Projects
Major Projects
CLOVER
Clover is a collaboration between Cardiff AIG, Oxford, Manchester and the Cavendish Astrophysics Group, aiming to build the next generation of CMB polarimeter.
SPIRE
SPIRE, the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver, is one of three scientific instruments that will fly on the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory.
HFI
The High Frequency Instrument for Planck, scheduled for launch in July 2008.
BLAST
Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a stratospheric balloon-borne 2m telescope which observes the sky with bolometric detectors operating in three, 30% wide, bands at 250μm, 350μm, and 500μm.
QUaD
The name QUaD stands for QUEST (Q and U Extragalactic Survey Telescope) at DASI (Degree Angular Scale Interferometer). It is situated at the MAPO observatory, approximately 1 km from the geographic South Pole.
We are also involved in testing the SCUBA 2 detectors.
Other Projects
THUMPER
THUMPER provides powerful data for the study of many different types of astronomical sources, ranging from young stars and pre-stellar cores to evolved stars to nearby galaxies.
We are also working on the following:
- Bolocam(AZTEC)
- CILCO
- LRO
- Mars Orbiter
- MIRI
- OLIMPO
- PILOT
- SOFIE
- SUZIE 3