The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 35 Issue 2
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- Pages.36.1-36.1
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- 2010
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Commissioning of the Redshift Search Receiver
- Chung, Ae-Ree (Yonsei University, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) ;
- Yun, Min-S. (University of Massachusetts) ;
- Narayanan, Gopal (University of Massachusetts) ;
- Heyer, Mark (University of Massachusetts) ;
- Erickson, Neal A. (University of Massachusetts) ;
- Snell, Ronald L. (University of Massachusetts) ;
- Irvine, William M. (University of Massachusetts)
- Published : 2010.10.06
Abstract
The Redshift Search Receiver (RSR) is a sensitive, ultra-wideband spectrometer that is being built at the University of Massachusetts as one of the facility instruments for the 50-m Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT). It consists of four receivers each covering the entire 3 mm window from 74 to 111 GHz instantaneously. The primary goal of the receiver is to detect multiple molecular lines in galaxies at any distance and uniquely determine the redshift, in particular dust-obscured star forming systems at high-z which are not easily accessible. I will present some results from commissioning of the RSR on the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory 14-m telescope, and discuss the future of the receiver.
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