dc.contributor.author | Ross, Colin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-08T13:40:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-08T13:40:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-09-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54080 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis is divided into four main sections. I begin by providing the reader with some context for the significance of this work by introducing the concept of millimeter/submillimeter cosmology. This is followed by an introduction to the instrumentation used at these wavelengths and the design of a laboratory based system I developed to test sensitive broadband detectors operating at 0.25K. Next I will discuss a promising experiment in this field that is currently observing the cosmic microwave background in the Chilean Andes in search of a unique polarization pattern predicted by inflationary theories. In this section I will outline my contributions to the project and explain how it initiated the development of the system discussed in the previous section. I will conclude with a high-level data analysis project I worked on to gain some experience dealing with data sets from millimeter/submillimeter wavelengths. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | submm, CMB, polarization | en_US |
dc.title | Millimeter/Submillimeter-wave Cosmology: mm-wave Test Cryostat Design, Deployment and SCUBA-2/SMA Observations of the H1549 Overdense Galaxy Protocluster | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2014-08-15 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Kevin C. Hewitt | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | James Drummond, Jordan Kyriakidis | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Scott Chapman | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |