The EDGE project

Stephan S. Meyer; Edward S. Cheng; David A. Cottingham; Dale J. Fixsen; Lloyd Knox; Robert F. Silverberg; Peter T. Timbie; Grant Wilson

doi:10.1117/12.458648

3 March 2003 The EDGE Project

Stephan S. Meyer, Edward S. Cheng, David A. Cottingham, Dale J. Fixsen, Lloyd Knox, Robert F. Silverberg, Peter T. Timbie, Grant Wilson

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Proceedings Volume 4857, Airborne Telescope Systems II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458648
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

EDGE is a Long Duration Balloon (LDB) borne instrument designed to measure the large-scale anisotropy of the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB). The goal is to use this signal as a new observational tool to measure the character of the spatial distribution of galaxies at the largest spatial scales. With a 6\arcmin\ beam mapping more than 400 square degrees of sky at 8 frequency bands between 250GHz and 1.5 THz the experiment can determine the variation of galaxy density on spatial scales ranging from >200h^-1 Mpc, where dark matter variations are determined directly from Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) anisotropy, to <5h^-1 Mpc where the distribution of dark matter and galaxies is determined from galaxy redshift surveys and the underlying dynamics of structure growth is non-linear. The instrument consists of a 1-meter class off-axis telescope and a Frequency Selective Bolometer (FSB) array radiometer. The FSB design provides the compact, multi-chromatic, high sensitivity focal plane needed for this measurement.

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Stephan S. Meyer, Edward S. Cheng, David A. Cottingham, Dale J. Fixsen, Lloyd Knox, Robert F. Silverberg, Peter T. Timbie, and Grant Wilson "The EDGE Project", Proc. SPIE 4857, Airborne Telescope Systems II, (3 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458648

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