The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)

Mark J Devlin; Peter A. R Ade; Itziar Aretxaga; James J Bock; Jaspaul Chung; Edward Chapin; Simon R Dicker; Matt Griffin; Joshua Gundersen; Mark Halpern; Peter Hargrave; David Hughes; Jeffrey Klein; Gaelen Marsden; Peter Martin; Philip D Mauskopf; Barth Netterfield; Luca Olmi; Enzo Pascale; Marie Rex; Douglas Scott; Christopher Semisch; Matthew Truch; Carole Tucker; Gregory Tucker; Anthony D Turner; Donald Weibe

doi:10.1117/12.555258

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The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)

Mark J Devlin, Peter A. R Ade, Itziar Aretxaga, James J Bock, Jaspaul Chung, Edward Chapin, Simon R Dicker, Matt Griffin, Joshua Gundersen, Mark Halpern, …

Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.5498(1), pp.42-54

Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy II

2004-10-08

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555258

Abstract

Advances in bolometric detector technology over the past decade have allowed submillimeter wavelength measurements to contribute important data to some of the most challenging questions in observational cosmology. The availability of large format bolometer arrays will provide observations with unprecedented image fidelity. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) will be one of the first experiments to make full use of this new capability. The high altitude (~35$ km) of the balloon platform allows for high-sensitivity measurements in the 250, 350 and 500 micron bands with a total of 260 detectors.

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Title: The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)
Creators: Mark J Devlin - Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA)
Peter A. R Ade - Cardiff Univ. (United Kingdom)
Itziar Aretxaga - Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (Mexico)
James J Bock - Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA)
Jaspaul Chung - Univ. of British Columbia (Canada)
Edward Chapin - Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (Mexico)
Simon R Dicker - Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA)
Matt Griffin - Cardiff Univ. (United Kingdom)
Joshua Gundersen - Univ. of Miami (USA)
Mark Halpern - Univ. of British Columbia (Canada)
Peter Hargrave - Cardiff Univ. (United Kingdom)
David Hughes - Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (Mexico)
Jeffrey Klein - Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA)
Gaelen Marsden - Univ. of British Columbia (Canada)
Peter Martin - Univ. of Toronto (Canada)
Philip D Mauskopf - Cardiff Univ. (United Kingdom)
Barth Netterfield - Univ. of Toronto (Canada)
Luca Olmi - Istituto di Radioastronomia (Italy)
Enzo Pascale - Univ. of Toronto (Canada)
Marie Rex - Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA)
Douglas Scott - Univ. of British Columbia (Canada)
Christopher Semisch - Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA)
Matthew Truch - Brown Univ. (USA)
Carole Tucker - Cardiff Univ. (United Kingdom)
Gregory Tucker - Brown Univ. (USA)
Anthony D Turner - Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA)
Donald Weibe - Univ. of Toronto (Canada)
Publication Details: Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.5498(1), pp.42-54
Conference: Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy II
Academic Unit: College of A&S; A&S - Physics
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Record Identifier: 991031613920202976