The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication
Reflector antennas are widely used in the microwave and millimeter wavelength domain. Radio astronomers have developed techniques of calibration of large antennas with radio astronomical methods. These have not been comprehensively described. This text ai
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THE PARABOLOIDAL REFLECTOR ANTENNA IN RADIO ASTRONOMY AND COMMUNICATION
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY VOLUME 348
EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman W.B. BURTON, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. ([email protected]); University of Leiden, The Netherlands ([email protected])
MEMBERS F. Bertola, University of Padu, Ital y; J.P. Cassinelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA; C.J. Cesarsky, European Southern Observatory, Garching bei M¨unchen, Germany; P. Ehrenfreund, Leiden University, The Netherl ands; O. Engvold, University of Osl o, Norway; A. Heck, Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France; E.P.J. van den Heuvel, University of Amsterdam, The Netherl ands; V.M. Kaspi, McGil l University, Montreal , Canada; J.M.E. Kuijpers, University of Nijmegen, The Netherl ands; H. van der Laan, University of Utrecht, The Netherl ands; P.G. Murdin, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK; F. Pacini, Istituto Astronomia Arcetri, Firenze, Ital y; V. Radhakrishnan, Raman Research Institute, Bangal ore, India; B.V. Somov, Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia; R.A. Sunyaev, Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia
THE PARABOLOIDAL REFLECTOR ANTENNA IN RADIO ASTRONOMY AND COMMUNICATION Theory and Practice
JACOB W.M. BAARS European Southern Observatory Swisttal / Bonn, Germany
Jacob W.M. Baars European Southern Observatory Swisttal / Bonn, Germany [email protected]
Cover illustration: The APEX Submillimeter Telescope of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie on Llano de Chajnantor, Chile. Photo: Arnaud Belloche, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany. Frontispiece: Specchi Ustori di Archimede (Archimedé Burning Glasses), Giulio Pangi (attr.) 1599. Courtesy of Galleria degli Uffizi, Polo Museale, Firenze, Italia.
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Dedication To Dave Heeschen, who enabled me to jump in the water, Peter Mezger, who taught me to swim, the memory
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