Recollections of “Tucson Operations” The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory /

• Main Author: Gordon, M. A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 323
• Subjects: Physics.; History.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History, general.

This book is a personal account of the evolution of millimeter-wave astronomy at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. It begins with the construction of the hugely successful, but flawed, 36 ft radio telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona, and continues through the funding of its ultimate successor, t...

Table of Contents:

• The Early Years
• Construction of the Telescope
• Radio Lines from Molecules
• Dispatched to Tucson
• Expanding the Tucson Facilities
• Providing Adequate Electricity
• Lightning and Kitt Peak
• Software
• Millimeter-Wave Electronics
• Quantifying mm-Wave Astronomy
• Scheduling
• Improving the Performance of the 36-ft Telescope
• The 25-m Telescope
• Odds and Ends
• The MMA and ALMA
• The Twilight Years.