APS April Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 3
Saturday–Tuesday, April 13–16, 2019;
Denver, Colorado
Session S01: Poster Session III (14:00-17:00)
2:00 PM,
Monday, April 15, 2019
Sheraton
Room: Plaza Foyer
Abstract: S01.00050 : The Argus$+$ Program: Next Generation Mapping.
Abstract
Author:
Robert Lim
(University of Colorado Boulder)
Argus$+$ is a high-fidelity 3mm atmospheric window widefield mapping
receiver. The plan is for the Green Bank Observatory's receiver to be
general purpose to support the U.S. scientific community. Argus$+$ will have
an angular resolution of 6.5'' -- 8'', the high sensitivity enabled by a
filled aperture, and a wide field of view. This maps molecular clouds within
hundreds of square arc-minutes with a spatial dynamic range (map area /
pixel size) of 10$^{\mathrm{4}}$ to 10$^{\mathrm{5}}$. Based off the
original 16-pixel Argus receiver commissioned in 2016, Argus$+$ will allow
scientists to ask key science questions about star formation and
astrophysics. Argus demonstrates unique scalable array technology that could
be developed into Argus$+$'s 144-pixel camera. This technology combined with
GBT metrology improvements commissioned in 2018 will increase the scientific
output in the 3mm window by 20x. The team tasked with creating Argus$+$ will
be the original Argus team and GBO staff for combined decades of experience
designing, developing, and operating instruments for the U.S. science
community.
The APS poster poster shall display the science of the instrument, how
systems engineering was implemented in the project, possible designs, and
broader impact within the U.S. community. Using systems engineering and
agile techniques, the requirements, processes, and matrices were modeled for
technical design and development. The instrument provides an exploration of
the tools to develop model-based processes as the use of Unified Modeling
Language (UML) and Systems Modeling Language (SysML) for organizational
models providing an opportunity for learning techniques for managing and
defining technical projects.
\textbf{Contact Information:} This is an APS poster abstract for the GBO REU
program, roli9512@colorado.edu, 408-510-4658