Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope
(CAT)
(1990s interferometer to measure CMB variations)
The Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope (CAT) was a 1990s
interferometer to measure CMB anisotropies (variations).
It was a 3-element interferometer at
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO) near Cambridge, England.
It was small for radio interferometers, with baselines in the range
of 1 to 5 meters, which was appropriate for its purpose.
It was in operation from 1995 until 2000 when
the Very Small Array (VSA) made it obsolete.
(telescope,CMB,interferometer,ground,England,radio,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Anisotropy_Telescope
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993A%26A...277..314R/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1995MNRAS.274..861O/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996IrAJ...23..161O/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ApJ...461L...1S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997mba..conf..161J/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999MNRAS.308.1173B/abstract
https://www.astro.phy.cam.ac.uk/research/research-activities/cosmic-microwave-background
Referenced by pages:
CMB surveys
Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory (MRAO)
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