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South Pole Telescope

(SPT)
(a millimeter/microwave telescope at South Pole)

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10-meter millimeter/microwave telescope at South Pole Station, for the purpose of studying CMB anisotropies. The location's advantages are the dry air and altitude, 2800 meters or 9300 feet, both very useful for the wavelengths of interest. The telescope went into service in March 2007 and has served as a component of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Past and present instruments:

These frequencies are useful for finding distant galaxy clusters, e.g., using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZ effect). A primary use has been the study of the cosmic microwave background (CMB).


(telescope,microwave,ground,South Pole,CMB)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole_Telescope
http://pole.uchicago.edu/
https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/spt/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016IJMPS..4360189R/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018SPIE10708E..2SK/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011PASP..123..568C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004SPIE.5498...11R/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998SPIE.3357..495S/abstract
PrefixExample  
SPTSPT 0243-49galaxy
SPT-CLSPT-CL J0546-5345galaxy cluster

Referenced by pages:
CMB Stage-4 (CMB-S4)
CMB surveys
Greenland Telescope (GLT)
South Pole Station
transition edge sensor (TES)

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