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Systems and control software for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. Amiri, Mandana; Burger, Bryce; Halpern, Mark; Hasselfield, Matthew; Knotek, Stan
Abstract
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is designed to measure temperature anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at arcminute resolution. It is the first CMB experiment to employ a 32×32 close-packed array of free-space-coupled transition-edge superconducting bolometers. We describe the organization of the telescope systems and software for autonomous, scheduled operations. When paired with real-time data streaming and display, we are able to operate the telescope at the remote site in the Chilean Altiplano via the Internet from North America. The telescope had a data rate of 70 GB/day in the 2007 season, and the 2008 upgrade to three arrays will bring this to 210 GB/day. Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
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Systems and control software for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope.
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Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
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2008
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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) is designed to measure temperature anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at arcminute resolution. It
is the first CMB experiment to employ a 32×32 close-packed array of free-space-coupled transition-edge superconducting bolometers. We describe the organization
of the telescope systems and software for autonomous, scheduled operations. When paired with real-time data streaming and display, we are able to operate
the telescope at the remote site in the Chilean Altiplano via the Internet from North America. The telescope had a data rate of 70 GB/day in the 2007 season,
and the 2008 upgrade to three arrays will bring this to 210 GB/day.
Copyright 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.
One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution,
duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.
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eng
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2011-09-13
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0107593
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Switzer, Eric R.; Allen, C.; Amiri, Mandana; Appel, John W.; Battistelli, Elia S.; Burger, Bryce; Chervenak, James A.; Dahlen, Alex J.; Das, Sudeep; Devlin, Mark J.; Dicker, Simon R.; Doriese, William B.; Dünner, Rolando; Essinger-Hileman, Thomas M.; Gao, Xiaofeng; Halpern, Mark; Hasselfield, Matthew; Hilton, Gene C.; Hincks, Adam D.; Irwin, Kent D.; Knotek, Stan; Fisher, Ryan P.; Fowler, Joseph W.; Jarosik, Norman C.; Kaul, Madhuri; Joh Klein, Lau, Judy M.; Limon, Michele; Lupton, Robert H.; Marriage, Tobias A.; Martocci, Krista L.; Moseley, S. Harvey; Netterfield, C. Barth; Niemack, Michael D.; Nolta, Michael R.; Page, Lyman A.; Parker, Lucas P.; B. A. Reid, Reintsema, Carl D.; Sederberg, Audrey J.; Sievers, Jonathan L.; Spergel, David N.; Staggs, Suzanne T.; Stryzak, Omelan R.; Swetz, Daniel S.; Thornton, Robert J.; Wollack, Edward J.; Zhao, Yue. Systems and control software for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope. Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy II, edited by Alan Bridger, Nicole M. Radziwill, Proceedings of SPIE Volume 7019, 70192L, 2008.
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10.1117/12.790006
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Reviewed
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