The Case for a 30m Diameter Submillimeter Telescope on the Antarctic Plateau

2003/08/29 by Antony A. Stark, Stark, Antony A.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0309005

2 pages, 1 figure, for Highlights of Astronomy, ASP Conference Series, Vol 13. 2003 ed. O. Engvold & M. G. Burton

arxiv created 2003/08/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

A large single-dish submillimeter-wave telescope equipped with a focal plane array containing ~10⁴ bolometers and costing about 120M could locate most protogalaxies in the southern sky within a year of operation.

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