The array configuration design of the atacama compact array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7012, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Morita, Koh Ichiro ^a   Holdaway, Mark A ^b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ALMA; Array configuration; Radio interferometer

Indexed keywords

ALMA; ARRAY CONFIGURATION; ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; ATACAMA; BASIC PARAMETERS; COMPACT ARRAYS; CONSTRUCTION CONSTRAINTS; DETAILED DESIGN; EXTENDED OBJECTS; HIGH FIDELITY; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; M-ARRAY; MOSAICING; RADIO INTERFEROMETER; SIDE LOBES; SKY COVERAGE; SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY;

ADHESIVE JOINTS; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ELONGATION; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POWDERS; RADIO TELESCOPES;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 66749096650     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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