Cosmic Background Imager
(CBI)
(radio telescope in Chile observing the CMB)
The Cosmic Background Imager (CBI) was a
microwave telescope at the
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory
in the Atacama Desert in Chile, aimed at
studying the cosmic microwave background (CMB).
It was an interferometer with
thirteen antennas in a close-packed array.
It was in operation from 1999 to 2008.
The Cosmic Background Imager 2 (CBI2) was a proposed
upgrade.
(telescope,microwave,CMB,past,ground,Chile)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Background_Imager
http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/CBI/
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0012212
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002PASP..114...83P/abstract
https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4540
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210303
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011MNRAS.418.2720T/abstract
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 8.4mm | 36GHz | 149μeV | begin | Cosmic Background Imager |
| 12mm | 26GHz | 108μeV | end | Cosmic Background Imager |
|
Referenced by pages:
CMB surveys
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory
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