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Publications (3)
astro-ph.IM2013
Empirical modelling of the BLASTPol achromatic half-wave plate for precision submillimetre polarimetry
Lorenzo Moncelsi, Peter Ade, Francesco Elio Angile +18
A cryogenic achromatic half-wave plate (HWP) for submillimetre astronomical polarimetry has been designed, manufactured, tested, and deployed in the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Su…
astro-ph.CO2010
BLAST Observations of the South Ecliptic Pole field: Number Counts and Source Catalogs
Elisabetta Valiante, Peter Ade, James Bock +26
We present results from a survey carried out by the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) on a 9 deg^2 field near the South Ecliptic Pole at 250, 350 and 500…
astro-ph2006
BLAST Autonomous Daytime Star Cameras
Marie Rex, Edward Chapin, Mark J. Devlin +4
We have developed two redundant daytime star cameras to provide the fine pointing solution for the balloon-borne submillimeter telescope, BLAST. The cameras are capable of providin…