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

fYear

2007

fDate

2-9 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

596

Lastpage

597

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2007.4516644

Filename

4516644