Design and performance of the ALMA-J prototype antenna

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5489, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 1085-1093

  Ukita, Nobuharu ^a   Saito, Masao ^a   Ezawa, Hajime ^a   Ikenoue, Bungo ^a   Ishizaki, Hideharu ^a   Iwashita, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Hayakawa, Takahiro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Radio telescope; Submillimeter

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEARS; OBSERVATORIES; OSCILLATIONS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RADIO TELESCOPES; SENSORS;

AMPLITUDES; BACKUP STRUCTURES (BUS); DATA TRACKING; TEMPERATURE MONITORING;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 10644290923     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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