The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)

Mark J. Devlin; Peter A. R. Ade; Itziar Aretxaga; James J. Bock; Jaspaul Chung; Edward Chapin; Simon R. Dicker; Matt Griffin; Joshua Gundersen; Mark Halpern; Peter Hargrave; David Hughes; Jeffrey Klein; Gaelen Marsden; Peter Martin; Philip D. Mauskopf; Barth Netterfield; Luca Olmi; Enzo Pascale; Marie Rex; Douglas Scott; Christopher Semisch; Matthew Truch; Carole Tucker; Gregory Tucker; Anthony D. Turner; Donald Weibe

doi:10.1117/12.555258

8 October 2004 The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)

Mark J. Devlin, Peter A. R. Ade, Itziar Aretxaga, James J. Bock, Jaspaul Chung, Edward Chapin, Simon R. Dicker, Matt Griffin, Joshua Gundersen, Mark Halpern, Peter Hargrave, David Hughes, Jeffrey Klein, Gaelen Marsden, Peter Martin, Philip D. Mauskopf, Barth Netterfield, Luca Olmi, Enzo Pascale, Marie Rex, Douglas Scott, Christopher Semisch, Matthew Truch, Carole Tucker, Gregory Tucker, Anthony D. Turner, Donald Weibe

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Proceedings Volume 5498, Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555258
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

Advances in bolometric detector technology over the past decade have allowed submillimeter wavelength measurements to contribute important data to some of the most challenging questions in observational cosmology. The availability of large format bolometer arrays will provide observations with unprecedented image fidelity. The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) will be one of the first experiments to make full use of this new capability. The high altitude (~35$ km) of the balloon platform allows for high-sensitivity measurements in the 250, 350 and 500 micron bands with a total of 260 detectors.

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Mark J. Devlin, Peter A. R. Ade, Itziar Aretxaga, James J. Bock, Jaspaul Chung, Edward Chapin, Simon R. Dicker, Matt Griffin, Joshua Gundersen, Mark Halpern, Peter Hargrave, David Hughes, Jeffrey Klein, Gaelen Marsden, Peter Martin, Philip D. Mauskopf, Barth Netterfield, Luca Olmi, Enzo Pascale, Marie Rex, Douglas Scott, Christopher Semisch, Matthew Truch, Carole Tucker, Gregory Tucker, Anthony D. Turner, and Donald Weibe "The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)", Proc. SPIE 5498, Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy II, (8 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.555258

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