LATTE : A ground-based telescope for measuring the Milky Way Galaxy below 10GHz
- Degree Grantor:
- University of California, Santa Barbara. Physics
- Degree Supervisor:
- Philip Lubin
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Barbara, Calif.]
- Publisher:
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Creation Date:
- 2014
- Issued Date:
- 2014
- Topics:
- Physics, Astrophysics
- Keywords:
- Radio Astronomy,
ISM, and
Galactic Foregrounds - Genres:
- Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
- Dissertation:
- Ph.D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014
- Description:
Advancements in CMB research has brought about not only a new age of precision cosmology, but also galactic astrophysics. WMAP has uncovered some tantalizing questions about the nature of dust emission in the galaxy, and has provided glimpses of a potentially new mechanism for energizing cosmic rays in the region around the center of the galaxy. The LATTE telescope has a single 9GHz receiver, Dicke switch radiometer operating at 30Hz, with a proven temperature uncertainty of under 10mK per switch cycle. The high sensitivity is due to a low noise cryogenic HEMT amplifier and a low loss cryogenic PIN diode switch. Using the optical design of the BEAST experiment, LATTE maps the microwave sky with an angular resolution of ∼ 1.5° degrees covering about half the sky in one 24 hour period. In this document the expected and actual performance are reviewed, and preliminary pseudo-maps are presented.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (116 pages)
- Format:
- Text
- Collection(s):
- UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
- Other Versions:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3682969
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f3td9vgd
- ISBN:
- 9781321568523
- Catalog System Number:
- 990045118870203776
- Copyright:
- Ishai Rubin, 2014
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- Copyright Holder:
- Ishai Rubin
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