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M.A. Gordon
Recollections of ‘Tucson Operations’
The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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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.

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 221 ● ISBN 9781402032363 ● File size 6.9 MB ● Publisher Springer Netherland ● City Dordrecht ● Country NL ● Published 2006 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2147106 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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