3 papers
astro-ph2003
Estimates of Confusion and Gravitational Lensing Limits in Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Increment Measurements
Michael Zemcov, Peter Newbury, Mark Halpern
We present estimates of the confusion limit of measurements of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZ) increment near its peak intensity based on Monte Carlo simulations of sub-millimet…
astro-ph1999
First detections of FIRBACK sources with SCUBA
Douglas Scott, Guilaine Lagache, Colin Borys +10
The FIRBACK (Far InfraRed BACKground) survey represents the deepest extensive 170 micron images obtained by the ISO satellite. The sources detected comprise about 10% of the Cosmic…
astro-ph1999
Future Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments
Mark Halpern, Douglas Scott
We summarise some aspects of experiments currently being built or planned, and indulge in wild speculation about possibilities on the more distant horizon.