MUSTANG: 90 GHz science with the Green Bank Telescope

Authors :: Dicker, S. R.
Korngut, P. M.
Aguirre, J.
Devlin, M. J.
Mason, B. S.
Cotton, W. D.
Mello, M.
White, S. D.
Ade, Peter A. R.
Tucker, Carole
Ames, T. J.
Benford, D. J.
Chen, T.C.
Chernevak, J. A.
Maher, S.
Moseley, S. H.
Tally, D. J.
Figueroa Feliciano, E.
Irwin, K. D.
Dicker, S. R.
Korngut, P. M.
Aguirre, J.
Devlin, M. J.
Mason, B. S.
Cotton, W. D.
Mello, M.
White, S. D.
Ade, Peter A. R.
Tucker, Carole
Ames, T. J.
Benford, D. J.
Chen, T.C.
Chernevak, J. A.
Maher, S.
Moseley, S. H.
Tally, D. J.
Figueroa Feliciano, E.
Irwin, K. D.
Abstract: MUSTANG is a 90 GHz bolometer camera built for use as a facility instrument on the 100 m Robert C. ByrdGreen Bank radio telescope (GBT). MUSTANG has an 8 by 8 focal plane array of transition edge sensorbolometers read out using time-domain multiplexed SQUID electronics. As a continuum instrument on a largesingle dish MUSTANG has a combination of high resolution (8) and good sensitivity to extended emissionwhich make it very competitive for a wide range of galactic and extragalactic science. Commissioning finishedin January 2008 and some of the first science data have been collected.

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