Abstract Detail

13 January, 2006 - 3:25 PM

Z-Spec: A Dispersive Millimeter-Wave Spectrometer

J. Glenn (University of Colorado), P. A. R. Ade, J. Aguirre, J. J. Bock, C. M. Bradford, M. Dragovan, L. Duband, L. Earle, H. Matsuhara, B. Naylor, H. Nguyen, C.Wood, & J. Zmuidzinas

Z-Spec is a broadband spectrometer with coverage from 1.0 to 1.5 mm. It utilizes a waveguide diffraction grating coupled to an array of 160 60-millikelvin bolometers. We are building Z-Spec to measure redshifts of submillimeter galaxies using the CO rotational ladder and atomic fine structure lines. We will also undertake a survey of nearby ULIRGs. We had an engineering run with Z-Spec at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory in June, 2005, and obtained first light.

Download presentation