M. C. Runyan, P. A. R. Ade, R. S. Bhatia, J. J. Bock, M. D. Daub, J. H. Goldstein, C. V. Haynes, W. L. Holzapfel, C. L. Kuo, A. E. Lange, J. Leong, M. Lueker, M. Newcomb, J. B. Peterson, J. Ruhl, G. Sirbi, E. Torbet, C. Tucker, A. D. Turner, D. Woolsey
Published 2003-03-24, updated 2004-04-23Version 2
We describe the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR); a multifrequency millimeter-wave receiver designed for observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies. The ACBAR focal plane consists of a 16-pixel, background-limited, 240 mK bolometer array that can be configured to observe simultaneously at 150, 220, 280, and 350 GHz. With 4-5' FWHM Gaussian beam sizes and a 3 degree azimuth chop, ACBAR is sensitive to a wide range of angular scales. ACBAR was installed on the 2 m Viper telescope at the South Pole in January 2001. We describe the design of the instrument and its performance during the 2001 and 2002 observing seasons.
Comments: 59 pages, 16 figures -- updated to reflect version published in ApJS
Journal: Astrophys.J.Suppl. 149 (2003) 265
First Results from the Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver
High Resolution Observations of the CMB Power Spectrum with ACBAR
Primordial magnetic field constrained from CMB anisotropies,and its generation and evolution before, during and after the BBN
