History

Many students and postdocs were trained at the CSO.

• Students
• Postdocs

The CSO has been a pioneer in the development of submillimeter astronomy since the 1980s.

• The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, Thomas Phillips
• A Brief History of CSO, Walter Steiger, 2009 January
• Heterodyne Receiver Development at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, Jacob Kooi, 2009

The Leighton telescope at the CSO is named after Robert B. Leighton, who designed it.

• Robert B. Leighton (Wikipedia)
• Robert B. Leighton (Charles Peck, 1997 March)
• Renowned Physicist Robert B. Leighton Dies (Caltech, 1997 March 10)
• Robert Leighton, 77, Physicist Involved in Space Exploration (New York Times, 1997 March 14)
• Robert Benjamin Leighton (Charles Peck, Gerry Neugebauer, and Rochus Vogt, Physics Today, 1997 September)
• Helioseismology
• Guide to the Papers of Robert B. Leighton, 1938-1988

Tom Phillips established the CSO.

• Thomas G. Phillips (Wikipedia)
• Caltech Mourns the Passing of Thomas G. Phillips (Caltech 2022 August 15)
• Terahertz Pioneer: Thomas G. Phillips (Peter H. Siegel, 2012 IEEE Trans. THz Sci. Tech. 2, 478)

In Hilo, the CSO offices are located in the Georgina and William Gimbel Building.

• New Gimbel Building at Caltech Submillimeter Observatory to Receive Groundblessing and Groundbreaking 1995-06-05
• New Gimbel Building at Caltech Submillimeter Observatory to Receive Groundblessing and Groundbreaking 1995-06-05
• The story of the CSO base facility in Hilo, Walter Steiger, 2008