Columbia, Dept Phys & Astron, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
[5] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Boulder, CO 80305 USA
[6] Univ Catolica, Santiago, Chile
[7] Univ Minnesota, Sch Phys & Astron, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
TES; bolometer; detector array; astrophysics; cosmology;
D O I
10.1007/s10909-008-9729-2
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The Millimeter Bolometer Array Camera (MBAC) will be installed on the 6-meter Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in late 2007. For the first season of observations, MBAC will comprise a 145 GHz diffraction-limited, 1024-pixel, focal plane array of Transition Edge Sensor (TES) Bolometers. This will be the largest array of pop-up-detector bolometers ever fielded as well as one of the largest arrays of TES bolometers. We discuss the design specifications for the array and pre-assembly testing procedures for the cryogenic components. We present dark measurements of the TES bolometer properties of numerous 32-pixel columns that have been assembled into the first kilopixel array for ACT, as well as optical measurements made with our 256-pixel prototype array, including first light measurements on ACT.
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页码:690 / 696
页数:7
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