Thermal behavior of millimeter wavelength radio telescopes |
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Authors: | Greve A. Dan M. Penalver J. |
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Affiliation: | IRAM, Granada; |
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Abstract: | The passive and/or active thermal control of significant structural components, for instance the backstructure and the feed legs, of the IRAM 15-m MM and 30-m MM wavelengths telescopes is discussed, and their thermal behavior is illustrated. The design of the thermal protection was supported by dynamic time-dependent model calculations, which are explained and compared with in situ recorded temperatures of the telescope components |
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