Our #SPIEastro paper "CCAT-prime: Design of the Mod-Cam receiver and 280 GHz MKID instrument module" is now on the arXiv! https://t.co/AoUmQrMMxr
🧵on the instrumentation work we've been up to:
Our paper detailing the science goals and predictions for the Prime-Cam receiver on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is now on the arXiv: https://t.co/JHZrwNfheC
Now on the arXiv: "CCAT-prime (@CCATObservatory): Designs and Status of the First Light 280 GHz MKID Array and Mod-Cam Receiver," Proc. SPIE 2020 in submission by @CodyJDuell & myself
Paper here: https://t.co/jj02CeWEzR 🔭
Blog post here:
https://t.co/5joqavMm1l
Yesterday I washed the first optics module (OM) cylinders for Mod-Cam, to get them ready for the final welding and machining. The OMs will hold the filters and lenses of the camera. And they’re big! Me for scale.