LABOCA, a first gefteration bolometer camera for APEX

被引：21

作者：

Kreysa, E ^{[1
]}

Bertoldi, F ^{[1
]}

Gemünd, HP ^{[1
]}

Menten, KM ^{[1
]}

Muders, D ^{[1
]}

Reichertz, LA ^{[1
]}

Schilke, P ^{[1
]}

Chini, R ^{[1
]}

Lemke, R ^{[1
]}

May, T ^{[1
]}

Meyer, HG ^{[1
]}

Zakosarenko, V ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Inst Astron, Max Planck Inst Radioastron, D-4630 Bochum, Germany

来源：

MILLIMETER AND SUBMILLIMETER DETECTORS FOR ASTRONOMY | 2003年 / 4855卷

关键词：

APEX bolometer; submillimeter astronomy; micromachining; pulse tube;

D O I：

10.1117/12.459176

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

With ESO and Onsala Space Observatory as partners, the Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie (MPIfR)-is building a submillimeter telescope of 12 m diameter (APEX), to be placed on the ALMA site (Chajnantor) in Chile. The telescope will be a modified copy of that ALMA prototype antenna, which has been designed by Vertex. First light is foreseen for 2003. As a result of the excellent atmospheric conditions of the site, APEX will offer unique opportunities for submm astronomy in the southern hemisphere. Many kinds of astronomical research projects benefit from large format bolometer arrays, especially the search for early galaxies and QSOs at very high redshifts. Designed for this purpose, LABOCA, the large bolometer camera, will operate at a wavelength of 870 mum and is planned to be operational soon after first light of APEX.

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