Title :
BLAST - The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope
Author :
Hargrave, P.C. ; Ade, P.A.R. ; Bock, J.J. ; Chapin, E.L. ; Chung, J. ; Devlin, M.J. ; Dicker, S. ; Griffin, M. ; Gundersen, J.O. ; Halpern, M. ; Hughes, D.H. ; Klein, J. ; MacTavish, C.J. ; Marsden, G. ; Martin, P.G. ; Martin, T.G. ; Mauskopf, P. ; Netter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., Cardiff
Abstract :
The balloon-borne large aperture sub-millimeter telescope (BLAST) has recently completed a highly successful long duration balloon flight from Antarctica. The instrument design incorporates a 2 m diameter primary mirror, with large format bolometer arrays operating at 250, 350 and 500 microns. By providing the first sensitive large-area (10 sq. degrees) surveys at these wavelengths, BLAST will address some of the most important galactic and cosmological questions regarding the formation and evolution of stars, galaxies and clusters.
Keywords :
balloons; radiotelescopes; submillimetre astronomy; Antarctica; BLAST; balloon-borne large aperture sub-millimeter telescope; size 2 m; Antarctica; Apertures; Astronomy; Bolometers; Detectors; Instruments; Mirrors; Payloads; Physics; Telescopes; Array; Balloon; Bolometer; Cryogenic; Detector; Sub-millimeter; Telescope;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics. IRMMW-THz. Joint 32nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cardiff
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1438-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2007.4516644
