ACBAR: The Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver
Abstract
We describe the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR); a multifrequency millimeter-wave receiver designed for observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies. The ACBAR focal plane consists of a 16-pixel, background-limited, 240 mK bolometer array that can be configured to observe simultaneously at 150, 220, 280, and 350 GHz. With 4-5' FWHM Gaussian beam sizes and a 3 degree azimuth chop, ACBAR is sensitive to a wide range of angular scales. ACBAR was installed on the 2 m Viper telescope at the South Pole in January 2001. We describe the design of the instrument and its performance during the 2001 and 2002 observing seasons.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0303515,
title = {ACBAR: The Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver},
author = {M. C. Runyan and P. A. R. Ade and R. S. Bhatia and J. J. Bock and M. D. Daub and J. H. Goldstein and C. V. Haynes and W. L. Holzapfel and C. L. Kuo and A. E. Lange and J. Leong and M. Lueker and M. Newcomb and J. B. Peterson and J. Ruhl and G. Sirbi and E. Torbet and C. Tucker and A. D. Turner and D. Woolsey},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0303515},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
59 pages, 16 figures -- updated to reflect version published in ApJS