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. The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication: Theory and Practice takes a practical approach to the characterization 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/her 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 finally, graduate students in radio astronomy and communication technology.
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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)
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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. The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication: Theory and Practice takes a practical approach to the characterization 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/her 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 finally, graduate students in radio astronomy and communication technology.
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spherical astronomy, axial defocus, lateral defocus, effective beam efficiency, surface tolerance theory, quadratic illumination, spillover ring, measured antenna temperature, beam deviation factor, radio holography, pathlength error, coma lobe, prototype antennas, flux density scale, large reflector antennas, rms surface error, finite angular extent, rigging angle, baseline ripple, antenna solid angle, secondary reflector, source brightness distribution, paraboloidal reflector antenna, feed displacement, known flux density Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, The Mathematica, Antennas Propagat, Green Bank, Fourier Transformation, Pico Veleta, Monthly Notices Roy, New Mexico, The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, Principles of Optics, Large Millimeter Telescope, John Wiley, References Baars, The Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, Bell Laboratories, Little Big Horn, Cerro la Negra, Millimeter Radio Telescope Browse Sample Pages:
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spherical astronomy, axial defocus, lateral defocus, effective beam efficiency, surface tolerance theory, quadratic illumination, spillover ring, measured antenna temperature, beam deviation factor, radio holography, pathlength error, coma lobe, prototype antennas, flux density scale, large reflector antennas, rms surface error, finite angular extent, rigging angle, baseline ripple, antenna solid angle, secondary reflector, source brightness distribution, paraboloidal reflector antenna, feed displacement, known flux density Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, The Mathematica, Antennas Propagat, Green Bank, Fourier Transformation, Pico Veleta, Monthly Notices Roy, New Mexico, The Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, Principles of Optics, Large Millimeter Telescope, John Wiley, References Baars, The Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope, Bell Laboratories, Little Big Horn, Cerro la Negra, Millimeter Radio Telescope Browse Sample Pages:
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