Submillimetre/TeraHertz Astronomy at Dome C with CEA filled bolometer array

Vincent Minier (1) , Gilles Durand (1) , Pierre-Olivier Lagage (1) , Michel Talvard (1) , Tony Travouillon (2) , Maurizio Busso (3) , Gino Tosti (3)

1 AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112) - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
2 TMT project
3 Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia [Perugia]

Submillimetre/TeraHertz (e.g. 200, 350, 450 microns) astronomy is the prime technique to unveil the birth and early evolution of a broad range of astrophysical objects. A major obstacle to carry out submm observations from ground is the atmosphere. Preliminary site testing and atmospheric transmission models tend to demonstrate that Dome C could offer the best conditions on Earth for submm/THz astronomy. The CAMISTIC project aims to install a filled bolometer-array camera with 16x16 pixels on IRAIT at Dome C and explore the 200-$\mu$m windows for potential ground-based observations.

Mots clés: Dome C; Antarctica; star formation; high redshift galaxies; bolometer

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Vincent Minier, Gilles Durand, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Michel Talvard, Tony Travouillon, et al.. Submillimetre/TeraHertz Astronomy at Dome C with CEA filled bolometer array. 2007. ⟨hal-00131723⟩