South Pole Telescope

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The South Pole Telescope is a large millimeter-wave radio telescope located at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, designed primarily to study the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale structure of the universe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cosmic microwave background experiment ⓘ
ground-based observatory ⓘ
millimeter-wave telescope ⓘ
radio telescope ⓘ
altitude 2800 meters ⓘ
~9300 feet ⓘ
aperture 10-meter primary mirror ⓘ
associatedSurvey SPT-3G survey ⓘ
SPT-SZ survey ⓘ
SPTpol survey ⓘ
collaborationIncludes Canadian institutions ⓘ
East Asian institutions ⓘ
European institutions ⓘ
United States institutions ⓘ
commissioned 2007 ⓘ
constructionStart 2003 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dataUsedFor cluster cosmology ⓘ
cosmological parameter estimation ⓘ
cross-correlation with X-ray surveys ⓘ
cross-correlation with gravitational lensing surveys ⓘ
cross-correlation with optical surveys ⓘ
detectorTechnology transition-edge sensor bolometers ⓘ
firstLight 2007 ⓘ
fundedBy National Science Foundation ⓘ
United States National Science Foundation ⓘ
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
instrument SPT-3G camera ⓘ
SPT-SZ camera ⓘ
SPTpol camera ⓘ
locatedIn Antarctica ⓘ
South Pole ⓘ
location Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station ⓘ
mirrorType segmented primary mirror ⓘ
mountType alt-azimuth mount ⓘ
nearbyFacility BICEP/Keck Array ⓘ
linked to: BICEP experiments

IceCube Neutrino Observatory ⓘ
observatoryComplex Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station Dark Sector ⓘ
observes southern sky ⓘ
operatedBy SPT collaboration ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
operationalStatus active ⓘ
primaryPurpose study of the cosmic microwave background ⓘ
researchFocus CMB polarization ⓘ
Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect ⓘ
dark energy ⓘ
galaxy clusters ⓘ
gravitational lensing of the CMB ⓘ
inflationary cosmology ⓘ
large-scale structure of the universe ⓘ
neutrino mass constraints ⓘ
siteAdvantage continuous access to same sky region ⓘ
stable, dry, cold atmosphere ⓘ
very low atmospheric water vapor ⓘ
SPT-3GFrequencyBands 150 GHz ⓘ
220 GHz ⓘ
95 GHz ⓘ
SPT-SZCameraFrequencyBands 150 GHz ⓘ
220 GHz ⓘ
90 GHz ⓘ
SPTpolFrequencyBands 150 GHz ⓘ
95 GHz ⓘ
surfaceAccuracy tens of microns ⓘ
telescopeDiameter 10 meters ⓘ
wavelengthRange millimeter ⓘ
submillimeter ⓘ

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Atacama Cosmology Telescope → relatedProject → South Pole Telescope ⓘ