LEADER 04599nam 22007335 450 001 9910300546703321 005 20200630091745.0 010 $a3-319-65148-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-65148-4 035 $a(CKB)4340000000223327 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-65148-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5152971 035 $z(PPN)258847913 035 $a(PPN)221251901 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000223327 100 $a20171120d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRadio Telescope Reflectors$b[electronic resource] $eHistorical Development of Design and Construction /$fby Jacob W.M. Baars, Hans J Kärcher 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (XIV, 275 p. 194 illus., 146 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,$x0067-0057 ;$v447 311 $a3-319-65147-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aThis book demonstrates how progress in radio astronomy is intimately linked to the development of reflector antennas of increasing size and precision. The authors describe the design and construction of major radio telescopes as those in Dwingeloo, Jodrell Bank, Parkes, Effelsberg and Green Bank since 1950 up to the present as well as millimeter wavelength telescopes as the 30m MRT of IRAM in Spain, the 50m LMT in Mexico and the ALMA submillimeter instrument. The advances in methods of structural design and coping with environmental influences (wind, temperature, gravity) as well as application of new materials are explained in a non-mathematical, descriptive and graphical way along with the story of the telescopes. Emphasis is placed on the interplay between astronomical and electromagnetic requirements and structural, mechanical and control solutions. A chapter on management aspects of large telescope projects closes the book. The authors address a readership with interest in the progress of engineering solutions applied to the development of radio telescope reflectors and ground station antennas for satellite communication and space research. The book will also be of interest to historians of science and engineering with an inclination to astronomy. 410 0$aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,$x0067-0057 ;$v447 606 $aObservations, Astronomical 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aMicrowaves 606 $aOptical engineering 606 $aLasers 606 $aPhotonics 606 $aTechnology?History 606 $aHistory 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 606 $aMicrowaves, RF and Optical Engineering$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T24019 606 $aOptics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P31030 606 $aHistory of Technology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T29000 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 615 0$aObservations, Astronomical. 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aMicrowaves. 615 0$aOptical engineering. 615 0$aLasers. 615 0$aPhotonics. 615 0$aTechnology?History. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aMicrowaves, RF and Optical Engineering. 615 24$aOptics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. 615 24$aHistory of Technology. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a520 700 $aBaars$b Jacob W.M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01061664 702 $aKärcher$b Hans J$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300546703321 996 $aRadio Telescope Reflectors$92519510 997 $aUNINA