The new submillimeter-wave solar telescope

Author

Kaufmann, P. ; Costa, J.E.R. ; de Castro, C. G Gimhez ; Hadano, Y.R. ; Kingsley, J.S. ; Kingsley, R.K. ; Levato, H. ; Marun, A. ; Raulin, J.-P. ; Rovira, M. ; Correia, E. ; Silva, A.V.R.

Author_Institution

CRAAM/CRAAE, Univ. Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

439

Abstract

A new and unique solar submillimeter telescope (SST) was installed in the El Leoncito site, Argentina Andes. It has a 1.5 m radome-enclosed cassegrain antenna, and arrays of four 212 GHz and two 405 GHz radiometers placed in the focal plane. We present a brief technical description of the system, preliminary results on its performance, the atmospheric opacity measured at the site, and the first detection of solar flare submm-wave emissions.

Keywords

radiotelescopes; reflector antennas; solar flares; submillimetre astronomy; tracking; 1.5 m; 212 GHz; 405 GHz; Andes; El Leoncito site; THF radiometers; atmospheric opacity; radome-enclosed cassegrain antenna; solar flare emissions; submillimeter-wave solar telescope; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Assembly; Atmospheric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Physics; Radiometers; Telescopes; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2001. IMOC 2001.Proceedings of the 2001 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7065-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SBMOMO.2001.1008800

Filename

1008800