SCAR AAA 2025

Session

Sub-mm/mm

SMM

17 Sept 2025, 11:20

9. First Onsite Activities at Dome Fuji II for 30-cm Sub-millimeter Telescope Installation

Shunsuke Honda (University of Tsukuba)

17/09/2025, 11:20

Dome Fuji II is located at an altitude of approximately 3,810 m in inland Antarctica, one of the best sites on Earth for sub-millimeter astronomical observations, owing to its extremely low atmospheric water vapor content and cold temperatures. The Consortium of Antarctic Astronomy of Japan is developing a 30-cm sub-millimeter telescope for deployment at Dome Fuji II. In the receiver, the two...

15. Probing the Origins of the Universe from the South Pole: An Overview of the BICEP Experiment

Howard Hui (Caltech)

17/09/2025, 11:40

The BICEP experiment is a series of ground-based cosmic microwave background (CMB) telescopes located at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, designed to detect the faint polarization patterns in the CMB that may provide evidence for inflationary gravitational waves. Over the past two decades, the BICEP collaboration has played a central role in observational cosmology by developing...