Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol

J. D. Soler; P. A.R. Ade; F. E. Angilè; S. J. Benton; M. J. Devlin; B. Dober; L. M. Fissel; Y. Fukui; N. Galitzki; N. N. Gandilo; J. Klein; A. L. Korotkov; T. G. Matthews; L. Moncelsi; A. Mroczkowski; C. B. Netterfield; G. Novak; D. Nutter; E. Pascale; F. Poidevin; G. Savini; D. Scott; Jamil A. Shariff; N. E. Thomas; M. D. Truch; C. E. Tucker; G. S. Tucker; D. Ward-Thompson

doi:10.1117/12.2055431

Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol

J. D. Soler, P. A.R. Ade, F. E. Angilè, S. J. Benton, M. J. Devlin, B. Dober, L. M. Fissel, Y. Fukui, N. Galitzki, N. N. Gandilo, J. Klein, A. L. Korotkov, T. G. Matthews, L. Moncelsi, A. Mroczkowski, C. B. Netterfield, G. Novak, D. Nutter, E. Pascale, F. PoidevinG. Savini, D. Scott, Jamil A. Shariff, N. E. Thomas, M. D. Truch, C. E. Tucker, G. S. Tucker, D. Ward-Thompson

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Abstract

We present the thermal model of the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol). This instrument was successfully own in two circumpolar flights from McMurdo, Antarctica in 2010 and 2012. During these two flights, BLASTPol obtained unprecedented information about the magnetic field in molecular clouds through the measurement of the polarized thermal emission of interstellar dust grains. The thermal design of the experiment addresses the stability and control of the payload necessary for this kind of measurement. We describe the thermal modeling of the payload including the sun-shielding strategy. We present the in-flight thermal performance of the instrument and compare the predictions of the model with the temperatures registered during the flight. We describe the difficulties of modeling the thermal behavior of the balloon-borne platform and establish landmarks that can be used in the design of future balloon-borne instruments.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V
Editors	Helen J. Hall, Larry M. Stepp, Roberto Gilmozzi
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496133
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055431
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 27 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9145
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/22/14 → 6/27/14

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

Keywords

balloon-borne telescope
BLASTPol
polarimeter
submillimeter
thermal design

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Soler, J. D., Ade, P. A. R., Angilè, F. E., Benton, S. J., Devlin, M. J., Dober, B., Fissel, L. M., Fukui, Y., Galitzki, N., Gandilo, N. N., Klein, J., Korotkov, A. L., Matthews, T. G., Moncelsi, L., Mroczkowski, A., Netterfield, C. B., Novak, G., Nutter, D., Pascale, E., ... Ward-Thompson, D. (2014). Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol. In H. J. Hall, L. M. Stepp, & R. Gilmozzi (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V Article 914534 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9145). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055431

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Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol. / Soler, J. D.; Ade, P. A.R.; Angilè, F. E. et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V. ed. / Helen J. Hall; Larry M. Stepp; Roberto Gilmozzi. SPIE, 2014. 914534 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9145).

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Soler JD, Ade PAR, Angilè FE, Benton SJ, Devlin MJ, Dober B et al. Thermal design and performance of the balloon-borne large aperture submillimeter telescope for polarimetry BLASTPol. In Hall HJ, Stepp LM, Gilmozzi R, editors, Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V. SPIE. 2014. 914534. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2055431

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