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hdl:2014/53303 |
Publication Date
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2020-12-14 |
Title
| The Potential for a K-Band Receiver on the Large Millimeter Telescope |
Author
| Kurtza, Stanley E. (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
Stander, Tinus (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
de Villiers, Dirk I. L. (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
Cerfonteyn, William (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
de Witt, Aletha (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
Ferrusca Rodrıquez, Daniel (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
Hiriart, David (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
Hughes, David H. (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
Jacobs, Christopher (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
Loinard, Laurent (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
van den Heever, Fanie (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020)
Velazquez de la Rosa Becerra, Miguel (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2020) |
Point of Contact
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Kurtza, Stanley E. |
Description
| The 50-meter Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) operating on the Sierra Negra in Mexico is the largest single- dish millimeter-wave telescope in the world. Although designed to work in the 3 mm and 1 mm bands, there is significant potential for LMT observations at centimeter wavelengths. Here, we summarize the scientific case and operational arguments for a K-band receiver system on the LMT, describe several of the unique technical challenges that the proposed installation would entail, and mention some possible solutions to these challenges. |
Subject
| Other |
Production Date
| 2020-12-14 |