APEX: Five years of operations
Other conference contribution, 2010
APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment, is being operated successfully, now for five years, on Llano de Chajnantor at 5107m altitude in the Chilean High Andes. This location is considered one of the worlds outstanding sites for submillimeter astronomy, which the results described in this contribution are underlining. The primary reflector with 12 m diameter is cautiously being maintained at about 15 μm by means of holography. This allows to access all atmospheric submillimeter windows accessible from the ground, up to 200 μm. Telescope and instrument performance, operational experiences and a selection of scientific results are given in this publication. © 2010 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.
telescope
submillimeter
Author
A. Lundgren
European Southern Observatory Santiago
D. Rabanus
European Southern Observatory Santiago
R. Güsten
Max Planck Society
K. Menten
Max Planck Society
T. De Zeeuw
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Hans Olofsson
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Onsala Space Observatory
A. Kaufer
European Southern Observatory Santiago
L.-Å. Nyman
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Per Bergman
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Onsala Space Observatory
C. De Breuck
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
F. Wyrowski
Max Planck Society
C. Agurto
European Southern Observatory Santiago
F. Azagra
European Southern Observatory Santiago
M. Dumke
European Southern Observatory Santiago
F. Mac-Auliffe
European Southern Observatory Santiago
M. Martinez
European Southern Observatory Santiago
F. Montenegro
European Southern Observatory Santiago
D. Muders
Max Planck Society
V. Revéret
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
C. Risacher
Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON)
R. Parra
European Southern Observatory Santiago
G. Siringo
European Southern Observatory Santiago
G. Wieching
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)
Vol. 7737 773708978-081948227-3 (ISBN)
Subject Categories
Physical Sciences
DOI
10.1117/12.856985
ISBN
978-081948227-3