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de Petris, M.; Catalano, A.; de Gregori, S.; Lamagna, L.; Lattanzi, V.; Luzzi, G.; Maoli, R.; Melchiorri, A.; Melchiorri, F.; Savini, G.; Vetrani, G. G.; Battistelli, E. S.; Valenziano, L.; Mandolesi, N.; Villa, F.; Cuttaia, F.; Ade, P. A. R.; Mauskopf, P.; Orlando, A.; Encrenaz, P.; Pardo, J. R.; Cernicharo, J.
Bibliographical reference
EAS Publications Series, Volume 14, 2005, pp.233-238
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Description
CASPER (Concordia Atmospheric SPectroscopy of Emitted Radiation) is a
spectrometer proposed for installation at Dome C, devoted to
measurements of atmospheric emission in the spectral region between 180
μm and 3 mm (3 55 cm-1). This instrument will be able to
perform continuous spectral sampling at different altitudes at angular
scales of 1°. From the recorded data it is possible to extract
atmospheric transmittance within 1% in the whole wide operating band,
together with water vapour content and O{2} and O{3} concentrations.
CASPER will allow us to characterize the site for future FIR/mm
telescopes. Atmospheric data recorded by CASPER will allow for
correction of astrophysical and cosmological observations without the
need for telescope-specific procedures and further loss of observation
time with more precision in the observations themselves. Calibration of
ground-based telescopes on known sky sources is strongly affected by
atmospheric absorption. CASPER has this as its primary goal. The
spectrometer is based on a Martin-Puplett interferometer. Two data
sampling solutions will be performed: phase modulation & fast scan
strategy. Sky radiation is collected towards the interferometer by an
optical setup that allows the field of view, to explore the full 0°
div 90° range of elevation angles. With a low spurious polarization
instrument, monitoring of polarized atmospheric contribution will be
possible.