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

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. Yan

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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.

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Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7012. Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II: 23-28 June 2008, Marseille, France
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Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9780819472229
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789741
Publication status	Published - 2008
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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., & Yan, J. (2008). Pre-HEAT : submillimeter site testing and astronomical spectra from Dome A, Antarctica. In Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7012. Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes II: 23-28 June 2008, Marseille, France SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789741

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