TY - GEN
T1 - The Arizona radio observatory
T2 - 31st General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science, URSI GASS 2014
AU - Freund, Robert W.
AU - Ziurys, Lucy M.
AU - Lauria, Eugene F.
AU - Reiland, George P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014/10/17
Y1 - 2014/10/17
N2 - The Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO) operates two radio telescopes in the millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelength region. Recently, one of these instruemnts, the aging, former NRAO 12 meter telescope on Kitt Peak, was replaced with one of the 12 m ALMA prototype antennas. The high performance design of this new instrument, including its 20 microns surface and sub-arcsecond pointing, will expand observational capabilites at the ARO. New receivers and backends are also in development at ARO. A dual polarization sideband separating SIS mixer covering the 0.7 mm atmospheric windw, ranging from 385 GHz to 500 GHz, has been installed as a facility instrument on the Sub-Millimeter Telescope (SMT) on Mount Graham. A prototype Band 2 receiever, based on HEMT amplifier technology, has been built and tested on the sky. These new additions and other developments will be presented.
AB - The Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO) operates two radio telescopes in the millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelength region. Recently, one of these instruemnts, the aging, former NRAO 12 meter telescope on Kitt Peak, was replaced with one of the 12 m ALMA prototype antennas. The high performance design of this new instrument, including its 20 microns surface and sub-arcsecond pointing, will expand observational capabilites at the ARO. New receivers and backends are also in development at ARO. A dual polarization sideband separating SIS mixer covering the 0.7 mm atmospheric windw, ranging from 385 GHz to 500 GHz, has been installed as a facility instrument on the Sub-Millimeter Telescope (SMT) on Mount Graham. A prototype Band 2 receiever, based on HEMT amplifier technology, has been built and tested on the sky. These new additions and other developments will be presented.
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U2 - 10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929986
DO - 10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929986
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84919725369
T3 - 2014 31th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, URSI GASS 2014
BT - 2014 31th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, URSI GASS 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 16 August 2014 through 23 August 2014
ER -