Primary beam and dish surface characterization at the allen telescope array by radio holography

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 6 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2004-2021

  Harp, G R ^a   Ackermann, R F ^a   Nadler, Z J ^a   Blair, Samantha K ^b   Davis, M M ^a   Wright, M C H ^b   Forster, J R ^b   Deboer, D R ^b   Welch, W J ^b   Atkinson, Shannon ^a   Backer, D C ^b   Backus, P R ^a   Barott, William ^a   Bauermeister, Amber ^b   Blitz, Leo ^b   Bock, D C J ^b   Bower, Geoffrey C ^b   Bradford, Tucker ^a   Cheng, Calvin ^b   Croft, Steve ^b   Dexter, Matt ^b   Dreher, John ^a   Engargiola, Greg ^b   Fields, E D ^b   Heiles, Carl ^b   Helfer, Tamara ^b   Jordan, Jane ^a   Jorgensen, Susan ^b   Kilsdonk, Tom ^a   Gutierrez Kraybill, Colby ^b   Keating, Garrett ^b   Law, Casey ^b   Lugten, John ^b   MacMahon, D H E ^b   McMahon, Peter ^b   Milgrome, Oren ^b   Siemion, Andrew ^b   Smolek, Ken ^a   Thornton, Douglas ^b   Pierson, Tom ^a   Randall, Karen ^a   Ross, John ^a   Shostak, Seth ^a   Tarter, J C ^a   Urry, Lynn ^b   Werthimer, Dan ^b   Williams, Peter K G ^b   Whysong, David ^b   more..

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allen telescope array (ATA); antenna radiation patterns; digital holography; dish surface accuracy; image reconstruction; radio astronomy; radio telescope; square kilometer array

Indexed keywords

ALLEN TELESCOPE ARRAY; ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY; DISH SURFACE ACCURACY; SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAY;

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HEATING; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADAR ASTRONOMY; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SUN; TELESCOPES;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 79957972335     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2122214     Document Type: Article

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