AzTEC is a mm-wavelength bolometric camera utilizing 144 silicon nitride micromesh detectors. Herein we describe the AzTEC instrument architecture and its use as an astronomical instrument. We report on several performance metrics measured during a three month observing campaign at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, and conclude with our plans for AzTEC as a facility instrument on the Large Millimeter Telescope.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.2783,
title = {The AzTEC mm-Wavelength Camera},
author = {G. W. Wilson and J. E. Austermann and T. A. Perera and K. S. Scott and P. A. R. Ade and J. J. Bock and J. Glenn and S. R. Golwala and S. Kim and Y. Kang and D. Lydon and P. D. Mauskopf and C. R. Predmore and C. M. Roberts and K. Souccar and M. S. Yun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.2783},
year = {2009}
}
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13 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in Monthly Notices