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.

  • Talk
    QUIJOTE: el estado de la instrumentación CMB en Canarias.
    Durante este seminario se hará un recorrido sobre la instrumentación dentro del proyecto QUIJOTE, desde de los instrumentos ya existentes y su problemática...
  • Capability
    R&D&I project management
    The development of large and complex scientific instruments has led the IAC to specialize in project management techniques, a discipline to coordinate the human...
  • Publication
    Resolving the nuclear dust distribution of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 3081
    We report far-infrared (FIR) imaging of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 3081 in the range 70-500 μm, obtained with an unprecedented angular resolution, using the...
  • Publication
    Revealing the characteristics of the dark GRB 150309A: Dust extinguished or high-z?
    Context. Dark gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) constitute a significant fraction of the GRB population. In this paper, we present a multi-wavelength analysis (both...
  • Publication
    Rotational effects on the negative magnetic pressure instability
    Context. The surface layers of the Sun are strongly stratified. In the presence of turbulence with a weak mean magnetic field, a large-scale instability...
  • Publication
    San Pedro Mártir observations of microvariability in obscured quasars
    Fast brightness variations are a unique tool to probe the innermost regions of active galactic nuclei (AGN). These variations are called microvariability or...
  • Project
    Scientific instrumentation of the CMB laboratory at Teide Observatory - INSIDE OOCC
    The QUIJOTE experiment is a reference project for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) research at the IAC. It started operations in 2012. Currently and in the...
  • Publication
    SDSS galaxies with double-peaked emission lines: double starbursts or active galactic nuclei?
    With the aim of investigating galaxies with two strong simultaneous starbursts, we have extracted a sample of galaxies with double-peaked emission lines in...
  • Publication
    Serendipitous detection of an overdensity of Herschel-SPIRE 250 μm sources south of MRC 1138-26
    We report the serendipitous detection of a significant overdensity of Herschel-Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver 250 μm sources in the vicinity of MRC...