SPT-3G camera

E651441

cosmic microwave background instrument polarization-sensitive camera telescope receiver

The SPT-3G camera is a third-generation, highly sensitive receiver on the South Pole Telescope designed to map the cosmic microwave background with improved resolution and polarization measurements.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cosmic microwave background instrument ⓘ polarization-sensitive camera ⓘ telescope receiver ⓘ
collaboratingInstitution	Argonne National Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian Institute for Advanced Research NERFINISHED ⓘ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ National Science Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor	CMB polarization measurements ⓘ CMB temperature anisotropy mapping ⓘ high-resolution CMB surveys ⓘ
environment	extreme cold temperatures ⓘ high atmospheric stability at the South Pole ⓘ
follows	SPTpol NERFINISHED ⓘ
generation	third-generation receiver for the South Pole Telescope ⓘ
hasImprovementOver	SPT-SZ camera NERFINISHED ⓘ SPTpol NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProperty	high sensitivity ⓘ large number of detectors ⓘ multi-frequency capability ⓘ polarization sensitivity ⓘ
hostTelescope	South Pole Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedAt	South Pole NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Antarctica ⓘ
mountedOn	10-meter South Pole Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
observes	cosmic microwave background ⓘ
observingStrategy	deep, high-sensitivity fields ⓘ wide-area CMB survey ⓘ
partOf	South Pole Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
scienceGoal	constraints on dark energy ⓘ constraints on neutrino masses ⓘ improved measurements of CMB polarization ⓘ mapping large-scale structure via CMB lensing ⓘ search for primordial B-mode polarization ⓘ
successorTo	SPTpol receiver NERFINISHED ⓘ
telescopeType	ground-based CMB telescope receiver ⓘ
usedFor	cosmological parameter estimation ⓘ galaxy cluster detection via the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect ⓘ studies of inflationary gravitational waves ⓘ tests of ΛCDM cosmology ⓘ weak gravitational lensing of the CMB ⓘ

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South Pole Telescope → instrument → SPT-3G camera ⓘ