Publications (16)
Preflight Characterization of the BLAST-TNG Receiver and Detector Arrays
Nathan P. Lourie, Peter A. R. Ade, Francisco E. Angile +26
The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter mapping experiment planned for a 28 day long-duration balloon (LDB) flight f…
Atacama Cosmology Telescope measurements of a large sample of candidates from the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey: Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect confirmation of MaDCoWS candidates using ACT
John Orlowski-Scherer, Luca Di Mascolo, Tanay Bhandarkar +35
Galaxy clusters are an important tool for cosmology, and their detection and characterization are key goals for current and future surveys. Using data from the Wide-field Infrared…
A study of 90 GHz dust emissivity on molecular cloud and filament scales
Ian Lowe, Brian Mason, Tanay Bhandarkar +19
Recent observations from the MUSTANG2 instrument on the Green Bank Telescope have revealed evidence of enhanced long-wavelength emission in the dust spectral energy distribution (S…
Wi-Fi Channel Saturation as a Mechanism to Improve Passive Capture of Bluetooth Through Channel Usage Restriction
Ian Lowe, William J Buchanan, Richard J Macfarlane +1
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology that provides audio and data links between personal smartphones and playback devices, such as speakers, headsets and car entertainmen…
In-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG telescope platform
Gabriele Coppi, Peter A. R. Ade, Peter C. Ashton +30
The Next Generation Balloon-Borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) was a unique instrument for characterizing the polarized submillimeter sky at high-angular reso…
The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey X: Initial Results from a Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Study of Massive Galaxy Clusters at z>1 using MUSTANG2 on the GBT
Simon R. Dicker, Charles E. Romero, Luca Di Mascolo +17
The properties of galaxy clusters as a function of redshift can be utilized as an important cosmological tool. We present initial results from a program of follow-up observations o…
TES Bolometer Design and Testing for the Tomographic Ionized-carbon Mapping Experiment Millimeter Array
Victoria L. Butler, James J. Bock, Dongwoo T. Chung +7
Transition Edge Sensor (TES) bolometers are a well-established technology with a strong track record in experimental cosmology, making them ideal for current and future radio astro…
Instrumental performance and results from testing of the BLAST-TNG receiver, submillimeter optics, and MKID arrays
Nicholas Galitzki, Peter Ade, Francesco E. Angile +39
Polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust grains can be used to map magnetic fields in star forming molecular clouds and the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). The Balloon-…
A New Window into the Baryon Cycle at Cosmic Noon with Line Intensity Mapping: Forecasts for auto- and cross-correlations in [CII]-158m, HI 21 cm, CO, and H galaxies
Shubh Agrawal, James E. Aguirre, Justin S. Bracks +24
Across the peak of cosmic star formation at , inflow, processing, and feedback drive rapid changes in the spatial distribution and chemical composition of baryons in gala…
Characterization, deployment, and in-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG cryogenic receiver
Ian Lowe, Peter A. R. Ade, Peter C. Ashton +30
The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter polarimeter designed to map interstellar dust and galactic foregrounds at 25…
Design and Characterization of a Balloon-Borne Diffraction-Limited Submillimeter Telescope Platform for BLAST-TNG
Nathan P. Lourie, Francisco E. Angile, Peter C. Ashton +16
The Next Generation Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) is a submillimeter mapping experiment planned for a 28 day long-duration balloon (LDB) flight f…
Pressure profiles and mass estimates using high-resolution Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect observations of Zwicky 3146 with MUSTANG-2
Charles E. Romero, Jonathan Sievers, Vittorio Ghirardini +12
The galaxy cluster Zwicky 3146 is a sloshing cool core cluster at that in X-ray imaging does not appear to exhibit significant pressure substructure in the intracluster m…
GBT/MUSTANG-2 9" resolution imaging of the SZ effect in MS0735.6+7421: Confirmation of the SZ Cavities through direct imaging
John Orlowski-Scherer, Saianeesh K. Haridas, Luca Di Mascolo +14
Mechanical feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is thought to be the dominant feedback mechanism quenching cooling flows and star formation in galaxy cluster cores. However,…
The Balloon-Borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope Observatory
Ian Lowe, Gabriele Coppi, Peter A. R. Ade +30
The BLAST Observatory is a proposed superpressure balloon-borne polarimeter designed for a future ultra-long duration balloon campaign from Wanaka, New Zealand. To maximize scienti…
Forecasting the cross correlation of Terahertz Intensity Mapper [CII] line intensity maps with Euclid galaxies
Justin S. Bracks, Ryan P. Keenan, Shubh Agrawal +24
We forecast that the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM) cross-correlated with Euclid's Fornax deep field (EDF-F), TIMEDF-F, will detect the [CII]-galaxy cross-power spectrum…
Peculiar Dust Emission within the Orion Molecular Cloud
Parisa Nozari, Sarah Sadavoy, Edwige Chapillon +8
It is widely assumed that dust opacities in molecular clouds follow a power-law profile with an index, . Recent studies of the Orion Molecular Cloud (OMC) 2/3 complex, however,…