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Submillimetre Astronomy

Proceedings of the Kona Symposium on Millimeter and Submillimetre Astronomy, Held at Kona, Hawaii, October 3–6, 1988

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  • © 1990

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  1. Graeme D. Watt

    1. Joint Astronomy Centre, Hilo, USA

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  2. Adrian S. Webster

    1. Joint Astronomy Centre, Hilo, USA

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 158)

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G. M. Bernstein, M. L. Fischer, and P. L. Richards Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, California 94720, U. S. A. J. B. Peterson Department of Physics, Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08540, U. S. A. T. Timusk Department of Physics, McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1 , Canada ABSTRACT. Recent measurements of the diffuse background at millimeter wavelengths indicate no departure from a Planck spectrum near the peak of the blackbody curve. Anisotropy measurements indicate no structure, at the 2% level, in the recently detected submillimeter excess. We report here the results of an April 1987 balloon flight of an instrument designed to measure the spectrum of the cosmic background radiation from 1 mm to 3 mm. A description of the instrument can be found in Peterson, Richards, and Timusk (1985). Modifications were made to the apparatus and experimental procedure in order to identify and reduce systematic errors. Results from the latest flight indicate that two effects hamper the interpretation of the data. These systematic effects will be described in detail in a forthcoming publications; they are probably responsible for the non-Planckian spectrum measured by Woody and Richards (1981). Attempts to remove the systematic effects from our data yield the upper limits to the CBR brightness temperature in 4 bands from 1 mm to 3 mm. There is no evidence for an excess of radiation near the 2. 8 K blackbody peak.

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Table of contents (114 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Physics of the Interstellar Medium and Evolved Objects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Structure and Fragmentation of Quiescent Molecular Clouds

      • J. L. Puget, E. Falgarone
      Pages 3-7

    3. The Self-Similar Structure of Molecular Clouds

      • E. Falgarone, T. G. Phillips
      Pages 9-10

    4. Extended and Compact CO 7-6 Emission from OMC-1

      • J. Schmid-Burgk
      Pages 11-12

    5. The Size Distribution of Interstellar Dust

      • A. G. G. M. Tielens
      Pages 13-17

    6. High Resolution Observations of Dust Emission

      • Rolf Chini
      Pages 19-23

    7. The Magnetic Field at the Center of the Galaxy

      • Roger H. Hildebrand
      Pages 25-27

    8. Hot Molecular Gas in the Protoplanetary Nebula CRL 2688

      • M. G. Smith, T. R. Geballe, G. Sandell, C. Aspin
      Pages 29-30

    9. CO J=3→2 Observations of IRC+10216

      • J. A. Tauber, J. Kwan, P. F. Goldsmith, R. L. Snell, N. R. Erickson
      Pages 31-32

    10. CO Observations of Evolved Giant Stars

      • G. R. Knapp, C. F. Gammie, K. Young, T. G. Phillips
      Pages 33-34

    11. Far-Infrared and Submillimeter Analysis of a Dense Core: Temperature and Density Structure of L1489

      • E. F. Ladd, P. C. Myers, S. C. Casey, D. A. Harper, J. A. Davidson, P. J. Benson et al.
      Pages 35-36

    12. NGC 2071: A Twin for L1551, and Evidence for Backflow?

      • G. H. Moriarty-Schieven, V. A. Hughes, R. L. Snell
      Pages 37-38

  3. Instrumentation and Cosmic Background Experiments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. A New Technique for Surface Measurements of Radio Telescopes

      • E. Serabyn, C. R. Masson, T. G. Phillips
      Pages 41-42

    3. Gravitational Deflection of the Leighton Telescopes

      • David Woody
      Pages 43-44

    4. The SMT: A Joint Submillimeter Telescope Project of the Mar-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and Steward Observatory

      • J. W. M. Baars, E. Krügel, R. N. Martin
      Pages 45-46

    5. Submillimeter Instrument Development at Steward Observatory

      • R. N. Martin, C. E. Walker, C. K. Walker, R. E. Miller
      Pages 47-48

    6. Operation of Bolometric Detectors under Conditions of Varying Sky Background

      • M. J. Griffin
      Pages 49-50

    7. SCUBA: A Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope

      • W. D. Duncan
      Pages 51-52
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Joint Astronomy Centre, Hilo, USA

    Graeme D. Watt, Adrian S. Webster

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Submillimetre Astronomy

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Kona Symposium on Millimeter and Submillimetre Astronomy, Held at Kona, Hawaii, October 3–6, 1988

  • Editors: Graeme D. Watt, Adrian S. Webster

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-6850-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0614-6Published: 31 January 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-6852-4Published: 22 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-6850-0Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 328

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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