Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope
The Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope (CAT) was a three-element interferometer for cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB/R) observations at 13 to 17 GHz, based at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. In 1995, it was the first instrument to measure small-scale structure in the cosmic microwave background. When the more sensitive Very Small Array came online in 2000, the CAT was decommissioned and partly dismantled.
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The Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope (CAT) was a three-element interferometer for cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB/R) observations at 13 to 17 GHz, based at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. In 1995, it was the first instrument to measure small-scale structure in the cosmic microwave background. When the more sensitive Very Small Array came online in 2000, the CAT was decommissioned and partly dismantled.
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Detection of Cosmic Microwave Background Structure in a Second Field with the Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope digitised by DataCite (arXiv).
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- 1.NASA. CAT - Introduction. MRAO.
- 2.First detailed picture of the early universe. MRAO. 1996.
- 3.Scott, P. F. Measurements of Structure in the Cosmic Background Radiation with the Cambridge Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 461. 1. L1–L4. April 1996. 10.1086/310000.
- 4.NASA. The Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope. MRAO.
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