CCAT

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• Reports and Publications

• Technical Memos

• Presentations

• Posters and Brochures

• News Articles and Press Releases

• Image Gallery

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Newsletters

• Issue 10, 2010 June
• Issue 9, 2009 March
• Issue 8, 2008 December
• Issue 7, 2008 September
• Issue 6, 2007 October
• Issue 5, 2007 July
• Issue 4, 2007 April
• Issue 3, 2007 January
• Issue 2, 2006 October
• Issue 1, 2006 July

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Reports and Publications

2010

• Submillimeter pupil plane wavefront sensing,
  Serabyn, E., Wallace, J. K., 2010, Proc. SPIE 7741
• Choosing a control system for CCAT,
  Terrett, D. L., Wallace, P. T., Bridger, A., & Kelly, D., 2010, Proc. SPIE 7740
• Modeling a large submillimeter-wave observatory,
  Lou, J. Z., Redding, D. C., Kissil, A., & Basinger, S. A., 2010, Proc. SPIE 7733
• Wavefront controls for a large submillimeter-wave observatory,
  Redding, D. C., Lou, J. Z., Kissil, A., & Basinger, S. A., 2010, Proc. SPIE 7733
• CCAT Optics,
  Padin, S., Hollister, M., Radford, S., Sayers, J., Woody, D., Zmuidzinas, J., Cortes-Medellin, G., Sebring, T., & Stacey, G., 2010, Proc. SPIE 7733 [reprint]
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope: progress and plans 2010,
  Sebring, T. A., 2010, Proc. SPIE 7733
• CFRP truss for the CCAT 25m diameter submillimeter-wave telescope,
  Woody, D. P., Padin, S., & Sebring, T. A., 2010, Proc. SPIE 7733
• CCAT,
  Radford, S. J. E., Giovanelli, R., Sebring, T. A., & Zmuidzinas, J., 2010, in Submillimeter Astrophysics and Technology: A Symposium Honoring Thomas G. Phillips, ed. Lis, D. C., Vaillancourt, J. E., Goldsmith, P. F., Bell, T. A., Scoville, N. Z., & Zmuidzinas, J., ASP Conf. Ser. 417, 113 [preprint]

2009

• A Flexible Quasioptical Input System for a Submillimeter Multiobject Spectrometer,
  Goldsmith, P. F., & Seiffert, M., 2009, PASP 121, 735 [ADS, arXiv/0906.2151]
• CCAT,
  Giovanelli, R., Carpenter, J., Radford, S., Sebring, T., Soifer, T., Stacey, G., Zmuidzinas, J., & the CCAT Collaboration, 2009, Astro2010 White Paper
• Searching for the Secrets of Massive Star Birth,
  Bally, J., Brogan, C., Hofner, P., Hunter, T., Indebetouw, R., Johnson, K., Keto, E., Krumholz, M., & Smith, N., 2009, Astro2010 Science White Paper [ADS]
• A complete view of galaxy evolution: panchromatic luminosity functions and the generation of metals,
  Blain, A. W., Armus L., Bertoldi, F., Bock, J., Bradford, M., Dowell, C. D., Glenn, J., Goldsmith, P., Harwit, M., Helou, G., Smith, J. D., Soifer, B. T., Stacey, G., Vieira, J., Yun, M., & Zmuidzinas, J., 2009, Astro2010 Science White Paper [ADS]
• Fragmentation in Molecular Clouds and the Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function,
  Carpenter, J., Bally, J., Enoch, M., Glenn, J., Goldsmith, P., Sargent, A., Williams, J., 2009, Astro2010 Science White Paper [ADS]
• Calibrating Galaxy Clusters as a Tool for Cosmology via Studies of the Intracluster Medium,
  Golwala, S. R., Aguirre, J. E., Basu, K., Benson, B. A., Bertoldi F., Burns J. O., Church, S. E., Devlin, M. J., Dobbs M., Fowler, J. W., Hallman E. J., Holzapfel, W. L., Kravtsov, A. V., Lee, A. T., Marrone, D. P., Mason, B. S., Miller, A. D., Myers, S. T., Nagai, D., Nord, M., Page, L., Pfrommer, C., Pierpaoli, E., Ruhl, J. E., & Wilson, G. W., 2009, Astro2010 Science White Paper [ADS]
• Understanding the State of the Intracluster Medium in Galaxy Clusters,
  Golwala, S. R., Aguirre, J. E., Basu, K., Benson, B. A., Bertoldi F., Burns J. O., Church, S. E., Devlin, M. J., Dobbs M., Fowler, J. W., Hallman E. J., Holzapfel, W. L., Kravtsov, A. V., Lee, A. T., Marrone, D. P., Mason, B. S., Miller, A. D., Myers, S. T., Nagai, D., Nord, M., Page, L., Pfrommer, C., Pierpaoli, E., Ruhl, J. E., & Wilson, G. W., 2009, Astro2010 Science White Paper [ADS]
• Debris Disks: Signposts to Planetary Systems, Holland, W., Carpenter, J., Goldsmith, P., Greaves, J., & Dowell, D., 2009, Astro2010 Science White Paper [ADS]
• The Molecular Universe: From the Diffuse Interstellar Medium to Planetary Systems,
  Lis, D. C., Goldsmith, P. F., Bergin, E. A., Bally, J., Blake, G. A., Charnley, S. B., Glenn, J., Harwitt, M., Langer, W. D., Neufeld, D., Phillips, T. G., Wootten, A., & Zmuidzinas, J., 2009, Astro2010 Science White Paper [ADS]
• Star Formation Through Cosmic Time: From Local Galaxies to the Early Universe,
  Stacey, G. J., Bertoldi, F., Blain, A. W., Bradford, C. M., Giovanelli, R., Glenn, J., Goldsmith, P., Golwala, S., Nikola, T., & Zmuidzinas, J., 2009, Astro2010 Science White Paper [ADS]
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope,
  Glenn, J., 2009, BAAS [ADS]

2008

• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT),
  Radford, S. J. E., Giovanelli, R., Sebring, T. A., & Zmuidzinas, J., 2008, in 33rd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves [abstract]
• Direct detection submillimeter spectrometer for CCAT,
  Nikola, T., Stacey, G. J., & Bradford, C. M., 2008, Proc. SPIE 7020, 702016 [ADS, reprint]
• Panel options for large precision radio telescopes,  
  Woody, D., MacDonald, D., Bradford, M., Chamberlin, R., Dragovan, M., Goldsmith, P., Lamb, J., Radford, S., & Zmuidzinas, J., 2008, Proc. SPIE 7018, 70180T [ADS, reprint]
• Design concepts for primary mirror support structures of large telescopes for optical and submillimeter astronomy,
  Stutzki, C. L., Tamain, H., & Sebring, T. A., 2008, Proc. SPIE 7012, 70122I [ADS, reprint]
• Submillimeter observing conditions on Cerro Chajnantor,
  Radford, S. J. E., Giovanelli, R., Gull, G. E., & Henderson, C. P., 2008, Proc. SPIE 7012, 70121Z [ADS, reprint]
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope Status and Technical Progress,
  Sebring, T. A., Radford, S., Giovanelli, R., Glenn, J., & Woody, D., Proc. SPIE 7012, 70121H [ADS, reprint]
• Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope primary mirror surface sensing and controllability ,
  MacDonald, D. R., Woody, D. P., Bradford, C. M., Chamberlin, R., Dragovan, M. W., Radford, S. J. E., Sebring, T. A., Zmuidzinias, J., & Goldsmith, P. F., Proc. SPIE 7012, 701211 [ADS, reprint]
• The CCAT Project,
  Giovanelli, R., & Radford, S., 2008, BAAS [ADS]

2007

• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope,
  Radford, S. J. E., Giovanelli, R., Sebring, T. A., & Zmuidzinias, J., 2007, Proc. 18th Int. Symp. Space Teraherz Tech. [ADS, arXiv/0704.3031]

2006

• Instrumentation for the CCAT Telescope,
  Stacey, G. J., Golwala, S. R., Bradford, C. M., Dowell, C. D., Cortés-Medellin, G., Nikola, T., Zmuidzinias, J., Herter, T. L., Radford, S. J., Lloyd, J. P., Blain, A. W., Brown, R. L., Campbell, D. B., Giovanelli, R., Goldsmith, P., Harvey, P. M., Henderson, C., Langer, W. D., Phillips, T. G., Readhead, A. C. S., & Woody, D. P., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6275, 62751G [ADS, reprint]
• Fundamental limits to wavefront sensing in the submillimeter,
  Serabyn, E., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6275, 62750Z [ADS, reprint]
• Precision, range, bandwidth, and other tradeoffs in hexapods with application to large ground-based telescopes,
  Anderson, E. H., Cash, M. F.; Janzen, P. C.; Pettit, G. W.; Smith, C. A., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6273, 62731F [ADS]
• Development of lightweight stiff stable replicated glass mirrors for the Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT),
  Strafford, D. N., DeSmitt, S. M., Kupinski, P. T., & Sebring, T. A., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6273, 62730R [ADS]
• CFRP panel concept design study for the CCAT,
  Martin, R. N., Romeo, R. C., & Kingsley, J. S., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6273, 62730P [ADS]
• Concept design study of the CCAT facilities,
  Terán U., J., Neff, D. H.; Sebring, T., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 62673G [ADS]
• Active surface segmentation analysis of CCAT,
  Cortés-Medellín, G., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 62672X [ADS]
• The concept design of the Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope mount,
  Finley, D. T., Reese, E. O., Hermann, K. G., Gienger, A., Sebring, T. A., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 62672P [ADS]
• Feasibility study of calotte enclosure for Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope,
  Loewen, N., Brzezik, W., Halliday, D. J., & Sebring, T., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 62672J [ADS]
• Optical design of CCAT,
  Cortés-Medellín, G., & Herter, T., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 62672F [ADS]
• A Large Single-aperture Telescope for Submillimeter Astronomy
  Holland, W., Ivison, R., Dent, W., Atad, E., Robson, I., Longmore, A., Hawarden, T., Greaves, J., Dunlop, J., Ward-Thompson, D., & Wild, W., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 62672E [ADS, reprint]
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT): a 25 meter aperture telescope above 5000 meters altitude,
  Sebring, T. A., Giovanelli, R., Radford, S., & Zmuidzinias, J., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 62672C [ADS, astro-ph/0610528]
• Report of Study Review Committee, Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope Feasibility / Concept Design Study,
  2006 March [reprint]
• Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope Feasibility / Concept Design Study,
  2006 January [reprint]

2004

• The Large Atacama Submillimeter Telescope,
  Herter, T., Brown, R., Giovanelli, R., Stacey, G., Zmuidzinas, J., Woody, D., Golwala, S., & Blain, A., 2004, Proc. SPIE 5498, 55 [ADS, reprint]
• A Large Single-aperture Telescope for Submillimeter Astronomy
  Holland, W., Ivison, R., Greaves, J., Dent, W., Russell, A., Robson, I., Longmore, A., Hawarden, T., Stevens, J., Dunlop, J., & Greve, T., 2004, Proc. SPIE 5489, 47 [ADS, reprint]
• The Future of Far-IR/Submillimeter Astrophysics with Single Dish Telescopes,
  Bradford, C. M., & Zmuidzinias, J., 2004, in The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies, ed. Pfalzner, S., Kramer, C., Staubmeier, C., & Heithausen, S., (Springer) p. 323 [ADS, astro-ph/0401236]

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Presentations

• CCAT,
  Radford, S., et al., at Submillimeter Science and Technology, Pasadena, 2009 February 23
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT),
  Woody, D., & Radford, S., at URSI General Assembly, Chicago, 2008 August
• CCAT,
  Radford, S., colloquim at UCLA, 2008 April 23
• CCAT,
  Radford, S., & Sebring, T., colloquim at University of Cologne, 2008 April 8 (part A, part B)
• CCAT,
  Radford, S., seminar at Caltech, 2008 January 23
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope,
  Radford, S., colloquium at NRAO Charlottesville, 2007 January
• Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope,
  Radford, S., (lunch talk at Caltech, 2006 February 8

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Posters and Brochures

• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT),
  triptych at the Future of Astrophysics, Pasadena, 2009 January
• Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope,
  brochure, 2009 January
• A Design for the CCAT Active Surface,
  Woody, D. & MacDonald, D., poster at URSI General Assembly, Chicago, 2008 August
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT),
  Radford, S. J. E., poster at Far-Infrared Astronomy from Space, Pasadena, 2008 May
• JPL-Caltech-Cornell Concept Study for a 25-meter
  Submillimeter Telescope,
  Goldsmith, P., MacDonald, D., Cohen, E., & Ksendzov, A., poster at JPL, 2007 November
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT),
  Bradford, M., & Radford, S. J. E., poster at Far Infrared and Submillimeter Emission of the Interstellar Medium, Bonn, 2007 November
• CCAT: el Telescopio Submilimetrico de Atacama,
  poster at Santiago, 2007 November
• Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT),
  brochure, 2005 October

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News Articles and Press Releases

• 2009 October 30
  CCAT Takes the Torch [Caltech Engineering and Science]
• 2009 May 19
  The Great Exo-Planet Search: Chile's World Space-Observatory Headquarters [Daily Galaxy]
• 2009 May 1
  Space gazer to be removed [Hilo Tribune-Herald]
• 2009 April 30
  Caltech Submillimeter Observatory in Hawaii to be Decommissioned [Caltech]
• 2007 September
  Submillimeter Telescope [Physics Today]
• 2007 August 13
  Chile's Atacama Desert -World's Space-Observatory Mecca [Daily Galaxy]
• 2007 August 6
  An Eye For Cosmic Clues [Tampa Tribune]
• 2007 July 27
  Plans look promising for Chilean telescope [Pasadena Star-News]
• 2007 July 27
  Partirán obras del telescopio vecino a Alma [El Mercurio, Santiago]
• 2007 July 25
  International Consortium Is Created to Build World's Largest Submillimeter Telescope [Caltech]
• 2007 May 21
  Todo listo para construcción de telescopio gigante [El Mercurio, Antofagasta]
• 2007 May 18
  CU to help build Chilean telescope [Daily Camera, Boulder]
• 2007 May 17
  CU-Boulder To Partner With Cornell, Cal Tech On $100 Million Telescope In Chilean Desert [U. Colorado]
• 2007 May 16
  Two more institutions sign agreement to advance Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope project to 'revolutionize astronomy' [Cornell Chronicle]
• 2007 February 7
  Luz verde a construcción de gigantesco telescopio [El Mercurio, Antofagasta]
• 2007 February 5
  C.U. Teams Up to Build Telescope [Cornell Daily Sun]
• 2006 May 1
  Cornell-Caltech Atacama telescope promises clues about formation of the universe [Cornell Chronicle]
• 2006 April 30
  Así construiran el telescopio mas alto del mundo [El Mercurio, Antofagasta]
• 2004 March 18
  CU and Caltech will collaborate on plans for telescope in Chile [Cornell Chronicle]
• 2004 March 16
  Cornell, Caltech To Build Scope [Cornell Daily Sun]
• 2004 March 9
  Caltech, Cornell announce new $2-million study for building giant submillimeter telescope [Caltech]
• 2004 March 9
  Cornell and Caltech agree to study building of new sub-millimeter telescope on high mountain plateau in Chile [Cornell]