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Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures

Radio telescopes as well as communication antennas operate under the influence of gravity, temperature and wind. Among those, temperature influences may degrade the performance of a radio telescope through transient changes of the focus, pointing, path length and sensitivity, often in an unpredictab...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Greve, Albert (Auteur), Bremer, Michael (Auteur)
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Édition:1st ed. 2010.
Collection:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 364
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Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
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Résumé:Radio telescopes as well as communication antennas operate under the influence of gravity, temperature and wind. Among those, temperature influences may degrade the performance of a radio telescope through transient changes of the focus, pointing, path length and sensitivity, often in an unpredictable way. Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures reviews the design and construction principles of radio telescopes in view of thermal aspects and heat transfer with the variable thermal environment; it explains supporting thermal model calculations and the application and efficiency of thermal protection and temperature control; it presents many measurements illustrating the thermal behaviour of telescopes in the environment of their observatory sites. The book benefits scientists and radio/communication engineers, telescope designers and construction firms as well as telescope operators, observatory staff, but also the observing astronomer who is directly confronted with the thermal behaviour of a telescope.
Description matérielle:X, 420 p. 249 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783642038679
ISSN:2214-7985 ;