Title :
Millimeter and sub-millimeter wave technology for astronomy: From early bell labs work to ALMA
Author :
Wilson, Robert W.
Author_Institution :
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophys., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Bell Labs was an early developer of millimeter-wave technology. At the peak of its development there, Arno Penzias, Keith Jefferts and I were privileged to use it to discover CO in what turned out to be star forming interstellar clouds. Interest in mm and sub-mm wave astronomy has blossomed since.
Keywords :
Bell theorem; interstellar molecular clouds; millimetre waves; star formation; submillimetre astronomy; submillimetre waves; ALMA; Bell labs; astronomy; star forming interstellar clouds; submillimeter wave technology; Astronomy; Clouds; Junctions; Mixers; Optical waveguides; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104781
