Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Science with Bolocam |
Blind surveys for galaxy clusters and anisotropy using the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect are one of the new frontiers in cosmology, promising
to tell us about both about global cosmological parameters as well as
cluster formation and astrophysics. We present results from such a survey at 150 GHz using Bolocam, a 144-element mm-wave bolometer camera on the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, as well as preliminary maps from a program to observe massive clusters in the SZ effect at high signal-to-noise. Finally, we describe our upcoming MKID camera for the CSO and a prospective follow-up camera on the Cornell-Caltech Atacama Telescope and their expected impact on SZ observations. |
 Image Credit: Daisuke Nagai, Sherman Fairchild Fellow, Caltech |