C-BASS

We are mapping the diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission from our Milky Way Galaxy to help produce better maps of the cosmic microwave background.

[Oxford Cryosystems @oxcryo]

The first air-cooled K450-AC3 He compressor from Oxford Cryosystems installed last week @CBASS_telescope in the Karoo desert, South Africa helping to collect a more accurate picture of the Cosmic Microwave Background. #RadioAstronomy https://t.co/z0Xe238TSb

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Paper predicting the impact of C-BASS on #CMB foreground parameter constraints in single pixels out today. To constrain the synchrotron spectral index requires low-frequency data, such as that from C-BASS. Spectral curvature requires more data. https://t.co/WlrKMdKubt 📡🐟🌌

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

As well as fun activities for all the family, there will be lots of members of the C-BASS collaboration... So come along and talk to us about space!

[Department of Physics at University of Oxford @OxfordPhysics]

We are very excited to be opening our doors tomorrow for Stargazing Oxford (26th Jan, 2-8pm). All welcome! https://t.co/TVMoHbUras

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

The design and performance of the Northern digital backend is available on @arxiv today. Particular focus on (1) demodulation and filtering that suppresses contaminating signals, (2) the real-time correction of non-linearity and receiver balance. 📡 https://t.co/v5Do38Kkia

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

We had a great C-BASS collaboration meeting last week, with several members from @jodrellbank , @OxfordPhysics and @PMACaltech. Here we are enjoying our lunch from @TaylorsofOxford 🐟📡🥪🥖

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

New results from C-BASS, we have shown that the anomalous microwave emission in the NCP region at higher frequencies cannot be explained by synchrotron or free-free #SCIENCE #MicrowaveForegrounds #CMB. 🐟📡https://t.co/L4e5a6DkR4

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

For cake baking, microwave ovens and microwave astronomy... listen to @LukeJew's podcast with @OxfordSparks. #GBBO
https://t.co/6357iSwMzR

[OxfordSparks @OxfordSparks]

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Over 7 million viewers tuned in for the #bakeoff final last night! But what we want to know is can you bake a cake in a microwave? To find out we went @OxfordPhysics https://t.co/tk2SzGw6h8 #GBBO

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

And the final C-BASS talk of #cmbforegrounds18 was given by Richard Grumitt. He gave an incredibly enthusiastic talk on point sources in the C-BASS maps and our efforts to determine the zero level of the maps.

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Also, @Hermite explained the template fitting process with a mug 🍺, a clown 🤡 and a monster thing 👹 (?)! #cmbforegrounds18

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Earlier, @LukeJew gave a talk on polarized spectral indices from C-BASS data. #cmbforegrounds18

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Paddy Leahy on the synchrotron spectrum:
Occam's Razor is beaten by Sod's Law.
#cmbforegrounds18 🤣

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Paddy Leahy is now giving a review of Synchrotron emission. He started with a newspaper headline announcing its discovery in 1933. #cmbforegrounds18

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Lots of C-BASS team members giving talks today, first up @mike_peel giving a review of #AME.

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Jaz Hill-Valler is currently talking about next generation low-frequency surveys at #cmbforegrounds18. She is describing well-developed plans for X-BASS (to supersede C-BASS South), then NextBASS and finally ELFS. The plot shows predicted sensitivities.

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Angela Taylor has shown C-BASS Q, U, E and B maps for the first time at #cmbforegrounds18. If people are interested and didn't get a chance to ask a question, please come and talk to Angela or any other C-BASS members here or by email/twitter 🐟📡

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

The C-BASS collaboration have been busy recently - lots of us are at #cmbforegrounds18 this week presenting our work.
We have five upcoming talks on the current status of the project and we will share links to our slides. Coming up next is Angela Taylor...

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Prof Mike Jones from @OxfordPhysics is presenting a talk on C-BASS and NextBASS at the 15th Marcel Grossmann meeting in
@SapienzaRoma today. https://t.co/2KVZbNacvP

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

Happy International Women in Engineering Day! @CBASS_telescope PI Angela is featured on the @SKA_telescope website today for her role as Engineering Project Manager for the high-frequency radio receivers. Read more at https://t.co/Z9ZD0EPCp4 #INWED18 #TeamSKA @OxfordPhysics

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

We had a great collaboration meeting in #Manchester yesterday and the day before. #BringOnThePapers!

[C-BASS @CBASS_telescope]

If you couldn’t make it to the UK CMB Town Hall meeting at @RoyalAstroSoc in London last week, you can see the slides from @LukeJew ’s talk on C-BASS and low-frequency experiments here:
https://t.co/tCflwE5xzP