MiniTAO/MAX38 first light: 30-Micron band observations from the ground-based telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7735, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a   Miyata, Takashi ^a   Sako, Shigeyuki ^a   Asano, Kentaro ^a   Uchiyama, Mizuho ^a   Tanabe, Toshihiko ^a   Yoneda, Mizuki ^b   Ita, Yoshifusa ^b   Onaka, Takashi ^a   Kataza, Hirokazu ^c   Aoki, Tsutomu ^a   Doi, Mamoru ^a   Handa, Toshihiro ^a   Kato, Daisuke ^c   Kawara, Kimiaki ^a   Kohno, Kotaro ^a   Konishi, Masahiro ^a   Koshida, Shintaro ^a   Minezaki, Takeo ^a   Mitani, Natsuko ^a   Motohara, Kentaro ^a   Ohsawa, Ryo ^a   Soyano, Takao ^a   Tanaka, Masuo ^a   Tarusawa, Ken'Ichi ^a   Toshikawa, Koji ^a   Yoshii, Yuzuru ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

30 micron band; Atacama; cold chopper; ground based observations; metal mesh filter; mid infrared; Si:Sb; TAO

Indexed keywords

30-MICRON BAND; ATACAMA; COLD CHOPPER; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; METAL MESH FILTER; MIDINFRARED; SI:SB; TAO;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; LIGHT; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SILICON; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 78149275598     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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