13 research outputs found
A new HDF5 based raw data model for CCAT
CCAT will be a large sub-millimeter telescope to be built near the ALMA site
in northern Chile. The telescope must support a varied set of instrumentation
including large format KID cameras, a large heterodyne array and a KID-based
direct detection multi-object spectrometer. We are developing a new raw data
model based on HDF5 that can cope with the expected data rates of order Gbit/s
and is flexible enough to hold raw data from all planned instruments.Comment: Submitted to Proceedings of ADASS XXI
An overview of the planned CCAT software system
CCAT will be a 25m diameter sub-millimeter telescope capable of operating in
the 0.2 to 2.1mm wavelength range. It will be located at an altitude of 5600m
on Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile near the ALMA site. The anticipated first
generation instruments include large format (60,000 pixel) kinetic inductance
detector (KID) cameras, a large format heterodyne array and a direct detection
multi-object spectrometer. The paper describes the architecture of the CCAT
software and the development strategy.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Software and Cyberinfrastructure
for Astronomy III, Chiozzi & Radziwill (eds), Proc. SPIE 9152, paper ID
9152-10
Adaptable Radiative Transfer Innovations for Submillimeter Telescopes (ARTIST)
Submillimeter observations are a key for answering many of the big questions
in modern-day astrophysics, such as how stars and planets form, how galaxies
evolve, and how material cycles through stars and the interstellar medium. With
the upcoming large submillimeter facilities ALMA and Herschel a new window will
open to study these questions. ARTIST is a project funded in context of the
European ASTRONET program with the aim of developing a next generation model
suite for comprehensive multi-dimensional radiative transfer calculations of
the dust and line emission, as well as their polarization, to help interpret
observations with these groundbreaking facilities.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure; to appear in "IAU Symposium 270: Computational
Star formation", Eds. J. Alves, B. Elmegreen, J. Girart, V. Trimbl
CCAT-prime Collaboration: Science Goals and Forecasts with Prime-Cam on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope
We present a detailed overview of the science goals and predictions for the Prime-Cam direct-detection camera-spectrometer being constructed by the CCAT-prime collaboration for dedicated use on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST). The FYST is a wide-field, 6 m aperture submillimeter telescope being built (first light in late 2023) by an international consortium of institutions led by Cornell University and sited at more than 5600 m on Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile. Prime-Cam is one of two instruments planned for FYST and will provide unprecedented spectroscopic and broadband measurement capabilities to address important astrophysical questions ranging from Big Bang cosmology through reionization and the formation of the first galaxies to star formation within our own Milky Way. Prime-Cam on the FYST will have a mapping speed that is over 10 times greater than existing and near-term facilities for high-redshift science and broadband polarimetric imaging at frequencies above 300 GHz. We describe details of the science program enabled by this system and our preliminary survey strategies