APEX - The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
Paper in proceeding, 2006
APEX, the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, has been successfully commissioned and is in operation now. This novel submillimeter telescope is located at 5107 m altitude on Llano de Chajnantor in the Chilean High Andes, on what is considered one of the world's outstanding sites for submillimeter astronomy. The primary reflector with 12 m diameter has been carefully adjusted by means of holography. Its surface smoothness of 17-18 μm makes APEX suitable for observations up to 200 μm, through all atmospheric submm windows accessible from the ground.
Submillimeter telescope
Author
R. Güsten
Max Planck Society
Roy Booth
Hartebeeshoek Radio Astronomy Observatory
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences
C. Cesarsky
European Southern Observatory Santiago
K. Menten
Max Planck Society
C. Agurto
European Southern Observatory Santiago
M. Anciaux
European Southern Observatory Santiago
F. Azagra
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Victor Belitsky
Advanced Receiver Development
A. Belloche
Max Planck Society
Per Bergman
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, National Facility for Radio Astronomy
European Southern Observatory Santiago
C. De Breuck
European Southern Observatory Santiago
C. Comito
Max Planck Society
M. Dumke
European Southern Observatory Santiago
C. Duran
European Southern Observatory Santiago
W. Esch
Max Planck Society
J. Fluxa
European Southern Observatory Santiago
A. Greve
Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)
H. Hafok
Max Planck Society
W. Häupl
Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH
Leif Helldner
GARD
A. Henseler
Max Planck Society
Stefan Heyminck
Max Planck Society
Lars E B Johansson
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, National Facility for Radio Astronomy
C. Kasemann
Max Planck Society
Benjamin Klein
Max Planck Society
A. Korn
Max Planck Society
E. Kreysa
Max Planck Society
R. Kurz
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Igor Lapkin
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Advanced Receiver Development Technology
S. Leurini
Max Planck Society
D. C. Lis
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
A. Lundgren
European Southern Observatory Santiago
F. Mac-Auliffe
European Southern Observatory Santiago
M. Martinez
European Southern Observatory Santiago
J. Melnick
European Southern Observatory Santiago
D. Morris
Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM)
D. Muders
Max Planck Society
L.-Å. Nyman
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Michael Olberg
Onsala Space Observatory
R. Olivares
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Miroslav Pantaleev
Onsala Space Observatory
N. Patel
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
K. Pausch
Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH
S. Philipp
Max Planck Society
S. Philipps
Max Planck Society
Tirupati K. Sridharan
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
E. T. Polehampton
Max Planck Society
V. Revéret
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Christophe Risacher
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Advanced Receiver Development
European Southern Observatory Santiago
M. Roa
European Southern Observatory Santiago
P. Sauer
Max Planck Society
P. Schilke
Max Planck Society
J. Santana
European Southern Observatory Santiago
G. Schneider
Max Planck Society
J. Sepulveda
European Southern Observatory Santiago
G. Siringo
Max Planck Society
J Spyromilio
European Southern Observatory Santiago
K. H. Stenvers
Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH
F. F. S. van der Tak
Max Planck Society
D. Torres
European Southern Observatory Santiago
L. Vanzi
European Southern Observatory Santiago
Vessen Vassilev
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
A. Weiß
Max Planck Society
K. Willmeroth
Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH
A. Wunsch
Max Planck Society
F. Wyrowski
Max Planck Society
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)
Vol. 6267 I 6267140819463329 (ISBN)
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes
Orlando, USA,
Orlando, USA,
Subject Categories
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
DOI
10.1117/12.670798