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    • Publication Information:
      Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
    • Publication Date:
      2008
    • Collection:
      University of British Columbia: cIRcle - UBC's Information Repository
    • Abstract:
      The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is designed to measure temperature anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at arcminute resolution. It is the first CMB experiment to employ a 32×32 close-packed array of free-space-coupled transition-edge superconducting bolometers. We describe the organization of the telescope systems and software for autonomous, scheduled operations. When paired with real-time data streaming and display, we are able to operate the telescope at the remote site in the Chilean Altiplano via the Internet from North America. The telescope had a data rate of 70 GB/day in the 2007 season, and the 2008 upgrade to three arrays will bring this to 210 GB/day. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. ; Science, Faculty of ; Physics and Astronomy, Department of ; Reviewed ; Faculty
    • Relation:
      Switzer, Eric R.; Allen, C.; Amiri, Mandana; Appel, John W.; Battistelli, Elia S.; Burger, Bryce; Chervenak, James A.; Dahlen, Alex J.; Das, Sudeep; Devlin, Mark J.; Dicker, Simon R.; Doriese, William B.; Dünner, Rolando; Essinger-Hileman, Thomas M.; Gao, Xiaofeng; Halpern, Mark; Hasselfield, Matthew; Hilton, Gene C.; Hincks, Adam D.; Irwin, Kent D.; Knotek, Stan; Fisher, Ryan P.; Fowler, Joseph W.; Jarosik, Norman C.; Kaul, Madhuri; Joh Klein, Lau, Judy M.; Limon, Michele; Lupton, Robert H.; Marriage, Tobias A.; Martocci, Krista L.; Moseley, S. Harvey; Netterfield, C. Barth; Niemack, Michael D.; Nolta, Michael R.; Page, Lyman A.; Parker, Lucas P.; B. A. Reid, Reintsema, Carl D.; Sederberg, Audrey J.; Sievers, Jonathan L.; Spergel, David N.; Staggs, Suzanne T.; Stryzak, Omelan R.; Swetz, Daniel S.; Thornton, Robert J.; Wollack, Edward J.; Zhao, Yue. Systems and control software for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II, edited by Alan Bridger, Nicole M. Radziwill, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 7019, 70192L, 2008.; http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37300
    • Accession Number:
      10.1117/12.790006
    • Online Access:
      http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37300
      https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790006
    • Rights:
      Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.85A6ACA2