1. The Sardinia Radio Telescope.
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D'Amico, Nichi
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RADIO telescopes ,ASTRONOMICAL observatories ,ASTROPHYSICS ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,RADIO astronomy ,WAVEGUIDES ,TELESCOPE design & construction - Abstract
We present the status of the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT) project, a new general purpose, fully steerable 64 m diameter parabolic radio telescope under construction in Sardinia. The instrument is funded by Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR), by the Sardinia Regional Government (RAS), and by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), and it is charge to three research structures of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF): the Institute of Radio Astronomy of Bologna, the Cagliari Astronomical Observatory (in Sardinia), and the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory in Florence. The radio telescope has a shaped Gregorian optical configuration with a 8 m diameter secondary mirror and additional Beam-Wave Guide (BWG) mirrors. One of the most challenging feature of SRT is the active surface of the primary reflector which provides good efficiency up to about 100 GHz. This paper reports on the most recent advances of the construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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