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The Prime-Cam instrument of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) at the CCAT Observatory will conduct sensitive millimeter to submillimeter surveys for a range of astrophysical and cosmological sciences. Prime-Cam will use kinetic…

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…

SPT-3G+ is the next-generation camera for the South Pole Telescope (SPT). SPT is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the mm/sub-mm sky. The planned focal plane consists of 34,000 microwave kinetic inductance…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-25 E. S. Martsen , P. S. Barry , B. A. Benson , K. R. Dibert , K. N. Fichman , T. Natoli , M. Rouble , C. Yu

The third-generation South Pole Telescope camera is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background across three frequency bands (95, 150 and 220 GHz) with ~16,000 transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers. Each multichroic pixel on a…

Silicon-platelet feedhorn arrays are an established technology at millimeter wavelengths that, for some applications, can provide significant advantages over traditional direct-machined metal feedhorns. The Prime-Cam focal planes operating…

We present new radio continuum images and a source catalogue from the MeerKAT survey in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The observations, at a central frequency of 1.3 GHz across a bandwidth of 0.8 GHz, encompass a field…

The ATLAS muon spectrometer consists of several major components: Monitored Drift Tubes (MDTs) for precision measurements in the bending plane of the muons, supplemented by Cathode Strip Chambers (CSC) in the high eta region; Resistive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 E. Diehl

Millimetre-wave observations represent an important tool for Cosmology studies. The Line Intensity Mapping (LIM) technique has been proposed to map in three dimensions the specific intensity due to line (e.g. [CII], CO) emission, for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-29 Usasi Chowdhury , Florence Levy-Bertrand , Martino Calvo , Johannes Goupy , Alessandro Monfardini

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) is a non-invasive imaging modality, frequently used in myocardial perfusion imaging. The biggest challenges facing the majority of clinical SPECT systems are low sensitivity, poor…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-03-30 Narayan Bhusal

We describe the on-line algorithms developed to probe Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKID) in this paper. LEKIDs are millimeter wavelength detectors for astronomy. LEKID arrays are currently operated in different instruments…

A Semiconductor Multiple-Compton Telescope (SMCT) is being developed to explore the gamma-ray universe in an energy band 0.1--20 MeV, which is not well covered by the present or near-future gamma-ray telescopes. The key feature of the SMCT…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Tajima , T. Kamae , S. Uno , T. Nakamoto , Y. Fukazawa , T. Mitani , T. Takahashi , K. Nakazawa , Y. Oakada , M. Nomachi

The next generations of ground-based cosmic microwave background experiments will require polarisation sensitive, multichroic pixels of large focal planes comprising several thousand detectors operating at the photon noise limit. One…

The almost unexplored frequency window from submillimeter to mid-infrared (mid-IR) may bring new clues about the particle acceleration and transport processes and the atmospheric thermal response during solar flares. Because of its…

Large mosaic multiCCD camera is the key instrument for modern digital sky survey. DECam is an extremely red sensitive 520 Megapixel camera designed for the incoming Dark Energy Survey (DES). It is consist of sixty two 4k$\times$2k and…

Prime-Cam is a first-generation science instrument for the CCAT Observatory's six-meter aperture Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST). FYST's crossed-Dragone design provides high optical throughput to take advantage of its unique site…

TolTEC is a new camera being built for the 50-meter Large Millimeter-wave Telescope (LMT) in Puebla, Mexico to survey distant galaxies and star-forming regions in the Milky Way. The optical design simultaneously couples the field of view…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Sean Bryan , Jason Austermann , Daniel Ferrusca , Philip Mauskopf , Jeff McMahon , Alfredo Montana , Sara Simon , Giles Novak , David Sanchez-Arguelles , Grant Wilson

Test beam measurements at the test beam facilities of DESY have been conducted to characterise the performance of the EUDET-type beam telescopes originally developed within the EUDET project. The beam telescopes are equipped with six sensor…

MeerKAT's large number of antennas, spanning 8 km with a densely packed 1 km core, create a powerful instrument for wide-area surveys, with high sensitivity over a wide range of angular scales. The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-19 K. Knowles , W. D. Cotton , L. Rudnick , F. Camilo , S. Goedhart , R. Deane , M. Ramatsoku , M. F. Bietenholz , M. Brüggen , C. Button , H. Chen , J. O. Chibueze , T. E. Clarke , F. de Gasperin , R. Ianjamasimanana , G. I. G. Józsa , M. Hilton , K. C. Kesebonye , K. Kolokythas , R. C. Kraan-Korteweg , G. Lawrie , M. Lochner , S. I. Loubser , P. Marchegiani , N. Mhlahlo , K. Moodley , E. Murphy , B. Namumba , N. Oozeer , V. Parekh , D. S. Pillay , S. S. Passmoor , A. J. T. Ramaila , S. Ranchod , E. Retana-Montenegro , L. Sebokolodi , S. P. Sikhosana , O. Smirnov , K. Thorat , T. Venturi , T. D. Abbott , R. M. Adam , G. Adams , M. A. Aldera , E. F. Bauermeister , T. G. H. Bennett , W. A. Bode , D. H. Botha , A. G. Botha , L. R. S. Brederode , S. Buchner , J. P. Burger , T. Cheetham , D. I. L. de Villiers , M. A. Dikgale-Mahlakoana , L. J. du Toit , S. W. P. Esterhuyse , G. Fadana , B. L. Fanaroff , S. Fataar , A. R. Foley , D. J. Fourie , B. S. Frank , R. R. G. Gamatham , T. G. Gatsi , M. Geyer , M. Gouws , S. C. Gumede , I. Heywood , M. J. Hlakola , A. Hokwana , S. W. Hoosen , D. M. Horn , J. M. G. Horrell , B. V. Hugo , A. R. Isaacson , J. L. Jonas , J. D. B. Jordaan , A. F. Joubert , R. P. M. Julie , F. B. Kapp , V. A. Kasper , J. S. Kenyon , P. P. A. Kotzé , A. G. Kotze , N. Kriek , H. Kriel , V. K. Krishnan , T. W. Kusel , L. S. Legodi , R. Lehmensiek , D. Liebenberg , R. T. Lord , B. M. Lunsky , K. Madisa , L. G. Magnus , J. P. L. Main , A. Makhaba , S. Makhathini , J. A. Malan , J. R. Manley , S. J. Marais , M. D. J. Maree , A. Martens , T. Mauch , K. McAlpine , B. C. Merry , R. P. Millenaar , O. J. Mokone , T. E. Monama , M. C. Mphego , W. S. New , B. Ngcebetsha , K. J. Ngoasheng , M. T. Ockards , A. J. Otto , A. A. Patel , A. Peens-Hough , S. J. Perkins , N. M. Ramanujam , Z. R. Ramudzuli , S. M. Ratcliffe , R. Renil , A. Robyntjies , A. N. Rust , S. Salie , N. Sambu , C. T. G. Schollar , L. C. Schwardt , R. L. Schwartz , M. Serylak , R. Siebrits , S. K. Sirothia , M. Slabber , L. Sofeya , B. Taljaard , C. Tasse , A. J. Tiplady , O. Toruvanda , S. N. Twum , T. J. van Balla , A. van der Byl , C. van der Merwe , C. L. van Dyk , V. Van Tonder , R. Van Wyk , A. J. Venter , M. Venter , M. G. Welz , L. P. Williams , B. Xaia

Spectroscopic observations of the far-infrared [O III] and [C II] lines present a pathway to explore the mechanisms of the emergence of massive galaxies in the epoch of reionization and beyond, which is one of the most fundamental questions…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-13 Haoran Kang , Takafumi Kojima , Takeshi Sakai , Yoichi Tamura , Airi Tetsuka , Sho Masui , Tatsuya Takekoshi

We introduce MAPCAT, a long-term observing program for "Monitoring of AGN with Polarimetry at the Calar Alto Telescopes". Multi-spectral-range studies are critical to understand some of the most relevant current problems of high energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Ivan Agudo , Sol N. Molina , Jose L. Gomez , Alan P. Marscher , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Jochen Heidt