The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (Jan 2022)
CCAT-prime Collaboration: Science Goals and Forecasts with Prime-Cam on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope
- CCAT-Prime Collaboration,
- Manuel Aravena,
- Jason E. Austermann,
- Kaustuv Basu,
- Nicholas Battaglia,
- Benjamin Beringue,
- Frank Bertoldi,
- Frank Bigiel,
- J. Richard Bond,
- Patrick C. Breysse,
- Colton Broughton,
- Ricardo Bustos,
- Scott C. Chapman,
- Maude Charmetant,
- Steve K. Choi,
- Dongwoo T. Chung,
- Susan E. Clark,
- Nicholas F. Cothard,
- Abigail T. Crites,
- Ankur Dev,
- Kaela Douglas,
- Cody J. Duell,
- Rolando Dünner,
- Haruki Ebina,
- Jens Erler,
- Michel Fich,
- Laura M. Fissel,
- Simon Foreman,
- R. G. Freundt,
- Patricio A. Gallardo,
- Jiansong Gao,
- Pablo García,
- Riccardo Giovanelli,
- Joseph E. Golec,
- Christopher E. Groppi,
- Martha P. Haynes,
- Douglas Henke,
- Brandon Hensley,
- Terry Herter,
- Ronan Higgins,
- Renée Hložek,
- Anthony Huber,
- Zachary Huber,
- Johannes Hubmayr,
- Rebecca Jackson,
- Douglas Johnstone,
- Christos Karoumpis,
- Laura C. Keating,
- Eiichiro Komatsu,
- Yaqiong Li,
- Benjamin Magnelli,
- Brenda C. Matthews,
- Philip D. Mauskopf,
- Jeffrey J. McMahon,
- P. Daniel Meerburg,
- Joel Meyers,
- Vyoma Muralidhara,
- Norman W. Murray,
- Michael D. Niemack,
- Thomas Nikola,
- Yoko Okada,
- Roberto Puddu,
- Dominik A. Riechers,
- Erik Rosolowsky,
- Kayla Rossi,
- Kaja Rotermund,
- Anirban Roy,
- Sarah I. Sadavoy,
- Reinhold Schaaf,
- Peter Schilke,
- Douglas Scott,
- Robert Simon,
- Adrian K. Sinclair,
- Gregory R. Sivakoff,
- Gordon J. Stacey,
- Amelia M. Stutz,
- Juergen Stutzki,
- Mehrnoosh Tahani,
- Karun Thanjavur,
- Ralf A. Timmermann,
- Joel N. Ullom,
- Alexander van Engelen,
- Eve M. Vavagiakis,
- Michael R. Vissers,
- Jordan D. Wheeler,
- Simon D. M. White,
- Yijie Zhu,
- Bugao Zou
Affiliations
- CCAT-Prime Collaboration
- CCAT Observatory Inc.
- Manuel Aravena
- ORCiD
- CCAT Observatory Inc.; Núcleo de Astronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales , Av. Ejército 441, Santiago, Chile
- Jason E. Austermann
- ORCiD
- Quantum Sensors Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- Kaustuv Basu
- ORCiD
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Nicholas Battaglia
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]
- Benjamin Beringue
- DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences , Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA, UK
- Frank Bertoldi
- ORCiD
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Frank Bigiel
- ORCiD
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- J. Richard Bond
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- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
- Patrick C. Breysse
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- Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University , 726 Broadway, New York, NY 1003, USA
- Colton Broughton
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria , 3800 Finnerty Road, Elliot Building, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada
- Ricardo Bustos
- ORCiD
- Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción , Alonso de Ribera 2850, Concepción, Chile
- Scott C. Chapman
- ORCiD
- Dalhousie University , Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada; University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada; Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, National Research Council Canada , 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC, V9E 2E7, Canada
- Maude Charmetant
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Steve K. Choi
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]; Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Dongwoo T. Chung
- ORCiD
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada; Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
- Susan E. Clark
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University , Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology, P.O. Box 2450, Stanford University , Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Nicholas F. Cothard
- Department of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Abigail T. Crites
- Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Ankur Dev
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Kaela Douglas
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria , 3800 Finnerty Road, Elliot Building, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada
- Cody J. Duell
- Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Rolando Dünner
- Instituto de Astrofísica and Centro de Astro-Ingeniería , Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Macul, Santiago, Chile
- Haruki Ebina
- Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Jens Erler
- ORCiD
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) Projektträger , Joseph-Beuys-Allee 4, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
- Michel Fich
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- Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Waterloo , Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- Laura M. Fissel
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy, Queen’s University , Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
- Simon Foreman
- ORCiD
- Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre , National Research Council Canada, P.O. Box 248, Penticton, BC V2A 6J9, Canada; Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada
- R. G. Freundt
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]
- Patricio A. Gallardo
- Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Jiansong Gao
- Quantum Sensors Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- Pablo García
- ORCiD
- Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy , National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China; Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Católica del Norte , Av. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta 1270709, Chile
- Riccardo Giovanelli
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]
- Joseph E. Golec
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Christopher E. Groppi
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Martha P. Haynes
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]
- Douglas Henke
- Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, National Research Council Canada , 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC, V9E 2E7, Canada
- Brandon Hensley
- ORCiD
- Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University , Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
- Terry Herter
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]
- Ronan Higgins
- ORCiD
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln , Zülpicher Str. 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
- Renée Hložek
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada; David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 50 St. George Street, Toronto ON M5S3H4, Canada
- Anthony Huber
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge , Alberta, Canada
- Zachary Huber
- Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Johannes Hubmayr
- Quantum Sensors Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- Rebecca Jackson
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Douglas Johnstone
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria , 3800 Finnerty Road, Elliot Building, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada; Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, National Research Council Canada , 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC, V9E 2E7, Canada
- Christos Karoumpis
- ORCiD
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Laura C. Keating
- ORCiD
- Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) , An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany
- Eiichiro Komatsu
- ORCiD
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik , Karl-Schwarzschild Str. 1, D-85741 Garching, Germany; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU, WPI), University of Tokyo , Chiba 277-8582, Japan
- Yaqiong Li
- Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Benjamin Magnelli
- ORCiD
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany; AIM, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay , Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Brenda C. Matthews
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria , 3800 Finnerty Road, Elliot Building, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada; Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, National Research Council Canada , 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC, V9E 2E7, Canada
- Philip D. Mauskopf
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; Department of Physics, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Jeffrey J. McMahon
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Physics, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- P. Daniel Meerburg
- Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen , Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
- Joel Meyers
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University , 3215 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275, USA
- Vyoma Muralidhara
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik , Karl-Schwarzschild Str. 1, D-85741 Garching, Germany
- Norman W. Murray
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto , 60 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H8, Canada
- Michael D. Niemack
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]; Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Thomas Nikola
- Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences , 210 Space Sciences Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Yoko Okada
- ORCiD
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln , Zülpicher Str. 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
- Roberto Puddu
- Instituto de Astrofísica and Centro de Astro-Ingeniería , Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Macul, Santiago, Chile
- Dominik A. Riechers
- ORCiD
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln , Zülpicher Str. 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
- Erik Rosolowsky
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta , CCIS 4-181, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
- Kayla Rossi
- Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences , 210 Space Sciences Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Kaja Rotermund
- Dalhousie University , Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
- Anirban Roy
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]
- Sarah I. Sadavoy
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy, Queen’s University , Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
- Reinhold Schaaf
- ORCiD
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Peter Schilke
- ORCiD
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln , Zülpicher Str. 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
- Douglas Scott
- ORCiD
- University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Robert Simon
- ORCiD
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln , Zülpicher Str. 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
- Adrian K. Sinclair
- ORCiD
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Gregory R. Sivakoff
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta , CCIS 4-181, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada
- Gordon J. Stacey
- ORCiD
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]
- Amelia M. Stutz
- ORCiD
- Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Concepción , Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile; Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie , Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Juergen Stutzki
- ORCiD
- I. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln , Zülpicher Str. 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany
- Mehrnoosh Tahani
- ORCiD
- Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre , National Research Council Canada, P.O. Box 248, Penticton, BC V2A 6J9, Canada
- Karun Thanjavur
- ORCiD
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria , 3800 Finnerty Road, Elliot Building, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada
- Ralf A. Timmermann
- Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn , Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
- Joel N. Ullom
- Quantum Sensors Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- Alexander van Engelen
- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
- Eve M. Vavagiakis
- Department of Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Michael R. Vissers
- ORCiD
- Quantum Sensors Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- Jordan D. Wheeler
- Quantum Sensors Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology , Boulder, CO 80305, USA
- Simon D. M. White
- ORCiD
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik , Karl-Schwarzschild Str. 1, D-85741 Garching, Germany
- Yijie Zhu
- Department of Astronomy, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ; [email protected]
- Bugao Zou
- Department of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac9838
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 264,
no. 1
p. 7
Abstract
We present a detailed overview of the science goals and predictions for the Prime-Cam direct-detection camera–spectrometer being constructed by the CCAT-prime collaboration for dedicated use on the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST). The FYST is a wide-field, 6 m aperture submillimeter telescope being built (first light in late 2023) by an international consortium of institutions led by Cornell University and sited at more than 5600 m on Cerro Chajnantor in northern Chile. Prime-Cam is one of two instruments planned for FYST and will provide unprecedented spectroscopic and broadband measurement capabilities to address important astrophysical questions ranging from Big Bang cosmology through reionization and the formation of the first galaxies to star formation within our own Milky Way. Prime-Cam on the FYST will have a mapping speed that is over 10 times greater than existing and near-term facilities for high-redshift science and broadband polarimetric imaging at frequencies above 300 GHz. We describe details of the science program enabled by this system and our preliminary survey strategies.
Keywords
- Wide-field telescopes
- Astronomical instrumentation
- Galaxy evolution
- Reionization
- Protogalaxies
- Time domain astronomy
