The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication

Theory and Practice

Jacob W. M. Baars (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

253 Seiten

2014
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4899-9708-1 (ISBN)

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Reflector antennas are widely used in the microwave and millimeter wavelength domain. Radio astronomers have developed techniques of calibration of large antennas with radio astronomical methods. These have not been comprehensively described. This text aims to fill this gap. It takes a practical approach to the characterisation of antennas. All calculations and results in the form of tables and figures have been made with Mathematica by Wolfram Research. The reader can use the procedures for the implementation of his own input data. The book should be of use to all who are involved in the design and calibration of large antennas, like ground station managers and engineers, practicing radio astronomers and graduate students in radio astronomy and communication technology.

After a three year stint at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the sixties, where the basis for the book was already laid, he participated in the design, construction, commissioning and operation of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope. Upon moving to the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie in Bonn in 1975, Baars was project manager for two highly successful millimeter wave radio telescopes – the IRAM mm-telescope on Pico Veleta, Spain and the Heinrich Hertz Telescope on Mt. Graham, Arizona, USA. Since 1999. He has been with the European Southern Observatory in Garching, participating with different tasks in the ALMA Project, in particular the evaluation of two prototype submillimeter radio telescopes.

and historical development.- Geometry of reflector antennas.- Electromagnetic theory of the reflector antenna.- Antenna characteristics in practical applications.- Measurement of antenna parameters.- Miscellaneous subjects.- Design features of some radio telescopes.

From the reviews:"The book is physically attractive. Many of the radio telescopes under discussion are pictured in full color … . Mathematica routines used to compute the examples... .Overall, Baars’s text is a valuable addition to the literature on large reflector antennas. As an encyclopedia of modern, very large paraboloidal antennas, it has no equal, and the existing state of the art is well documented therein. … I believe it will become a standard reference." (George Swenson, Physics Today, July, 2008)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.11.2014
Reihe/Serie	Astrophysics and Space Science Library ; 348
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 253 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-4899-9708-3 / 1489997083
ISBN-13	978-1-4899-9708-1 / 9781489997081
Zustand	Neuware