Bolocam: Status and observations

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

doi:10.1117/12.553154

Bolocam: Status and observations

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

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Abstract

Bolocam is a millimetre-wave (1.1 and 2.1 mm) camera with an array of 119 bolometers. It has been commissioned at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory in Hawaii and is now in routine operation. Here we give an overview of the instrument and the data reduction pipeline. We discuss models of the sensitivity of Bolocam in different observing modes and under different atmospheric conditions. We briefly discuss observations of star-forming Galactic molecular clouds, a blank field survey for sub-millimeter galaxies, preliminary results of a blank-field CMB secondary anisotropy survey and discuss observations of galaxy clusters using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Editors	J. Zmuidzinas, W.S. Holland, S. Withington
Pages	78-94
Number of pages	17
Volume	5498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553154
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy II - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 23 2004 → Jun 25 2004

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Other	Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy II
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	6/23/04 → 6/25/04

Keywords

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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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Haig, D. J., Ade, P. A. R., Aguirre, J. E., Bock, J. J., Edgington, S. F., Enoch, M. L., Glenn, J., Goldin, A., Golwala, S., Heng, K., Laurent, G., Maloney, P. R., Mauskopf, P., Rossinot, P., Savers, J., Stover, P., & Tucker, C. (2004). Bolocam: Status and observations. In J. Zmuidzinas, W. S. Holland, & S. Withington (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (Vol. 5498, pp. 78-94). Article 09 https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553154

Haig, DJ, Ade, PAR, Aguirre, JE, Bock, JJ, Edgington, SF, Enoch, ML, Glenn, J, Goldin, A, Golwala, S, Heng, K, Laurent, G, Maloney, PR, Mauskopf, P, Rossinot, P, Savers, J, Stover, P & Tucker, C 2004, Bolocam: Status and observations. in J Zmuidzinas, WS Holland & S Withington (eds), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. vol. 5498, 09, pp. 78-94, Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors for Astronomy II, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 6/23/04. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553154

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