The Arcminute Microkelvin Imagera

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 391; pp. 1545 - 1558
• Main Authors: Zwart, JTL, Barker, R W, Biddulph, P, Bly, D, Boysen, R C, Brown, A R, Clementson, C, Crofts, M, Culverhouse, T L, Czeres, J, Dace, R J, Davies, M L, D'Alessandro, R, Doherty, P, Duggan, K, Ely, JA, Felvus, M, Feroz, F, Flynn, W, Franzen, TMO, Geisbuesch, J, Genova-Santos, R, Grainge, KJB, Grainger, W F, Hammett, D, Hills, R E, Hobson, M P, Holler, C M, Hurley-Walker, N, Jilley, R, Jones, ME, Kaneko, T, Kneissl, R, Lancaster, K, Lasenby, AN, Marshall, P J, Newton, F, Norris, O, Northrop, I, Odell, D M, Petencin, G, Pober, J C, Pooley, G G, Pospieszalski, M W, Quy, V, Rodriguez-Gonzalvez, C, Saunders, RDE, Scaife, AMM, Schofield, J, Scott, P F, Shaw, C, Shimwell, T W, Smith, H, Taylor, A C, Titterington, D J, Velic, M, Waldram, E M, West, S, Wood, BA, Yassin, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.1901
• ISSN: 0035-8711; 1365-2966
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13953.x

ABSTRACTThe Arcminute Microkelvin Imager is a pair of interferometer arrays operating with six frequency channels spanning 13.9-18.2GHz, for observations on angular scales of 30arcsec-10arcmin and for declinations greater than -15 degree ; the Small Array has a sensitivity of 30mJys-1/2 and the Large Array has a sensitivity of 3mJys-1/2. The telescope is aimed principally at Sunyaev-Zel'dovich imaging of clusters of galaxies. We discuss the design of the telescope and describe and explain its electronic and mechanical systems.