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Submillimetre (submm) / Far-Infrared (FIR) astronomy from Antarctica
Projects and studies at CEA Saclay

L'installation du télescope IRAIT au Dôme C, station Concordia, en Antarctique. Une collaboration franco-italienne sur le terrain, soutenue par le réseau Européen ARENA.

SeFIRAA
Submillimetre Far-InfraRed Astronomy from Antarctica

This page presents our activities for potential Antarctic Astronomy in the far-infrared (200-500 µm) regime of the electromagnetic spectrum. Technical realisation of experiments has been undertaken at CEA Saclay with IRFU/SIS and in collaboration with IPEV, Fizeau/Nice and UNSW/Sydney. Networking activity has been undertaken within ARENA, a European Commission Network.

MENU
Dome C, the new Eldorado ?
Site testing experiments
Atmosphere transmission models
ARENA Working Group
ARENA NA5.2
ARENA FIR/submm workshop
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News board
Date
FIRI - Antarctic Workshop 10/02/2009
ARENA WG-CMC meeting in Paris 12/12/2008
WG meeting in Paris 08/10/2008
FIR interferometry / SF2A and SCAR presentations 03/07/2008
Review article on the potential of Dome C in Antarctica for submm astronomy 16/05/2008
Kick-off of ARENA WG 18/02/2008
Gilles Durand at Dome C: installation of GIVRE and SUMMIT 01/01/2008
ALMA-type antenna potential at Dome C (ppt 2 Mo; 2nd ARENA Conference in Potsdam) 17/09/2007
Review talk on science cases for submm/FIR astronomy at Dome C (ppt 10 Mo; 2nd ARENA Conference in Potsdam) 17/09/2007
ARENA workshop in Saclay 25/06/2007
 


   OUTREACH (in French) 

Interview de Gilles Durand au Dôme C avec le prince Albert de Monaco

Dôme C, le nouvel Eldorado pour l’astronomie dans l’infrarouge lointain ? (présentation format pdf)

L'astronomie à l'assaut des pôles (article format Web)


   PUBLICATIONS 

Submillimetre Astronomy in Antarctica: Potential for a large telescope facility Minier, V.; Olmi, L., Lagage, P.-O. et al. 2008, 2nd ARENA Conference, Potsdam, EAS Publications Series

Submillimetre/TeraHertz Astronomy at Dome C with CEA Filled Bolometer Array
Minier, V.; Durand, G.; Lagage, P.-O.; Talvard, M.; Travouillon, T.; Busso, M.; Tosti, G. 2007, 1st ARENA Conference, Roscoff, EAS Publications Series, Volume 25, 2007, pp.321-326 (astro-ph link)

GIVRE: A Protection Against Frost Deposit on Polar Instruments
G. Durand, L. Cadelis, V. Minier, C. Veyssière, C. Walter, A. Pierre, A. Agabi, E. Fossat and F. Jeanneaux. 2007, 1st ARENA Conference, Roscoff, EAS Publications Series, Volume 25, 2007, pp.77-80


Last update: 11/02/2008 by V. Minier

 


 



 

 

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