Bolocam: Status and observations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5498, Issue , 2004, Pages 78-94

  Haig, Douglas J ^a   Ade, Peter A R ^a   Aguirre, James E ^b   Bock, James J ^c   Edgington, Samantha F ^d   Enoch, Melissa L ^d   Glenn, Jason ^b   Goldin, Alexey ^c   Golwala, Sunil ^d   Heng, Kevin ^b   Laurent, Glenn ^b   Maloney, Philip R ^b   Mauskopf, Philip D ^a   Rossinot, Philippe ^a   Savers, Jack ^d   Stover, Patrick ^b   Tucker, Carole ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrays; Blank field surveys; Bolocam; Bolometers; CMB; Millimetre wave; PCA; SZ Effect

Indexed keywords

BLANK FIELD SURVEYS; BOLOCAM; CMB; PCA; SZ EFFECTS;

ARRAYS; BOLOMETERS; CAMERAS; DATA REDUCTION; GALAXIES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OBSERVATORIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 19944434237     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.553154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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