The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication
Theory and Practice
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Beschreibung
Reflector antennas are widely used in the microwave and millimeter wavelength domain. Radio astronomers have developed techniques of calibration of large antennas with radio astronomical methods. These have not been comprehensively described. This text aims to fill this gap. The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication: Theory and Practice takes a practical approach to the characterization of antennas. All calculations and results in the form of tables and figures have been made with Mathematica by Wolfram Research. The reader can use the procedures for the implementation of his/her own input data. The book should be of use to all who are involved in the design and calibration of large antennas, like ground station managers and engineers, practicing radio astronomers, and finally, graduate students in radio astronomy and communication technology.
Reflector antennas are widely used in the microwave and millimeter wavelength domain. Radio astronomers have developed techniques of calibration of large antennas with radio astronomical methods. These have not been comprehensively described. This text aims to fill this gap. It takes a practical approach to the characterisation of antennas. All calculations and results in the form of tables and figures have been made with Mathematica by Wolfram Research. The reader can use the procedures for the implementation of his own input data. The book should be of use to all who are involved in the design and calibration of large antennas, like ground station managers and engineers, practicing radio astronomers and graduate students in radio astronomy and communication technology.
The first comprehensive treatment of the use of radio astronomical methods to characterise large reflector antennas since 1966. It significantly expands on earlier texts While presenting sufficient basic theory, the book is written for practical use by radio astronomers and communication engineers. It presents many useful formulae, graphs and tables All mathematical derivations are written in the form of Mathematica procedures. These can be directly used by a reader with access to Mathematica and their parameters changed to apply to his own particular situation. This significantly enhances the usefulness of the book Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Jacob W. M. Baars
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From the reviews:"The book is physically attractive. Many of the radio telescopes under discussion are pictured in full color … . Mathematica routines used to compute the examples... .Overall, Baars’s text is a valuable addition to the literature on large reflector antennas. As an encyclopedia of modern, very large paraboloidal antennas, it has no equal, and the existing state of the art is well documented therein. … I believe it will become a standard reference." (George Swenson, Physics Today, July, 2008)
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