Mobile Anisotropy Telescope

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Mobile Anisotropy Telescope
Location(s)Cerro Toco, Atacama Desert, Chile
WebsitePrinceton University MAT site University of Pennsylvania MAT site
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The Mobile Anisotropy Telescope (MAT), also known as the Mobile Anisotropy Telescope on Cerro Toco (MAT/TOCO or TOCO) was a ground-based radio telescope experiment to measure the anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background (CMB).[1] The experiment was conducted at an observation site on the southern slopes of Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.[2] It was a collaboration between the physics departments at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania.[3]

The telescope refitted the gondola and receiver from the QMAP experiment, mounted on a donated Nike Ajax trailer.[4][5] Observations were taken in 1997 and 1998 from the Cerro Toco site, at an elevation of approximately 5,200 m (17,000 ft), with measurements of the angular power spectrum of the CMB in the multipole moment range of 50 to 400.[6]

Instrumentation

The receiver was equipped with SIS and HEMT detector systems with two SIS channels operated at 144 GHz and six HEMT channels, two with center frequencies of 31 GHz (Ka band) and four with center frequencies of 42 GHz (Q band). The two SIS mixers observed one beam each, with one SIS mixer at 0.2 degrees and the other at 0.3 degree. The Ka band HEMT channels observed the same pixel in the sky, orthogonally polarized to each other. Whereas the Q band HEMT channels observed two independent pixels in the sky, with two orthogonal polarizations for each pixel. [1][5]

The optics consisted of a 0.86 m off-axis parabolic mirror and a computer-controlled chopper mirror. An array of corrugated feed horns connected the optics to the receiver.[1]

Results

The experiment aided in the detection of the first peak of the CMB's anisotropy power spectrum.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Miller, A.; Beach, J.; Bradley, S.; Caldwell, R.; Chapman, H.; Devlin, M. J.; Dorwart, W. B.; Herbig, T.; Jones, D.; Monnelly, G.; Netterfield, C. B.; Nolta, M.; Page, L. A.; Puchalla, J.; Robertson, T. (June 2002). "The QMAP and MAT/TOCO Experiments for Measuring Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave Background". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 140 (2): 115–141. arXiv:astro-ph/0108030. Bibcode:2002ApJS..140..115M. doi:10.1086/339686. ISSN 0067-0049.
  2. ^ "MAT / Site". lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  3. ^ "MAT / Team". lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  4. ^ "QMAP Home Page". 2007-04-06. Archived from the original on 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  5. ^ a b "MAT / Instrument". lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  6. ^ "MAT / Results". lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  7. ^ Miller, A. D.; Caldwell, R.; Devlin, M. J.; Dorwart, W. B.; Herbig, T.; Nolta, M. R.; Page, L. A.; Puchalla, J.; Torbet, E.; Tran, H. T. (September 1999). "A Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background from l = 100 to 400". The Astrophysical Journal. 524 (1): L1. arXiv:astro-ph/9906421. Bibcode:1999ApJ...524L...1M. doi:10.1086/312293. ISSN 0004-637X.
  8. ^ Bennett, C. L.; Halpern, M.; Hinshaw, G.; Jarosik, N.; Kogut, A.; Limon, M.; Meyer, S. S.; Page, L.; Spergel, D. N.; Tucker, G. S.; Wollack, E.; Wright, E. L.; Barnes, C.; Greason, M. R.; Hill, R. S. (September 2003). "First Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Preliminary Maps and Basic Results". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 148 (1): 1–27. arXiv:astro-ph/0302207. Bibcode:2003ApJS..148....1B. doi:10.1086/377253. ISSN 0067-0049.


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