The atacama large millimeter/submillimeter array

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1463-1471

  Wootten, Alwyn ^a   Thompson, A Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; Millimeter astronomy; Radio astronomy; Submillimeter astronomy

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION OF GASES; RADIO ASTRONOMY;

ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUB-MILLIMETER ARRAY (ALMA); ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER/SUB-MILLIMETER ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIONS; HIGH REDSHIFT UNIVERSE; MILLIMETER ASTRONOMY; SUB-MILLIMETER ASTRONOMY; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 67651089861     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2020572     Document Type: Article

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