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SÉMINAIRE DU LERMA
OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
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!! JEUDI !! 8 février 2007 à 14H


77 avenue Denfert Rochereau, Paris 14



Salle de l'Atelier, Observatoire de Paris





The Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope



Darek LIS

Caltech



Résumé : The California Institute of Technology, Cornell University, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working to construct a large sub-millimeter telescope in the high Andes of northern Chile.This instrument, called the Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT), will be used to address fundamental questions regarding cosmic origins: (i) The origin of galaxies and the early evolution of the Universe, (ii) The formation of stars and the evolution of interstellar matter, (iii) The histories of planetary systems. In my talk, I will discuss the main science areas to be explored with CCAT and describe the current status of the project, including the telescope concept design, first light instrumentation and site selection.