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Carlo R. Contaldi

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Professor of Theoretical Physics
 
 
 
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505Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Gudmundsson:2015:10.1016/j.cryogenics.2015.09.002,
author = {Gudmundsson, JE and Ade, PAR and Amiri, M and Benton, SJ and Bock, JJ and Bond, JR and Bryan, SA and Chiang, HC and Contaldi, CR and Crill, BP and Doré, O and Filippini, JP and Fraisse, AA and Gambrel, A and Gandilo, NN and Hasselfield, M and Halpern, M and Hilton, GC and Holmes, W and Hristov, VV and Irwin, KD and Jones, WC and Kermish, Z and MacTavish, CJ and Mason, PV and Megerian, K and Moncelsi, L and Montroy, TE and Morford, TA and Nagy, JM and Netterfield, CB and Rahlin, AS and Reintsema, CD and Ruhl, JE and Runyan, MC and Shariff, JA and Soler, JD and Trangsrud, A and Tucker, C and Tucker, RS and Turner, AD and Wiebe, DV and Young, E},
doi = {10.1016/j.cryogenics.2015.09.002},
journal = {Cryogenics},
pages = {65--76},
title = {The thermal design, characterization, and performance of the Spider long-duration balloon cryostat},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2015.09.002},
volume = {72},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We describe the SPIDER flight cryostat, which is designed to cool sixmillimeter-wavelength telescopes during an Antarctic long-duration balloonflight. The cryostat, one of the largest to have flown on a stratosphericpayload, uses liquid helium-4 to deliver cooling power to stages at 4.2 and 1.6K. Stainless steel capillaries facilitate a high flow impedance connectionbetween the main liquid helium tank and a smaller superfluid tank, allowing thelatter to operate at 1.6 K as long as there is liquid in the 4.2 K main tank.Each telescope houses a closed cycle helium-3 adsorption refrigerator thatfurther cools the focal planes down to 300 mK. Liquid helium vapor from themain tank is routed through heat exchangers that cool radiation shields,providing negative thermal feedback. The system performed successfully during a17 day flight in the 2014-2015 Antarctic summer. The cryostat had a total holdtime of 16.8 days, with 15.9 days occurring during flight.
AU  - Gudmundsson,JE
AU  - Ade,PAR
AU  - Amiri,M
AU  - Benton,SJ
AU  - Bock,JJ
AU  - Bond,JR
AU  - Bryan,SA
AU  - Chiang,HC
AU  - Contaldi,CR
AU  - Crill,BP
AU  - Doré,O
AU  - Filippini,JP
AU  - Fraisse,AA
AU  - Gambrel,A
AU  - Gandilo,NN
AU  - Hasselfield,M
AU  - Halpern,M
AU  - Hilton,GC
AU  - Holmes,W
AU  - Hristov,VV
AU  - Irwin,KD
AU  - Jones,WC
AU  - Kermish,Z
AU  - MacTavish,CJ
AU  - Mason,PV
AU  - Megerian,K
AU  - Moncelsi,L
AU  - Montroy,TE
AU  - Morford,TA
AU  - Nagy,JM
AU  - Netterfield,CB
AU  - Rahlin,AS
AU  - Reintsema,CD
AU  - Ruhl,JE
AU  - Runyan,MC
AU  - Shariff,JA
AU  - Soler,JD
AU  - Trangsrud,A
AU  - Tucker,C
AU  - Tucker,RS
AU  - Turner,AD
AU  - Wiebe,DV
AU  - Young,E
DO  - 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2015.09.002
EP  - 76
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1879-2235
SP  - 65
TI  - The thermal design, characterization, and performance of the Spider long-duration balloon cryostat
T2  - Cryogenics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2015.09.002
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/26308
VL  - 72
ER  -
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