The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication: Theory and Practice / Edition 1

The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication: Theory and Practice / Edition 1

by Jacob W. M. Baars
ISBN-10:
0387697330
ISBN-13:
9780387697338
Pub. Date:
07/16/2007
Publisher:
Springer New York
ISBN-10:
0387697330
ISBN-13:
9780387697338
Pub. Date:
07/16/2007
Publisher:
Springer New York
The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication: Theory and Practice / Edition 1

The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication: Theory and Practice / Edition 1

by Jacob W. M. Baars

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Overview

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 aims to fill this gap. It takes a practical approach to the characterisation of antennas. All calculations and results in the form of tables and figures have been made with Mathematica by Wolfram Research. The reader can use the procedures for the implementation of his own input data. The book should be of use to all who are involved in the design and calibration of large antennas, like ground station managers and engineers, practicing radio astronomers and graduate students in radio astronomy and communication technology.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780387697338
Publisher: Springer New York
Publication date: 07/16/2007
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library , #348
Edition description: 2007
Pages: 253
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

After a three year stint at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the sixties, where the basis for the book was already laid, he participated in the design, construction, commissioning and operation of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. Upon moving to the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie in Bonn in 1975, Baars was project manager for two highly successful millimeter wave radio telescopes – the IRAM mm-telescope on Pico Veleta, Spain and the Heinrich Hertz Telescope on Mt. Graham, Arizona, USA. Since 1999. He has been with the European Southern Observatory in Garching, participating with different tasks in the ALMA Project, in particular the evaluation of two prototype submillimeter radio telescopes.

Table of Contents

and historical development.- Geometry of reflector antennas.- Electromagnetic theory of the reflector antenna.- Antenna characteristics in practical applications.- Measurement of antenna parameters.- Miscellaneous subjects.- Design features of some radio telescopes.
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