The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for polarization: BLAST-pol

G. Marsden; P. A.R. Ade; S. Benton; J. J. Bock; E. L. Chapin; J. Chung; M. J. Devlin; S. Dicker; L. Fissel; M. Griffin; J. O. Gundersen; M. Halpern; P. C. Hargrave; D. H. Hughes; J. Klein; A. Korotkov; C. J. MacTavish; P. G. Martin; T. G. Martin; T. G. Matthews; P. Mauskopf; L. Moncelsi; C. B. Netterfield; G. Novak; E. Pascale; L. Olmi; G. Patanchon; M. Rex; G. Savini; D. Scott; C. Semisch; N. Thomas; M. D.P. Truch; C. Tucker; G. S. Tucker; M. P. Viero; D. Ward-Thompson; D. V. Wiebe

doi:10.1117/12.788413

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for polarization: BLAST-pol

G. Marsden
, P. A.R. Ade
, S. Benton
, J. J. Bock
, E. L. Chapin
, J. Chung
, M. J. Devlin
, S. Dicker
, L. Fissel
, M. Griffin
, J. O. Gundersen
, M. Halpern
, P. C. Hargrave
, D. H. Hughes
, J. Klein
, A. Korotkov
, C. J. MacTavish
, P. G. Martin
, T. G. Martin
, T. G. Matthews

P. Mauskopf, L. Moncelsi, C. B. Netterfield, G. Novak, E. Pascale, L. Olmi, G. Patanchon, M. Rex, G. Savini, D. Scott, C. Semisch, N. Thomas, M. D.P. Truch, C. Tucker, G. S. Tucker, M. P. Viero, D. Ward-Thompson, D. V. Wiebe

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Abstract

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital experiment designed to study the process of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and in galaxies at cosmological distances. Using a 2 m Cassegrain telescope, BLAST images the sky onto a focal plane, which consists of 270 bolometric detectors split between three arrays, observing simultaneously in 30% wide bands, centered at 250, 350, and 500μm. The diffraction-limited optical system provides a resolution of 30″ at 250 μm. The pointing system enables raster-like scans with a positional accuracy of ∼ ″, reconstructed to better than 5″ rms in post-flight analysis. BLAST had two successful flights, from the Arctic in 2005, and from Antarctica in 2006, which provided the first high-resolution and large-area (∼ 0.8-200 deg²) submillimeter surveys at these wavelengths. As a pathfinder for the SPIRE instrument on Herschel, BLAST shares with the ESA satellite similar focal plane technology and scientific motivation. A third flight in 2009 will see the instrument modified to be polarization-sensitive (BLAST-pol). With its unprecedented mapping speed and resolution, BLAST-pol will provide insights into Galactic star-forming nurseries, and give the necessary link between the larger, coarse resolution surveys and the narrow, resolved observations of star-forming structures from space and ground based instruments being commissioned in the next 5 years.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788413
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV - Marseille, France Duration: Jun 26 2008 → Jun 28 2008

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7020
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Other

Other	Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	6/26/08 → 6/28/08

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Instrumentation
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Balloons
Instrumentation:miscellaneous
Polarization
Stars:formation
Submillimeter

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Marsden, G., Ade, P. A. R., Benton, S., Bock, J. J., Chapin, E. L., Chung, J., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S., Fissel, L., Griffin, M., Gundersen, J. O., Halpern, M., Hargrave, P. C., Hughes, D. H., Klein, J., Korotkov, A., MacTavish, C. J., Martin, P. G., Martin, T. G., ... Wiebe, D. V. (2008). The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for polarization: BLAST-pol. In Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV Article 702002 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7020). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788413

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The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for polarization: BLAST-pol. / Marsden, G.; Ade, P. A.R.; Benton, S. et al.
Millimeter and Submillimeter Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IV. 2008. 702002 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7020).

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