Antarctic Astronomy and Site Testing
Experiments and Instrumentation proposed, in progress, operating

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page mantained by Paolo G. Calisse - last update on 1 March, 2003
 
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  operating
  discontinued
  aborted
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Experiment or Instrument name

Installed on

 diameter detector

scope

Institutions
(main institutions in bold)

Status

Location
1

AASTINO, Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Infant Observatory

   n/a n/a

Site Testing

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

2033 -date

Dome Concordia
2

AASTO, Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Observatory

   n/a n/a

Site Testing

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia
MSSSO, Australia

1995 - date

South Pole

3

ABU

SPIREX

   1024x1024 InSb,
2-5 um

CCD camera

Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA
National Optical Astronomy Obs., USA
Rochester Inst. Of technology. USA
Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

1997-1999

South Pole
4

ACBAR, Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array

 VIPER   4x4 bol
4 mm

CMBR, S-Z

Univ. of California at Berkeley, CA, USA
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA
Caltech, CA, USA

1999 - date

 South Pole
5

ADIMM, Antarctic Differential Image Motion Monitor

AASTO

 0.36 m  

Seeing, Optical

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

   South Pole
6

AFOS, Antarctic Fiber Optic Spectrometer

AASTO

 0.36 m NIR, UV

Site Testing, UV and NIR Spectrometer

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

   South Pole
7

AIRO, Antarctic InfraRed Observatory

2 m NIR, MIR

Photometry
Interferometry

Boston University, MA, USA
Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA
Rochester Inst. of Technology, NY, USA

 under proposal Dome Concordia
8

AIRS validation , Atmospheric Infrared Sounder validation experiemnt

      

Site Testing

University of Idaho, Id, USA
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
NOAA-CMDL

sum 2002-2003

Dome Concordia
9

AMANDA, Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array

     302 PMT
1 TeV

Neutrinos

Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
DESY-Zeuthen, Germany
Stockholm University, Sweden
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, USA
University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
University of Wisconsin, WI, USA
University of Wuppertal, Germany
University of Kalmar, Sweden
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA, USA
Universität Mainz, Germany
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
University of Kansas, KS, USA
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden

1999-date

South Pole
10
 ANITA, ANtarctic Impulse Transient Antenna 36 x 1.5m long 0.2 - 1 GHz GZK Neutrinos Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA exp 2006 McMurdo LDBF
11

APACHE, Antarctic Plateau Anisotropy CHasing Experiment

   0.60 m 1.1, 1.3, 2.0, 3.0 mm CMBR anisotropies

CNR-Tesre, Italia
Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
Univ. Roma Tre, Italy
Univ. La Sapienza, Italy
ENEA, Italy

1996

Dome Concordia
12

API, Antarctic Planet Interferometer

   6x9 m  

Infrared astronomy

proposed

Dome C

13

AST/RO Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope/ Remote Observatory

   1.7 m 230 GHz
460-492 GHz
460-500 GHz

Photometry, Spectrometry, mm

Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MA, USA
Univ. of Colorado, CO, USA
Santa Monica College, CA, USA
Boston University, MA, USA
Univ. of California at Berkeley, CA, USA
Cornell University, USA
Caltech, CA, USA
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, MA, USA
University of Illinois, IL, USA
University of Maryland, MD
Universitat zu Koln, Germany
Steward Obs., AZ, USA
Radiometer Physics, Germany

1995-date

 South Pole
14
 ATIC, Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter     5x10^10 - 10^14 eV Cosmic rays, proton, He

Louisiana State University, LO, USA
Naval Research Laboratory, USA
 NASA-MSFC, USA
University of Maryland, MD
Southern University, LO, USA
Moscow State University, Russia
Seoul National University, South Korea
Max Planck Institute Lindau, Germany
NASA - Office of Space Science USA
National Scientific Balloon Facility, USA
Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program, LO, USA
Louisiana Technology Innovation Fund, LO, USA
National Science Foundation (NSF), USA

sum 2000-01, sum 2002-03 McMurdo LDBF
15

ATP, Advanced Telescope Program

      

Photometry

  

Proposed

South Pole
16

Balloon Microthermal Measurements

     15 flights

Site Testing, Seeing

Univ. de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

1994

South Pole
17

BICEP, Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization

90, 150 GHz

polarimetry

exp.sum 2005

South Pole
18
 BLAST, Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope 2 m 250, 350, 500 um Photometry exp. sum 2004 McMurdo, LDBF
19

BOOMERAnG, Balloon Observation Of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation ANd Geophysics

  1.3 m  

CMBR anisotropies
CMBR polarization

Univ. of California at Berkeley, CA, USA
Univ. La Sapienza, Italy
Caltech, CA, USA
JPL, USA
QMWC, UK
NERSC, USA
IPAC, CA, USA
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica, Italy
Univ. Toronto, Canada
Univ. di Tor Vergata, Italy
CITA, Canada
ENEA, Italy
CERN, EU
Univ. of Massachusetts, MA, USA
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA
IROE, Italy

sum 1999-00
sum 2002-03

McMurdo, LDBF
20
 CMBR Anisotropy Experiment       CMBR anisotropies Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
ISPT, Italy		 1989 Terra Nova Bay
21
 CMB Polaritazion at 33 GHz experiment     33 GHz CMBR Polarization Universitá di Milano-Bicocca, Italy 1997 Terra Nova Bay
22

COBBER

AASTO

   NIR

Site Testing, Cloud cover monitor

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

 2002 Dome C
23

COBRA, COsmic Background Radiation Anisotropy experiment

     

CMBR anisotropies

CARA. USA   South Pole
24
 COMPASS/SSPEX   2.6 m   CMBR polarization Univ. Roma Tre, Italy
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA
JPL, USA
Princeton University, NJ, USA
Stanford University, CA, USA
University of Wisconsin, WI, USA
Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA
Cardiff University, UK		 in progress Dome C
25

CORONA

VIPER   7mm

CMBR polarization

Univ. of California at Berkeley, CA, USA
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, USA
Caltech, CA, USA

? - 1999

 South Pole
26

DASI, Degree Angular Scale Interferometer

     13x 26-36 Ghz

CMBR, interferometry, mm

Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA
Caltech, CA, USA

1999-date

South Pole
27

DMT, Douglas Mawson Telescope

   2 m 2.4- 350 um

Photometry

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

under proposal

Dome C
28

EMILIE,

      Sub-mm Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
Some French Institution

1984-85

South Pole
29
 FGE, Flares Genesys Experiment   0.8 m 6122 A
6563 A		 Solar Flares NASA - Office of Space Science USA
John Hopkins University/APL, USA
National Scientific Balloon Facility, USA 		sum 1995-96
sum 2000-01		 McMurdo LDBF
30
 FLaMR AST/RO receiver 460-492 Ghz sub-mm   sum 1999-00 South Pole
31
 FTS, South Pole Submillimeter Fourier Transform Spectrometer 1.5 THz sub-mm site testing Caltech, CA, USA 2000-date South Pole
32
 GASP, Gamma ray Astronomy South Pole 6 x ? cosmic ray University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA 1995/97 South Pole
33

G-Mount, General Mount

AASTO

 n/a n/a

Technology

MSSSO, Australia
Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

1997

South Pole

GRIM

SPIREX

   128x128 HgCdTe 1-2.5 um

Photometry, sub-mm, mm

Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA

1993-1997

South Pole
34
 GSFC "sky dip" telescope       Site Testing, mid IR GSFC-NASA, MD, USA 1995-96 South Pole
35

GTA, Grande Telescopio Antarctico

   6 m  

Photometry, IR

CNR-IFSI, Italy

in progress

Dome Concordia
36
 HASI balloon borne mock-up flights       Planetology
Space technology)
 CISAS, Italy
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France
Open University, UK
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
CNES, France		 sum 2002sum 2003 Terra Nova Bay
37
 Dome C
38

HDIMM, Hartmann Differential Image Motion Monitor

SPIREX

   optical Site Testing

Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA

  

South Pole
39

HIREGS, HIgh REsolution Gamma-ray And Hard X-Ray Spectrometer

     0.02-18 MeV
<~160 MeV
 

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Univ. of California, San Diego , CA, USA
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA, USA
CESR, France

sum 1991-92
sum 1992-93
sum 1993-94

McMurdo, LDBF
40

IceCam

AASTO

   optical

Site Testing, cloud cover

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

 2001-date Dome C
41

IceCube

      

Cosmic Ray

Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
Clark Atlanta University, GA, USA
DESY-Zeuthen, Germany
Institute for Advanced Study, NJ, USA
Universität Mainz, Germany
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA, USA South Pole Station, Antarctica
Southern University, LA, USA
Stockholm University, Sweden
Univ. of California at Berkeley, CA, USA
University of Kansas, KS, USA
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium
University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
University of Wisconsin-River Falls, WI, USA
University of Wuppertal, Germany
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Proposed

South Pole
42

IRAIT, Italian Robotic Antarctic Infrared Telescope

      

Photometry, IR

Univ. di Perugia, Italy
ENEA, Italy

exp 2005

Dome C
43

IRPS, Infrared Photometer/Spectrometer

     

Photometry, Spetrometry, IR

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

1993-1996

South Pole
44
 Italian-US site testing experiment   2.6 m   site testing Univ. Roma Tre, Italy
Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA		 1998 Dome C
45

JACEE, Japan-American Collaborative Emulsion Experiment

     1 TeV

Cosmic ray

Univ. of Alabama, USA
NASA-MSFC,
Univ. of Washington, USA
University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, USA
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA
Louisiana State University, LA, USA
Kobe Women's Junior College, Japan
Kobe University, Japan
Kochi University, Japan
Okayama University, Japan
Hiroshima University, Japan
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Japan
University of Tokyo, Japan
Waseda University, Japan
Institute for Nuclear Physics, Japan

sum 1995-96

McMurdo, LDBF
46
 Major Dobbin AST/RO receiver 230 Ghz     in progress South Pole
47

MASTHER

              
48
 MBI-B, Millimeter Bolometer Interferometer - Bimode 2 x ~0.5 m mm Polaritazion Cardiff University, UK
Univ. La Sapienza, Italy
IAS Université Paris-Sud, France
Brown University, RI, USA		 under proposal Dome C
49
 MIRAS, Mid Infra Red Antarctic Spectrometer IRPS spectrometer mid IR Site Testing, MIR Univ. of New South Wales, Australia 1996 South Pole
50

MISM, Mid InfraRed Sky Monitor

AASTO

    

Site testing, MIR

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

1995

 South Pole
51
 MOTH, Magnetic Optical filter at Two Heights

2 x 4.8 cm 5990 A
7000 A

Sun Observation

Univ. La Sapienza, Italy
Maui Scientific Research Center, USA

 sum 2002-03 South Pole

NISM, Near InfraRed Sky Monitor

AASTO

    

Site testing, NIR

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

   South Pole
52

OASI, Osservatorio Antarctico Submillimetrico Infrarosso

   2.6 m 1.1 mm
1.3 mm
3.0 mm

Astronomy, sub-mm and mm

Univ. Roma Tre, Italy

1987 - date

Terra Nova Bay
53

Photometric helioseismology telescope

            

South Pole

54
55

PoleSTAR

AST/RO

 receiver 4x 806-809 GHz

Photometry

Steward Obs., AZ, USA
Kölner Observatorium für Submillimeter Astronomie, Germany
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, MA, USA
Caltech, CA, USA

in progress

South Pole
56

POST, Polar Stratospheric Telescope

   6 m 2-10 um

Photometry, NIR

 Space Telescope Science Inst., MD, USA
Univ. of Colorado, CO, USA
Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, CA, USA
MSSSO, Australia

aborted

South Pole
57

Python

   0.75 m 90 Ghz

CMBR Anisotropies

Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA

1992-1997

South Pole
58
 QUEST (Q and U Extra-Galactic Sub-mm Telescope   2.6 m 3 mm CMBR polarization Cardiff University, UK 2001 Dome C
59

RICE, Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment

       Neutrinos

Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
University of Kansas, KS, USA
Haskell Indian Nations University, KS, USA
University of Wisconsin, WI, USA

1995-date

South Pole
60

SCIDAR

AASTO

    

Seeing
atmospheric turbulence

South Pole
61

SODAR array

AASTO

 0.8 acoustic

Seeing
atmospheric turbulence

Univ. of New South Wales, Australia

1995-

South Pole
62

SPARO, Submillimeter Polarimeter for Antarctic Remote Observing

VIPER

 n/a 2 x 9 x 450 um

Polarimetry, sub-mm

Northwestern University, USA
Univ. of Chicago, IL, USA

 1999-date South Pole
63

SPASE, South Pole Air Shower Experiment

     10^14 eV

Gamma Ray

Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
Univ. of Leeds, UK

 1988-1998 South Pole
64

SPASE-2, South Pole Air Shower Experiment 2

     130 x

Gamma Ray

Bartol Research Institute, DE, USA
Univ. of Leeds, UK

1996 - date South Pole
65

SPIFI, South Pole Imaging Fabry-Perot Interferometer

AST/RO

 n/a

5x5
250 um
350 um
450 um

Spectrometry

Co