The AzTEC mm-Wavelength Camera

AzTEC is a mm-wavelength bolometric camera utilizing 144 silicon nitride micromesh detectors. Herein we describe the AzTEC instrument architecture and its use as an astronomical instrument. We report on several performance metrics measured during a three month observing campaign at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, and conclude with our plans for AzTEC as a facility instrument on the Large Millimeter Telescope.

G. W. Wilson, J. E. Austermann, T. A. Perera, K. S. Scott, P. A. R. Ade, J. J. Bock, J. Glenn, S. R. Golwala, S. Kim, Y. Kang, D. Lydon, P. D. Mauskopf, C. R. Predmore, C. M. Roberts, K. Souccar, M. S. Yun · 2008