Paper Title
The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager
Keywords
- Arcminute Microkelvin Imager
- Interferometer Arrays
- Frequency Channels
- Angular Scales
- Declinations
- Sensitivity
- Small Array
- Large Array
- Sunyaev–Zel'dovich Imaging
- Clusters of Galaxies
- Telescope Design
- Electronic Systems
- Mechanical Systems
- Cosmic Microwave Background
- Cosmology
- Radio Continuum
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Publication Info
Volume: 391 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 1545–1558
Published On
December, 2008
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Abstract
The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager is a pair of interferometer arrays operating with six frequency channels spanning 13.9–18.2 GHz, for observations on angular scales of 30 arcsec–10 arcmin and for declinations greater than −15°; the Small Array has a sensitivity of 30 mJy s−1/2 and the Large Array has a sensitivity of 3 mJy s−1/2. The telescope is aimed principally at Sunyaev–Zel'dovich imaging of clusters of galaxies. We discuss the design of the telescope and describe and explain its electronic and mechanical systems.
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