Radio Telescope Reflectors Historical Development of Design and Construction /

• Main Authors: Baars, Jacob W.M (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kärcher, Hans J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 447
• Subjects: Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Technology-History.; History.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; History of Technology.; History of Science.

This book demonstrates how progress in radio astronomy is intimately linked to the development of reflector antennas of increasing size and precision. The authors describe the design and construction of major radio telescopes as those in Dwingeloo, Jodrell Bank, Parkes, Effelsberg and Green Bank sin...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Evolution of the Telescope
• Birth of Radio Astronomy
• Structural Design of Reflector Antennas - Homology
• Emergence of Millimeter-wavelength Telescopes
• Submillimeter-wavelength Telescopes
• Alternative Reflector Geometries
• Electromagnetic Aspects of the Reflector Antenna
• Design and Optimization methods
• Verification - Surface and Pointing Measurement methods
• Realization.