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| attachment:gismo-team.png | In October 2008, the GISMO team Johannes Staguhn, Stephen Maher, Elmer Sharp, Dale Fixsen, and Dominic Benford spent two weeks at the 30m observatory to first install their GISMO bolometer in the lab and then in the receiver cabin to test its performance on the sky. GISMO consists of 8x16 pixels with transition edge sensors (TES). The nominal bandwidth is 125-175GHz, pixels are spaced by 14", the telescope HPBW is 17" at 2mm. |
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| In November 2007, this 8x16 BUG bolometer camera was tested at the 30m telescope. Bandwidth 125-175GHz, 17" beam, 14" pixel offsets. A second test run is currently running (Oct 08). PI is [http://www.astro.umd.edu/people/staguhn.html Johannes Staguhn] [http://gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov/Detector.htm (Goddard)], [http://www.phys.ufl.edu/tes3/pdfs/Benford_TES_Bolometer_Arrays_Poster.pdf Poster on TES Bolometers] | The 2mm spectral range provides a unique terrestrial window enabling ground-based observations of the earliest active dusty galaxies in the universe and thereby allowing a better constraint on the star formation rate in these objects. Preliminary results from this second observing run at the 30m telescope look very promising. [http://www.astro.umd.edu/people/staguhn.html Johannes Staguhn] [http://gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov/Detector.htm (Goddard)], [http://www.phys.ufl.edu/tes3/pdfs/Benford_TES_Bolometer_Arrays_Poster.pdf Poster on TES Bolometers] attachment:gismo-team.png [[BR]] The GISMO team in the control room at the 30m telescope, after one week of 24 hours observing time. From left to right: Stephen Maher, Elmer Sharp, Johannes Staguhn, Dale Fixsen, Dominic Benford (Photo by A.Sievers on October, 27, 2008) |
GISMO - The Goddard-IRAM Superconducting 2 Millimeter Observer tested at the IRAM 30m observatory
In October 2008, the GISMO team Johannes Staguhn, Stephen Maher, Elmer Sharp, Dale Fixsen, and Dominic Benford spent two weeks at the 30m observatory to first install their GISMO bolometer in the lab and then in the receiver cabin to test its performance on the sky. GISMO consists of 8x16 pixels with transition edge sensors (TES). The nominal bandwidth is 125-175GHz, pixels are spaced by 14", the telescope HPBW is 17" at 2mm.
The 2mm spectral range provides a unique terrestrial window enabling ground-based observations of the earliest active dusty galaxies in the universe and thereby allowing a better constraint on the star formation rate in these objects. Preliminary results from this second observing run at the 30m telescope look very promising.
[http://www.astro.umd.edu/people/staguhn.html Johannes Staguhn] [http://gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov/Detector.htm (Goddard)], [http://www.phys.ufl.edu/tes3/pdfs/Benford_TES_Bolometer_Arrays_Poster.pdf Poster on TES Bolometers]
attachment:gismo-team.png BR The GISMO team in the control room at the 30m telescope, after one week of 24 hours observing time. From left to right: Stephen Maher, Elmer Sharp, Johannes Staguhn, Dale Fixsen, Dominic Benford (Photo by A.Sievers on October, 27, 2008)
- attachment:SPIE_GISMO_Staguhn.pdf
- attachment:Staguhn_GISMO_SPIE_08_Rev1.pdf