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Millimeter/Submillimeter-wave Cosmology: mm-wave Test Cryostat Design, Deployment and SCUBA-2/SMA Observations of the H1549 Overdense Galaxy Protocluster

dc.contributor.authorRoss, Colin
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Physics & Atmospheric Scienceen_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.external-examinern/aen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorKevin C. Hewitten_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerJames Drummond, Jordan Kyriakidisen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorScott Chapmanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-08T13:40:00Z
dc.date.available2014-09-08T13:40:00Z
dc.date.defence2014-08-15
dc.date.issued2014-09-08
dc.description.abstractThis 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.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/54080
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectsubmm, CMB, polarizationen_US
dc.titleMillimeter/Submillimeter-wave Cosmology: mm-wave Test Cryostat Design, Deployment and SCUBA-2/SMA Observations of the H1549 Overdense Galaxy Protoclusteren_US

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