C波段全天巡天：仪器设计、现状与初探数据
星系天体物理
2010-08-25 v1 宇宙学与河外天体物理
天体物理仪器与方法
摘要
C波段全天巡天（C-BASS）旨在以5 GHz频率、在总强度和线偏振模式下，生成灵敏的全天银河系弥漫辐射图。这些巡天图将（与其他巡天一起）用于分离对微波辐射有贡献的若干天体物理成分，尤其将能够生成精确的同步辐射图，用于从极化宇宙微波背景的测量中扣除前景。我们描述了模拟仪器的设计、位于欧文斯谷射电天文台的6.1米天线的光学系统、观测现状以及初探数据。
引用
@article{arxiv.1008.4082,
title = {The C-Band All-Sky Survey: Instrument design, status, and first-look data},
author = {Oliver G. King and Charles Copley and Rod Davies and Richard Davis and Clive Dickinson and Yaser A. Hafez and Christian Holler and Jaya John John and Justin L. Jonas and Michael E. Jones and J. Patrick Leahy and Stephen J. C. Muchovej and Timothy J. Pearson and Anthony C. S. Readhead and Matthew A. Stevenson and Angela C. Taylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4082},
year = {2010}
}
备注
10 pages, 11 figures, published in Proceedings of SPIE MIllimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy V (2010), Vol. 7741, 77411I-1 - 77411I-10