 The 8 antennas of the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager Large Array viewed from Barton Road in 2012 | |
| Part of | Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory  |
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| Location(s) | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England |
| Coordinates | 52°10′11″N 0°03′33″E / 52.16977°N 0.059167°E |
| Organization | Cavendish Astrophysics Group |
| Altitude | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Telescope style | cosmic microwave background experiment radio interferometer |
| Website | www |
  Location of Arcminute Microkelvin Imager | |
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The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) consists of a pair of interferometric radio telescopes - the Small and Large Arrays - located at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory near Cambridge. AMI was designed, built and is operated by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group. AMI was designed, primarily, for the study of galaxy clusters by observing secondary anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) arising from the Sunyaev–Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. Both arrays are used to observe radiation with frequencies between 12 and 18 GHz, and have very similar system designs. The telescopes are used to observe both previously known galaxy clusters, in an attempt to determine, for example, their masses and temperatures, and to carry out surveys, in order to locate previously undiscovered clusters.