Microwave instrumentation

Since the 1980s the Instrumentation Division has been developing instrumentation and experiments in the microwave range with the main objective of characterizing the radiation of the Cosmic Microwave Background (FCM) and other processes of galactic and extra-galactic emission.

  • Publication
    Physical Properties of Lyα Emitters at z ~ 0.3 from UV-to-FIR Measurements
    The analysis of the physical properties of low-redshift Lyα emitters (LAEs) can provide clues in the study of their high-redshift analogs. At z ~ 0.3, LAEs are...
  • Project
    Polarímetro CMB
    A Cosmic Microwave Background Polarimeter
  • Publication
    Probing nuclear activity versus star formation at z ˜ 0.8 using near-infrared multi-object spectroscopy
    We present near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic observations of 28 X-ray and mid-infrared selected sources at a median redshift of z ˜ 0.8 in the Extended Groth...
  • Publication
    Probing the nuclear and circumnuclear activity of NGC 1365 in the infrared
    We present new far-infrared (70-500 μm) Herschel Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) and Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE)...
  • Capability
    Processing of confidentiality and industrial property agreements
    The IAC promotes scientific and technological cooperations through agreements for the exchange of confidential information, including ideas for the exploitation...
  • Publication
    Quasi-stellar objects in the ALHAMBRA survey. I. Photometric redshift accuracy based on 23 optical-NIR filter photometry
    Context. Even the spectroscopic capabilities of today's ground and space-based observatories can not keep up with the enormous flow of detections (>105 deg-2)...
  • News
    QUIJOTE maps the structure of our Galaxy’s magnetic field
    Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented an initial series of 6 scientific...
  • Project
    QUIJOTE- Q-U-I JOint TEnerife CMB experiment
    QUIJOTE (Q-U-I JOint TEnerife CMB experiment) - is a program with two telescopes and a battery of instruments, installed in the Teide Observatory, dedicated to...