Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver

ACBAR was an experiment to measure the anisotropy of the Cosmic microwave background. It was active 2000-2008.

Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver
Location(s)Antarctic Treaty area
Coordinates90°00′S 139°16′W
Wavelength145 GHz (2.07 mm)
Telescope stylecosmic microwave background experiment
radio telescope 
Websitecosmology.berkeley.edu/group/swlh/acbar/
Location of Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver

The ACBAR 145 GHz measurements were the most precise high multipole measurements of the CMB at the time.

See also

Further reading

  • Reichardt, C. L.; et al. (2009). "High resolution CMB power spectrum from the complete ACBAR data set". The Astrophysical Journal. 694 (2): 1200–1219. arXiv:0801.1491. Bibcode:2009ApJ...694.1200R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/1200.


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