CCAT: submm Astronomy from as High as you can Drive a Truck
Riccardo Giovanelli
Cornell University
CCAT is a partnership of US, Canadian and European academic/research
institutions to build and operate a large submm telescope at a high
elevation (5617m above sea level) site in the Atacama Desert of northern
Chile. The science goals - ranging from early Universe Cosmology to
Solar System structure, will be summarized, together with the technical
requirements deriving from those goals and the technical solutions
developed so far. The project is currently running through a 2-year
Engineering Design phase, following which construction will start. First
light is projected to take place in 2017. The status of the project,
its partnership and synergy with other facilities, especially ALMA,
will be discussed.
Date: | Mardi, le 11 octobre 2011 |
Heure: | 16:00 |
Lieu: | Université McGill |
| Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103) |
Contact: | Robert Rutledge |
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