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The Simons Observatory: Dark Characterization of the Large Aperture Telescope

The Simons Observatory (SO) is a cosmic microwave background experiment composed of three 0.42 m Small Aperture Telescopes (SATs) and one 6 m Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) in the Atacama Desert of Chile. The Large Aperture Telescope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-03 Saianeesh K. Haridas , Zeeshan Ahmed , Tanay Bhandarkar , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Shannon M. Duff , Daniel Dutcher , Kathleen Harrington , Shawn W. Henderson , Johannes Hubmayr , Bradley R. Johnson , Anna Kofman , Alex Manduca , Michael D. Niemack , Michael J. Randall , Thomas P. Satterthwaite , John Orlowski-Scherer , Benjamin L. Schmitt , Carlos Sierra , Max Silva-Feaver , Robert J. Thornton , Yuhan Wang , Kaiwen Zheng

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) project is described. This multi-institution collaboration aims to produce arcminute-resolution and micro-Kelvin sensitivity maps of the microwave background temperature over 200 square degrees of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Arthur Kosowsky

Performance of the MALTA Telescope

MALTA is part of the Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel sensors designed in Tower 180nm CMOS imaging technology. A custom telescope with six MALTA planes has been developed for test beam campaigns at SPS, CERN, with the ability to host…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-07-26 Milou van Rijnbach , Giuliano Gustavino , Phil Allport , Igancio Asensi , Dumitru Vlad Berlea , Daniela Bortoletto , Craig Buttar , Edoardo Charbon , Florian Dachs , Valerio Dao , Dominik Dobrijevic , Leyre Flores Sanz de Acedo , Andrea Gabrielli , Martin Gazi , Laura Gonella , Vicente Gonzalez , Stefan Guindon , Matt LeBlanc , Heinz Pernegger , Francesco Piro , Petra Riedler , Heidi Sandaker , Abhishek Sharma , Carlos Solans Sanchez , Walter Snoeys , Tomislav Suligoj , Marcos Vazquez Nunez , Julian Weick , Steven Worm , Abdelhak M. Zoubir

AMS-100: The Next Generation Magnetic Spectrometer in Space -- An International Science Platform for Physics and Astrophysics at Lagrange Point 2

The next generation magnetic spectrometer in space, AMS-100, is designed to have a geometrical acceptance of $100\,\mathrm{m}^2\,\mathrm{sr}$ and to be operated for at least ten years at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2. Compared to existing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 Stefan Schael , Alexander Atanasyan , Javier Berdugo , Thomas Bretz , Markus Czupalla , Bernd Dachwald , Philip von Doetinchem , Matteo Duranti , Henning Gast , Waclaw Karpinski , Thomas Kirn , Klaus Lübelsmeyer , Carlos Maña , Pier Simone Marrocchesi , Philipp Mertsch , Igor V. Moskalenko , Thomas Schervan , Michael Schluse , Kai-Uwe Schröder , Arndt Schultz von Dratzig , Carmine Senatore , L. Spies , Scott P. Wakely , Michael Wlochal , Davide Uglietti , Jannik Zimmermann

Toward Eurasian SubMillimeter Telescopes: the concept of multicolor subTHz MKID-array demo camera MUSICAM and its instrumental testing

New challenges in submillimeter wave astronomy require instruments with a combination of high sensitivity and angular resolution, wide field of view and multiwave (multicolor) spectral range. New large single mm/submm telescopes are in high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-28 R. Duan , V. Khaikin , M. Lebedev , V. Shmagin , G. Yakopov , V. Vdovin , G. Bubnov , X. Zhang , C. Niu , Di Li , I. Zinchenko

Prospects for studies of high-energy solar cosmic rays with ATLAS

The ATLAS detector is intended to verify the standard model and to search for new physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC, CERN). In addition to this primary goal, it also allows detection of muons of cosmic rays. On the other hand,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-19 S. N. Karpov , Z. M. Karpova , V. A. Bednyakov

The AzTEC mm-Wavelength Camera

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. W. Wilson , J. E. Austermann , T. A. Perera , K. S. Scott , P. A. R. Ade , J. J. Bock , J. Glenn , S. R. Golwala , S. Kim , Y. Kang , D. Lydon , P. D. Mauskopf , C. R. Predmore , C. M. Roberts , K. Souccar , M. S. Yun

AMKID -- a large KID-based camera at the APEX telescope

The thermal emission at sub-millimeter wavelengths carries unique information in many astronomical applications ranging from disks and planet formation around young stars, to galaxy evolution studies at cosmological distances. Advancing on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-25 N. Reyes , A. Weiss , S. J. C. Yates , A. M. Baryshev , I. C. mara-Mayorga , S. Dabironezare A. Endo , L. Ferrari , A. Görlitz , G. Grutzeck , R. Güsten , C. Heiter , S. Heyminck , S. Hochgürtel , H. Hoevers , S. Jorquera , A. Kovàcs , D. Koopmans , C. König , N. Llombart , K. M. Menten , V. Murugesan , M. Ridder , A. Schmitz , D. J. Thoen , A. J. van der Linden , L. Wang , O. Yurduseven , J. J. A. Baselmans , B. Klein

Commissioning and installation of the new small-Diameter Muon Drift Tube (sMDT) detectors for the Phase-I upgrade of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer

The Monitored Drift Tubes, as a part of the ATLAS muon spectrometer, are precision drift chambers designed to provide excellent spatial resolution and high tracking efficiency independent of the track angle. Through the life of the LHC and…

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Gravitational lensing studies with the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT)

A 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is being built in the north of Chile by an international consortium and will become operational in two years from now. We present here a short description of the telescope as well as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Jean , J. -F. Claeskens , J. Surdej

Current Status of the Facility Instrumentation Suite at The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory

We review the current status of the facility instrumentation for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). The LBT has 2x 8.4m primary mirrors on a single mount with an effective collecting area of 11.8m or 23m when interferometrically combined.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-02 Barry Rothberg , Olga Kuhn , Michelle L. Edwards , John M. Hill , David Thompson , Christian Veillet , R. Mark Wagner

Construction and On-site Performance of the LHAASO WFCTA Camera

The focal plane camera is the core component of the Wide Field-of-view Cherenkov/fluorescence Telescope Array (WFCTA) of the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). Because of the capability of working under moonlight without…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-09 F. Aharonian , Q. An , Axikegu , L. X. Bai , Y. X. Bai , Y. W. Bao , D. Bastieri , X. J. Bi , Y. J. Bi , H. Cai , J. T. Cai , Z. Cao , Z. Cao , J. Chang , J. F. Chang , X. C. Chang , B. M. Chen , J. Chen , L. Chen , L. Chen , L. Chen , M. J. Chen , M. L. Chen , Q. H. Chen , S. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , X. L. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Cheng , Y. D. Cheng , S. W. Cui , X. H. Cui , Y. D. Cui , B. Z. Dai , H. L. Dai , Z. G. Dai , Danzengluobu , D. della Volpe , B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli , X. J. Dong , J. H. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , Z. X. Fan , J. Fang , K. Fang , C. F. Feng , L. Feng , S. H. Feng , Y. L. Feng , B. Gao , C. D. Gao , Q. Gao , W. Gao , M. M. Ge , L. S. Geng , G. H. Gong , Q. B. Gou , M. H. Gu , J. G. Guo , X. L. Guo , Y. Q. Guo , Y. Y. Guo , Y. A. Han , H. H. He , H. N. He , J. C. He , S. L. He , X. B. He , Y. He , M. Heller , Y. K. Hor , C. Hou , X. Hou , H. B. Hu , S. Hu , S. C. Hu , X. J. Hu , D. H. Huang , Q. L. Huang , W. H. Huang , X. T. Huang , Z. C. Huang , F. Ji , X. L. Ji , H. Y. Jia , K. Jiang , Z. J. Jiang , C. Jin , D. Kuleshov , K. Levochkin , B. B. Li , C. Li , C. Li , F. Li , H. B. Li , H. C. Li , H. Y. Li , J. Li , K. Li , W. L. Li , X. Li , X. Li , X. R. Li , Y. Li , Y. Z. Li , Z. Li , Z. Li , E. W. Liang , Y. F. Liang , S. J. Lin , B. Liu , C. Liu , D. Liu , H. Liu , H. D. Liu , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. S. Liu , J. Y. Liu , M. Y. Liu , R. Y. Liu , S. M. Liu , W. Liu , Y. N. Liu , Z. X. Liu , W. J. Long , R. Lu , H. K. Lv , B. Q. Ma , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , J. R. Mao , A. Masood , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Montaruli , Y. C. Nan , B. Y. Pang , P. Pattarakijwanich , Z. Y. Pei , M. Y. Qi , D. Ruffolo , V. Rulev , A. Sáiz , L. Shao , O. Shchegolev , X. D. Sheng , J. R. Shi , H. C. Song , Yu. V. Stenkin , V. Stepanov , Q. N. Sun , X. N. Sun , Z. B. Sun , P. H. T. Tam , Z. B. Tang , W. W. Tian , B. D. Wang , C. Wang , H. Wang , H. G. Wang , J. C. Wang , J. S. Wang , L. P. Wang , L. Y. Wang , R. N. Wang , W. Wang , W. Wang , X. G. Wang , X. J. Wang , X. Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Y. J. Wang , Y. P. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. X. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. J. Wei , T. Wen , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , S. Wu , W. X. Wu , X. F. Wu , S. Q. Xi , J. Xia , J. J. Xia , G. M. Xiang , G. Xiao , H. B. Xiao , G. G. Xin , Y. L. Xin , Y. Xing , D. L. Xu , R. X. Xu , L. Xue , D. H. Yan , C. W. Yang , F. F. Yang , J. Y. Yang , L. L. Yang , M. J. Yang , R. Z. Yang , S. B. Yang , Y. H. Yao , Z. G. Yao , Y. M. Ye , L. Q. Yin , N. Yin , X. H. You , Z. Y. You , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , H. D. Zeng , T. X. Zeng , W. Zeng , Z. K. Zeng , M. Zha , X. X. Zhai , B. B. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , J. W. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. Zhang , L. X. Zhang , P. F. Zhang , P. P. Zhang , R. Zhang , S. R. Zhang , S. S. Zhang , X. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. F. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , B. Zhao , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , L. Z. Zhao , S. P. Zhao , F. Zheng , Y. Zheng , B. Zhou , H. Zhou , J. N. Zhou , P. Zhou , R. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , C. G. Zhu , F. R. Zhu , H. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , X. Zuo

Forecasting surface layer atmospheric parameters at the LBT site

In this paper we quantify the performances of an automated weather forecast system implemented on the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) site at Mt. Graham (Arizona) in forecasting the main atmospheric parameters close to the ground. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-26 Alessio Turchi , Elena Masciadri , Luca Fini

Microchannel-Plate Detector Development for Ultraviolet Missions

The Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics in T\"ubingen (IAAT) has a long-term experience in developing and building space-qualified imaging and photon counting microchannel-plate (MCP) detectors, which are sensitive in the ultraviolet…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 Lauro Conti , Jürgen Barnstedt , Sebastian Buntrock , Sebastian Diebold , Lars Hanke , Christoph Kalkuhl , Norbert Kappelmann , Thomas Kaufmann , Thomas Rauch , Beate Stelzer , Thomas Schanz , Klaus Werner , Hans-Rudolf Elsener , Sarah Bougueroua , Thomas Keilig , Alfred Krabbe , Philipp Maier , Andreas Pahler , Mahsa Taheran , Jürgen Wolf , Kevin Meyer , Daniel M. Schaadt

Optical Performances of Slewing Mirror Telescope for UFFO-Pathfinder

The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory-Pathfinder (UFFO-P) is to be launched onboard Lomonosov spacecraft in November 2011. It is to measure early UV/Optical photons from Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). Slewing Mirror Telescope (SMT) is one of two…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-16 S. Jeong , K. -B. Ahn , J. W. Nam , I. H. Park , S. -W. Kim , H. S. Choi , B. Grossan , I. Hermann , A. Jung , Y. W. Kim , J. E. Kim , E. V. Linder , J. Lee , H. Lim , K. W. Min , G. W. Na , K. H. Nam , M. I. Panasyuk , G. F. Smoot , S. Svertilov , Y. D. Suh , N. Vedenkin , I. Yashin , M. H. Zhao

Construction and Test of New Precision Drift-Tube Chambers for Upgrades of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer in 2016/17

Small-diameter Muon Drift Tube (sMDT) chambers have been developed for the ATLAS muon detector upgrade. They possess an improved rate capability and a more compact design with respect to the existing chambers, which allows to equip detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-17 H. Kroha , O. Kortner , F. Müller , S. Nowak , K. Schmidt-Sommerfeld

ThunderKAT: The MeerKAT Large Survey Project for Image-Plane Radio Transients

ThunderKAT is the image-plane transients programme for MeerKAT. The goal as outlined in 2010, and still today, is to find, identify and understand high-energy astrophysical processes via their radio emission (often in concert with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-15 R. Fender , P. A. Woudt , R. Armstrong , P. Groot , V. McBride , J. Miller-Jones , K. Mooley , B. Stappers , R. Wijers , M. Bietenholz , S. Blyth , M. Bottcher , D. Buckley , P. Charles , L. Chomiuk , D. Coppejans , S. Corbel , M. Coriat , F. Daigne , W. J. G. de Blok , H. Falcke , J. Girard , I. Heywood , A. Horesh , J. Horrell , P. Jonker , T. Joseph , A. Kamble , C. Knigge , E. Koerding , M. Kotze , C. Kouveliotou , C. Lynch , T. Maccarone , P. Meintjes , S. Migliari , T. Murphy , T. Nagayama , G. Nelemans , G. Nicholson , T. O'Brien , A. Oodendaal , N. Oozeer , J. Osborne , M. Perez-Torres , S. Ratcliffe , V. Ribeiro , E. Rol , A. Rushton , A. Scaife , M. Schurch , G. Sivakoff , T. Staley , D. Steeghs , I. Stewart , J. Swinbank , K. van der Heyden , A. van der Horst , B. van Soelen , S. Vergani , B. Warner , K. Wiersema

The KM3NeT multi-PMT optical module

The optical module of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope is an innovative, multi-faceted large area photodetection module. It contains 31 three-inch photomultiplier tubes in a single 0.44 m diameter pressure-resistant glass sphere. The module is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-21 KM3NeT Collaboration

Integration of acoustical sensors into the KM3NeT Optical Modules

The next generation multi-cubic-kilometre water Cherenkov neutrino telescope will be build in the Mediterranean Sea. This telescope, called KM3NeT, is currently entering a first construction phase. The KM3NeT research infrastructure will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Alexander Enzenhöfer

CCAT: Magnetic Sensitivity Measurements of Kinetic Inductance Detectors

The CCAT Observatory is a ground-based submillimeter to millimeter experiment located on Cerro Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 5,600 meters. CCAT features the 6-meter Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), which will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-17 Benjamin J. Vaughan , Yuhan Wang , Cody J. Duell , Jason Austermann , James R. Burgoyne , Scott Chapman , Steve K. Choi , Abigail T. Crites , Eliza Gazda , Ben Keller , Michael D. Niemack , Darshan A. Patel , Anna Vaskuri , Eve M. Vavagiakis , Michael Vissers , Samantha Walker , Jordan Wheeler , Ruixuan , Xie