The Cornell Caltech atacama telescope (CCAT)

Author

Radford, Simon J E ; Giovanelli, Riccardo ; Sebring, Thomas A. ; Zmuidzinas, Jonas

Author_Institution

California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The CCAT will be a 25 m telescope for submillimeter astronomy located at 5600 m altitude in northern Chile. An international consortium has formed to carry out the project. CCAT will combine high sensitivity, a wide field of view (20acute ), and a broad wavelength range (2 mm-200 mum) to provide an unprecedented capability for deep, large area multi-color submillimeter surveys that complement narrow field, high resolution studies with ALMA. Science objectives include galaxy formation and evolution, star formation, protoplanetary and debris disks, and Kuiper belt objects. Instrumentation will include bolometer cameras, direct detection spectrometers, and heterodyne receiver arrays.

Keywords

Kuiper belt objects; bolometers; circumstellar matter; galaxies; heterodyne detection; radiotelescopes; star formation; submillimetre astronomy; Cornell Caltech Atacama telescope; Kuiper belt objects; bolometer cameras; debris disks; direct detection spectrometers; galaxy evolution; galaxy formation; heterodyne receiver arrays; multicolor submillimeter surveys; protoplanetary disks; star formation; submillimeter astronomy; Astronomy; Bolometers; Cameras; Instruments; Integrated optics; Optical receivers; Space technology; Spectroscopy; Submillimeter wave technology; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2119-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2120-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665440

Filename

4665440