CCAT-prime: A status report on the ultra-widefield submillimeter observatory on Cerro Chajnantor

Gordon J. Stacey

doi:10.1117/12.2562701

15 December 2020 CCAT-prime: A status report on the ultra-widefield submillimeter observatory on Cerro Chajnantor

Gordon J. Stacey

Proceedings Volume 11445, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII; 114451A (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562701
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

We present the science case, and telescope and instrument designs for our ultra-wide field submillimeter observatory, CCAT-Prime to be sited at a 5600 m elevation site on Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile. Our science focusses on the study of star and galaxy formation from the epoch of reionization to the present, SZ observations of galaxy clusters, and polarization studies of the CMB and Galactic foregrounds. Our instruments include direct detection polarization-sensitive cameras and spectroscopic imagers, and high spectral resolution heterodyne array receivers. The CCAT-prime telescope is being built by Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH with first light in late 2021.

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Gordon J. Stacey "CCAT-prime: A status report on the ultra-widefield submillimeter observatory on Cerro Chajnantor", Proc. SPIE 11445, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII, 114451A (15 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562701

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