• DocumentCode
    1716600
  • Title

    The design of the MeerKAT dish optics

  • Author

    Theron, Isak P. ; Lehmensiek, Robert ; De Villiers, Dirk I L

  • Author_Institution
    EMSS Antennas (Pty) Ltd., Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    539
  • Lastpage
    542
  • Abstract
    This paper highlights some of the trade-offs as well as the implications of the selected options during the design of the MeerKAT radio telescope antenna optics. The purpose is to achieve the best possible performance for the physical system at given cost.
  • Keywords
    antennas; radiotelescopes; MeerKAT dish optics; MeerKAT radio telescope antenna optics; physical system; Apertures; Feeds; L-band; Optics; Radio astronomy; Sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cape Town
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0333-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEAA.2012.6328685
  • Filename
    6328685
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1716600