Observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect using the Cosmic Background Imager 2

This thesis describes the analysis of pointed thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect data from observations using the Cosmic Background Imager 2 (CBI2). CBI2 is an upgrade to the original Cosmic Background Imager, with antennas that have twice the effective collecting area, and hence provide gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allison, J. R.
Other Authors: Jones, M. E.
Published: University of Oxford 2010
Subjects:
520
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525256