Title :
THz atmospheric transmission measured at antarctic Dome A
Author :
Shi, Sheng-Cai ; Paine, Scott ; Yao, Qi-Jun ; Lin, Zhen-Hui ; Li, Xin-Xing ; Duan, Wen-Ying ; Matsuo, Hiroshi ; Zhang, Qizhou ; Yang, Ji ; Ashley, Michel C B ; Shang, Zhao-Hui ; Hu, Zhong-Wen
Author_Institution :
Purple Mountain Obs., KLRA, Nanjing, China
Abstract :
China is planing to construct a 5-m THz telescope (DATE5) at Dome A, Antarctic, which is the best site on the earth for astronomical observations in the THz regime. To evaluate the atmospheric transmission at Dome A, we have developed a broadband Fourier transformer spectrometer for 0.75~15 THz (Dome A FTS). The details of the instrument and measurement results will be presented.
Keywords :
Fourier transform spectrometers; astronomical telescopes; Antarctic Dome A; DATE5 THz telescope; Fourier transformer spectrometer; terrahertz atmospheric transmission; Antarctica; Atmospheric measurements; Detectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Telescopes; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wollongong, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1598-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380395
