Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope

Information

• Newsletters

• Reports and Publications

• Presentations and Posters

• News Articles and Press Releases

Newsletters

• Issue 6, 2007 October
• Issue 5, 2007 July
• Issue 4, 2007 April
• Issue 3, 2007 January
• Issue 2, 2006 October
• Issue 1, 2006 July

Reports and Publications

• Direct detection submillimeter spectrometer for CCAT,
  Nikola, T., Stacey, G. J., & Bradford, C. M, 2008 Proc. SPIE 7020
• 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 [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 [reprint]
• Submillimeter observing conditions on Cerro Chajnantor,
  Radford, S. J. E., Giovanelli, R., Gull, G. E., & Henderson, C. P., 2008, Proc. SPIE 7012 [reprint]
• The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope Status and Technical Progress,
  Sebring, T. A., Radford, S., Giovanelli, R., Glenn, J., & Woody, D., Proc. SPIE 7012 [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
• 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]
• 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, 1G [ADS, reprint]
• Fundamental limits to wavefront sensing in the submillimeter,
  Serabyn, E., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6275, 0Z [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, 1F [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, 0R [ADS]
• CFRP panel concept design study for the CCAT,
  Martin, R. N., Romeo, R. C., & Kingsley, J. S., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6273, 0P [ADS]
• Concept design study of the CCAT facilities,
  Terán U., J., Neff, D. H.; Sebring, T., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 3G [ADS]
• Active surface segmentation analysis of CCAT,
  Cortés-Medellín, G., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 2X [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, 2P [ADS]
• Feasibility study of calotte enclosure for Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope,
  Loewen, N., Brzezik, W., Halliday, D. J., & Sebring, T., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 2J [ADS]
• Optical design of CCAT,
  Cortés-Medellín, G., & Herter, T., 2006, Proc. SPIE 6267, 2F [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, 2E [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, 2C [ADS, astro-ph/0610528]
• Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope Feasibility / Concept Design Study,
  2006 January [reprint]
• 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]

Presentations

• Conference poster, Pasadena, 2008 May
• Colloquium, UCLA, 2008 April 23
• Colloquium, University of Cologne, 2008 April 8 (Part A, Part B)
• Seminar, Caltech, 2008 January 23
• Poster, JPL, 2007 November
• Conference poster, Bonn, 2007 November
• Conference poster, Santiago, 2007 November
• Colloquium, NRAO Charlottesville, 2007 January
• Lunch talk, Caltech, 2006 February 8
• Brochure, 2005 October

News Articles and Press Releases

• 2007 September
  Submillimeter Telescope [Physics Today]
• 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]