AMiBA

AMiBA
AMiBA during construction in 2006
Location(s)Hawaii County, Hawaii
Coordinates19°32′10″N 155°34′31″W / 19.536194°N 155.575278°W / 19.536194; -155.575278 Edit this at Wikidata
Altitude3,396 m (11,142 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Wavelength3 mm (100 GHz)
Built2000–2006 (2000–2006) Edit this at Wikidata
First lightSeptember 2006 Edit this on Wikidata
Telescope stylecosmic microwave background experiment
radio telescope
radio interferometer Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter0.576 m (1 ft 10.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Angular resolution6 arcminute, 2 arcminute Edit this on Wikidata
MountingStewart platform Edit this on Wikidata
Enclosureretractable roof Edit this on Wikidata
Websiteytla.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw Edit this at Wikidata
AMiBA is located in Hawaii
AMiBA
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The Yuan-Tseh Lee Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy, also known as the Array for Microwave Background Anisotropy (AMiBA), is a radio telescope designed to observe the cosmic microwave background and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in clusters of galaxies.

After completion of the SZE campaigns, the telescope has been repurposed to study the evolution of molecular gas throughout the history of the Universe. It is now referred to as the Yuan-Tseh Lee Array (YTLA).

It is located on Mauna Loa in Hawaii, at 3,396 metres (11,142 ft) above sea level.

AMiBA was originally configured as a 7-element interferometer atop a hexapod mount. Observations at a wavelength of 3 mm (86–102 GHz) started in October 2006, and the detections of six clusters by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect were announced in 2008. In 2009 the telescope was upgraded to 13 elements, and it is capable of further expansion to 19 elements. AMiBA is the result of a collaboration between the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the National Taiwan University and the Australia Telescope National Facility, and also involves researchers from other universities.