Recollections of "Tucson Operations"

The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

M.A. Gordon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

221 Seiten

2005
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-3235-6 (ISBN)

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An account of the evolution of millimeter-wave astronomy at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory. It recounts the behind-the-scenes activities of the staff from the beginnings at Kitt Peak to the closing of the Tuscon offices.

A personal account of the evolution of millimeter-wave astronomy at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The author recounts the behind-the-scenes activities of the staff from the beginnings at Kitt Peak to the closing of the Tuscon offices.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.1.2005
Reihe/Serie	Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 323
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 221 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 232 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-4020-3235-8 / 1402032358
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-3235-6 / 9781402032356
Zustand	Neuware