Pre-HEAT: Submillimeter site testing and astronomical spectra from dome a, antarctica

C. A. Kulesa; C. K. Walker; M. Schein; D. Golish; N. Tothill; P. Siegel; S. Weinreb; G. Jones; J. Bardin; K. Jacobs; C. L. Martin; J. Storey; M. Ashley; J. Lawrence; D. Luong-Van; J. Everett; L. Wang; L. Feng; Z. Zhu; J. Yan; J. Yang; X. G. Zhang; X. Cui; X. Yuan; J. Hu; Z. Xu; Z. Jiang; H. Yang; Y. Li; B. Sun; W. Qin; Z. Shang

doi:10.1117/12.789741

Pre-HEAT: Submillimeter site testing and astronomical spectra from dome a, antarctica

C. A. Kulesa, C. K. Walker, M. Schein, D. Golish, N. Tothill, P. Siegel, S. Weinreb, G. Jones, J. Bardin, K. Jacobs, C. L. Martin, J. Storey, M. Ashley, J. Lawrence, D. Luong-Van, J. Everett, L. Wang, L. Feng, Z. Zhu, J. YanJ. Yang, X. G. Zhang, X. Cui, X. Yuan, J. Hu, Z. Xu, Z. Jiang, H. Yang, Y. Li, B. Sun, W. Qin, Z. Shang

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Abstract

Pre-HEAT is a 20 cm aperture submillimeter-wave telescope with a 660 GHz (450 micron) Schottky diode heterodyne receiver and digital FFT spectrometer for the Plateau Observatory (PLATO) developed by the University of New South Wales. In January 2008 it was deployed to Dome A, the summit of the Antarctic plateau, as part of a scientific traverse led by the Polar Research Institute of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dome A may be one of the best sites in the world for ground based Terahertz astronomy, based on the exceptionally cold, dry and stable conditions which prevail there. Pre-HEAT is measuring the 450 micron sky opacity at Dome A and mapping the Galactic Plane in the ¹³CO J=6-5 line, constituting the first submillimeter measurements from Dome A. It is field-testing many of the key technologies for its namesake - a successor mission called HEAT: the High Elevation Antarctic Terahertz telescope. Exciting prospects for submillimeter astronomy from Dome A and the status of Pre-HEAT will be presented.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789741
State	Published - 2008
Event	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II - Marseille, France Duration: Jun 23 2008 → Jun 28 2008

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7012
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	6/23/08 → 6/28/08

Keywords

Antarctic astronomy
Heterodyne receiver
Interstellar medium
Site testing
Star formation
Submillimeter instrumentation
Terahertz spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kulesa, C. A., Walker, C. K., Schein, M., Golish, D., Tothill, N., Siegel, P., Weinreb, S., Jones, G., Bardin, J., Jacobs, K., Martin, C. L., Storey, J., Ashley, M., Lawrence, J., Luong-Van, D., Everett, J., Wang, L., Feng, L., Zhu, Z., ... Shang, Z. (2008). Pre-HEAT: Submillimeter site testing and astronomical spectra from dome a, antarctica. In Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II Article 701249 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7012). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789741

Kulesa, CA , Walker, CK, Schein, M, Golish, D, Tothill, N, Siegel, P, Weinreb, S, Jones, G, Bardin, J, Jacobs, K, Martin, CL, Storey, J, Ashley, M, Lawrence, J, Luong-Van, D, Everett, J, Wang, L, Feng, L, Zhu, Z, Yan, J, Yang, J, Zhang, XG, Cui, X, Yuan, X, Hu, J, Xu, Z, Jiang, Z, Yang, H, Li, Y, Sun, B, Qin, W & Shang, Z 2008, Pre-HEAT: Submillimeter site testing and astronomical spectra from dome a, antarctica. in Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II., 701249, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7012, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II, Marseille, France, 6/23/08. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789741

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