The trans-neptunian automated occultation survey (taos II)

M. J. Lehner; S. Y. Wang; M. Reyes-Ruiz; Z. W. Zhang; L. Figueroa; C. K. Huang; W. L. Yen; C. Alcock; F. Alvarez Santana; J. Castro-Chacon; W. P. Chen; Y. H. Chu; K. H. Cook; J. C. Geary; B. Hernandez; J. Karr; J. J. Kavelaars; T. Norton; A. Szentgyorgyi

doi:10.1017/S1743921318002557

The trans-neptunian automated occultation survey (taos II)

M. J. Lehner, S. Y. Wang, M. Reyes-Ruiz, Z. W. Zhang, L. Figueroa, C. K. Huang, W. L. Yen, C. Alcock, F. Alvarez Santana, J. Castro-Chacon, W. P. Chen, Y. H. Chu, K. H. Cook, J. C. Geary, B. Hernandez, J. Karr, J. J. Kavelaars, T. Norton, A. Szentgyorgyi

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TAOS II is a next-generation occultation survey with the goal of measuring the size distribution of the small end of the Kuiper Belt (objects with diameters 0.5-30 km). Such objects have magnitudes r > 30, and are thus undetectable by direct imaging. The project will operate three telescopes at San Pedro Martir Observatory in Baja California, Mexico. Each telescope will be equipped with a custom-built camera comprised of a focal-plane array of CMOS imagers. The cameras will be capable of reading out image data from 10,000 stars at a cadence of 20 Hz. The telescopes will monitor the same set of stars simultaneously to search for coincident occultation detections, thus minimising the false-positive rate. This talk described the project, and reported on the progress of the development of the survey infrastructure.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	193-196
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume	14
Issue number	S339
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921318002557
State	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Kuiper Belt
Occultations
instrumentation: detectors
telescopes

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Lehner, M. J., Wang, S. Y., Reyes-Ruiz, M., Zhang, Z. W., Figueroa, L., Huang, C. K., Yen, W. L., Alcock, C., Alvarez Santana, F., Castro-Chacon, J., Chen, W. P., Chu, Y. H., Cook, K. H., Geary, J. C., Hernandez, B., Karr, J., Kavelaars, J. J., Norton, T., & Szentgyorgyi, A. (2017). The trans-neptunian automated occultation survey (taos II). Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 14(S339), 193-196. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921318002557

Lehner, MJ, Wang, SY, Reyes-Ruiz, M, Zhang, ZW, Figueroa, L, Huang, CK, Yen, WL, Alcock, C, Alvarez Santana, F, Castro-Chacon, J, Chen, WP, Chu, YH, Cook, KH, Geary, JC, Hernandez, B, Karr, J, Kavelaars, JJ, Norton, T & Szentgyorgyi, A 2017, 'The trans-neptunian automated occultation survey (taos II)', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, vol. 14, no. S339, pp. 193-196. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921318002557

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