New technical and scientific developments at the Arizona Radio Observatory

Author

Freund, Robert W. ; Ziurys, Lucy M. ; Reiland, George P. ; Lauria, Eugene F.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

13-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Astronomical observations in the millimeter and sub-millimeter regions are performed at the two facilities of the Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO). The Sub-Millimeter Telescope (SMT) located on Mount Graham utilizes 3 heterodyne SIS receivers to cover 3 of the 4 atmospheric windows from 210 to 720 GHz and soon a new receiver will cover the remaining window. The 12-Meter telescope located on Kitt Peak use 3 heterodyne SIS receivers to the cover the 2 windows from 68 to 180 GHz. All receivers now employ orthogonal polarization optics and soon 4 will utilize wideband dual channel sideband separating mixer technology. Presented here are new instrumentation developments and recent scientific results from the ARO.

Keywords

heterodyne detection; radioastronomy; radiotelescopes; submillimetre astronomy; submillimetre wave mixers; submillimetre wave receivers; superconductor-insulator-superconductor mixers; ARO; Arizona Radio Observatory; Kitt Peak; Mount Graham; astronomical observation; frequency 210 GHz to 720 GHz; heterodyne SIS receivers; mixer technology; orthogonal polarization optics; submillimeter observation; submillimeter telescope; wideband dual channel sideband; Amplitude modulation; Mixers; Observatories; Receivers; Scattering; Sensitivity; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5117-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6051233

Filename

6051233