A New Era in Submillimetre Continuum Astronomy has Begun: LABOCA Starts Operation on APEX
Journal article published in 2007 by
Giorgio Siringo,
Axel Weiss,
Ernst Kreysa,
Frederic Schuller,
Attila Kovacs 
,
Alexandre Beelen,
Walter Esch,
Hans-Peter Gemünd,
Nikhil Jethava,
Gundula Lundershausen,
Menten K ~M,
Karl M. Menten,
Rolf Güsten,
Frank Bertoldi,
Carlos De Breuck
and other authors.
,
Alexandre Beelen,
Walter Esch,
Hans-Peter Gemünd,
Nikhil Jethava,
Gundula Lundershausen,
Menten K ~M,
Karl M. Menten,
Rolf Güsten,
Frank Bertoldi,
Carlos De Breuck
and other authors.
Abstract
In May 2007, the Large APEX Bolometer Camera LABOCA was commissioned as a facility instrument on the APEX 12-m submillimetre telescope located at an altitude of 5100 m in northern Chile. The new 870-μm bolometer camera, in combination with the high efficiency of APEX and the excellent atmospheric transmission at the site, offers unprecedented capability in mapping submillimetre continuum emission. An overview of LABOCA and the prospects for science are presented.