The Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)

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dc.contributor.authorStark, Antony A.
dc.contributor.authorBally, John
dc.contributor.authorBalm, Simon P.
dc.contributor.authorBania, T. M.
dc.contributor.authorBolatto, Alberto D.
dc.contributor.authorChamberlin, Richard A.
dc.contributor.authorEngargiola, Gregory
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Maohai
dc.contributor.authorIngalls, James G.
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Karl
dc.contributor.authorJackson, James M.
dc.contributor.authorKooi, Jacob W.
dc.contributor.authorLane, Adair P.
dc.contributor.authorLo, K.-Y.
dc.contributor.authorMarks, Rodney D.
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Christopher L.
dc.contributor.authorMumma, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorOjha, Roopesh
dc.contributor.authorSchieder, Rudolf
dc.contributor.authorStaguhn, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorStutzki, Juergen
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Christopher K.
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Robert W.
dc.contributor.authorWright, Gregory A.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Xiaolei
dc.contributor.authorZimmermann, Peter
dc.contributor.authorZimmermann, Ruediger
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-04T13:51:44Z
dc.date.available2020-05-04T13:51:44Z
dc.date.issued2000-12-15
dc.description.abstractAST/RO, a 1.7 m diameter telescope for astronomy and aeronomy studies at wavelengths between 200 and 2000 microns, was installed at the South Pole during the 1994-1995 Austral summer. The telescope operates continuously through the Austral winter, and is being used primarily for spectroscopic studies of neutral atomic carbon and carbon monoxide in the interstellar medium of the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds. The South Pole environment is unique among observatory sites for unusually low wind speeds, low absolute humidity, and the consistent clarity of the submillimeter sky. Four heterodyne receivers, an array receiver, three acousto-optical spectrometers, and an array spectrometer are installed. A Fabry-Perot spectrometer using a bolometric array and a Terahertz receiver are in development. Telescope pointing, focus, and calibration methods as well as the unique working environment and logistical requirements of the South Pole are described.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipRodney Marks died while serving as the year 2000 AST/RO winter-over scientist, and it is to him that this paper is dedicated. We thank Edgar Castro, Jeff Capara, Peter Cheimets, Jingquan Cheng, Robert Doherty, Urs Graf, James Howard, Gopal Narayanan, Maureen Savage, Oliver Siebertz, and Volker Tolls for their contributions to the project. Jonas Zmuidzinas has generously provided examples of his excellent SIS mixers. We also thank Rick LeDuc and Bruce Bumble at JPL for making SIS junctions and Tom Phillips at Caltech for making them available to us. We thank Eric Silverberg and the Smithsonian Submillimeter Array Project for the optical guide telescope. We thank Simon Radford of NRAO and Jeff Peterson of CMU for the data shown in Figure 6. We thank Juan R. Pardo of Caltech for discussions on atmospheric modeling and for carrying out the calculations shown in Figure 7. The AST/RO group is grateful for the logistical support of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Antarctic Support Associates, Raytheon Polar Services Company, and CARA during our polar expeditions. The University of Cologne contribution to AST/RO was supported by special funding from the Science Ministry of the Land Nordrhein-Westfalen and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through grant SFB 301. This work was supported in part by United States National Science Foundation grant DPP88-18384, and by the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica and the NSF under Cooperative Agreement OPP89-20223.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/320281en_US
dc.format.extent57 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles preprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2fic5-dyxq
dc.identifier.citationAntony A. Stark et al, The Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory(AST/RO),Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol 113 #783, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/320281en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/320281
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/18473
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.titleThe Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO)en_US
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